OSLO, NORWAY: Nordic Unmanned has signed an initial collaboration agreement with BNSF Railway, one of the biggest railway companies in the United States.
The client will test the Staaker Railway Drone for infrastructure inspection and general data acquisition.
“We are very excited about this opportunity to develop such a unique system together with a leading railway operator, BNSF Railway. This is a breakthrough agreement for Nordic Unmanned and the case will help us further increase our presence in the railway industry”, details Cecilie Drange, Chief Revenue Officer in Nordic Unmanned ASA.
One of the main tasks of the project will be to merge the current railway technology with the Railway Drone. The current system for data acquisition in the railway industry are heavy and require a lot of resources to implement efficiently, hence implementing the Railway Drone will represent an innovative way of collecting data.
The drone is a flexible data acquisition platform, and one of the aims of the first-phase contract with BNSF Railway is to further develop the solution and its use cases.
“This contract is a breakthrough for the Staaker Railway drone and for Nordic Unmanned, as it is the first rail customer in the United States. The disruptive nature of the Staaker Railway drone allows clients access to new and improved data regularly. We see a lot of opportunities in the future for this platform, and we are proud to be working with an innovative and forward-thinking corporation such as BNSF Railway,” Ms. Drange adds.
Nordic Unmanned is a global leader of high-end products and services related to drones and data capture. Through worldwide operational experience and industry-leading expertise, Nordic Unmanned supports large governmental and industrial clients in the adaption of unmanned systems and services.
Founded in 2014, the Group has offices in Sandnes, Molde, Odense (DK), Cranfield (UK), Hasselt (BE), Arnsberg (GER) and Baltimore (US) and has quickly become one of the leading providers of unmanned systems and services, with operations across Europe.
Nordic Unmanned has one of the world’s most comprehensive permits to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), through the EASA approved Light UAS operator Certificate (LUC).
The Group is OEM for the drone products Staaker, AirRobot and DroneMatrix, and is also world leading in the collection of vessel emission data. It is ISO 9001-2015 and AS9100 certified for the operation, maintenance, sale, design, development, and production of unmanned systems and sensor technology.