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Where Helicopters Shouldn’t Go & Where Elevated Platforms Cannot Go
Working with WaterNSW & Transgrid, V-TOL Aerospace Flight Services has just completed extensive marking of Transgrid energy infrastructure at five sensitive sites, including three river gorges in the Illawarra water catchment area of NSW, Australia. Spanning more than one kilometre tower to tower, the three transmission lines over the Gallahers Creek, Flying Fox Creek and
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Delivering Safer Military Flight Operations at Holsworthy
Approved by Transgrid to operate onto its Energy Infrastructure and cleared by the Australian Army to operate on Defence property due to its sovereign nature, a V-TOL Rota-Fix Flight Services Team, has just completed V-TOL’s largest single job installing Rotamarkas by drone at the Holsworthy Military Training Range in NSW, Australia. “Working closely with GenusPlus
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V-TOL Aerospace Commences Pegasus Airframe Performance Testing
After 12 months of design, component and airframe development, V-TOL has commenced airframe flight performance testing. Operating in accordance with MAAA regulations, the initial flight testing of Pegasus has been conducted in southeast Queensland at a MAAA Flying Field. “To our great satisfaction, Pegasus is performing beyond design expectations and attribute this result to great
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Marking AusGrid Conductors Crossing a Seaplane Landing Zone
V-TOL Aerospace recently completed the important marking of Ausgrid critical electrical infrastructure adjacent to a seaplane landing zone at Calabash Bay, on the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, NSW. “Our solution is perfect for marking conductors that cross waterways, particularly where boats with high masts transit, or where aircraft fitted out for seaplane operations, occur”,
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V-TOL Aerospace Marks Powerlink & Origin Energy Critical Infrastructure
V-TOL Aerospace recently completed the positioning and marking of critical Powerlink electrical transmission line infrastructure adjacent to the Origin Energy Darling Downs Gas Power Station in South East, Queensland. “Working closely with Powerlink and overseen by Origin Energy, a V-TOL Rota-Fix® Team has successfully marked electrical transmission line infrastructure adjacent to the Emergency Services helipad
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Powerlink Queensland Engages V-TOL ROTA-FIX®
A V-TOL Flight Services Team has just completed a contracted demonstration of its ROTA-FIX® Rotamarka® Drone Installation services with Powerlink, a company that focuses on delivering safe and reliable electricity to more than 5 million Queenslanders and 214,000 businesses through its electricity network solutions. Conducted on Transmission Infrastructure at the Swanbank Power Station Precinct in
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Powercor & AusNet Engage V-TOL ROTA-FIX®
A V-TOL Flight Services Team operating a company ROTA-FIX® Hornet drone has just completed its first five (5) jobs across Victoria working for Powercor & AusNet. These jobs included a river crossing and waterway in northern Victoria to protect a Pelican habitat and deflect low-flying agricultural aircraft from infrastructure, and mountainous locations in central &
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Pegasus Solar Drone Test Program Takes-Off
The Australian government has awarded $1.35m towards the Pegasus joint development project between V-TOL Aerospace, Li-S Energy, and Halocell. This marks the start of the fantastic journey towards the development of an all-day solar powered fixed-wing drone. The grand will enable the Australian partnership to develop a drone that integrates Li-S’ next generation batteries and
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Halocell Arrives at V-TOL for Pegasus I Test Program
V-TOL is excited to announce that Halocell have delivered the first test sets of their advanced perovskite solar cells to our Rocklea facility. “Our initial perovskite cell testing findings indicated a significant advantage both in weight and power generation over current technologies”, says Mark Xavier, CEO at V-TOL Aerospace. The test program to address how
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V-TOL Aerospace executes JD Agreement of Sovereign Significance
V-TOL Aerospace has executed a Joint Development Agreement with the ASX listed battery manufacturer Li-S Energy and the solar cell manufacturer Halocell Energy. The aim of this agreement is to design and manufacture two (2) cutting edge multi-purpose drones: “These aircraft types equipped with advanced Li-S Energy’s storage and Halocell’s next-gen solar panels will be
