Draganfly has received a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Section 44807 exemption allowing its Heavy Lift drone platform to operate at maximum take-off weights above the 55-pound limit under Part 107.
The exemption covers Draganfly and authorised commercial operators using the platform, enabling operations involving heavier payloads for applications including logistics, emergency response, defence and infrastructure inspection.
Draganfly said the approval followed an evaluation of the platform’s airworthiness, fail-safe engineering, risk mitigation and operational safety.
The company said the Heavy Lift platform features redundant avionics and modular payload mounting, and is designed to carry multi-sensor payloads and other heavy equipment.
The exemption removes the standard 55-pound Part 107 limitation for the platform, but operations remain subject to the conditions of the FAA authorisation.
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