Airobotics to deploy autonomous drone network in Abu Dhabi
SkyGo and Airobotics joint venture to deploy Airobotics’ Optimus system as urban drone infrastructure to provide data and information services to Industrial and Governmental entities in the UAE
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 31/05/2023
Optimus during a demonstration. Archive. Photo by REUTERS/Nir Elias
Airobotics, an Israeli developer and provider of autonomous drone infrastructures for smart cities, signed a Term Sheet for Joint Venture (JV) with SkyGo to provide aerial drone services to the city of Abu Dhabi.
As a part of the partnership, signed in February, Airobotics has received an initial multi-system purchase order for $3.5 million from SkyGo, subject to the finalization of required formalities. The purchase order is conditioned by the completion of proof of concept.
Through the SkyGo JV, both companies will deploy Airobotics' Optimus systems at industrial and municipal sites, leveraging the autonomous drone platform for various services and capabilities. The companies expect to deploy more than 20 systems across Abu Dhabi over the next few years to conduct various types of missions, including providing public services in a sustainable and scalable manner.
The urban drone infrastructure, designed to operate as a network of smart drones, will be used in various cases such as aerial priority delivery and monitoring missions to increase the safety and quality of industrial operations in facilities such as ports, railways, highways etc.
Sky Go Transport of Goods is a UAE-based company with commercial license to provide unmanned aerial transport of goods and services across the city of Abu Dhabi.
The term sheet with SkyGo follows the acquisition of Airobotics by US-based Ondas Holdings, for an estimated value of about $15 million.
SkyGo and Airobotics joint venture to deploy Airobotics’ Optimus system as urban drone infrastructure to provide data and information services to Industrial and Governmental entities in the UAE
Optimus during a demonstration. Archive. Photo by REUTERS/Nir Elias
Airobotics, an Israeli developer and provider of autonomous drone infrastructures for smart cities, signed a Term Sheet for Joint Venture (JV) with SkyGo to provide aerial drone services to the city of Abu Dhabi.
As a part of the partnership, signed in February, Airobotics has received an initial multi-system purchase order for $3.5 million from SkyGo, subject to the finalization of required formalities. The purchase order is conditioned by the completion of proof of concept.
Through the SkyGo JV, both companies will deploy Airobotics' Optimus systems at industrial and municipal sites, leveraging the autonomous drone platform for various services and capabilities. The companies expect to deploy more than 20 systems across Abu Dhabi over the next few years to conduct various types of missions, including providing public services in a sustainable and scalable manner.
The urban drone infrastructure, designed to operate as a network of smart drones, will be used in various cases such as aerial priority delivery and monitoring missions to increase the safety and quality of industrial operations in facilities such as ports, railways, highways etc.
Sky Go Transport of Goods is a UAE-based company with commercial license to provide unmanned aerial transport of goods and services across the city of Abu Dhabi.
The term sheet with SkyGo follows the acquisition of Airobotics by US-based Ondas Holdings, for an estimated value of about $15 million.
