Ondas Holdings Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Airobotics has signed an annual service agreement for the ongoing maintenance of the Optimus Systems purchased and operated by a local government entity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new service agreement includes ongoing support services and the development of new communication features that will be implemented across the installed fleet of the Optimus Urban Drone Infrastructure across the city of Dubai. The deployed fleet of Optimus Systems has been extensively utilized by the local government entity, carrying out thousands of operational drone flights without human intervention under challenging environmental conditions and in densely populated areas.

Airobotics worked towards developing joint activities in the fields of common interest, making the Optimus System align with the operational goals of the governmental entity and implementing AI technologies to enhance the system's performance. Airobotics believes that the Optimus Urban Drone Infrastructure will be widely deployed across the city of Dubai and has the potential to grow to more than 20 systems over the next several years. The Optimus System is designed to operate as a network of smart drones linked to an urban control center and functions as a municipal infrastructure providing a variety of automated data solutions.

The primary function of the deployed Urban Drone Infrastructure is to shorten response times of security and rescue forces to emergency situations, support law enforcement and homeland security activities, and streamline diverse services provided by the municipality for the public's benefit. Airobotics is also examining drone parcel delivery and other smart city applications to be provided by the infrastructure in Dubai. Airobotics is active in the UAE and additional countries and has plans with other customers to establish a permanent infrastructure that relies on fleets of automated drones that do not require on the-ground human intervention to operate.

The Optimus drones can operate as a task force that can simultaneously collect and provide critical information for a variety of customer requirements. The Airobotics drone infrastructure is specifically designed for urban environments and strategic facilities that require immediate security, monitoring, and emergency response. Each system within the infrastructure framework includes a smart airbase enabling automated battery changes for 24/7 operations, along with the automated loading and installation of sensors appropriate for each specified mission.

Each system covers an area of up to 30 square miles surrounding an airbase. Drone flights can be tasked to carry specific sensors, enabling every drone in the system to execute diverse tasks. The drones can be activated for complex longer-term operations, with flights overseen by remote operators in a command-and-control.