• Department 13’s new partnership with another Australian essential service provider is enabling safe and controlled use of drones at the site to elevate security, safety and compliance.
• The new drone fleets capabilities will be leveraged to innovative business operations, efficiencies and outcomes across the site and organisation.
• BVLOS operations with CASA compliance and nearby stakeholder engagement works key to revolutionising the critical infrastructure sites airspace management and proposed new operating procedures.

Department 13 has commenced work with another national critical infrastructure organisation in Australia, to enable the safe and controlled use of autonomous drone capabilities at multiple sites and drive new and innovative business outcomes from capabilities and intelligence delivered by the drones and its operating system.

Integrating Department 13’s specialised drone technology into the site’s current operations is elevating safety and security postures and enabling a range of autonomous duties to be conducted by the new drone fleet. The capabilities of the system that will further extend into, support, and innovate a range of areas in the organisation like never before.

Department 13 CEO Mr Lee Croft said “This is an incredibly exciting application of our technology. Not only are we advancing the clients unique security and safety requirements to strategically protect the sites critical infrastructure, people, and IP – we’re developing new ways for the drones to also assist the organisation on a broader level with integral autonomous duties and data collection that can scheduled to occur as they please.

“It’s making the drones multi-task and be incredibly effective and efficient in their roles and responsibilities at the site. In turn it’s allowing the boots on the ground to refocus their time and efforts to more important matters” said Mr Croft.

Supporting the organisation through the entire technology integration, Department 13 will help plan and manage all mandatory compliance work required by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations at the site.

To ensure complete due diligence, Department 13 will conduct comprehensive assessments of ground and air risks pertinent to the site’s operation areas, and de-conflict surrounding airspaces by engaging with nearby stakeholders and take into consideration any of their current air management arrangements. Custom operating procedures will be produced, and workshops held with the end users and CASA to ensure safety and compliance requirements are clearly aligned and achieved.

State-of-the-art Nightingale Security Blackbird drones deployed at the site are Department 13’s self-sufficient aerial capability that can be deployed anywhere in Australia and be operated by Department 13’s in-house 24/7 Remote Operations Centre (ROC).

With highly skilled and qualified pilots based in Canberra, Department 13 is delivering innovative drone technology solutions to a range of industries including government, defence, security, commercial enterprises and critical infrastructure organisations with full turn-key airspace management solutions. Dedicated to ensuring the highest level of safety, security, CASA compliance, support, maintenance, and efficiency for innovative and diverse drone operating systems, Department 13 has a series of critical national infrastructure organisations projects rolling out in 2022.

To find out how Department 13 technology can assist your industry or specific requirements, contact us for an initial confidential discussion.