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Voltela
Voltela builds cellular command-and-control connectivity for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones: its VC2 software encodes C2 telemetry as audio transmitted over the mobile network's prioritized voice channel, gaining priority queueing during congestion, guaranteed-bitrate scheduling, and coverage wherever cellular voice works (2G-5G). It ships as software for companion computers/flight controllers or preinstalled on the VOX carrier board, which carries CE Marking, FCC SDoC, and IC modular certification; a second VOX adds four-path link redundancy. The technology integrates with MAVLink flight controllers and was validated under NSF SBIR work to 99.99% link reliability at sub-500 ms latency in drone-flight measurements. The company publicly names drone OEMs and operators including blueflite, Aerialoop, LikeABird, Vision Aerial, Easy Aerial, AVY, AIRIAL and ORKID as partners/customers, though these listings are undated.
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GENIUS NY award
Empire State Development (GENIUS NY)
Round sourceSBIR Phase II
U.S. National Science Foundation
Round sourceSBIR Phase I
U.S. National Science Foundation
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