Matador UAS Logistics, LLC dba Valkyrie UAS Options™, in partnership with Swoop Aero, Airspace Hyperlink, and the Matador UAS Consortium™ introduced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Half 107 waiver enabling distant, autonomous past visible line of sight (BVLOS) operations alongside 134-mile hall from Fort Stockton, Texas to Presidio, Texas to enhance rural healthcare entry.
“Texas Tech College Well being Science Heart (TTUHSC) helps over 3 million sufferers in 112 counties throughout Texas and the boarding states for Tier 1 Healthcare assist. The U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers classifies 84 of the 112 counties as Medically Underserved requiring sufferers and caregivers to journey over 250 miles to get entry to healthcare companies. Uncrewed Aerial Methods (UAS) will present one other important hyperlink to our rural healthcare clinics and tele-health services” – Phil Sizer, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT, Affiliate VP for Analysis Innovation
The 4-year waiver will present long-range BVLOS assist with the Swoop Aero Kite™ UAS to increase healthcare to rural communities alongside the authorised linear asset hall by shifting lab samples, vaccinations, distant affected person monitoring gadgets, medicines, and medical provides that present elevated healthcare entry to medically underserved communities.
“Valkyrie UAS Options™ and our companions are dedicated to bettering healthcare entry to rural communities throughout Texas and past. We’re proud to provoke this UAS Hall in assist of medical transportation by leveraging the March 10, 2022 UAS BVLOS ARC Suggestions. Bettering healthcare entry and overcoming healthcare inequities within the US is the best use case for UAS platforms” – Catherine Self, President Valkyrie UAS Options™
The Swoop Aero Kite™ UAS Platform is constantly demonstrating each operational security and affected person influence throughout Sub-Saharan Africa daily. The Kite™ UAS Platform is Swoop Aero’s fifth era UAS platform that has vertical take-off and touchdown capabilities with an operational vary of 100 miles on a single cost, carrying as much as 9 lbs. at speeds as much as 86 miles per hour.
At the moment the Kite™ flies throughout Africa, Europe, and the Asia Pacific area. The Swoop Aero platform has delivered over 1.6M gadgets throughout greater than 27,000 flights with aviation approvals in 16 nations.
“Valkyrie UAS Options™ and the broader Matador UAS Consortium™ will assist Swoop Aero carry our experience in BVLOS Operations, expertise in supporting Rural Healthcare, and UAS distinctive security file to the USA. We’re wanting ahead to taking this necessary 1st step in direction of closing the agricultural healthcare hole throughout the USA.”
Supporting protected and scalable UAS Operations for the Matador UAS Consortium™, Airspace Hyperlink is a key enabling UTM and threat mitigation associate. Airspace Hyperlink has deep experience working with native communities and UAS operators to research floor and air threat for UAS Site visitors Administration and BVLOS operations; the Esri primarily based software program amalgamates over 60 information feeds to incorporate native, authoritative information. Airspace Hyperlink’s AirHub® Portal platform affords a strong floor threat information engine to help in flight planning, in addition to different UAS Site visitors Administration (UTM) functions that will probably be leveraged through the future BVLOS flight operations. AirHub® Portal is operational in three nations and with quite a few state and native governments throughout the U.S.; Portal additionally helps an energetic consumer base of over 20,000 pilots and a whole bunch of companies.
“Airspace Hyperlink is thrilled to congratulate the Matador UAS Consortium™, Valkyrie UAS Options™, and Swoop Aero on this necessary and thrilling alternative for advancing rural healthcare in Texas. We’re honored to assist assist medical bundle supply and these BVLOS operations with AirHub® Portal by enabling entry to climate, floor threat information, native advisory alerts, TFR’s and FAA offered information for the operational areas in addition to pre-flight planning and post-flight documentation instruments.” – Michael Healander, CEO
