OTTAWA, Ontario, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Kongsberg Geospatial, developers of the TerraLens
Geospatial Software Development Kit (SDK), and Pegasus Imagery Ltd.
an aerospace company developing advanced autonomous aircraft and
sensor systems, announced today that they have signed an MOU to
work together to advance the development of safe, autonomous
Unmanned Aircraft.
Pegasus designs, manufactures and operates autonomous Unmanned
Aerial Systems (UAS) to deliver Intelligence Surveillance
Reconnaissance (ISR) solutions at scale for industry and
government. Equipped with proprietary Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) sensor
systems, Pegasus aircraft are able to safely operate in shared
airspace with manned and unmanned aircraft to collect and deliver
scalable, on-demand, data solutions.
Pegasus Imagery's technology includes the Autonomous Airspace
Awareness System (A3S) – a Detect and Avoid sensor system that uses
airborne radar and other sensors to autonomously avoid potential
hazards like birds, other drones and manned aircraft; a Moisture
& Icing Detection Alert System (MIDAS) that provides early
detection and pilot notification of icing conditions and buildup
for manned aircraft; and their own autonomous aircraft, the PV-02
Eos.
Pegasus Imagery also conducts Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight
(BVLOS) flight operations, providing photogrammetry, LiDAR and
enhanced Full-Motion Video (FMV) surveys for government and
industrial clients. Their flight missions range from infrastructure
surveys of power transmission lines, to surveillance of forest
fires.
Pegasus will be implementing Kongsberg Geospatial's IRIS UxS
airspace situational awareness system as a navigational system for
their Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight flight operations, and as part of
their PV-02 Eos autonomous aircraft system.
"Kongsberg has a deep history delivering mission-ready solutions
like IRIS UxS for enhanced airspace management in the most
challenging environments," said Cole
Rosentreter, CEO of Pegasus Imagery. "Integrating these
capabilities with our aircraft and onboard DAA systems will expand
the safety and situational awareness essential for routine
operations in integrated airspace."
The Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS airspace visualization technology
enables multiple drones and sensor feeds to be monitored
simultaneously by a single remote operator and provides real-time
calculation of aircraft separation and communications to enable
BVLOS operations. Built on Kongsberg Geospatial's industry leading
TerraLens SDK, IRIS provides advanced real-time 2D and 3D
visualization of all airborne track and weather data, as well as
cues, alerts and warnings to enable a single operator to monitor
the complex airspace environment.
Kongsberg's IRIS UxS has been deployed in a wide range of
applications for BVLOS flight operations, including drone delivery
and oil and gas infrastructure surveys.
"We're very pleased to be working with an industry innovator
like Pegasus," said Ranald McGillis,
President of Kongsberg Geospatial. "We've worked closely with them
to integrate our technology with their PV-02 Eos platform."
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About Kongsberg Geospatial: Based in Ottawa, Canada, Kongsberg Geospatial
(https://kongsberggeospatial.com) creates precision real-time
software for air traffic control, UxS and military situational
awareness. The Company's products are primarily deployed in
solutions for air-traffic control, Command and Control, and air
defense. Over nearly three decades of providing dependable
performance under extreme conditions, Kongsberg Geospatial has
become the leading geospatial technology provider for
mission-critical applications where lives are on the line.
Kongsberg Geospatial is a subsidiary of Kongsberg Defence &
Aerospace.
Media contact: 1-800-267-2626 or reach us by email at
info@kongsberggeospatial.com
About Pegasus: Pegasus (https://www.pegasusimagery.ca/) is an
aerospace technology company based in Alberta, Canada developing the safest unmanned
aircraft in the world to transform access to real-time, actionable
intelligence for industry and government. They are a team of
military veterans, engineers and aviation experts building the
technology tools necessary to turn today's biggest challenges, into
intelligence-driven, safer, operations. Pegasus is a 2020 NASA
iTech semi-finalist and currently holds Transport Canada approvals
for BVLOS operations, including in Uncontrolled Airspace supporting
commercial and government customers.
Media contact: info@pegasusimagery.ca
Media Contact
Christopher Ivey, Kongsberg
Geospatial, 1-613-868-2879, chris.ivey@kongsberggeospatial.com
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SOURCE Kongsberg Geospatial