Drone company WeRobotics has announced it has been selected to work with Pfizer to develop a new drone to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. The pharmaceutical company has chosen to develop the cargo drone from DJI’s new Matrice 300 drone platform.
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A new video released by Dragonfly shows a new capability for one of its products: spraying disinfectant over seats and surfaces in stadiums.
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A resident in Dalian, China, has come up with a smart solution to take out the trash as the country endures another wave of COVID-19 lockdowns. The resident has chosen to use a drone to drop the package off on the ground through their apartment window.
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The Royal Thai Armed Forces announced earlier this week that it would be upping the drone presence along the Thailand-Myanmar border to detect and prevent illegal entries into the country in the run-up before the festive season.
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Drone delivery company Flirtey has partnered with Vault Health to deliver COVID-19 test kits to residents in Reno, Nevada. The medical drone delivery test has been given the go-ahead from the FAA and will be delivering the first FDA authorized COVID saliva test.
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Australian authorities are struggling to keep drone drug deliveries out of Victorian prisons that have been on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The drones have been dropping narcotics and street drugs such as heroin to keep the prison drug market alive.
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Surf Life Saving New South Wales will be using its drones to monitor Sydney beaches to make sure people are following COVID guidelines. The drones took to the sky over the weekend and are expected to be out until further notice.
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The British government has set aside £33 million (~$43 million) in funding to be spent on firefighting and COVID delivery drones as a part of a ground-breaking aviation project to solve major global challenges. So far, 20 winning ideas have been funded by the UK government.
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The United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) has turned to medical delivery drones to deliver COVID testing kits to hospitals. The drone delivery trial has been backed by the UK Space Agency, which has handed over £1.3 million or around $1.7 million.
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In a recent drone video, we see the devastating impact the COVID pandemic has had on the cruise ship industry, with many being stripped and sold for the scrap metal. Cruise ships were a major spreader for the coronavirus, basically killing themselves off.
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The Indian government has been fast-tracking COVID-related drone operations over the last few months to prevent the spread of the virus. The country is becoming one of the largest breeding grounds for BVLOS operations, with various companies working with the government to bring drone delivery to the wider population.
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Swoop Aero has announced it has returned to DR Congo with its drones to help in the fight against COVID, Ebola, and other diseases. The team will once again return to the Northwestern province of the Equator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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NASA has delayed the launch of its Dragonfly drone meant to fly on Saturn’s Titan moon by one year to 2027 due to external factors, including COVID-19. The Dragonfly mission aims to explore Saturn’s Titan moon to look for the building blocks of life.
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In a recent interview with Wing Aviation‘s head of Australian operations, Terrance Bouldin-Johnson explained how the company’s drones kept up with toilet paper demand during the pandemic lockdown period in Brisbane, Australia.
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A local business in Hartford, Connecticut is training pilots unemployed by COVID-19 to fly drones to bring in a new income source and possible future career. The new ‘Flight to the Future’ program was founded by Aquiline Drones.
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President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Gary Shapiro has announced that CES 2021 will go digital as a result of COVID-19. CES was originally going to go ahead but the change looks to be the right decision for the public.
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The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced that AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020 will be online only this year due to COVID-19. This year’s fully interactive event will go from October 5-8.
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Sincronia Logistica has said it has been using drones to deliver facemasks to Mexican hospitals to remove the risk of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19. The drones have been delivering the medical safety equipment to hospitals in the central state of Queretaro.
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As COVID-19 rise in what’s being called the second wave in Australia, police are turning to drones to help. One thousand extra police will be deployed alongside the drones to stop the spread of the virus.
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Swoop Aero has increased its drone fleet size by 300% in Malawi as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase in the number of drones will allow for 150 flights per day to be conducted if required. The drones will be used to distribute COVID-19 medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE).
