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Ondas Holdings' Airobotics Optimus 1-EX Drone Receives Historic U.S. FAA Type Certification, Paving Way for Security and Data Capture Innovation
Optimus-1EX Uncrewed Aircraft is the first non-air carrier drone designed for autonomous security and data capture that has been granted Type Certification by
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[{"type":"text","content":"Optimus-1EX Uncrewed Aircraft is the first non-air carrier drone designed for autonomous security and data capture that has been granted Type Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Type Certification, recognized as the highest echelon of Airworthiness Certification, will streamline approval of drone fleet deployments across American cities and urban zones for critical functions such as Public Safety and other vital servicesThe FAA's Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety is expected to announce the Type Certificate approval during a keynote today at the Commercial UAV Expo held in Las VegasWALTHAM, MA / ACCESSWIRE / September 6, 2023 / Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) (\"Ondas\" or the \"Company\"), a leading provider of private industrial wireless networks, commercial drones and automated data solutions, announced today that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the Optimus-1EX system a Type Certificate that will streamline operational approvals for broad flight operations over people and infrastructure. The certification verifies the compliance of the system's design with the required FAA airworthiness and noise standards, ensuring safe operation within the National Airspace System (NAS) thereby significantly broadening the range of operational scenarios and scaling up of operations for automated Uncrewed Aircraft (UAs). David Boulter, the FAA's Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, is expected to announce the Type Certificate award during the keynote session Wednesday morning at the Commercial UAV Expo being held in Las Vegas. The first-of-its-kind certification for a non-air carrier UA was achieved after four years of intensive engineering and operational review processes conducted by the FAA. The Optimus System is already operating regularly in urban environments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ondas plans to leverage their experience in the UAE, and their newly type-certificated vehicle, to conduct similar operations in urban environments across the U.S., aligning with the Company's vision of deploying fleets of Optimus Systems as a permanent drone infrastructure. This infrastructure aims to provide Smart City solutions, enhance public safety, enable Drone as a First Responder (DFR) capabilities, and offer various commercial and industrial aerial data services.\"We ar...