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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRY
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AirGon LLC
, a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoCue Group
Inc., has been granted a section 333 exemption by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) for its AV-900 Metric Mapping
system. Under the exemption, AirGon will be permitted to
conduct precision aerial mapping missions and demonstrations
throughout the United States.
The AV-900 Metric Mapping Kit is a small Unmanned Aerial
System (sUAS) developed by AirGon specifically for local area
survey grade mapping. These missions support a variety of
operations such as mine site volumetrics and topographic
mapping. Featuring an optional Real Time Kinematic (RTK)
positioning system, the AV-900 MMK can achieve survey grade
accuracy with a minimum of ground control.
AirGon offers a Continuum™programunder which customers
can partner with AirGon for the level of service desired, ranging
from full mapping services provided by AirGon technicians to
owner/operator models in which customers fully internalize
data collection and processing. Coupled with AirGon’s Reckon
cloud-based data hosting system, mapping operations from
planning through data delivery are supported. For customers
who intend to operate their own AV-900 MMK, AirGon offers a
complete FAA 333 Exemption application program.
For information regarding AirGon services and products,
contact
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Surdex Corporation
has received a 333 Exemption from the
FAA to operate an Altavian Nova F6500 Unmanned Aerial
System (UAS). This 333 Exemption provides Surdex with a
general Certificate of Authorization (COA) to operate UAS
under 200 feet throughout the U.S. for the purpose of aerial
data collection.
Surdex owns and operates an Altavian Nova UAS for use in
large scale aerial mapping applications. This capability will
enhance the company’s geospatial data production capabilities
by allowing rapid deployment and high resolution products to
be generated in a timely and cost effective manner. Surdex is
currently expanding this 333 Exemption to include other fixed
wing and rotary aircraft.
Surdex Corporation
), one of the
country’s premier geospatial services companies, employs almost
100 people and operates 10 aircraft out of Spirit of St. Louis
airport outside of St. Louis, Missouri.
BOTH AIRGON LLC AND SURDEX CORPORATION HAVE BEEN
GRANTED 333 EXEMPTION FOR UAS FLIGHTS BY THE FAA
DR. MARK WHORTON TO MANAGE US OPERATIONS AS
PRESIDENT OF TELEDYNE OPTECH, INC.
Teledyne Optech is pleased to
announce that Dr. Mark Whorton has
assumed the role of President of the
US organization Teledyne Optech, Inc.
In this role, Dr. Whorton will oversee
US operations and apply his expertise
to the development of the Optech
Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging
Lidar (CZMIL) and our line of digital
aerial cameras.
Dr. Whorton has been serving
Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE) as Chief Technology Officer
since October 2014 and previously as Director, Commercial
Earth Imaging. He is the Principal Investigator for the Multiple
User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) instrument pointing
system for the International Space Station (ISS) and led the
origination of Teledyne’s efforts in commercial Earth imaging.
Dr. Whorton earned a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology, and prior to joining Teledyne
in 2009 he served as Chief of the Guidance, Navigation, and
Mission Analysis Branch at the NASA Marshall Space Flight
Center where he was a subject matter expert in dynamics and
control of space systems. Dr. Whorton will continue his work
on MUSES as CTO at TBE while he joins Teledyne Optech.
“We are excited to have Dr. Whorton applying his leadership
skills at Teledyne Optech,” said Don Carswell. “His expertise
in passive sensors from the MUSES project will benefit the
CS line of cameras developed at our New York office and the
Optech CZMIL lidar/hyperspectral bathymeter developed at
our Mississippi office.”
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join Teledyne
Optech and help continue the technical excellence that makes
Teledyne Optech such an important part of the broader Teledyne
family of companies,” said Dr. Whorton. “We at Teledyne Optech
have a talented team and unique products, which I look forward
to further developing in the US marketplace.”
Find out more at
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