"Life from Above"
Overcoming Rural Health Inequities
Valkyrie UAS Solutions Powered by SwoopAero
Connecting Rural Communities through long-range, Beyond Visual Line of Sight UAS Operations.
In Action
Press
Mid-America Transplant looks to skies to decrease blood sample delivery times
The future of medical transport could be via drones, a move one organization is exploring in an effort to decrease the length of time it takes to receive blood samples from potential organ donors.
Read MoreDrones could move time-critical blood samples across Missouri for organ transplants
Louis-based organ transplant agency is exploring unmanned drones as a faster, cheaper method of moving blood samples and medical supplies across the Midwest.
Read MoreProject Tests Drones for Rural Health Care
The technology could help with the delivery of critical drugs and other resources to remote communities for less than traditional transportation. Medical professionals involved see great potential.
Read MoreValkyrie UAS Solutions Wins Accelerator Program Cohort 7
Valkyrie UAS Solutions will develop a national blueprint for Beyond Visual Line of Sight BVLOS operations to further enable rural healthcare, tele-health services and shielded UAS corridors.
Read MoreMatador UAS Logistics, LLC Awarded 4-Year BVLOS Waiver
BY Matador UAS Logistics Matador UAS Logistics, LLC dba Valkyrie UAS Solutions™, in partnership with Swoop Aero, Airspace Link, and the Matador UAS Consortium™ announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Part 107 waiver enabling remote, autonomous beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations along 134-mile corridor from Fort Stockton, Texas to Presidio, Texas to improve rural healthcare access.
Read MoreMatador Consortium Summit Aims to Establish UAS Corridor Infrastructure
On April 6, 2022, the Matador UAS Consortium held a summit to officially announce it would be addressing the outstanding regulatory, technical, and operational issues required to establish a national Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) corridor infrastructure for commercial transportation. This Consortium of leading UAS affiliates and agencies includes: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2THEDGE, Reese Technology Center, South Plains College, Texas Tech University Innovation Hub at Research Park, Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, the City of Lubbock, Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, UMC Health System, Covenant, LifeGift, and various other industry partners in rural healthcare, research, and transportation/logistics. Together, the Consortium leaders aim to shape the UAS industry in the United States and beyond by accelerating research and platform development necessary for commercial UAS operations.
Read MoreContact
Matador UAS Consortium
The Matador UAS Consortium is a Public, Private Partnership of government, academic, and commercial organizations throughout the United States. The consortium aims to increase rural healthcare access for more than 66 million Americans; improve organ transportation and transplantation to reduce organ non-use rate; train the future Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) workforce for high-paying jobs; and regain US leadership in the UAS industry.
