Danish drone solutions company offers its technology for maritime use

TechnologyDánskoTODK20210303001
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Summary: 
A Danish drone solutions company with a vision to radically improve the maritime sector through innovative drone technology, aims to collaborate with clients and co-create drone systems customised for various types of offshore operations. The company is looking for investors under a financial agreement to support their market entry and co-development partners under a commercial agreement with technical assistance.
Description: 
Founded in 2018, this Danish developer of drone solutions has focused specifically on the maritime industry. Flying drones over maritime waters brings a range of technological challenges, caused by salt-water corrosion, salt spray, extreme winds making navigation and control difficult, and difficulties in landing on moving ships. The Danish company had worked in this area and the highly skilled team used their experience, to develop a drone system, specialised for operations in the maritime sector. This company's drones are developed to land and take off under turbulence from ships' movements caused by unpredictable oceans giving multidimensional movements. A few of the operations that this company currently focuses on are as follows: • Search and rescue operation when a person falls overboard a vessel (man overboard situation) into the sea • Assistance when a vessel is docking at the harbour • Inspection of ships in dry docks • Inspection of offshore wind turbines • Package delivery to wind turbines during service and maintenance work • Situational awareness, which can be helpful in piracy detection etc. • Detection of oils spill The company offers an autonomous drone system that includes the following main components: 1. A drone with changeable payloads for different types of operations. For example: a thermal camera payload for search and rescue missions, an RGB (Red / Green / Blue) camera payload for vessel docking, a delivery payload for wind turbine deliveries etc. The payload applications will be developed with regards to the needs of the customer. 2. A charging station for the drone, which shelters the drone when it is not in operation and also changes payloads and batteries as and when required. 3. The software and graphical user interface (GUI) that allows the user to control and monitor the drone, even from a remote location. The company offers its leading edge solutions in the drone technology to shipping, wind energy and other offshore companies. They already have letters of interest from leading Danish maritime companies who are interested to install their drone system with various applications. They also have project collaborations and partnerships with stakeholders and companies in the Danish, as well as European ecosystems, co-developing complementary software and hardware platforms, integrating robotics and AI technology into maritime operations. The company is currently looking for a financial agreement, with partners interested in investing in a promising technology through a unique and scalable solution. They are also interested in commercial agreements with technical assistance, to adapt the drone technology for other market sectors and maritime connected solutions in the fields of offshore operations related to search and rescue missions, wind turbine inspections and package deliveries, dry dock inspections, vessel docking assistance and so on.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought: 
The company seeks for an investor-partner that can support with technological as well as business development and has experience in scaling a start-up into a billion dollar business. The partner's role can also be to provide support for market entry. An alternative solution may be two separate partners with financial investment from one, and technological co-development from another, adapting the drone system to specific maritime tasks.
Stage of Development: 
Under development/lab tested
IPR Status: 
Patent(s) applied for but not yet granted
Comments Regarding IPR Status: 
The company has a first patent pending and is in the process of securing the trademark for the company name in Denmark and will eventually apply for the trademark in the international system.
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