FlightOps OS Powered in First Urban Autonomous Multi-Drone BVLOS Mission
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
Multi-drone operating system flight ops Recently partnered with a drone operator FlyTech IL Conducting multiple drone operations for the first time in urban areas.
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Drones were deployed in the Tel Aviv suburbs of Ramla and Road, with a total population of 154,000, as part of the Israel Police operational trial. Two of his drones, managed by FlyTech’s Yahav Preiss, served as first responders. Yahav Preiss is Israel’s first commercial drone pilot to be licensed for Beyond Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS).
Upon receiving a call for a reported incident, the police headline forwards the address to the drone pilot at the command and control center. The pilot uploaded the address to his FlightOps system and monitored the drone’s autonomous flight. After flying to the scene of the incident, the drone sent footage back to the command center before returning to headquarters.
“The drone is equipped with three sim cards from three different mobile network operators, and the drone is controlled over a secure link of the LTE network,” said Preiss. “When an incident occurs, the FlightOps multi-drone operating system alerts the drone, which takes off, flies an autonomous geofenced route to the scene, and transmits images of the event to the police control center. Ultimately, if the trial is successful, the images will also be sent to police vehicles.”
One of the more challenging aspects of testing is working with regulators, the Israeli Air Force, and Tel Aviv International Airport to conduct a comprehensive airspace assessment to ensure the drones can safely operate in the shared airspace under the roof. was to do The distance between aircraft is 500 feet and within 100 meters of the no-fly zone perimeter.
The operation follows preliminary testing last October as part of the Israel National Drone Initiative (INDI) pioneered by Ayalon Highways, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Innovation Authority and the Smart Transportation Administration. was broken. The trial took place in Modiin Mackabin Reut, a city of approximately 93,000 inhabitants.
“The Ramla and Lod missions, based on Modi’in-Maccabim-Reut operations, reaffirmed the value of multiple autonomous drones flying BVLOS in urban airspace,” said Shay Levy, CEO, FlightOps. “These missions save time and can save lives by performing more operations,” he said.
FlightOps OS provides scalable flight automation as the infrastructure software that enables fully automated BVLOS air mobility. FlightOps works by installing software on any type of drone, transforming it into an autonomous robot.
FlightOps technology transforms drone pilot knowledge into digital algorithms and artificial intelligence to replace human pilots and enable significant growth in concurrent missions. FlightOps reduces operating costs and enables complex missions to be completed over long distances while maintaining high safety standards and regulatory compliance.
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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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