High Lander and Starling Partner on BVLOS Operations Management

UTM and drone fleet management company High Lander Aviation has entered into a partnership with eVTOL company Starling on an effort to advance BVLOS operations management.

According to a press release, the effort will integrate “Starling’s high-performance, long-range VTOL (Pathfinder-X) and dock (Starling Hub) with High Lander’s drone fleet management system (Orion DFM) and airspace management solution (Vega UTM).” The partnership “is designed to enable private, public and HLS organizations to conduct long-range operations at scale and in full compliance with the FAA’s new beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) framework.”

In their statement, High Lander and Starling said that “The combination of a domestically produced high-performance aircraft and fully hardware-agnostic C2 and UTM software creates applications ranging from the commercial to the strategic, including critical infrastructure maintenance, public safety support such as ‘search and rescue’, and homeland security (HLS) missions such as border patrol.” Also, the partners said, their effort “is designed to enable private and public organizations to conduct long-range operations at scale and in full compliance with the FAA’s new beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) framework.”

Commenting on the announcement,  Alon Abelson, CEO and founder of High Lander Aviation, said, “By combining Starling’s best-in-class hardware with an advanced, scalable operating system and full regulatory support, we’re providing a game-changer for organizations that wish to conduct deep, long-range operations at scale under a single C2 system. We’re excited to deepen our inventory of VTOL aircraft and cutting-edge dock solutions with Starling, a leader in the field.”

Source: Press Release