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Fugro is partnering with Australian drone manufacturer Carbonix to establish a new long-range drone capability.It is Fugros first partnership working towards long-range Beyond Visual Line of Sight missions BVLoS bolstering Fugros existing Geographic Information System GIS capability. Carbonix will supply Volanti and Ottano vertical take-off and landing VTOL drones over the next 27 months to further enhance Fugros remote operations.Fugro is a world leader in the transition to remote and autonomous operations with a global network of 9 remote operation centres ROCs. From there Fugro operates boats and remotely operated vehicles remotely and provides survey inspection and piloting services to the maritime industry across the world. Carbonix will support Fugros Australian long-range maritime and land projects from the sky using state-of-the-art aerial surveying and data capture technology while integrating with Fugros ROCs for the joint development of systems technology and capabilities.Carbonix has the vision to become a leader in long-range aerial data acquisition solutions enabling our business partners to become more effective in serving their customers. The partnership with Fugro will allow both our companies to align in enhancing their existing capabilities and market opportunities. Its exciting to see how our vision aligns with our industry partners investments their resources and the future of their capability said Philip van der Burg CEO Carbonix.As Fugro continues to expand its remote operations capabilities into the Remotely Piloted Aircraft RPA sector the Carbonix partnership helps to ensure we continue to offer our clients the latest technology available. The RPA advancements provided by Carbonix combined with Fugros remote operations infrastructure and expertise create the ideal habitat to progress BVLoS operations in Australia according to Paul Mullins Director of Remote Operations APAC IRM Operations Manager Fugro.
