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AUVSI 2018: Swift closes on Japan joint venture

2nd May 2018 - 21:29 GMT | by Richard Thomas in Denver

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Swift Engineering is looking to close on a joint venture that will enable it to conduct commercial UAS service operations in Japan, while also beginning such flights in the US.

The US and Japanese service operations would be focused around linear infrastructure inspection, oil and gas, as well as agriculture surveys.

‘The ink is drying on the paper now,’ said Rick Heise, president at Swift Engineering, adding that there would be ‘more to come’ through 2018 in terms of technology developments and business opportunities.

It is expected that the company would look to use its Swift020 VTOL platform for such

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