Frequentis partners with Austrian Federal Railways for hangar-based drone operations
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
Austrian Federal Railways One of Europe’s safest and most reliable railways (ÖBB) frequency A study of hangar-based automated drone flights in Austria.
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The partnership focuses on preventing railway accidents through the use of regular maintenance flights. These flights can detect damage to infrastructure and potential hazards before an accident occurs.
To address the challenges of implementing Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights, the partnership between ÖBB and Frequentis aims to develop a better understanding of automated drone flights and their limitations with respect to official regulations, weather, terrain and other factors. Aim for His future BVLOS flights will be conducted in line with all regulations and tested in various railway-related scenarios. Partners will also use digitized rail operations to organize all aspects towards the approval of BVLOS flights and gain experience in handling them through intensive pilot operations over the next 12 months. We are considering.
“This cooperation is an important step for us. With the help of BVLOS flights, we will not only improve the safety of our facilities, but also enable us to handle additional tasks more frequently and at lower cost in the future.” “We are very excited about this promising cooperation with Frequentis.”
“The drone ecosystem is currently growing rapidly and the number of commercial use cases continues to grow,” said Norbert Haslacher, CEO of Frequentis. “We are pleased to join forces with our customer ÖBB to test the operational feasibility of automated hangar-based drone flight for future-oriented railway operations in Austria.”
This trial will give Frequentis an opportunity to gather knowledge about drone hangar availability, stability, regulatory requirements, and potential applications. All of which will be leveraged to establish the basis for additional innovations within the drone technology sector.
ÖBB will work with Frequentis to obtain the necessary flight permits to enable automated drone flights from its operations centre. Once the pilot is approved, we plan to fly the ÖBB route at least once a week, with the goal of acquiring knowledge that will enable us to continuously improve. The first year will see practice for use cases such as incidents, route availability checks, natural disaster prediction and impact, inspection activities, and diversion operations.
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Ian attended Dominican University in California and graduated with a BA in English in 2019. With his lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and keen interest in technology, he now contributes to his DroneLife as a staff writer.
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