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January 02, 2018

UAS Are NV Energy's Newest Tool To Improve Customer Reliability

Has Conducted Three Test Flights To Help Identify Issues In The Grid

In early 2016, NV Energy adopted a team approach and incorporated the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site managed by the Nevada Institute for Autonomous System (NIAS) and commercial industry specialists in the discovery process of integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, into utility operations in order to help improve customer service and reliability. Since then, NV Energy has conducted three test flights over company equipment to help identify equipment anomalies and make repairs.

Exact Representation Of The Twin Otter Series 400 Type Design

Transport Canada qualified the Series 400 Twin Otter FFS to Level "D" on December 21st through sister company Pacific Sky Aviation. Transport Canada’s Qualification process ensures that the Full Flight Simulator is an exact representation of the Twin Otter Series 400 Type Design with respect to its cockpit, avionics systems and flight behavior, validating the device as a true digital simulation of the flight characteristics of a real aircraft.