Airobotics, a Petah Tikva-based start-up that manufactures industrial drones, has become the first company to receive a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificate of waiver to initiate Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations.
The FAA certificate permits Airobotics to fly automated drone operations without a human observer maintaining a visual line of sight on the drone. Airobotics can therefore conduct drone activity anywhere on Earth from its Remote Operations Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. That facility is set to become the company’s global headquarters as worldwide operations continue expanding …
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-drone-start-up-awarded-unique-US-operations-waiver-573806
The Jerusalem Post | Dec. 8, 2018
