Viper Drones Blog

An Introduction To Tethered Drones

The military has utilized drones since the early 2000s, but it was only as recent as 2016 they received a green light for commercial use.

A drone, frequently referred to as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), is correctly known as a UAS: Unmanned Aerial System.

Most often, the pictures and videos shown in the media depict a drone flying without restrictions above a neighborhood or natural landscape. This flying drone is only one type of drone, and it has a variety of surprising uses.

Many companies, services, and people utilize the lesser-known tethered drone.

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The Secret About Leak Detection & LDAR

Natural gas and oil facility owners and operators who see leak detection and repair (LDAR) requirements as opportunities for product savings are reaping the rewards in higher profits, greater worker safety, and improved testing accuracy. 

Those who seize these opportunities are more likely to achieve greater competitiveness and higher public approval. Perhaps even more importantly, investors have recently been paying more attention to plant efficiencies and are showing increased interest in those that go above and beyond even the strictest LDAR requirements to claw-back product losses through rigorous leak detection and repair. 

Some surprising technologies are upending the economics of leak detection and making this process even more accessible and safer than the most recent options on the market.

Your bottom-line could be enhanced with a fresh look on your LDAR approach!

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Viper Drones today announced the launch and immediate availability of Viper Vantage – the ultimate enterprise solution for Gas Leak detection.

Operators can visualize and pinpoint gas leaks without shutting down operations by using Viper Drone’s industry-leading “Viper Vantage” solution.

Viper Drones unique solution integrates the UAV and FLIR G300a OGI camera using a single controller for the pilot. This seamless integration allows the operator to use “Viper Vantage” for gas leak detection safely and cost-effectively.

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Viper Drones announced today major price reductions on DJI Matrice Drone Series. The range of Matrice M200, Matrice M210, and Matrice M210RTK systems and the Specialty Zenmuse Z30 (30 to 1 Zoom) cameras are all included in this new price reduction.

The new lower prices make these great products more readily available to enterprise customers who have discovered the tremendous capabilities provided by this innovative equipment.

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The DJI FLIR Zenmuse XT2 available to order now!

DJI in partnership with FLIR recently launched the innovative Zenmuse XT2.

Built with industrial and public safety applications in mind, the DJI Zenmuse XT2 expands upon the benefits in the first thermal-equipped camera jointly developed by FLIR and DJI, the DJI Zenmuse XT. The new drone camera includes both a high-definition 4K color video camera and a high-resolution radiometric thermal camera, allowing operators to switch between thermal and visible cameras in flight. The Zenmuse XT2 also uses FLIR’s patented MSX® technology, or multispectral dynamic imaging, that embosses high-fidelity, visible-light details onto the thermal imagery to enhance image quality and perspective.

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Viper Drones is pleased to announce a partnership with international firm, My Drone Services (MDS), an innovation leader in commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology. Combining the aerial inspection focus of MDS with Viper’s expertise in the integration of thermal imaging technology with drones, the company is positioned to provide sophisticated solutions to multiple types of industry as well as the public sector.

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