• Expands capabilities into content consumption and information sharing terminals
• The new product address both Mobilicom & SkyHopper target applications
• Offers a high-end device at a highly competitive price point for existing & prospective customers
• With SkyHopper VU the company increases revenue potential and expands potential market share to 50% of the drone’s hardware value
• Product release marks major company objective with fourth product release, three months earlier than anticipated

19 March 2018 – Mobilicom Limited has released the MCU-RVT (Remote Video Terminal) and SkyHopper VU (Viewer), mobile video & data receivers that allow Mobilicom to offer content consumption and information sharing capabilities to current and prospective customers.

Mobilicom MCU-RVT (Remote Video Terminal) is a unified ruggedized receiver terminal, advanced tablet and battery pack in compact form factor. It is targeted at enterprise & governmental sectors within security, public safety, disaster relief and unmanned applications, offering a high-end device at a very competitive price point. MCU-RVT is designed to the highest standards to meet targeted applications prone to severe conditions and complex needs. It enables real-time HD video and broadband data content consumption, shared and distributed to multiple viewers simultaneously, which is critical in the operations being coordinated by target customers.

The SkyHopper VU (Viewer) offers a mobile HD video & telemetry receiver terminal for multiple viewers, specically designed for commercial & industrial drones and robotics. It is targeted within security & surveillance, mining and resources applications. The SkyHopper VU improves the operational capabilities of any mobile team by providing real-time HD video & broadband data reception, essential for situation awareness & efficient operations.

By offering content consumption and a viewing terminal product, SkyHopper makes an important step to become an end-to end, high-end component provider for the drone market. With this addition to the SkyHopper offering the company addresses up to 50% of the drone’s overall hardware solution value, thereby enabling a higher revenue potential to Mobilicom. As Mobilicom and SkyHopper services additional essential components of the drone system solution, its customers will see benefits across quality, cost and efficiency by going to a single supplier to address multiple needs.

SkyHopper VU is the fourth product release from SkyHopper by Mobilicom, a major company objective it has reached three months earlier than anticipated in the company execution plan.

In preparation for the Mobilicom MCU-RVT and SkyHopper VU release this week, Mobilicom’s team has already demonstrated the products to select customers, establishing market anticipation for the new product.

“Yet again we are proud to achieve an important company milestone ahead of schedule. The release of the product to both Mobilicom and SkyHopper markets extends our offering and better positions the company as a holistic end-to-end provider to the industry,” stated Mobilicom’s CEO Oren Elkayam.

• Mobilicom’s MCU-30 & SkyHopper PRO both fully integrated on Swift020 drone platform
• SkyHopper’s eighth design win – reaching major company objective four months earlier than anticipated
• Global sales potential with production for Swift020 starting this year

2 March 2018 –  Mobilicom is pleased to announce it has secured a new design win with US-based UAV manufacturer Swift Engineering Inc.

The new design win will see Swift Engineering simultaneously integrate Mobilicom’s MCU-30 and SkyHopper PRO solution into its Swift020 platform.

The Swift020 has the ability to take off and land anywhere, like other quad-rotor devices, while being able to transition to efficient fixed-wing forward flight without additional launch and recovery equipment. It is intended for long-range operation services such as firefighting, rescue and surveillance, with production set for 2018.

Based in San Clemente, California, Swift Engineering is a product development and manufacturing services company with more than 30 years of experience designing and building high performance vehicles, specialising in unmanned systems, autonomy, robotics and advanced composites. The Swift020 is the culmination of more than three years of research and development, creativity and innovation in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) marketplace. Swift is also known for developing and selling the Swift KillerBee, also known as the Northrop Bat.

This marks the eighth design win for SkyHopper, hitting this objective four months earlier than originally forecast. It positions the company strongly for important market share, and therefore revenues, in the growing commercial and industrial drone sector.

Swift Engineering’s President & CSO Rick Heise said: “Equipping our Swift020 drones with Mobilicom’s MCU & SkyHopper advanced communication solutions gives us the perfect combination of a secured solution with a wide range of operation. We look forward to continuing the relationship with the Mobilicom team.”

Mobilicom CEO Oren Elkayam commented: “The Swift020 makes the long-range drone operations possible when coupled with Mobilicom’s solution, opening new market applications such as long-range inspection, security & public safety. Furthermore, Mobilicom’s 2018 products will be offering Swift Engineering a holistic solution for their target applications and we will be happy to continue our cooperation with them.”

• Launches a new software product for Mobile Mesh network management
• Increases revenue potential by offering software management app for existing customers
• Higher customer retention with yearly software licenses renewal
• Adds a new target audience within organisations

Mobilicom Limited, developer of 4G Mobile MESH private networking technology, has released its MC-Network Management Application (MC-NMA) software tool for mission and network managers. The MC-NMA is an add-on to Mobilicom’s Communications Unit (MCU) products and enables its 4G Mobile MESH network management.

