Unique Drone Solution Poised to Survey Government Infrastructure
Emily Pollock posted on September 10, 2018 |
A Yuneec drone using the new 3DR/Yuneec joint software. (Image courtesy of 3DR.)
Drone software company 3DR has partnered with drone manufacturing company Yuneec International to create “3DR Government Services,” a totally made-in-America drone service tailored to public sector drone security regulations. Both companies believe their project will be useful for government construction and infrastructure-maintenance projects.
Currently, the biggest name in the drone industry is Shenzhen-based DJI. However, many levels of American government are concerned about using drones or software manufactured outside-of-country, especially given the current rocky relationship between China and the United States. So 3DR is working with China-based Yuneec to create an American company that makes both drones and software.
“It was a unique opportunity for us to create a joint venture with the best of China, which is to say, hardware manufacturing, and the best of the U.S., which is the software and data processing, and build it under a corporate office that is made in America with government requirements,” said 3DR CEO Chris Anderson.
The first product from their joint venture is the Yuneec 3DR H520-G, unveiled this week at the Interdrone Conference in Las Vegas. The H520-G is a 3DR Site Scan platform integrated into customized H520 hexacopter…