Japan, Swift UAS Teams completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification missions.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. and WAKE-CHO, Japan, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Teams from Swift Tactical Systems, in partnership with its Japanese counterpart, Swift-Xi, both subsidiaries of Swift Engineering, completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification missions as part of a contract with Okayama Prefecture in Japan.

Image courtesy Swift XI

The proof of concept program validates Swift’s unmanned aerial systems and capabilities under unique scenarios. First, the team’s ability to perform advanced search and rescue missions in dense forests, and second, the system’s ability to quickly detect, identify, and track the nighttime movements of animals that are destructive to the region. 

Images and quotes courtesy Cision Prnewswire/Samantha McDermott/Swift-XI

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