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T-Mobile and Valmont Industries Complete 77-mile,3-hour 5G BVLOS Drone
Flight over Tural Texas
Valmont
Industries Inc. and T-Mobile announced the completion of an
industry-first long-distance BVLOS drone inspection flight enabled by 5G.
Traditional methods for infrastructure monitoring
typically require extensive manpower, manned aircraft operations or
ground-based inspections, which involve significant safety risks, more time and
more money.
But not anymore ― especially now that the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is granting more waivers for BVLOS drone
operations. And as one of the first companies in the U.S. to receive said
waiver, Valmont is ahead of the game.
In under three hours, Valmont accomplished a
non-stop 77-mile drone mission from Childress to Aspermont, Texas inspecting
vital infrastructure like power lines, railroads, bridges and more. The drone
used a Harris Aerial H6E
drone equipped with a T-Mobile 5G connected Sony A7RM5 camera. Significantly
faster and more fuel efficient, this task was three times faster than
conventional methods, while using less than two gallons of fuel.
Mission highlights:
- Valmont drone inspection teams used less than
one-fourth gallon of fuel per hour.
- Flight pushes average distance of UAS
inspections from less than 20 miles per day to more than 60.
- Even though the route was very rural,
T-Mobile 5G provided live data transfer throughout the three-hour flight.
- The Sony A7RM5 combined with the ability to
fly closely to utility lines, provided high-resolution details for
critical infrastructure inspection.
- The flight proves that drones are a viable,
safe, and efficient alternative to helicopters for infrastructure.
- Harris Aerial’s drone and Valmont’s
proprietary payload are fully National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
compliant.
“Range has
been a hurdle in the drone inspection space, until now,” said Jake Lahmann, UAS
Manager at Valmont Industries Inc. “To be able to get this kind of range in a
single drone flight is really going to revolutionize the way the industry
approaches infrastructure inspections.”
“5G was
built to make life easier,” added Ulf Ewaldsson, President of Technology at
T-Mobile. “Whether it’s connecting a person on their smartphone or improving
long-range drone infrastructure inspections, there is no doubt that the reach
and speed of T-Mobile 5G is making it possible for entire industries to
revolutionize the way they work.”
With 5G, Valmont’s drone inspection service is another example of 5G-enabled technologies that can be used to quickly respond to or
prevent an emergency. By preemptively monitoring infrastructure sites with
greater accuracy, Valmont can help prevent malfunctions and breakdowns before
they have a chance to have a widespread impact.
Working closely with the FAA on BVLOS drone
operation policies, Valmont plans to offer drone-in-a-box (DiaB) services
nationwide in 2024. This enables anyone needing aerial inspection services the
ability to order a drone, unbox it and watch it run its inspection while a
Valmont pilot flies it remotely from virtually anywhere in the U.S.
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