University Of Maryland Receives Drone-Delivered Organ

For the first time ever, an unmanned aircraft system transported a donor organ for transplantation surgery.  The unmanned aircraft flew from an area 2.8 miles southwest of Baltimore, Maryland to the University Of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore to deliver a viable kidney to a waiting transplant team. The recipient is a 44-year-old female who had been waiting for eight years for a transplant.

The unmanned aircraft system, also know as a drone, was custom built at the University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site by engineers and aviation experts in collaboration with the University of . . .