Longest Distance BVLOS Waiver Censys Soaring Eagle

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Censys and Soaring Eagle Technologies Awarded Longest Distance BVLOS Waiver Ever

by Ian M. Crosby

Remote sensing solutions provider Censys Technologies and the United States’ leading commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) service provider, Soaring Eagle Technologies, have been granted their third BVLOS waiver, enabling more efficient tech-enabled data acquisition. At a distance of 12 miles, the waiver covers the longest distance ever approved by the FAA.

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Censys and Soaring Eagle Technologies have both worked closely alongside the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over the course of the last three years, with the goal of building a dependable safety case utilizing Iris Automation’s advanced detect-and-avoid technology (DAA) system, Casia, and have completed thousands of flights.

The team at Soaring Eagle Technologies intends to leverage the waiver…