Company:Soaring Eagle Technologies

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Soaring Eagle Technologies, LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryTech-enabled inspections
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, USA
Area served
U.S.
Key people
Will Paden - President

Craig Taylor - CEO

Alex Danielides - Head of Business Development
OwnerIapetus Infrastructure Services, LLC (Division of Iapetus Holdings, LLC)
Websitehttps://soaringeagle.com

Soaring Eagle Technologies LLC is an American company which specializes in UAS (unmanned aerial systems) or UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) drone data collection and processing services. The firm is a minority business enterprise and veteran-owned and operated by Houston[1]-based Iapetus Holdings LLC (“Iapetus”) and is a private operating business under Iapetus Infrastructure Services LLC, offering compliance, safety, and environmental services including utility vegetation management, inspection, and training solutions. Soaring Eagle Technologies conducts critical infrastructure inspections and reporting. Soaring Eagle is presided by U.S. Army veteran Will Paden, an ex-Blackhawk instructor pilot. The founder is CEO Craig Taylor. Soaring Eagle Technologies provides utility, energy, and infrastructure inspections for hard-to-reach and complex structures with emerging technology solutions, including visual and infrared thermal imaging. Soaring Eagle’s main headquarters is in Houston, Texas.

The joint company enables clients in the U.S. to leverage aerial mapping, inspection, surveying, and overall imaging. Soaring Eagle has completed over 60 large scale SGI (special government interest) waiver, class G airspace missions across the U.S., more than any other U.S. company. It has performed critical inspection flights intended to harden the electric grid, including for VM (vegetation management) ROW (right-of-way) and storm response, search and rescue, controlled burn fire over watch, and wildlife and fishery. Soaring Eagle Technologies is certified with CFR Part 107[2] waivers, which allows the company to legally perform night operations and BVLOS operations.

UAS inspections are often cleaner (no fossil fuel consumption), more efficient, and safer than traditional critical infrastructure inspections methods including the use of helicopters, ground inspections, scaffolding, etc.

History

2021: Launch

Soaring Eagle Technologies was founded[3][4][5][6][7][8] in 2021[9], a company resulting from the combination of Soaring Eagle Imaging from Brandon, Mississippi and Skynetwest from Chandler, Arizona[10], both founded in 2015 and formerly presided by Will Paden and Noah Ruiz, respectively.

2022- Present: BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight)

In 2021[11], Soaring Eagle Technologies[12] was awarded a waiver for the longest distance approved by the FAA to conduct (non-official/government) commercial BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) inspections with the Sentaero BVLOS aircraft manufactured by Censys Technologies. The FAA requires drone pilots to maintain visual line of sight at all times with any drone they are operating, unless they have secured a BVLOS waiver. In February 2022[13], the FAA[14] granted Soaring Eagle Technologies a waiver to conduct BVLOS inspections for up to 12[15] miles, the longest[16] distance[17] ever approved by the FAA[18] for such missions.[citation needed] The functionality[19] consists primarily[20] of inspections of transmission power lines, distribution towers, bridges, and critical infrastructure, including sensitive assets. These companies work closely with the FAA to build a safety case for Iris Automation’s advanced detect-and-avoid (DAA) technology, Casia, completing thousands of flights in the process and securing two prior BVLOS waivers. Per the FAA’s Part 107.31/33 waiver provisions, the Soaring Eagle certification enables the remote pilot-in-command (RPIC) to fly three miles down range for a total of six unique miles of data.

