| Title | UK Coastguard Plans to Add Drones to Air Fleet | |
| Date | Friday May 29 2020, @08:44PM | |
| Author | martyb | |
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| from the eye-in-the-sky dept. | ||
BBC:
Drones are expected to play a role in coastguard search and rescue (SAR) operations in the near future.
The [UK's] Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) wants to make greater use of the technology as part of a new SAR contract to be awarded in 2024.
The contract also covers the continued provision of rescue helicopters, including those based in Scotland, and search planes.
[...] The coastguard said unmanned aircraft could potentially visit rescue sites ahead of air, sea or land-based recovery teams.
Images and other information gathered by drones could help develop the emergency services response to a situation.
How long before terrestrial drones follow their airborne brethren into service?
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