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Charles Werner, your host, welcomes Romeo Durscher to today\\u2019s episode. He is the first recipient of the Public Safety Drone Leadership Award. Romeo is one of the drone industry\\u2019s top executives and a highly experienced leader in aerospace and unmanned aerial systems. Romeo joined Auterion from DJI, where he held the role of Senior Director of Public Safety Integration. During Romeo\\u2019s six years at DJI he built the Public Safety vertical and through his leadership and drive to bring new technologies to emergency services, he has become a well-known and respected thought leader in the space. Prior to joining DJI, Romeo spent twelve years working on NASA\\u2019s Heliophysics Mission Solar Dynamics Observatory at Stanford University. Romeo was named one of the 25 Most Influential People in the Drone Industry by the Commercial UAV organization and one of 7 visionaries in Public Safety.

In this episode, Charles and Romeo take a forward look at where things are heading in the drone industry and they discuss Romeo\\u2019s role in the future of public safety in drones.

Key Takeaways:

[2:30] The silver lining brought by COVID-19.

[3:41] Romeo talks about his current role.

[6:30] Romeo shares his experiences once being out from under the DJI umbrella.

[6:50] Romeo talks about the use of multiple platforms.

[8:40] A true end-to-end data integration.

[10:08] Where is the signal from the drone going with this new technology?

[12:01] Romeo explains how a drone\\u2019s workflow can be streamlined.

[12:42] Romeo explains how the security aspect is assed.

[14:35] Romeo shares about the exciting advancement of having an open standard that works in all different aircraft.

[17:00] All the data collected internally by the aircraft can be checked to ease predictive maintenance.

[19:49] Are payloads applicable in this scenario?

[23:10] There is a whole new opportunity to help ease integration among platforms, but it will require an investment in education.

[25:46] Redefining how drones are deployed.

[27:30] Romeo talks about the necessary steps to move forward into this new mindset and technology.

[30:01] Changing the way we utilize drones in an incident.

[31:09] Romeo emphasizes the important role that technology can play in facilitating teamwork.

[33:45] Romeo gives an example of how the workflow would look like in a specific scenario.

[37:32] Romeo explains why the SD card is not a good solution for public safety.

[38:24] What has been the reception like from drone manufacturers?

[40:46] The future holds a much wider diversity of choices in the drone field.

[41:50] Romeo shares how the tremendous amount of crossovers are influencing the evolution of drone technology.

[43:55] Another benefit of the open-source community is the possibility to respond to any particular need that might arise in the market.

[46:26] Manufacturers have shown a great interest in the solutions Romeo and his team have been working on.

[48:03] Romeo talks about his point of view in regards to the involvement of DJI in these new technologies.

[49:14] Romeo shares what he predicts will happen in the drone industry in 2021.

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