Jeremiah Karpowicz | January 14, 2025
Long referred to as the “Holy Grail” for the commercial drone industry, it’s hard to overstate the importance of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations. Enabling operators and organizations to scale how they do everything from perform inspections to survey entire terrains, BVLOS operations are set to fully unlock the potential of the technology that has been talked about for many years. In securing the recent FAA BVLOS waiver for expanded drone operations, American Robotics is looking to enable these exact operations in the present and for the future.
In the release, Timothy "T3" Tenne, CEO of American Robotics, mentioned this approval by the FAA is a validation of the company’s commitment to advancing the drone industry at scale, as it allows American Robotics' to conduct true BVLOS operations with its autonomous Optimus sUAS. It’s an important distinction because as we recently detailed, not all waivers are created equal. Many waivers have requirements surrounding the use of visual observers and restricting operations over people and moving vehicles when flying beyond visual line of sight, and that difference is something he underscored.
Source: Commercial UAV News