Skyfire and Ondas Companion to Present U.S. Public Security Markets with Superior Drone Know-how
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian M. Crosby
Ondas Holdings’ enterprise unit Ondas Autonomous Techniques (OAS) and public security UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting have introduced a partnership to offer public security and Drone First Responder (DFR) markets in the USA with superior autonomous drone options and companies.
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The partnership will reap the benefits of Skyfire’s deep area expertise and buyer relationships, in addition to the expertise and experience of OAS’ enterprise items American Robotics and Airobotics, together with Airobotics’ Optimus System automated drone platform.
Airobotics’ absolutely automated Optimus System UAS was made for on-demand 24/7 aerial knowledge operations in complicated environments, and consists of the entire obligatory {hardware} and software program for protected and environment friendly knowledge seize, distribution, and analytics. The platform is at present within the ultimate phases of finishing FAA Sort Certification, which can allow Airobotics and Skyfire to fly BVLOS in additional and extra complicated environments.
“Skyfire has labored with tons of of police departments throughout the USA to develop complete drone packages with the drones that had been accessible,” mentioned Skyfire founder and CEO Matt Sloane. “A lot of these departments are on the lookout for methods to take away the pilot from the rooftop and allow them to give attention to doing their jobs. The Optimus drone capabilities, with its pending Sort Certification, would be the automated drone answer of selection for these businesses.”
Optimus Techniques affords as much as seven completely different payload choices and 10 batteries, and is out there 24 hours a day for a variety of operations together with in public security, important infrastructure, catastrophe response, surveying and mapping. Skyfire will leverage its decade of expertise with mission particular drone coaching, superior waiver functionality, integration with radar methods, and drone first response operations expertise.
“The Optimus System is the subsequent era of drones and Skyfire is a terrific accomplice uniquely able to serving to drive buyer adoption in public security markets throughout the US,” mentioned Ondas Holdings CEO Eric Brook. “Put in as aerial infrastructure, Optimus has the potential to revolutionize the way in which emergency businesses reply to incidents reported to 911 facilities. By combining the solutions-based aviation experience of Skyfire with Airobotics’ expertise in deploying city-wide drone infrastructure, with confirmed security and reliability we’re assured that many US cities and emergency departments will profit from shorter response occasions, improved effectivity, and a extra environmentally pleasant answer. We’re excited to maneuver ahead with Skyfire.”
Skyfire is dedicated to supporting first responders, navy, US Division of Protection (DOD), and demanding infrastructure by means of drone expertise and the Drone First Responder (DFR) packages, which see the deployment of drones improve response to emergency conditions and grant an added layer of security for public security businesses and the neighborhood. DFR packages search to decrease response occasions, grant situational consciousness, and enhance effectivity.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he obtained a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in expertise, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a workers author.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, knowledgeable drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory setting for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles targeted on the industrial drone area and is a world speaker and acknowledged determine within the business. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising for brand spanking new applied sciences.
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