RPAS Ops Types

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) create exciting new possibilities for the use of aircraft commercially. Having no requirement for a pilot on board an aircraft means that RPA’s can be incredibly small, light and manoeuvrable. RPA’s can and are being introduced in a broad range professional fields such as the following:

• Aerial Photography
  • Still and Motion
  • Low Level Filming
  • Broadcast Events (e.g. Sports Matches) <Video: UAV @ Wacca>
  • Digital 3D Surface Modelling
• Aerial Spotting
  • Fauna
  • Fire
  • Flood
  • Marine Life
  • Radio Tracking
  • Search and Rescue
• Aerial Survey
  • Geographic
  • Magnetic
  • Seizmic
  • Spectoral
  • Geochemical Sampling
  • Pipeline Inspection;
  • Power Line Inspection
  • Power pole inspection
  • Mine Site monitoring
  • Property Survey
  • Surveillance
  • Crowd Control
• Agriculture
  • Seeding
  • Chemical Spraying
  • Solids Application
• Dropping
  • Water and Fire Retardant
  • Incendiaries for Forest Ignition
  • Food and Fodder
  • Messages
  • Parachutes – Equipment and Personnel
  • Animal Baiting
  • Cloud Seeding
• Environmental
  • Oil and Chemical Dispersants
  • Anti-Poaching