The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC is now available for operations in the hottest and most extreme environments globally, from the Australian Outback to the Arabian Desert
REDWOOD CITY, California, July 2024: Skyfront, the world’s leader in high endurance hybrid drones, today announced The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC, an upgraded drone with a water-cooled engine and heat tolerant avionics, is available to the market for desert operations.
The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC unlocks reliable drone operations in inhospitable deserts around theworld. Batteries in traditional battery-powered drones can degrade faster, reduce lifespan, and risk batteryfires in high temperature environments. Similarly, engines in air-cooled drones can overheat, and pistonscan seize in the cylinder risking engine failure. The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC solves these problems withan upgraded water-cooled engine and heat tolerant avionics, enabling peace of mind for drone operators.
The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC is also proven to operate at density altitudes that are inoperable fortraditional multirotor drones, having been deployed in desert environments in the United States, carryingheavy payloads during mid-day operations in 45°C (113°F) temperatures.
The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC solution enables high endurance defense and commercial applications inaustere environments. Skyfront’s solution enables improvised explosive device (IED), landmine, andunexploded ordnance (UXO) detection. Skyfront’s solution also enables geophysical exploration, longlinear inspection of utilities, pipelines, oil, gas, and power transmission lines in extreme temperatures.The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC is now available as a retrofittable upgrade to the popular SkyfrontPerimeter 8. The Skyfront Perimeter 8 is deployed by customers in over 30 countries, because it is thehighest endurance, payload and range hybrid gas-electric multicopter drone in the world, with provenflight times over 5 hours. The Perimeter 8 can carry 5 kg (11 lb) for 2-3 hours and up to 10 kg (22 lb) for
up to one hour. The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC upgrades the Perimeter 8’s air-cooled engine to a water-cooled engine and adds heat tolerant avionics for desert operations.
“Alchemy Analytics provides advanced unmanned geospatial solutions and services, and we’ve seen first-hand The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC unlock reliable high endurance drone operations in the deserts of the
Middle East and enable peace of mind for drone operators,” said Conrad Wright, CEO of AlchemyAnalytics.
“Skyfront is excited to launch the first water-cooled hybrid-electric multirotor drone to be deployed in theMiddle East,” said Troy Mestler, CEO of Skyfront, “The Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC is now available as aretrofittable upgrade to existing customers, and as a new system to new customers.”To contact Skyfront, email: products@skyfront.com
About Skyfront:
Skyfront manufactures the highest endurance hybrid-electric multirotor drones in the world, with provenflight times over 5 hours. Skyfront’s proprietary fuel-injected hybrid-electric power source convertsgasoline into electricity in flight, giving customers extreme endurance and redundant power. Customersuse the Perimeter 8 for missions worldwide including beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations because ofSkyfront’s extremely long flight times, communications range, safety, rapid deployment, and ease of use.
For more information, please visit www.skyfront.com
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