T-Mobile Completes 77-Mile Drone Flight Using 5G
T-Mobile said Monday it completed “an industry-first,” unmanned 77-mile beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flight, using its 5G network, working with Valmont. “BVLOS flights are taking off … thanks to their ability to reach remote or inaccessible areas…
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more efficiently and quickly collect and share data,” T-Mobile said: “Drones equipped with cameras and sensors can capture high-resolution video and imagery used for near real-time analysis, monitoring and critical decision-making.” The flight went from Childress to Aspermont in Texas, and inspected infrastructure including power lines, railroads and bridges, T-Mobile said. The flight lasted less than three hours and required less than two gallons of fuel. “Range has been a hurdle in the drone inspection space, until now,” said Jake Lahmann, Valmont Industries unmanned aerial systems manager: “To be able to get this kind of range in a single drone flight is really going to revolutionize the way the industry approaches infrastructure inspections.”