How Urban Air Mobility is getting ready for passengers: the NTU Singapore case
Singapore’s NTU flew its eVTOL prototypes in Germany. See what it means for urban air mobility, and why safety starts in flight control.
Nowadays it has been proven that drone technology is very useful to develop and improve production in multiple industries such as agriculture, mining, construction, oil, etc. Among these industries and many others, the most noteworthy functions are surveillance and security missions with drones.
The use of drones for surveillance and security purposes provides multiple functionalities regarding aerial image capture and real-time video. Most common operations are: border protection and control, natural disaster management, strategic facility monitoring, maritime search and rescue, forest conservation, environmental management, animal watching, private property supervision,…
In addition, these possibilities grow exponentially by adding payloads for professional use. By including thermal, multispectral, and/or visual cameras, surveillance drones provide extensive data records and enable missions in hard conditions such as night missions, firefighting missions, natural disasters, etc.
Surveillance and security functions with the W200 drone
NM& W200 is a high-performance drone that installs Veronte Autopilot 1x for payload and flight control. It is ready for autonomous operations commanded by GPS and inertial sensors. This drone can be ready to perform surveillance operations in a few minutes. The entire mission can be monitored or controlled from a tablet or computer, such as Veronte TGS, Veronte HGS, or any other control station.
This drone can perform large-area inspections and collect information thanks to the payload installed (cameras and sensors) onboard. This surveillance drone can monitor power lines, water lines, or pipelines; at the same time, it can also observe meteorology, marine and ground activity, etc.
In the same way, NM& W200 is able to perform foresight, action, and rescue task missions. Thanks to its infrared camera, it can accurately locate wounded or shipwrecked people on land or at sea, respectively. Besides its surveillance functionalities, it should be noted that it can supply aid elements in emergency situations, trap trapped and injured people, etc.