References

  1. ↑ "Soaring Eagle Technologies Houston HQ Drones". https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/inno/stories/news/2021/09/27/soaring-eagle-technologies-houston-hq-drones.html. 
  2. ↑ Grogan, Jeremy. "FAA UAS Symposium". https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/events_calendar/archive/2019_uas_symposium/media/How_To_Get_Approval_to_Fly_BVLOS-Part_107.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "StackPath". https://www.tdworld.com/overhead-transmission/article/21176444/soaring-eagle-imaging-and-skynetwest-unite-to-launch-soaring-eagle-technologies. 
  4. ↑ "Skynetwest joins forces with Soaring Eagle Imaging to take further advantage of drone data - AZ Tech Beat" (in en-US). 2021-09-27. https://aztechbeat.com/2021/09/27/skynetwest-joins-forces-with-soaring-eagle-imaging-to-take-further-advantage-of-drone-data/. 
  5. ↑ "Soaring Eagle Imaging and Skynetwest unite to launch Soaring Eagle Technologies" (in en-US). 2021-09-21. https://uasweekly.com/2021/09/21/soaring-eagle-imaging-and-skynetwest-unite-to-launch-soaring-eagle-technologies/. 
  6. ↑ Benavidez, Art. "Soaring Eagle Technologies chooses Houston for headquarters to 'better serve its clients'" (in en). https://houstondaily.com/stories/608553607-soaring-eagle-technologies-chooses-houston-for-headquarters-to-better-serve-its-clients. 
  7. ↑ "Soaring Eagle - Safety & Training". https://www.environmental-expert.com/training/soaring-eagle-safety-training-793880. 
  8. ↑ "Soaring Eagle Imaging and Skynetwest unite to launch Soaring Eagle Technologies" (in en-GB). 2021-09-22. https://www.suasnews.com/2021/09/soaring-eagle-imaging-and-skynetwest-unite-to-launch-soaring-eagle-technologies/. 
  9. ↑ "Houston expert shares how developing drone technology can make an impact across industries" (in en). 2021-10-19. https://houston.innovationmap.com/alex-danielides-iapetus-holdings-soaring-eagle-technologies-2655318591.html. 
  10. ↑ "Combined Soaring Eagle Technologies Drones". https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/inno/stories/news/2021/10/01/combined-soaring-eagle-technologies-drones.html. 
  11. ↑ McNabb, Miriam (2021-12-27). "Soaring Eagle BVLOS Waiver Enables Cost-Effective and Efficient Inspections" (in en-US). https://dronelife.com/2021/12/27/soaring-eagle-bvlos-waiver-enables-cost-effective-and-efficient-inspections/. 
  12. ↑ "Soaring Eagle Technologies Continues Advancing BVLOS Capabilities with Another FAA Certificate of Authorization" (in en-GB). 2021-12-30. https://www.suasnews.com/2021/12/soaring-eagle-technologies-continues-advancing-bvlos-capabilities-with-another-faa-certificate-of-authorization/. 
  13. ↑ "FAA grants BVLOS drone waiver for a 12-mile distance, its longest ever" (in en-US). 2022-02-10. https://dronedj.com/2022/02/10/faa-bvlos-waiver-longest/. 
  14. ↑ "Soaring Eagle Technologies racks up FAA BVLOS waivers" (in en-US). 2022-01-03. https://dronedj.com/2022/01/03/soaring-eagle-technologies-racks-up-faa-bvlos-waivers/. 
  15. ↑ "Censys Technologies & Soaring Eagle Receive 12-Mile BVLOS Waiver | UASMagazine.com" (in en). http://uasmagazine.com/articles/2446/censys-technologies-soaring-eagle-receive-12-mile-bvlos-waiver. 
  16. ↑ "New Commercial BVLOS 12 Mile Milestone Longest Distance Allowd by FAA". https://www.suasnews.com/2022/02/new-commercial-bvlos-12-mile-milestone-longest-distance-allowed-by-faa-for-censys-technologies-and-soaring-eagle-technologies/. 
  17. ↑ "FAA grants BVLOS drone waiver for a 12-mile distance, its longest ever" (in en-US). 2022-02-10. https://dronedj.com/2022/02/10/faa-bvlos-waiver-longest/. 
  18. ↑ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". https://centreforaviation.com/news/censys-technologies-and-soaring-eagle-technologies-awarded-third-commercial-bvlos-waiver-by-us-faa-1118137. 
  19. ↑ "Record BVLOS waiver granted" (in en-US). https://verticalmag.com/press-releases/record-bvlos-waiver-granted/. 
  20. ↑ "Command and Control (C2) Capabilities from SKYTRAC Define What It Means to Operate Drones BVLOS at Scale" (in en). https://www.commercialuavnews.com/infrastructure/command-and-control-c2-capabilities-from-skytrac-define-what-it-means-to-operate-drones-bvlos-at-scale. 

External Links

Official Website

https://censystech.com/

https://iapetusllc.com

https://uati.net

https://www.aviationtoday.com/2018/08/27/bvlos-drone-waiver/

Operate Drones BVLOS at Scale

FAA Regulations


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