Jammer resistant drone designs spark search for countermeasures
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
Alpha Unmanned Systems has selected Robotic Skies to develop and implement a global support plan for its Alpha 800 unmanned helicopter and future commercial UAS, the company announced on 13 November.
Robotic Skies will provide a warranty programme and field support management for Alpha Unmanned customers through its network of worldwide service centres.
Customers deploy the Alpha 800 UAS for a range of missions including private industry, research, defence and first responce across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The UAS has over three hours of flight endurance, a payload capacity of 3kg and a range of up to 30km.
Eric Freeman, CEO of Alpha Unmanned Systems, said: ‘Partnering with Robotic Skies will allow Alpha to greatly expand our customer base to nearly every geographic region of the world. We can now provide local maintenance, repair and field upgrades with the same attention and quality that we deliver from our HQ in Madrid.‘This global partnership for support services will ensure that our customers’ systems are always running well, with minimum downtime.’
Robotic Skies is a provider of warranty programme management, assembly/completion and field repair services for industrial-grade UAS.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
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