Review Teledyne FLIR SIRAS – DRONELIFE

It’s been a good year for drone buyers.   This year has seen new releases from drone manufacturers worldwide – and a couple of new entries.  One of those, the SIRAS, comes from well-respected imaging company Teledyne FLIR.

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As commercial and public safety operations scale, FLIR cameras have been the thermal sensor of choice for drone operators around the world.  With SIRAS, public safety and commercial operators have an aerial platform designed to compete with Chinese manufacturers on functionality and price while offering data security (SDK card only), no geofencing, and a U.S.-based development and customer service organization.

The SIRAS has hit the market as public safety and government organizations face increasing pressure to lessen their reliance on Chinese platforms, demonstrated by the recent ban in Florida.  While the drone was designed specifically to meet the needs FLIR’s widespread customer base of drone…