This came after a $1.1 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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NCDOT developing drone program to enhance natural disaster response

A federal grant will help NC officials create a program that guides the agency's use of drones when it responds to natural disasters like hurricanes.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – In times of flooding and other emergencies, the NCDOT says more help will come from above in the form of drones. With Helene still fresh on our minds, a 1.1-million-dollar federal grant is intended to give the DOT Division of Aviation a chance to develop uses that will potentially save lives. Director Becca Gallas says they’re another tool in the state’s toolbox. “So we’re excited to use this grant opportunity…

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NCDOT gets $1.1M grant for emergency relief drones

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - The study and development of a drone program through federal grant money from the North Carolina Department of Transportation was announced on Tuesday. The grant money, $1.1 million, will enable state transportation officials to create a program that better guides the agency's use of drones when it responds to natural disasters like Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Florence. “We are thrilled,” said Nick Short, interim…

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NCDOT to study, develop drone program through federal grant money

North Carolina is one of 23 states receiving grants totaling $130 million from the US Department of Transportation to accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies and build safer, more efficient transportation systems. In the latest round of funding, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation will receive $1.1 million to develop a program that would use the ‘drone-in-a-box’ technology in which an autonomous dron…

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Feds award NCDOT $1 million grant to develop disaster response drone program

RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) – A federal grant awarded Monday will enable state transportation officials to create a program that better guides the agency’s use of drones when it responds to natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Florence. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of a $1.1 million grant to the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation. NCDOT was one of 47 recipients nationwide to receive a grant throu…

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State to develop drone program to better respond to disasters like Helene, Florence

RALEIGH – A federal grant awarded Monday will enable state transportation officials to create a program that better guides the agency’s use of drones when it responds to natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Florence. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of a $1.1 million grant to the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division […]

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Aerial view of Ocracoke after Dorian made landfall Sept. 6. Photo: National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office A federal grant awarded Monday will enable state transportation officials to create a program that better guides the agency’s use of drones when it responds to natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene, Dorian, and Florence. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of a $1.1 million grant to the N.C. Department…

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N.C. to develop new drone program to better respond to disasters like Helene, Dorian, and Florence

NCDOT aviation officials will develop a drone program to better respond to natural disasters in Lumberton, shown here after Hurricane Florence flooded Interstate 95 in 2018. Photo: NCDOT The North Carolina Department of Transportation has been awarded more than $1 million to create a drone program that officials say will improve response to natural disasters like hurricanes Florence and Helene. NCDOT’s Division of Aviation was awarded a $1.1 mil…

NCDOT developing drone program to enhance natural disaster response

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