Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics receives USD2.6 million order to expand Optimus Dubai operations

Ondas Holdings’ subsidiary Airobotics has received a USD2.6 million order for immediate delivery of additional Optimus Systems from a local governmental entity in Dubai for public safety and emergency response operations. Since 2020, the Optimus System has been extensively utilized by this local governmental entity in Dubai which has carried out thousands of operational drone flights without human intervention under challenging environmental conditions in densely populated areas demonstrating urban drone infrastructure for Public Safety and Emergency Response use cases, says the press release.

The Optimus drone recently achieved an Airworthiness Type Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a Type Certificate for its small UAS (sUAS) developed for aerial security and data capture. The Type Certificate allows for more expanded operations in urban settings including the operation over people, roads and highways and critical infrastructure.