Percepto Drone becomes Canada’s first drone approved for BVLOS flight: BVLOS without a visual observer
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
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Leading provider of autonomous inspection and surveillance solutions today Percept For the first time in Canada, this BVLOS operation does not require a visual observer on site. Percept Air Max has been issued his BVLOS Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) by Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems and its general manager, Kevin Toderal, and has been conducting remote inspections on pilot projects since this month.
OPG facilities have access to remote high-frequency visual inspections with actionable insight and the potential to centralize drone-in-a-box fleets at multiple sites. The new announcement follows the company’s recent accomplishment of his BVLOS abandonment across the United States, allowing eligible customers to receive immediate actionable insights from remotely operated drones. Featuring the most durable Drone-in-a-box solution on the market, Percepto’s technology is used by other utilities to assess the integrity of their grid infrastructure and improve response times after disasters. shortening and restoring power.
“Obtaining this certificate is an important milestone in Canada in fulfilling Percept’s mission of providing remote and autonomous inspections at power generation facilities and providing safe, reliable and critical infrastructure. It’s a milestone,” said Neta Gricksman, Percept’s vice president of policy and government relations. “We are committed to developing a strong working relationship with Transport Canada and making autonomous drone technology available to power plants and other critical infrastructure across the country, creating a thriving environment for drone operations. We look forward to supporting their efforts to create
Percepto operations are coordinated on a single platform via an Autonomous Inspection and Monitoring (AIM) solution. Percepto AIM allows you to remotely and synchronously operate your drones for increased safety, efficiency and maximum site coverage.
Tim Trevilcock, Senior Information Systems Specialist, Ontario Power Plant, said: “Our hope is that this technology will help us in our efforts to ensure the integrity of our assets and reliable power generation in Ontario.”
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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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