{"id":14821,"date":"2020-02-12T22:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14821"},"modified":"2020-02-12T22:54:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:54:04","slug":"north-dakota-signs-participating-addendum-with-avion-unmanned-to-provide-drone-services-to-public-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/north-dakota-signs-participating-addendum-with-avion-unmanned-to-provide-drone-services-to-public-agencies\/%20","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Signs Participating Addendum with Avion Unmanned to Provide Drone Services to Public Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Avion Unmanned, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) division\nof Avion Solutions, Inc., signed a participating addendum with the State of\nNorth Dakota and all its state agencies, political subdivisions and institutions.\nThis contract opens the door for Avion Unmanned to provide UAS services to\nstate and local government agencies in North Dakota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/1574337352_Avion-Logo-Primaryedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14822\" width=\"278\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1574337352_Avion-Logo-Primaryedit.jpg 700w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1574337352_Avion-Logo-Primaryedit-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Providing a simplified direct path for government\nagencies at all levels to request unmanned aircraft operations is finally a\nreality. With the signing of this Participating Addendum with North Dakota,\nAvion Unmanned has been selected to provide critical data collection services\nto organizations who desperately need it, but have never before had a contract\nvehicle to acquire vetted, legal, and safe operations in a timely manner,&#8221;\nsaid Taylor Abington, Senior Program Manager of Avion Unmanned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on proven expertise, Avion Unmanned has been chosen to\nprovide UAS services nationwide through the National Association of State\nProcurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization.\nAmong the UAS services Avion Unmanned can provide are: Emergency Services, Law\nEnforcement Support, Aerial Inspection and Mapping Data Services, support to\nAgricultural and Gaming, as well as Agency Media Relations and Marketing.\nVirginia&#8217;s Department of General Service (DGS) and NASPO are working together\nthrough Contract E194-79435 to provide agencies easier access to UAS or drone\nservices to organizations like Avion Unmanned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Avion Unmanned&#8217;s solutions will help North Dakota&#8217;s\nstate and local agencies reduce operational risks, improve efficiency, and\ngather better data for use in critical areas, including law enforcement,\ndisaster response, agriculture management, infrastructure monitoring, and\nconstruction development,&#8221; said Chad Donald, President and CEO of Avion\nSolutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avion Unmanned, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) division of Avion Solutions, Inc., signed a participating addendum with the State of North Dakota and all its state agencies, political subdivisions and institutions. This contract opens the door for Avion Unmanned to provide UAS services to state and local government agencies in North Dakota. &#8220;Providing a simplified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-dakota","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821","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=14821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14823,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821\/revisions\/14823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}