Delair-Tech Links Its Civil Drones to 3G Network
Delair-Tech's DT18 civil drone. Photo: Delair-Tech.
Today, France’s Delair-Tech announced that it has partnered with Telefonica Business Solutions, a wireless provider, to integrate a 3G network connection on the drone company’s DT18 and DT26X platforms.
Using 3G for communications allows an unmanned aircraft to be operated beyond visual line of sight, a solution that Delair-Tech says will allow its customers to “communicate with their drones regardless of distance and across several countries and territories,” according to a press release. The drones will have a Telefonica 3G SIM card embedded in them, which work due to strategic roaming agreements Delair-Tech has made.
“From now on, the 3G connectivity will enable customers to lead operations in difficult terrains and situations, such as steep reliefs and mountainous areas, or over long distances to monitor infrastructure like pipelines or railways,” states a company press release. “With this enhanced and enlarged monitoring ability, the possibilities that this partnership enables really are endless.”
