This SUV is also a drone landing pad

And it could help save lives.
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Colin Daileda
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This SUV is also a drone landing pad
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Land Rover built an SUV that does double-time as a drone launch and landing pad.

The vehicle is meant to help with search-and-rescue operations, and will soon be a part of the Austrian Red Cross. The drone can take off from a moving SUV, send back live footage from the air, and land without the driver having to stop.

"The drone will be used in simulations to develop new and innovative techniques for disaster relief and on test-runs for complex natural disaster scenarios, including at night and in dense forests," the company said in a press release on Tuesday.

The Austrian Red Cross will start testing out the special Land Rover in June.

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Colin Daileda

Colin is Mashable's US & World Reporter. He previously interned at Foreign Policy magazine and The American Prospect. Colin is a graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. When he's not at Mashable, you can most likely find him eating or playing some kind of sport.


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