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“The Jason Bourne of the drone industry”

Because #IACP will be about Drone as #FirstReaponder aka #DFR, here are some insights: - #publicsafety are some of the largest #enterprise customers within the #industry. - UAS Nexus collective have been working on DFR since 2017, and have worked with or advised *every* DFR #OEM on the market (except Skydio), so we have a unique perspective. - DFR is still *early* with no clear #hardware winner outside of DJI M300, where over 80% of all DFR missions are done - this includes Cape by Motorola Solutions, DroneSense, Inc., Axon Air, and Aerodome. Yea, that’s right - the overwhelming majority of DFR solutions are done by DJI, and built for it. This is still up for grabs, as current ConOps aren’t aligned with the #technical #challenges all companies face regarding #platforms and ports. - ‘DFR 2.0’ is essentially #software defined at this point, it’s a battle of #integration of existing tools (like CAD) and #UX (the drone is completely irrelevant and is abstracted from the entire process). It still suffers the ‘chunkiness’ problem of most #uas software suites, folks building the leaner and #modular solutions will win. - It’s all about #payloads and the #UI, remember: the drone is just a flying camera. - As of today, Skydio has the highest TRL of any #NDAA #automated solution but the Dock is delayed until 2025, and it took them A YEAR AFTER LAUNCHING X10 TO UNVEIL IT. FWIW, during that timeframe, Aerodome built and sold their company to Flock Safety. A lot can and will change in the next 12 months….. - #regulatory challenges abound regarding #BVLOS (Dedrone by Axon and AVSS | Drone Parachute Recovery Systems & Guided Delivery Systems are ahead of the pack…). #parachutes are going to be critical and are currently underutilized. #waivers will be #automated. - more #drone #OEM #consolidation is happening. 🤫 📸: circa 2017/18, early #prototype of a vertically integrated #VTOL solution for DFR. It later shifted into a platform agnostic solution, so we know how hard of a problem Hextronics is trying to solve with #mechatronics.

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Bobby Sakaki

“The Jason Bourne of the drone industry”

2mo

If you want parachutes for your platform holler at Josh Ogden and tell him I sent you.

Bobby Sakaki

“The Jason Bourne of the drone industry”

2mo

My God has the industry moved quickly in a short amount of time

Also I call BS (respectfully ) on the Skydio TRL - Hextronics/Parrot have actually been doing this in the field with non vaporware for over a year - and you can get them in a week as opposed to q3 2025 for a Skydio dock. Still NDAA compliant .

Mitchell R.

UAS/C-UAS Engineer & Consultant

2mo

Does the regulatory burden fall on the OEM or the first responder? The hardware and software can be produced by skilled engineers, it's the rest I wonder about

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I found this video from April 2024 that Police1 put out on the subject from Axon week here in Phoenix. You might find it interesting: https://www.police1.com/drones/police1-reports-from-axon-week-the-evolution-of-law-enforcement-with-drone-technology

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Vinayak Tsalla

Founder CEO, Tsalla Aerospace | IISc, Bangalore

1mo

Where would you place brinc?

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Riley Dove

Providing task-based autonomy solutions for the UAS industry!

2mo

Wow, that is quite the throwback photo!

Gary Mortimer

Add misleading job title here.

1mo

DFR is a fad, I give it 5 years

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Mickael Schwedler

Técnico de Engenharia Sênior

2mo

Genial

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