The Thunderbird Project

Our Mission: Enabling Emergency Service drones to operate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), providing life-critical support. Our Vision: The world has witnessed incredible advances in drone capability over recent years. However, there are vital areas of emergency response where this technology could deliver more: providing invaluable situational awareness to mission commanders, helping to locate an increasing number of high-risk missing persons, or delivering medical aid to casualties more quickly than conventional means – saving time where every minute counts. There’s no doubt that eventually all these capabilities will develop, but this project is founded on the passionate belief that by bringing emergency services together through a multi-agency, systems approach, with no commercial or institutional bias, we can accelerate this journey – saving more lives, sooner and with few resources. Visit our website for more details. The Thunderbird Project is supported by independent consultancies Ajuno and Frazer-Nash, who provide technical strategy and systems integration.