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With a recent statistic stating that women are twice as likely to quit a job in tech than men due to lack of advancement opportunities, we continue our Women’s Wednesday series with our Tech ladies. They share their experience about how they became engineers, who their role models are, and what advice they would give to young women pursuing their careers in the tech industry.

As Women’s day approaches, we embark on a Women’s Wednesday series, in which we put our Avy ladies in the spotlight through a series of interviews to find out about their experience when it comes to being a woman in the drone and tech industry. We take off the series with Renee and Sara from our flight ops team.

In the second and last part of our Beginner's Guide to the EU regulations, we ask our compliance officer Sara to dive into the new regulations and what this means for drone operators like Avy. She shares insights into how safety plays a pivotal role in this harmonisation, and what we’re looking forward to in 2021.

We delve into how drones have been adopted across the EU as a means to enhance situational awareness for firefighters. In a live demo for the CHC and the Dutch fire brigade, we explore the future of firefighting missions with long-range drones, like the Avy Aera that can be equipped with a camera payload to help first responders for wildfire prevention and to gain real-time information when on route to the scene.

Official press release announces Avy joins consortium as drone partner. The CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland) project will develop and trial what will be the UK’s first national distribution network to use drones to transport essential medicines, blood, organs and other medical supplies throughout Scotland.

With the new EU regulations coming into force on December 31st 2020, this guide aims to shed light on what this means for drone operators. With a special guest piece by Airhub, this part explores how this harmonisation of the drone market will be a gamechanger for drones in the EU.

Official press release from Medical Drone Service announces the first test flights for emergency medical deliveries by drone will start between locations: Isala Hospital Meppel and Zwolle in The Netherlands. These flights over sparsely- populated areas marks a milestone for the future of medical delivery drones.

In collaboration with Wattlab, solar panel specialist, Avy has manufactured a fixed-wing drone equipped with custom solar foil to absorb and reflect more sunlight. The successful test flight is a small, but sunny step towards flying emission-free.

In our final edition of the Safety Series, Part 3 delves into data protection and the protocols put in place at Avy. Through our strong ties with renowned partners like the EU and Auterion, we explore why data is gathered during first response operations and how it’s protected in accordance to GDPR standards.