By offering a new software management app, MC-NMA addresses a new value for existing customers, increasing Mobilicom’s sales and revenue potential. The Mobilicom team has already validated the MC-NMA with selected customers, establishing a high market traction.

By supplying software licenses under a yearly renewal, Mobilicom also expects higher customer retention.

The ability to reach mission and network managers with this product opens a new target audience for Mobilicom.

“Providing a new network perception increases our market potential with Mobilicom’s MCU products,” said Mobilicom’s CEO Oren Elkayam. “We are thrilled to extend our offering with a new software solution beyond the MCU hardware solutions.”

• Fifth design win for SkyHopper by Mobilicom – ahead of schedule to achieve goal of eight design wins by Q2 2018
• Exposes SkyHopper to significant sales potential in Asia Pacific
• Flare to use SkyHopper PRO V as part of commercial contract with Singaporean National Agencies – initial deployment starting early 2018
• First design win for new SkyHopper PRO V, coming one week after official launch

SkyHopper by Mobilicom has secured a design win with award-winning Singaporean drone manufacturer Flare Dynamics PTE Ltd.

The design win is SkyHopper’s fifth to date, placing it ahead of schedule to achieve its previously stated target of eight design wins by Q2 2018. Being the first design win for SkyHopper in Singapore it also expands the presence of the brand into a new market and the outstanding sales potential available in the Asia-Pacific.

As part of the design win SkyHopper’s newest product, SkyHopper PRO V, has been integrated into a new multirotor drone of Flare Dynamics. The drone has already won its first commercial contract with Singaporean National Agencies, with initial deployment starting in early 2018. Flare Dynamics also plans to integrate SkyHopper PRO V into a second drone platform next year.

Given the partnerships Flare Dynamics has in countries across the Asia Pacific, SkyHopper by Mobilicom has the potential to generate substantial revenues from its relationship with Flare.

SkyHopper Pro V offers a combined solution of dual video processing & analytics in addition to communication. It is a single box solution that is appealing to drone manufacturers for its high performance, small form factor and light weight at an attractive price.

With this design win coming just one week after the official launch of SkyHopper PRO V, it demonstrates the product’s acceptance in the market and accelerated sales potential.

“We chose SkyHopper for its single-box solution, combining video and communication for a lighter solution at a more attractive price,” said Vincent Loh, founder of Flare Dynamics. “Given the product offering as well as thorough onsite support provided, we look forward to a long-term relationship with the SkyHopper by Mobilicom team.”

“This is our first design win in Singapore, further validating our presence in the Asia Pacific market,” said Mobilicom’s CEO Oren Elkayam. “Furthermore, this win for us clearly demonstrates the sales potential of our new solution.”

• Enables the SkyHopper family of products to be sold and marketed in the European Union
• CE certification will progress business with European customers planning to integrate the SkyHopper solution
• CE certification indicates SkyHopper’s compliance with the Radio Equipment Directive in the EU

27 November 2017 – Mobilicom Limited, developer of 4G Mobile MESH private networking technology, has received CE certification for SkyHopper. CE certification is a mandatory conformance marking for any product to be sold and marketed in the European Union.

CE certification will serve as a major advancement for the SkyHopper family of products, as it will enable Mobilicom to sell its solution to current customers in the EU such as Airborne Concept, who have already committed to integrating SkyHopper into their drone and/or robotics platform. The certification will also further SkyHopper’s expansion across with new customers in Europe, a region extremely important to Mobilicom as it contains some of the world’s most advanced UAV developers for whom SkyHopper’s solution caters.
In order to receive the CE certification, SkyHopper products must also comply with the Radio Equipment Directive, which applies to any communication equipment that transmits and/or receives radio waves.

“Europe has always been a very important market for Mobilicom and the SkyHopper entity. We have already established concrete relationships with commercial drone and robotics operators in this region who have committed to business with us,” Oren Elkayam, Mobilicom’s CEO stated.

“Furthermore, we see the potential that Europe has for impacting the commercial drone industry with advanced solutions by key drone manufacturers. CE certification will enable SkyHopper to serve as a key element in the European drone ecosystem.”

CE is the third conformance certification for the SkyHopper family of products. It has already obtained FCC certification in North America and TELEC in Japan, which in turn have provided SkyHopper with a broad customer base, as it continues to build momentum in expanding its product portfolio and service offerings. Given the size of this market and the drone development activity in Europe, CE certification will enable the SkyHopper entity to drive additional revenues.

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