Ground-breaking autonomous drone systems developer Percepto says it has attained another unprecedented Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) authorization, this time for its nested UAVs to be used at a solar power plant in Texas to perform highly automated inspections at high altitudes.

Israel-based Percepto says the FAA approval of its drone-in-a-box platform to carry out highly automated BVLOS inspections at the Texas solar plant is unprecedented due to the altitudes at which those missions may now be carried out. The company says the authorization permits those flights of up to 200 feet above ground level – double the maximum all similar operations that previously received clearance.

Percepto says the ability to perform highly automated BVLOS drone flights at such heights is essential to permitting increased operational flexibility, and enabling the monitoring of broader areas and taller structures than previously…

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Source: dronedj.com