North Carolina using drones in Covid-19 response

Novant Health received a temporary waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly the drones


Outside Charlotte, N.C., drones are being loaded with personal protective equipment to deliver to a local hospital respond to Covid-19, according to an article on the CNN website.

The drones, which have an 11-foot wingspan, fly at speeds of 63 mph to Huntersville Medical Center.

Once there, a compartment in the drone opens, and a package is dropped. A parachute on the package deploys so the deliveries land gently. 

Novant Health received a temporary waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones over people and beyond the visual line of sight of a person responsible for the drone. 

Read the article.

 



June 10, 2020


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