Perth, Australia-based Xplorate announced that it has been awarded a “Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) contract to conduct long-range gas pipeline inspections in Australia.” 

In a statement, the RPAS and data intelligence company said the it will "deploy the SwissDrones SDO50, integrated with Xplorate’s advanced sensor suite, for large-scale Right of Way (ROW) monitoring” under the contract. 

Moreover, Xplorate will use AI and machine learning to “process large volumes of geospatial and visual data to predict maintenance needs, reduce operational risk, and maximise asset lifespan — delivering real value to our customers and demonstrating the readiness of unmanned aviation at scale.”

Source: Xplorate