Skyfire and Ondas Associate to Present U.S. Public Security Markets with Superior Drone Expertise
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian M. Crosby
Ondas Holdings’ enterprise unit Ondas Autonomous Programs (OAS) and public security UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting have introduced a partnership to supply public security and Drone First Responder (DFR) markets in the US with superior autonomous drone options and providers.
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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 models 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 contains the entire crucial {hardware} and software program for secure and environment friendly knowledge seize, distribution, and analytics. The platform is presently within the closing phases of finishing FAA Kind Certification, which can allow Airobotics and Skyfire to fly BVLOS in additional and extra complicated environments.
“Skyfire has labored with lots of of police departments throughout the US to develop complete drone applications with the drones that have been accessible,” stated Skyfire founder and CEO Matt Sloane. “Lots of these departments are in search of methods to take away the pilot from the rooftop and allow them to deal with doing their jobs. The Optimus drone capabilities, with its pending Kind Certification, would be the automated drone resolution of alternative for these businesses.”
Optimus Programs gives as much as seven totally different payload choices and 10 batteries, and is offered 24 hours a day for a variety of operations together with in public security, vital infrastructure, catastrophe response, surveying and mapping. Skyfire will leverage its decade of expertise with mission particular drone coaching, superior waiver functionality, integration with radar programs, and drone first response operations expertise.
“The Optimus System is the following era of drones and Skyfire is a terrific accomplice uniquely able to serving to drive buyer adoption in public security markets throughout the US,” stated 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 instances, improved effectivity, and a extra environmentally pleasant resolution. We’re excited to maneuver ahead with Skyfire.”
Skyfire is dedicated to supporting first responders, army, US Division of Protection (DOD), and significant infrastructure by means of drone expertise and the Drone First Responder (DFR) applications, 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 applications search to decrease response instances, 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 employees author.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, an expert drone providers market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory atmosphere for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles centered on the industrial drone house 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 and marketing for brand new applied sciences.
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