Aberdeen drone firm flies high with contract win

06/07/2020
Telecom Tower

ABERDEEN-headquartered drone firm Sky-Futures Partners (an ICR company) has been awarded a four-year contract by a Scandinavian, multinational network and telecommunications company.

Under the contract, for the provision of drone-based cell site surveys, Sky-Futures will support the scope of work on a global scale, using its operational bases in the USA, Europe, Middle East and South East Asia.

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The name of the company or value of the contract has not been disclosed.

Chris Blackford, Sky-Futures chief executive officer, said: “Traditionally, conducting cell site surveys requires a team with several different skill sets and the need to climb the towers. With the introduction of drones, site surveys can now be completed with a much smaller team, collecting high quality data more quickly and more safely.”

Once the data has been collected, Sky-Futures will upload the cell site data into AI (artificial intelligence) enabled cloud software to support the global network build programme. Engineers can then make decisions using the 3D model tower data from a remote desktop without having to incur unnecessary site visits.

The company said this not only supports enhanced health and safety but helps reduce costs through improved efficiencies of the global network build programme.

Mr Blackford added: “The contract win is an exciting opportunity to further enhance our position in the telecoms market and to add to our global footprint in supporting this leading telecommunications customer.”

 

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