ZenaTech, a technology company specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drone solutions driven by Quantum Computing, Drones as a Service, and enterprise SaaS, has officially confirmed the news of its subsidiary company ZenaDrone moving its manufacturing facility to Phoenix, Arizona
According to certain reports, this the company has done, by and large, to produce US Defense and NATO drones, thus contributing towards the wider push of manufacturing “Made in America” drones. More on the same would reveal how the stated new facility is expected to accommodate drone manufacturing and assembly, R&D, sales, pilot, and training teams. Not just that, it will even boast an aeronautical test range site for demonstrations.
Next up, we must dig into how the facility will produce ZenaDrone 1000 multifunction autonomous AI drones for the US military, which must be NDAA (National Defense Administration Act) compliant, a requirement that includes strict cybersecurity and country of origin specifications.
In case you weren’t aware, NDAA compliance refers to adhering to the provisions outlined in the National Defense Authorization Act, which is essentially a set of U.S. federal laws passed every year that specifies the budget and expenditures for the Department of Defense (DoD) and addresses growing cybersecurity concerns. For a product to be NDAA compliant, it must not be produced by a set list of Chinese manufactories. Markedly enough, this extends to the chipsets, cameras, displays, as well as other technology which may be used during the development phase.
Anyway, all R&D work at this facility will include Quantum Computing, part of the company’s previously announced Sky Traffic project. Furthermore, ZenaDrone teams are going to work on applications for drone swarms to be used in border control and perimeter security military applications. In simple terms, a drone swarm would be a group of autonomous drones that work together, coordinated by algorithms, to perform tasks with dramatically improved speed, efficiency, and coverage.
“Expanding our Arizona presence from a sales office to a manufacturing facility, including flight testing, and an R&D center where we can continue our Quantum Computing-based Sky Traffic project applied to defense applications is a key part of our development strategy. Drone swarms powered by AI and Quantum Computing promise to revolutionize the defense sector by enabling highly coordinated, autonomous surveillance and reconnaissance operations, making defense systems faster, more effective, and secure in responding to complex threats,” said Shaun Passley, Ph.D, CEO of ZenaDrone.
The development in question delivers a rather interesting follow-up to the launch of ZenaTech’s Sky Traffic project which will utilize its AI drones, Quantum Computing, and specialized teams to develop and test advanced traffic management, weather forecasting, and wildfire management applications. This it will be conducted mainly using large datasets, along with Amazon Web Services computing devices and platforms.
Another thing ZenaDrone’s latest move follows up on relates to all the recent projection, by Fortune Business Insights research, that expect global military drone market to grow to $47 billion globally by 2032. Within these wider claims, the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISRT) segment happens to be the largest segment for military drones, a segment which is relied upon to collect crucial information and data in a targeted territory. Beyond that, logistics and transportation sector is the second largest segment.
Keeping that in mind, ZenaDrone is targeting ISRT, logistics, transportation as its chief focal points. In fact, the company has already completed two paid trials with the US Air Force and Naval Reserve for logistics and transportation applications, carrying critical cargo, such as blood, in the field.
Apart from that ZenaDrone also plans on applying for Green UAS, a more streamlined extension of Blue UAS (Unmanned Aerial System). Blue UAS, on its part, is a stringent government approved supplier list of drone companies that wish to do business with the US DoD.
