Auterion, a company that builds open and software-defined for enterprise drone fleets, last week announced a strategic alliance with NTT e-Drone Technology to accelerate drone use that helps tackle major social problems.
Together, the two companies will drive the development, manufacturing, operation, and sales of next-generation drone fleets. These software-defined drone fleets will enable life-changing smart farming and infrastructure management.
NTT e-Drone will produce Skynode based Flight controller and Mission computer, a drone control device developed and provided by Auterion, in Japan. In the future, it will be optimally installed in next-generation drones developed by NTT e-Drone that have functions such as LTE,5G support, remote control, and autonomous navigation, and will be expanded to drone manufacturers who desire Skynode based products made in Japan.
NTT e-Drone will operate Auterion Suite on a server in Japan NTT e-Drone operates Suite, a drone operation management system developed and provided by Auterion, on a server in Japan. Furthermore, NTT e-Drone will accelerate the social implementation of drones in fields such as agriculture, inspection, surveying, and disaster countermeasures by adding functions for the Japanese market.
NTT e-Drone will deploy Vector made by Quantum Systems and Vesper made by Vantage Robotics equipped with Auterion’s technology in Japan. In the future, Auterion will also handle next-generation drones similarly equipped with Auterion software, which are being developed by NTT e-Drone.
By responding to needs within the Japanese market, NTT e-Drone will accelerate the social implementation of drones in fields such as agriculture, inspection, surveying, and disaster counter measures.
Lorenz Meier, co-founder and CEO of Auterion
Through our strategic alliance with NTT e-Drone, various Japanese companies and regional governments, especially those concerned with national security, can easily access Auterion’s ecosystem of the world’s most advanced open source platforms for drones.
Hiroshi Tanabe, President of NTT e-Drone Technology
The partnership with Auterion is indispensable to our mission of ‘realizing the social implementation of drones that contribute to solving social issues.’ We also expect to access markets other than Japan’s and work with Auterion to realize next-generation drones that place the highest priority on drone safety and reliability.
