Connecticut Police Scrap Plan To Test ‘Pandemic Drone’

Bill Carey April 24, 2020
Imagery collected by the “pandemic drone” can detect symptoms of possible COVID-19 infections, developers say.
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The police department of Westport, Connecticut, has decided that it will not test a “pandemic drone” designed to sense symptoms of COVID-19 after the plan met with public resistance. Canadian manufacturer Draganfly announced on April 21 that Westport, located 50 mi. northeast of New York City, would...
Bill Carey

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and uncrewed aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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