ANRA Technologies Showcases Advanced Drone Capabilities at New York Power Authority

This show­case high­lights the trans­for­ma­tive poten­tial of drones in rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing util­i­ty inspec­tions, promis­ing increased safe­ty and effi­cien­cy.

As ANRA Tech­nolo­gies part­ners with the New York Pow­er Author­i­ty (NYPA) to demon­strate cut­ting-edge drone inspec­tion capa­bil­i­ties, the indus­try wit­ness­es a piv­otal moment in the jour­ney towards safer, more cost-effec­tive, and tech­no­log­i­cal­ly advanced util­i­ty man­age­ment.

ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, a glob­al leader in uncrewed traf­fic man­age­ment and oper­a­tional solu­tions, suc­cess­ful­ly demon­strat­ed its state-of-the-art drone inspec­tion capa­bil­i­ties at the New York Pow­er Authority’s (NYPA) facil­i­ty in White Plains, NY. The event, held on August 1, fea­tured live drone oper­a­tions and show­cased ANRA’s Mis­sion Man­ag­er soft­ware to NYPA exec­u­tives and invit­ed guests.

Rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing Util­i­ty Inspec­tions

The demon­stra­tion high­light­ed the poten­tial for drones to rev­o­lu­tion­ize util­i­ty inspec­tions. Uti­liz­ing mul­ti­ple drones, ANRA dis­played the advanced fea­tures of its Mis­sion Man­ag­er soft­ware, includ­ing real-time mon­i­tor­ing, track­ing of mul­ti­ple drone oper­a­tions, and stream­ing live video feeds—all coor­di­nat­ed by ANRA’s world-class air­space man­age­ment capa­bil­i­ty.

This tech­nol­o­gy promis­es sig­nif­i­cant safe­ty and cost ben­e­fits for Beyond Visu­al Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone oper­a­tions and sets a foun­da­tion for com­pli­ance with antic­i­pat­ed FAA rules.

NYPA’s Vision for the Future

NYPA Robot­ics Pro­gram Man­ag­er Peter Kalaitzidis said, “ANRA’s tech­nol­o­gy offers a trans­for­ma­tive approach to our inspec­tion process­es, ensur­ing greater safe­ty and effi­cien­cy. We are excit­ed about the pos­si­bil­i­ties this part­ner­ship holds for the future of UAS Oper­a­tions.”

Amit Gan­joo, Founder and CEO of ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, echoed this enthu­si­asm. “This demon­stra­tion under­scores the capa­bil­i­ties of our Mis­sion Man­ag­er soft­ware in real-world sce­nar­ios. We are proud to sup­port NYPA in pio­neer­ing inno­v­a­tive solu­tions that enhance oper­a­tional effec­tive­ness and safe­ty.”

ANRA Tech­nolo­gies has been sup­port­ing NYPA’s drone oper­a­tions since 2022, help­ing to inte­grate advanced drone man­age­ment solu­tions into their infra­struc­ture. This demon­stra­tion pro­vid­ed an oppor­tu­ni­ty to illus­trate NYPA’s com­mit­ment to their strate­gic vision of becom­ing the nation’s first end-to-end dig­i­tal util­i­ty.

Live Demon­stra­tions

Atten­dees observed var­i­ous drone oper­a­tions, includ­ing lin­ear inspec­tions and prop­er­ty secu­ri­ty mon­i­tor­ing, all coor­di­nat­ed and dis­played from the Oper­a­tions Cen­ter. The secure and encrypt­ed live video streams and real-time data pro­vid­ed com­pelling evi­dence of the tech­nol­o­gy’s effec­tive­ness.

Expand­ing Drone Oper­a­tions

The demon­stra­tion also under­scored how ANRA’s Mis­sion Man­ag­er will assist NYPA in expand­ing its drone oper­a­tions. By lever­ag­ing the com­pre­hen­sive mon­i­tor­ing and track­ing capa­bil­i­ties of the soft­ware, NYPA can enhance its inspec­tion rou­tines, improve response times, and reduce oper­a­tional costs.

This is par­tic­u­lar­ly rel­e­vant as NYPA con­tin­ues to lead in inno­v­a­tive appli­ca­tions of drone tech­nol­o­gy, as evi­denced by its recent achieve­ment of secur­ing a waiv­er from the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA) for BVLOS oper­a­tions.

Beyond Visu­al Line of Sight

“With the FAA waiv­er, we can deploy drones for more exten­sive inspec­tions with­out the lim­i­ta­tions of visu­al line of sight,” said Kalaitzidis. “ANRA’s Mis­sion Man­ag­er will be instru­men­tal in man­ag­ing these expand­ed oper­a­tions safe­ly and effi­cient­ly.”

This demon­stra­tion was observed at NYPA’s Inte­grat­ed Smart Oper­a­tions Cen­ter a cut­ting-edge facil­i­ty ded­i­cat­ed to lever­ag­ing data and dig­i­tal tools to mon­i­tor NYPA’s asset infra­struc­ture, oper­a­tions and enhance cus­tomer val­ue. The cen­ter is a crit­i­cal com­po­nent of NYPA’s strate­gic vision to become the nation’s first end-to-end dig­i­tal util­i­ty.

NYPA: A Ful­ly Dig­i­tal Util­i­ty

“Our strate­gic vision is cen­tred on lever­ag­ing tech­nol­o­gy to improve our oper­a­tions and cus­tomer ser­vice,” said Kalaitzidis. “Inte­grat­ing ANRA’s Mis­sion Man­ag­er into our UAS based inspec­tion process­es is a sig­nif­i­cant step towards achiev­ing our vision of being a ful­ly dig­i­tal util­i­ty.”

Set­ting a Prece­dent

This demon­stra­tion marks a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone in the adop­tion of advanced drone tech­nolo­gies for util­i­ty inspec­tions, set­ting a prece­dent for future appli­ca­tions across the indus­try.

About ANRA Tech­nolo­gies

ANRA Tech­nolo­gies is a lead­ing provider of uncrewed traf­fic man­age­ment (UTM) solu­tions, spe­cial­is­ing in air­space man­age­ment, ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture, and UAM oper­a­tions. With a glob­al pres­ence and a com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion, ANRA is shap­ing the future of autonomous avi­a­tion by enabling safe, effi­cient, and sus­tain­able aer­i­al mobil­i­ty.

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