Iranian Company Develops Surveyor Drones
“We started our activity with the production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the purposes of data collection, mapping, environmental protection and forestry, and we have produced various drones,” Mohammad Hassan Hejrat, the managing director of the knowledge-based Homa Sana’at Ekbatan company, told ANA.
“The latest model of our indigenized drones is named ‘Cohands E1’ which is a surveyor drone with the flight duration of 90 minutes. One of the important specifications of this drone is that its parts can be separated and placed inside a package. Its flight and landing are completely automatic and it is launched from the launcher without the need for a pilot and it lands with a parachute,” he added.
Hejrat noted that different sensors can be installed on the drone based on the needs of customers, adding, “For instance, a customer does mapping work, we install a mapping camera on the drone. Some customers need data collection and online image sending, and we install online image sending systems, and some other customers need forestry and environmental protection, whose needed parts can be installed on the UAV fire detection cameras.”
He said that an important advantage of the surveyor drone is that it has been designed and built by the Iranian experts, “so we provide our customers with after-sales services for five years”.
“Many customers import foreign drones and have problems in supplying parts and spare parts. Since the systems, body, structure and software of these UAVs are indigenous, we will not have any problem in providing spare parts and support,” Hejrat added.
Surveyors and GIS professionals use drones because they make the process of creating accurate, three-dimensional topographic maps easier, safer, and more efficient.
Drones can fly over dangerous or difficult terrain and return easy-to-visualize topographic data after a mere ten-minute flight.
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