| • Mr. Nadir, you are a head of a young company, specializing in UAV's. What can you tell us about your company? When was it established? What primary goals do you have? |
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Bluebird Aero Systems Ltd was founded in May 2002. The Products have been under development since 1998. The primary goal is to lead a new vision and establish a whole new industry of tactical UAV's, in order to provide the technology for pragmatic applications not previously available (for example Photogrammetric UAV platform).
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| • Please, say a few words about your staff. What people are working in your company? |
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BlueBird 's team combines knowledge and experience in the fields of UAV's, parachutes, avionics, RF, composite materials etc, side by side with experts in the field of UAV operations
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| • Please, tell us about your UAV systems. What kind of UAV's do you produce? |
Our Company’s main products are:
· The Blueye™ - the Blueye™ tactical UAV system is specially designed for ease of transportation, quick deployment, full autonomous operation and spot takeoff and landing. The Blueye offers an affordable, compact tactical UAV system, capable of carrying a 15Kg payload and performing a wide range of monitoring, surveillance and reconnaissance applications. The Blueye™ enables near real-time photogram metric mapping of area of interest without the need for points of reference. It has high survivability, is simple to operate in both day and night, for a range of 50 kilometers (30 Miles) and up to 8 hours of flight, and is fashioned to cater for the needs of (mainly) the non-military market.
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| • There are a lot of companies, which develop and produce UAV's in Israel. Did you find your niche on this market? |
The core of Bluebird's endeavors focuses on the company’s capability in developing and manufacturing UAV's that are of groundbreaking, test-proofed technological qualities. One example is Bluebird's achievements as the world’s leading developer of Soft Wing tactical UAV. Such a vehicle and its accompanying systems were developed by BlueBird Aero Systems Ltd several years ago, and have since accumulated hundreds of flight hours. In addition, the company holds the rights to several patents related to Soft Wing UAV navigational and stabilization systems, as well as the improvement of flight performance.
Actually, Bluebird has recently finished the development of a mini-UAV, declared by the IDF as the top of its kind. This UAV is now under operational service.
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| • What do you do to produce innovative, efficient and cost-effective solutions? |
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In order to fulfill our vision we have maintained 4 key advantages:
· Ease of use- Simplicity – autonomous operation by two-man team (from takeoff to landing)
· Low risk – High availability -safe for use even above populated areas (tolerant for human errors)
· Low cost – High cost-effectiveness- purchase, maintenance and operation
· High transportability- two men team can carry the platform for full operation
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