Purple Cat to Fill Order of 200 FPV Drones for Ukraine
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian M. Crosby
Army know-how firm Purple Cat Holdings has introduced that will probably be filling a purchase order order from Ukraine for 200 long-range, high-speed FPV (first-person view) drones. Scheduled to reach in June, the FPV drones to be shipped possess an industry-leading power-to-weight ratio, granting improved maneuverability additional enhanced by their FPV performance. The drones are moreover able to operation inside GPS-denied and GPS-jammed environments.
“Happily, Purple Cat has the U.S. manufacturing capability required to shortly ship on such orders,” mentioned Purple Cat CEO Jeff Thompson. “We’re happy to offer our product to Ukrainian drone pilots, and we stay up for persevering with to interact with them, together with by offering our new nighttime drone, the Teal 2. A lot of drone exercise is carried out at evening, and the Teal 2 is on the forefront of nighttime drone capabilities.”
The Teal 2 is designed to Dominate the Night time™. Formally launched final month, the drone is provided with Teledyne FLIR’s new Hadron 640R sensor, granting end-users the very best decision thermal imaging out there in a small (Group 1) kind issue, specialised for nighttime operations. Athena AI, Reveal Know-how, and Tomahawk Robotics all function know-how companions for the Teal 2.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he acquired a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in know-how, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
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