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Because Endurance Matters Rich Kapusta
Vice President Sales & Marketing May 9th, 2014
Small UAVs Today Have Limited Endurance Small UAVs have limited endurance
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Why?
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Poor batteries
Heavy payloads
Small airframes
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What if UAVs Could Fly Longer?
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What if UAVs Could Fly Longer?
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What if UAVs Could Fly Longer?
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What if UAVs Could Fly Longer?
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Why Not Leverage the Sun?
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Solar Basics
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Power Low High
Wei
ght
Low
High
Crystalline-Silicon
Amorphous Silicon CIGS
Multi-junction GaAs
Not Enough Power
Too Heavy
1000W / kg
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Other Benefits of Endurance Less risk of breakage due to landing Launch and forget Fewer planes needed More contiguous imagery Persistent search and/or communications
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Who Is Alta Devices? Founded in January of 2008 Headquarters and manufacturing in Sunnyvale, CA World record solar cell efficiency of 28.8% Focused on adding solar to anything that moves Broad expertise in UAV applications Ramping manufacturing now
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Because Endurance Matters