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Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS Situational Awareness Application provides BVLOS airspace management for Oil & Gas Pipeline Inspection in Africa

Details: Published: Thursday, 28 February 2019 03:00

A Camcopter S-100 UAS is pictured prior to a day time BVLOS pipeline inspection flight in Nigeria. Kongsberg Geospatial provided the airspace visualization software that allowed the aircraft to be safely piloted at ranges of up to 200km beyond line-of-sight. (photo credit: Schiebel)

Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based geospatial visualisation software company, and Aerial Robotix, the leading UAS services provider in Nigeria, announced today that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness application has been utilized by Aerial Robotix to provide safety critical airspace deconfliction supervised by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to enable conduct of long range BVLOS operations.

Kongsberg Geospatial Concludes Final Trials of Drone Airspace Management System with Transport Canada, RCMP, and Defence Research and Development Canada

Details: Published: Thursday, 09 August 2018 03:00

System engineer David Hoffman demonstrates a Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality visor integrated with the Emergency Operations Airspace Management System (EOAMS). One of the radar sensors used by the system is visible behind him.

Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based developer of geospatial visualization software, announced today the conclusion of the final trials of a new situational awareness system for emergency airspace management, in a project funded by Defence Research and Development Canada Centre for Security Science (DRDC-CSS).

Kongsberg Geospatial Airspace Awareness Software to be used by 3 of the 4 Teams selected by Transport Canada for BVLOS Flight Trials in Canada

Details: Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 03:00

This diagram shows how communications are maintained with a drone on a long-range Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) mission.

Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based geospatial and Air Traffic Management visualisation software company announced today that its IRIS technology will be used by three of the four winning teams selected by the Transport Canada competition. .