Results - Revised Long-range aerial drone with heavy payload

The contracting authorities intended to jointly buy: Long-range aerial drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)) with the following mandatory minimum requirements: - Complies with technical requirements in EASA PDRA-G01 and PDRA-G02 - Typical kinetic energy up to 34 kJ from 120 m altitude - Maximum characteristic dimension 3 m - Transport size less than 2 m in diameter - Payload should be over or equal 6 kg - The drone should be suitable for vertical take-off and landing. - The drone will be designed as a field mapping tool for the laser scanners, optical cameras, water quality/quantity sensors, etc. These kinds of instrumentation should be able to be attached onto the drone, occasionally more than one at a time. - Flight time with 6 kg payload should be at least 120 minutes - Minimum flight speed of the drone should be 5 m/s or less. Capability also to fly with up to 12 m/s flight speed or more. - Safety systems for landing (e.g. parachute) - Operation wind conditions, at least up to 12 m/s wind speed - Electric or hybrid motor; If not fully battery powered, must use fuel that is commonly available for purchase in rural areas - Remote control: radio control up to 15 km range. Option to be able to support longer range 30 km+ have to be offered this can be e.g. LTE link or a satellite C2 link. Also real-time video feed from drone to remote control have to be included. - Operating Temperature range at least -10 to 40C, - The drone should be equipped with a location positioning system (GNSS: GPS+GLONASS+BeiDou+Galileo). Options for RTK and VRS functions are required. - The Ingress protection rating must be at least IP45 at minimum. - Applications: Remote control software - Factory test prior to client´s acceptance of the delivery - Availability of maintenance and calibration services; Maintenance checks and possible calibrations of equipment shall be available, if needed, from the Supplier also after the warranty period has ended. Maintenance program, costs of the maintena