Brazilian Navy improves search and rescue operations with NAURU 500C drone

XMobots recently delivered the NAURU 500C drone, renamed “RQ-2,” to the Brazilian Navy. The new aircraft has been integrated into the 1st Squadron of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (EsqdQE-1), strengthening rescue operations by expanding range and increasing the efficiency of missions along the Brazilian coast and inland waters.

The new equipment was handed over last Thursday (10th) at the Naval Aviation Command in São Pedro da Aldeia (RJ), during a ceremony celebrating the agreement between the Navy, through the Maritime Operations and Blue Amazon Protection Command (COMPAAz), and Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda., CLS Brasil, and XMobots. The agreement focuses on the development of systems and technologies to improve the efficiency, agility, and quality of maritime search and rescue operations.

According to XMobots President, Giovani Amianti, whose company designed the physical structure of the aircraft, “the main advantage comes from its 100% national technology, encompassing hardware, software, and design. Additionally, it is an RPAS certified by ANAC, featuring vertical takeoff and landing capabilities that eliminate the need for launch and recovery equipment, and it can conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.”