The Black Swift S2 UAS is a purpose-built aerial platform for flying scientific payloads in demanding atmospheric environments (high-altitude, corrosive particulates, and strong turbulence). The Black Swift S2 UAS offers the additional benefits of being hand-launchable and having a larger payload capacity than other vehicles while also having longer endurance, higher ceiling, and greater range than vector wing airframes. This rugged airframe is capable of autonomous launch, flight, and landing in difficult mountainous regions.

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System Uses Unsupervised Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection Boulder, CO - (March 2, 2021) - According to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the U.S. Air Force "Remotely Piloted Aircraft" (RPA) or "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" (UAS), represent a low cost, high mission capable asset when compared to manned airplanes.

With its advanced navigation technology, the Black Swift E2 facilitates highly accurate, up-close inspections of infrastructures, even in extreme environmental conditions. Able to leverage advances in computer-vision and machine learning, the Black Swift E2 is an intelligent drone capable of fully autonomous flights. The Black Swift E2 provides precise, reliable and safe navigation around complex structures, while delivering real-time actionable data to its operator.

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These days when aircraft cockpits are heavily automated, pilot responsibilities have changed somewhat from the old days of 'Pilotage and Dead Reckoning' when aviators had to manipulate the commands from beginning to end of each flight.

Colorado-based Black Swift Technologies is helping the U.S. Air Force improve drone maintenance planning, thanks to a recent grant. The company will develop a machine-learning software solution for predicting and improving maintenance schedules in an effort to reduce drone systems failures. "System failures can be costly-in time, money and equipment," Black Swift CEO Jack Elston said.

The Black Swift S0-VTOL is a small, ruggedized UAS engineered for high altitude (up to 15,000 ft. AGL) atmospheric profiling. Capable of completely autonomous flights, its unique design enables rapid ascents and descents allowing the S0 to quickly and accurately capture 3-dimensional wind profiles at various levels.

The S0 is a cost-effective aerial solution perfect for determining the thermodynamics of the atmosphere. Its modular design allows for rapid integration of new sensors and capabilities. The flexibility enables the S0's functionality to expand to provide air quality monitoring and trace gas detection simply by switching out the sensor payloads.

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