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NEWS DIGITAL

DRONE SOFTWARE LAUNCH

United States, Washington DC based
software company ANRA Technologies
has launched a comprehensive enterprise
drone enablement software called
MissionManager.
While there have been a number of com-
mercial drone operations software products
on the market for a number of years now,
MissionManager is the only turnkey solution
to integrate fleet management, compliance,
risk mitigation, flight automation, data
capture, and analysis into a single secure and
encrypted cloud-based platform.
The platform was developed for an
unlimited number of users and missions
designed to accelerate drone-enabled
data collection and processing, resulting
in immediate and measurable cost savings
across the enterprise.
ANRA developed several features on
the platform specifically tailored for
energy, telecom, and construction industry
applications.
These include pre-loaded mission profiles
for automated linear and vertical flight paths
such as facade inspection, survey, pipeline,
and other critical infrastructure surveys,
and more advanced mission profiles that
include columnar tower inspection, facade,
line string, and guyed tower and freehand
missions.
The secure cloud-based platform allows for
pilots and assets anywhere in the globe to be
managed. This enables seamless workflow
co-ordination from the corporate office to
the job site.
So, with increased confidence and lower
risk, drone programme managers will be
assured that permitted operations are flown
using qualified personnel flying approved
equipment for assigned tasks.
The platform supports extensive flight
automation, including integration into the “MissionManager is an end-to-end drone-agnostic platform for
ANRA SmartSkies UTM platform for beyond visual line-of-sight managing live flight automation, assets, pilots and data, at scale,”
(BVLOS) operations. said Amit Ganjoo, founder and CEO of ANRA.
ANRA Technologies adheres to stringent security standards for “I can issue multiple flight plans to pilots in the field for review
all its products and services, including MissionManager. and then simultaneously monitor their progress in real-time. The
The platform offers sign-on (SSO), two-factor authentication software prevents flying drones with overdue maintenance or with
(2FA), and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for account access pilots that have expired licenses.
with real-time network traffic and infrastructure monitoring, inci- “The data we collect for our clients is processed and annotated
dent reporting, with localized cloud storage and backup encrypted on the same software, simplifying my business workflow while
in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. All wireless and network data helping my team stay compliant and safe. I highly recommend it
transmissions are encrypted in TLS 1.2 or higher, while live video to anyone flying more than one mission per week,” said Walter
streams are secured in line with leading industry practices. Lappert, CEO at Triad Drones.
The MissionManager user interface was designed based on early
“ANRA’s platform allowed us to conduct safe and efficient
customer feedback, to make it easier for pilots and managers to building facade inspections. Our drone flew a pre-programmed
navigate and operate the platform and customize data processing vertical flight path that ensured complete coverage of a high-rise
capabilities.
building,” said Mike Marrinan, chief operating officer for ASEC. Q
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