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Aerial Sensing of Radiation

By Sarah Simpson / 26 Jun 2020

SwissDrones Aeroradiometric Survey The SwissDrones team has participated in the annual aeroradiometric surveys by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) in Switzerland.

The SDO 50 V2 has been successfully deployed alongside a Super Puma helicopter and ground-based vehicles.

The SwissDrones platform has successfully shown its clear use case for rapid and cost-effective aerial data gathering, particularly in inaccessible areas.

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