Draganfly aims to help clear Ukraine's deadly harvest
With the drone war in Ukraine In late April, representatives of Canada-based industrial drone firm Draganfly are scheduled to demonstrate how the company's Commander 3 XL drone can be used to map the location of landmines in Ukraine.
In a phone interview, Chell said that the 25-year-old company had taken off when aviation regulators adopted rules for operating drones beyond visual line of sight .," said Chell. "An NGO had bought a bunch of ambulances and they couldn't get them into these besieged cities," Chell explained."So they came to us asking about being able to do delivery with drones.""We work with a number of the leading demining organizations that are funded by different European entities and the State Department in particular," said Chell.
Armed with this data, the demining crews can operate more safely and know where they don't need to look. Chell said there are a lot of variables that need to be considered."If you're in an area where you've got very rich mineralized soils, your magnetometer [and other equipment] need to be adjusted accordingly," he said."It is becoming very, very scientific, but there's still a little bit of art involved."
"Coordinating drone activities, really, it is tricky because even locals, you know, they hear a drone, they see the drone, they want to know what the drone is being used for," Chell explained."So there's lots of tricky work that has to be done regardless."
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