Versaterm and SiFly Aviation announced a new partnership this week that will combine the former’s drone operations platform with the latter’s long-range drones that they say will enable public safety agencies to “expand and enhance both Drone as First Responder (DFR) and tactical operations.” More specifically, according to the companies’ release of the news, the new partnership will support the integration of the DroneSense by Versaterm’s platform and SiFly’s Q12 drone that is capable of flying over 60 mph and up to three hours of continuous flight.

The new partnership has the potential to make a significant impact across a range of public safety and emergency response use cases, including search and rescue, wildfire monitoring, disaster response, and more. With the long-range flight capabilities of SiFly’s drones and the DroneSense platform, agencies will have access to aerial visibility for long durations without the need for battery swaps or premature landings, with the ability for multiple teams to view this data through a single interface.

In their release, the companies point to the partnership being able to deliver in a few critical areas. That includes extended operational range, as noted above, as well as what they term as “persistent aerial presence,” as the Q12 can hover for two hours for overwatch and monitoring. They also tout the ability for “multi-mission capability,” being able to deploy different sensors within the platform to accommodate a variety of missions, while also pointing to SiFly’s NDAA-compliant and American-made hardware.

“The SiFly Q12 is redefining what Drone as First Responder really means,” said Campbell Police Chief Gary Berg in a press statement. “Two aircraft can continuously orbit our city, allowing us to respond in seconds and get immediate eyes on critical incidents. The Q12 can arrive on scene faster than traditional docked systems and pushes public safety into a true real-time model.  Situational awareness and response can now occur without launch-time limitations, at the speed our community expects and deserves.”

“SiFly’s extended flight capability unlocks new deployment models for public safety agencies,” said Rohan Galloway-Dawkins, Chief Product Officer, Versaterm, in a statement. “By integrating this endurance into our DroneSense platform, we ensure agencies gain the full benefit of longer flight times without adding complexity to their operations.”

This partnership comes just a few months after Versaterm’s acquisition of DroneSense, the hardware-agnostic platform to provide first responders with real-time intelligence and mission support.

Source: Versaterm