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American Robotics Joins Key Drone Regulatory Committee

Source: American Robotics

Massachusetts-based drone developer American Robotics is joining the FAA’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee, according to a press release from the company.

Recently acquired by wireless broadband company Ondas Holdings, American Robotics produces the automated scout drone system, the first such system to receive FAA agency approvals for autonomous flight.

The task of the acronym-heavy UAS BVLOS ARC is to normalize recommendations for “performance-based regulatory requirements to normalize safe, scalable, economically viable and environmentally beneficial UAS BVLOS operations that are not under positive air traffic control (ATC),” according to the FAA.

“American Robotics is excited to work with the FAA to advance BVLOS regulations to develop secure integration of UAS into our National Airspace System,” said Reese Mozer, co-founder and CEO of American Robotics.

“Our groundbreaking FAA approval in January 2021 was an important and significant step forward for the entire commercial drone community. We look forward to sharing our insights with the broader commercial drone community and the FAA, and giving commercial users better access to the data and insights that can only be accessed through an automated drone solution. “

The company will join other drone operators in the ARC, including Amazon Prime Air, Dominion Energy, DroneResponders, and AgEagle.

A company statement adds:
“Automated BVLOS operations are particularly important in bringing the commercial sectors into the drone economy, including the oil and gas, renewable energy, infrastructure and agriculture industries. The key to these operations is the use and FAA acceptance of new and innovative security technologies, such as: B. Sensors for detection and avoidance with a long range (DAA) and software-supported automation. The ARC will be an important step towards the future of the commercial drone industry. “

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson announced the ARC during a keynote address at the agency’s UAS symposium last month. “This committee will consider the safety, security and environmental requirements and societal benefits of these operations. The committee will submit a recommendation report to the FAA within six months, ”said Dickson.

These recommendations could help American Robotics integrate the Scout system with the Ondas FullMAX platform, a data communication solution for network solutions for field operations.

The company plans to use the Scout system as a mobile data acquisition application for large-scale operations in industry, agriculture and government. The system includes:

  • Scout, a fully autonomous drone with advanced imaging payloads;
  • ScoutBase, a robust base station for housing, charging, data processing and cloud transmission;
  • ScoutView, the analysis and front-end software package from American Robotics.

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