Skellefteå, Sweden – SmartPlanes has after presentations held with VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, and USACE, US Army Corps of Engineers, received orders for its fixed wing UAS, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Freya, equipped with multiple sensors. The sale of the UAS is handled through a GSA procurement contract, General Services Administration, held by SmartPlanes’ distributor Caron East Inc.

SmartPlanes Freya is a micro class UAV. The payload bay can carry up to 600 grams of sensor equipment payload, and Freya has in its current configuration an endurance of one hour’s flight time.

More on the VCU – USACE cooperation can be found at http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/FactSheets.aspx

About SmartPlanes

SmartPlanes i Sverige AB was founded in 2005, and situated in Skellefteå, Northern Sweden. We have since 2011 been developing high-quality, state-of-the-art commercial drones for aerial surveying, remote sensing and surveillance. SmartPlanes is owned by private equity, Inlandsinnovation, ALMI invest and Partnerinvest Norr.

http://www.smartplanes.se