First to Receive Approval for Fully Autonomous Drone Flights in Europe is Skeyetech System by Azur Drones

<p><strong><em>This is an historic milestone for the</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>civilian professional drone. For the first time, the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) which regulates drones uses in&nbsp;France, has approved a fully-automated drone with no pilot, paving the way to new applications</em>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Azur Drones, European leader in surveillance UAVs, has just received the&nbsp;first and only DGAC approval for a fully-automated drone&nbsp;- Skeyetech system - which takes off from a docking station and requires&nbsp;no remote pilot.&nbsp;This specific approval is unprecedented since any authorized flight scenario in&nbsp;France&nbsp;requires a qualified pilot.</strong></p> <p><strong>Skeyetech drones can fly&nbsp;over private areas, Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS), day or night, in urban areas, under simple supervision of a remote operator. With this unique approval, the system will be directly operated&nbsp;by a security guard&nbsp;with no pilot license. The drone will thus be used to patrol the area or provide valuable aerial insights in case of an alarm.</strong></p> <p><strong>&quot;We are very proud of this approval which rewards an&nbsp;18-month close collaboration&nbsp;with DGAC services. Our system had to comply with the civilian aviation authorities&#39; requirements in terms of&nbsp;safety, reliability and quality. A process that was obviously very demanding due to the fully automated character of our system,&quot; explains St&eacute;phane Morelli, Azur Drones Managing Director.</strong></p> <p>&quot;This unprecedented approval is a landmark event for professional civil drone,&quot; adds Jean-Marc Cr&eacute;pin, Azur Drones CEO. &quot;Azur Drones&nbsp;unlocks huge markets that are currently restrained by the complexity of common drone solutions implementation. Unlike standard piloted solutions, our systems are&nbsp;<strong>easy-to-use, operational 24/7, precise and reliable</strong>.&quot;</p> <p>With this authorization,&nbsp;Azur Drones&nbsp;confirms its&nbsp;<strong>leadership</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>technological excellence</strong>. The company aims to make autonomous drone a standard in the security market, in&nbsp;France&nbsp;and overseas.&nbsp;Azur Drones&nbsp;is already under discussions with other authorities in order to get similar approvals in several other countries.</p> <p>Founded in 2012,&nbsp;Azur Drones&nbsp;is now the European leader in surveillance UAVs. Pioneer in drone solutions with no pilot, the company has developed a fully autonomous drone solution for safety and security applications, even in the most sensitive and complex environments. Skeyetech system is the first autonomous drone in&nbsp;Europe&nbsp;approved by the authorities. It can carry out patrols, reconnaissance flights or assist in crisis situations 24/7.</p> <p>Based in&nbsp;France, Azur drones collaborates with well-established contractors and authorities in&nbsp;France&nbsp;and abroad (US and&nbsp;Middle East). It is engaged in several strategic partnerships with major actors of security and surveillance market such as Genetec.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>