Drone management platform FlyFreely has received acceptance as a Low Altitude Authorisation and Notification Capability (LAANC) provider by the United States Federal Aviation Administration.
FlyFreely can now provide authorisations as part of the LAANC, which supports the integration of uncrewed aircraft into certain controlled airspace. FlyFreely now has connections to three national UTM systems including the Civil Aviation Safety Authority RPAS Platform (Australia), Airshare (New Zealand) and now LAANC (US).
FlyFreely’s expansion into the US enables its clients to streamline their drone operations across international borders. FlyFreely has also taken the opportunity to add support for operations in Canada and Mexico in the platform to further enhance the value provided to North American customers.
Co-founder and CEO Dr David Cole says the company’s background in supporting complex operations in Australia and New Zealand offers expertise for operations under Part 107 waivers. “Waiver holders face unique challenges as they are personally responsible for any operations occurring under their waiver. Furthermore, they require a higher level of record keeping and compliance.” The FlyFreely platform has a variety of tools to ensure any Remote Pilots or UAS being used under the authority of the waiver are compliant with the conditions of the waiver while not imposing any burden on standard Part 107 operations. The platform also enables waiver sharing between organisations.
The FlyFreely platform includes a mobile app which can be used offline for both mission planning and execution. It can also be installed on smart controllers for automatic retrieval of flight logs. FlyFreely also supports cloud based flight log syncing for DJI, Skydio and DroneDeploy.
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