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IAB Research & Development Priority List (2020)

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IAB Standards Development Priority List (2019)

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Robot Flying Ambulance Makes First Solo Flight

An autonomous flying ambulance has successfully completed its first solo test flight, offering a potential solution for challenging search and rescue missions. Completing such missions in rough terrain or combat zones can be tricky, with helicopters currently offering the best transportation option in most cases.

Community Policing & Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Guidelines to Enhance Community Trust

Technology has provided numerous benefits to law enforcement, increasing operational efficiency as well as officer and public safety. And with the growing use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by law enforcement, these advantages have increased exponentially. But operating a UAS safely, without violating privacy and other civil rights, presents great challenges too. And the public is wary. Many people worry about "spying," unwanted surveillance, and data collection.

Report Warns of ISIS Developing Drones for Chemical Attacks

Terrorist groups like ISIS are looking for new ways to employ drone technology that could one day deliver chemical weapons or unleash similar catastrophes, according to a new report.

CHDS MA Alum Chris Kluckhuhn Looks to Future with Jetpacks for Emergency Response

As a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot, Chris Kluckhuhn had been haunted for more than a decade by what he and other responders couldn’t do immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.

“What if there had been a way to rescue some of the people trapped in the Twin Towers?” said the retired lieutenant commander and founder of the Plymouth emergency-services firm Avwatch.

New York City’s Firefighting Arsenal Will Soon Include Drones

The drone hovered over the clearing in the wooded park on Staten Island, the thin cord that tethered it to the ground unspooling enough for it to fly above the trees.

Camp Lejeune Testing High-Powered Drones

Drones are known for their ability to capture footage of sights and sounds from high above, but now they might be able to help out those on the battlefield.

At Camp Lejeune, drones are being researched for potential wartime capabilities.

The drones are called Picatinny Palets, meaning they are high speed, very durable drones that are now being tested for their ability to execute resupply missions to those out on the battlefields.

FAA Tests FBI Drone Detection System at JFK

The FAA and its government partners are expanding research on ways to detect “rogue” drones around airports.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its government, industry and academia partners have joined forces to evaluate drone detection technology at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York.

Over the last two years, the FAA has received numerous reports from pilots and residents about unmanned aircraft systems – UAS, or “drones” – around some of the nation’s busiest airports, including JFK.

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