Astral Aerial solution has sealed a deal with Japanese drone manufacturer Yamaha Motor Firm to create an available last-mile air cargo supply and crop spraying solution in Kenya and Kenyan has gone ahead to promote the use of Yamaha Drones in Agriculture & Civil Engineering.
The deal sealed at the ongoing Tokyo International Conference on African Growth TICAD will observe Astral Aerial solution providing market entry assist for the fresh Yamaha FAZER R G programmed navigation unmanned aircraft normally known as drones, a high-finish model built for the industrial sector.
Astral Aerial solution, a fully owned subsidiary of Astral Aviation provides drone services in Kenya for a variety of sectors all at once Humanitarian cargo air transport, medical deliveries, Aerial mapping and imagery, Aerial surveillance and security, Agriculture, Oil and gas services, the emergency response among others.
Speaking starting with Yokohama, Japan on the sideline of the ongoing TICAD symposium attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Astral Aviation CEO & Founder, Sanjeev Gadhia noted they will promote the application of the drones in the Kenyan market for agricultural production services such as crop spraying, remote deliveries and overhead structural and civil engineering inspection functions.
First held in the Tokyo International Conference on African Growth TICAD is hosted by the Japanese Government in conjunction with the United Nations, the United Nations Growth Programme, the African Union Commission, in addition to Worldwide Bank.
At Astral Aerial’ansers, our mission is to create a drone revolution in Africa by adopting technology and innovation to solve Africa s problems so that it has to leapfrog to the future. Our association with Yamaha will create available with the necessary impetus to scale our supply capacity in the agricultural and civil engineering fields as the Fazer range of drones enjoy an unrivaled and proven reputation in agricultural performance, Gadhia noted.
The partnership with such an innovative Japanese industrial concern, he added will further enhance Kenya-Japan Bilateral relations in line with one of TICAD s agendas to foster economic modification and enhancements in the business surrounding an institution through private investment and innovation.
In Kenya, Astral Aerial solutions will be introducing the FAZER R G drone model, which is an industrial drone for programmed airlift to uninhabited areas out of visual range, and delivers excellent performance through its maximum payload in kg, maximum altitude in m, and cruising range in km.
Yamaha has been operating remotely piloted helicopters for commercial purposes since and has amassed well over a million total airlift hours. In Japan alone, there exist over, Yamaha remotely piloted helicopters utilized in agricultural applications, carrying out pest control in a few percentages of Japan’s rice fields.
