Drone Operations Collaborative (DOC) Is a Turnkey Emergency Inspection Package to Help Utilities Respond to Disasters

The DOC Provides the Personnel and Technology to Help Utilities Mobilize and Respond More Quickly When Time Matters Most.

Beyond the Drone announces the launch of the Drone Operations Collaborative, “the DOC,” a comprehensive inspection solution for utility companies needing to manage, assess, and report conditions during emergency events. The DOC provides the personnel and software to help utilities mobilize and respond more quickly when time matters most.

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Beyond the Drone unveiled the DOC during the SEDC + Futura Online User Conference 2021 in July. The DOC is a collaboration among Futura Systems, Asymmetric Unmanned, and Beyond the Drone. Each company contributes essential personnel and technology to support the utility mission and respond to storms and emergencies more effectively and efficiently.

Derek Lyons, CEO of Beyond the Drone, says that, “the DOC was conceived to address the need to safely amass expertise onsite and remotely to help large and small utilities respond to disasters. Supported by the Utelinspect common operating software platform, field personnel can now easily manage, assess, and report on the situation.”

The DOC solution is comprised of four elements: 1) An Airboss to help deconflict the airspace, meet FAA regulations and manage flight operations of multiple simultaneous missions. 2) Assessment and geospatial tools that help understand the condition of assets and the location and scale of damages. 3) The Utelinspect software solution to connect the flight and inspection operations and to streamline the process of reporting and responding to critical areas of need. 4) Standby onsite and remote drone inspection crews and equipment, and administrative personnel to help where and when needed.

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Matt Peterson, CEO of Asymmetric Unmanned, understands the dual challenges of coordinating disparate crews during disasters while simultaneously managing and deconflicting the airspace. He asserts that, “the speed of sharing information has a huge impact on a successful response to disasters.”

Adds Lyons, “Having a single and secure place where the players from near and far can share information, greatly accelerates time to knowledge. Using Utelinspect makes the data sharing near-real-time — minutes rather than hours or days.”

David Shaw of Futura Systems affirms that “maybe the most important contribution drones make is that they essentially turn observations into data. Utilities can’t do anything with observations. Until they have data, they can’t plan and initiate response activities.”

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