BVLOS
Drones
Leverage long endurance fixed wing drones flying beyond visual line of sight to achieve days of data collection in hours.
Leverage long endurance fixed wing drones flying beyond visual line of sight to achieve days of data collection in hours.
The FAA requires that commercial drone operators maintain visual line of sight of their aircraft within US airspace. Waivers are available to allow BVLOS flights when mitigating steps are taken — such as using detect-and-avoid (DAA) equipment on the ground or on the aircraft. The FAA evaluates the mission, aircraft, DAA equipment, and other factors to determine safety.
Event 38 has experience obtaining waivers to the Part 107 line of sight requirement using on-board DAA equipment on the E455 drone. We can help design your operation and FAA waiver application to give the best chance of gaining approval.
Event 38 guides operators through every step — from mission design to final FAA submission.Ground-based DAA has a limited range tied to equipment certification and weather visibility. On-board DAA is preferred — it lets the aircraft fly tens or hundreds of miles from the operator. The E455 is large and efficient enough to carry the Casia Iris system alongside a payload and still fly for 60+ minutes.
On-board DAA removes range constraints — enabling truly scalable, long-distance BVLOS operations.The E455 drone features an integrated on-board detect-and-avoid system, giving it the DAA capability required for certified BVLOS operations. The E455 is large and efficient enough to carry the DAA system alongside another payload while still flying for over an hour on battery power.
This combination delivers a production-ready BVLOS platform with no ground infrastructure required — ideal for linear asset inspection, corridor mapping, and large-area survey missions far from the launch site.
The E455-BVLOS is the platform Event 38 uses for its own FAA waiver applications and customer mission design.
Phoenix Air Unmanned shattered their daily productivity record using the E455 in a BVLOS pipeline inspection program with Shell. After just one day of operator training, the team was executing efficient, long-range missions at a scale that was previously impossible.
"We flew 320 miles of BVLOS pipeline in under two days — results like that just aren't achievable any other way." Learn More