EMC Operations Group is seeking to improve our manufacturing functionality for our Sentian Class XPLORER UAS with a view to meet the calls for of upper quantity orders. We have now funding targets to satisfy in order that we are able to intensify the manufacture quantity of our low-cost strategic drone.
We have now by no means taken fairness based mostly funding, just because so many UAS (and usually defence based mostly) companies are overextended on VC funding. Usually what this results in is a recurring cycle of requirement to look slick and glossy in manner, model, and product.
On condition that we’ve taken no funding till now, we aren’t compelled to be pretentious in regards to the slickness of our system. It’s rugged, and with a newly refined and standardised manufacturing course of utilising the Dube-Moyo technique of design; as such we’re prepared to obtain extra. Sentian is making a transfer to the UK, combining rugged and sensible design for unbelievable perform within the South African Bushveld with precision British engineering.
XPLORER is appropriate, not distinctive, however simplicity is a profit reasonably than a disadvantage for our strategic system. As such, we’re seeking to produce extra programs that may function inside this parameter of simplicity, bringing far decrease value options to mining companies in Canada and Norway, Oil and Gasoline prospecting companies in Niger, and pipeline inspection in Turkey and the USA. XPLORER is lengthy endurance, waypoint succesful, low value (each to buy and to function,) and VTOL module succesful making it the perfect substitute for various capabilities usually carried out by helicopters or gentle plane in a industrial setting.
Positive, we’re getting additional concerned within the navy procurement, however this primary section of funding is for these industrial companies (after the dealings we’ve had with African governments for counter-poaching and conservation.) We have now the product, we’ve got the market and demand, however we don’t have the funds to ship as we wish to.
When provide exceeds demand, we’ve got a selection:
-Increase capital with a view to permit manufacturing to extend.
-Increase product costs with a view to increase the cash ourselves.
On condition that we satisfaction XPLORER on being about as cheap as programs come for it’s class (solely about £500k for base,) we’d a lot want to do the previous!
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