bizUAS gives power line inspection demonstrations

Patrick Egan

bizUAS was selected as one of only six teams across North America to give an extensive live presentation on the inspection of energized 345kV power structures to representatives of the North American electric power industry. They successfully completed the missions last week.

With the help of partners, Unmanned Experts and Cyberhawk, the world-leader in drone-based industrial inspections, they demonstrated the impressive performance of service-drone UAS and shortly will deliver the results in iHawk, Cyberhawk’s industry-leading, cloud-based asset management software.

Besides power mast inspections, iHawk is ideal for documenting most any series of vertical structures, incl. wind turbines, cell towers, … and also can be used for solar power plants.

Stay tuned for more news from bizUAS. They were recently hired by a large energy utility company to demonstrate feasibility of UAS photogrammetry and inspection of several of their assets across the state.

Patrick Egan

Editor in Field, sUAS News Americas Desk | Patrick Egan is the editor of the Americas Desk at sUAS News and host and Executive Producer of the sUAS News Podcast Series, Drone TV and the Small Unmanned Systems Business Exposition. Experience in the field includes assignments with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Lab investigating solutions on future warfare research projects. Instructor for LTA (Lighter Than Air) ISR systems deployment teams for an OSD, U.S. Special Operations Command, Special Surveillance Project. Built and operated commercial RPA prior to 2007 FAA policy clarification. On the airspace integration side, he serves as director of special programs for the RCAPA (Remote Control Aerial Photography Association).