{"id":13383,"date":"2019-08-01T01:18:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T01:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13383"},"modified":"2019-08-01T01:21:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T01:21:57","slug":"delair-signs-agreement-with-geoforma-to-open-its-first-commercial-drone-service-operation-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/delair-signs-agreement-with-geoforma-to-open-its-first-commercial-drone-service-operation-in-latin-america\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Delair Signs Agreement with Geoforma to Open its First Commercial Drone Service Operation in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, announced\nan agreement with Geoforma, S.A. de C.V., a long-standing provider of UAV sales\nand support to commercial surveyors in Mexico. As part of the agreement,\nGeoforma will operate Delair\u2019s first service centers on the ground in Latin\nAmerica, expanding the company\u2019s international network of sales and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delair has made strong inroads into the Latin American\nmarket, with a line of commercial UAV platforms aimed at specific markets such\nas utilities, power, agriculture and farming, mining, construction,\ntransportation and geospatial. Through the expanded agreement with Geoforma,\nwhich has provided sales support for Delair for two years, customers in Mexico\nwill have a highly skilled service operation to assist with repair, maintenance,\ntraining and operational optimization. The service center is located in Mexico\nCity and will offer certified repair and maintenance services, as well as\non-line and call support to Delair customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delair worked with Geoforma technicians to certify them on\nthe latest maintenance and repairs processes required to optimize the\noperations of its UX11 drone. The training took place at Delair\u2019s main\nmanufacturing facility and company headquarters in Toulouse, France. Delair\nalso worked with Geoforma to ensure they have a sufficient inventory of parts\nand spares, as well as the required tooling to perform repair and maintenance\non the specific Delair UAV models<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeoforma has distinguished itself as a highly reliable and\nservice-oriented supplier to commercial drone users in key industries in the\nMexico market. Their expertise and professionalism are great assets for us as\nwe expand further into Latin America and it\u2019s important that our customers in\nthis region have access to local expert service and support so we can we\nminimize downtime when their drones require maintenance or repairs\u201d said\nStefanie David, Channel Marketing Manager at Delair. \u201cHaving a team of trained\nand qualified technicians like Geoforma on the ground in Mexico will ensure a\nmuch more efficient service process and reduce the amount of time that our\ncustomers\u2019 drones are out of operation due to either routine maintenance or\ndamage from operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of Delair\u2019s solutions are designed to make it easy for\nenterprises to adopt commercial drones, and support a seamlessly integrated\nworkflow, from hardware to data acquisition services, and data processing\nsoftware. This integrated approach enables industrial enterprises to\nautomatically collect the aerial intelligence, analyze it and quickly integrate\nit into their daily business processes, with immediate ROI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe Delair solution\nis an ideal fit for many of our customers looking for high-performance,\nlong-range aerial data collection and surveying capabilities. We see a lot of\ninterest in industries such as mining, construction, energy and the government\nsector,\u201d said Carlos Chavez, Sales Manager at Geoforma. \u201cGoing through the very\ndetailed training at Delair\u2019s facility in France was a valuable experience and\nwe feel well-prepared to provide front-line service and repair services for the\nUX11.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delair UX11 UAV, introduced commercially last year, is\none of Delair\u2019s top-of-the-line drones. The fixed-wing drone is an innovative\nhardware-software platform that provides highly accurate images for\nsurvey-grade mapping, with on-board processing capabilities and real-time,\nlong-range control via 3G\/4G cellular networks or radio links. The platform\u2019s\nenhanced centimeter-level precision along with its efficient operational\ncharacteristics make it the most cost-effective solution for large area\nsurveying and mapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delair, a leading supplier of commercial drone solutions, announced an agreement with Geoforma, S.A. de C.V., a long-standing provider of UAV sales and support to commercial surveyors in Mexico. As part of the agreement, Geoforma will operate Delair\u2019s first service centers on the ground in Latin America, expanding the company\u2019s international network of sales and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/delair-geoformaedit-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13385,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13383\/revisions\/13385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}