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Mexico City’s Topos Azteca search and rescue brigade has been using Israeli technology to access areas still too dangerous for humans to enter in search of victims buried under the rubble in Venezuela’s La Guaira earthquake sites.
The death toll in Latin America’s largest natural disaster in decades has risen to over 2,600, and while hopes of finding more survivors diminish, search and rescue teams are not stopping.
Dozens of countries have sent personnel to the disaster areas, including Syria’s White Helmets (the Syria Civil Defense humanitarian aid volunteer organization). Despite not having diplomatic relations with Caracas for 17 years, Israel has also sent a team.
Defense and Tech by The Jerusalem Post has learned that XTEND’s Honey Badger and XTENDER, both unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that work in tandem, have been critical components in rescue personnel’s ongoing efforts in the region.
XTEND co-founders are Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni Aviv Shapira, chief executive officer (CEO), and Adir Tubi, chief quality officer (CQO).