Off Kwajalein Atoll, a drone flies a telemedicine kit over open water, placing it directly aboard a vessel at sea. A Telemedicine Clinic Delivered by Drone The payload was a satellite-linked VSee Telemedicine Kit, designed to connect remote locations with off-site physicians. The concept was simple. Beyond simply delivering medical…

The ocean is very large. A person in it is very small. Somewhere in the wide blue of the Kwajalein lagoon, a man sits alone on an old wreckage, waiting for his distress signals to be picked up. Even though this was only an exercise — the problem was real…