AgEagle Announces eBee TAC™ Drone Solution Added to Blue UAS Cleared List by Defense Innovation Unit
March 10 2022 - 8:30AM
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American:
UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry-leading provider of
full-stack drone, sensor and software solutions, today announced
that
senseFly, an AgEagle subsidiary, is one of
the first eleven vendors to complete the required testing,
evaluations and demonstration process to be designated a Blue UAS
under the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue sUAS 2.0. As a result, the
NDAA-compliant
eBee TAC Unmanned Aerial
System (UAS), pioneered by senseFly, has been
approved by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for procurement by
the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
In an announcement released yesterday, the DIU
stated, “The first approved drone to be added to the DIU Blue UAS
Cleared List as part of Blue sUAS 2.0 is the eBee TAC by senseFly,
an AgEagle company. Systems added to this list do not require a DoD
exception to policy to procure or operate as they have undergone a
cyber-security evaluation, a policy compliance check, and were
issued the necessary administrative documentation. Federal
government partners can also leverage this effort for their
programmatic needs without duplicating efforts.”
The eBee TAC successfully completed a series of
demonstrations in association with Blue sUAS 2.0 to provide DIU
with information and verification of the drone systems’ mission
planning and launch capabilities, range and endurance, NDAA
compliance, operational safety of flight procedures and cyber
security, in addition to scripted and ad hoc flight profiles. Based
on its evaluation, the DIU has designated the eBee TAC as an
approved light-weight, medium-range UAS available to the DoD that
does not require a waiver to operate; and is also available to the
Federal Government. senseFly’s success with Blue sUAS 2.0 follows a
four-year legacy of eBee’s use as an integral asset for both
conventional and unconventional Department of Defense units.
Following a decade of development, senseFly’s
line of eBee-branded drones have earned distinction as the
best-selling commercial fixed wing UAS in the United States over
the past three consecutive years, according to data supplied by the
U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). Designed specifically for
government and military mapping and mission planning applications,
the eBee TAC operates in disconnected environments, providing
a higher accuracy mobile solution to map and locally share aerial
imagery data on rapidly changing field conditions to analyze and
provide near real-time situational awareness to ground forces.
Weighing only 3.5 pounds and featuring a digital camouflage skin
for increased stealth and up to 90 minutes flight time and silent
mission mode, the eBee TAC can be rapidly deployed, from assembly
to hand-launch, in three minutes by a single user to generate 3D
modeling, terrain and thermal maps.
Each eBee TAC system features NDAA compliant
drone, sensors and active components, Blue sUAS registration,
secure extension, Endurance activation, two Endurance batteries,
one Pitot Pro-kit, two micro SD cards with adapters, AES256-bit
encryption, pixel camouflage and an IP67 hard transport case with
STANAG military standard certification that is lightweight, rugged
and dust and water resistant.
eBee TAC is available for purchase by U.S.
government agencies and all branches of the military on GSA
Schedule Contract #47QTCA18D003G supplied by Hexagon US Federal and
partner Tough Stump Technologies as a standalone solution or as
part of the Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery
System (ARTEMIS). Tough Stump also provides extensive training
programs for the system.
ARTEMIS includes and integrates Hexagon US
Federal’s Google Earth Enterprise Platform (GEEP) equipped laptops
containing custom globes of mission Areas-of-Interest (AOIs) built
from satellite imagery and other geospatial intelligence; and forms
the backdrop for the eBee TAC-collected imagery. “Hexagon US
Federal has long been committed to supporting the warfighter and
public safety professionals through innovative solutions such as
ARTEMIS,” said Tammer Olibah, CEO and President of Hexagon US
Federal. “ARTEMIS has great potential to improve mission
effectiveness in a variety of terrains, and DIU approval of the
eBee TAC is a significant step in making ARTEMIS available to an
even wider US Government audience.”
Barrett Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of AgEagle, stated, “The eBee TAC is ideally positioned to
become an in-demand, mission critical tool for the U.S. military,
government and civil agencies and our allies worldwide. We expect
this to be a major growth catalyst for AgEagle in 2022, positively
impacting our financial performance in the years ahead as AgEagle
solidifies itself as the go-to source for high performing,
state-of-the-art full stack drone solutions that get the job
done.”
About AgEagle Aerial Systems
Inc.AgEagle and its wholly owned subsidiaries are actively
engaged in designing and delivering best-in-class drones, sensors
and software that solve important problems for our customers.
Founded in 2010, AgEagle was originally formed to pioneer
proprietary, professional-grade, fixed-winged drones and aerial
imagery-based data collection and analytics solutions for the
agriculture industry. Today, AgEagle is a leading provider of
full stack drone solutions for customers worldwide in the energy,
construction, agriculture, and government verticals. For
additional information, please visit our websites at
www.ageagle.com.
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meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements involve
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that could cause actual results to differ materially from
management’s current expectations include those risks and
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