Businesses’ interest in ArroTech leads to testing missions in Europe 

Consultants with ArroTech and a three-member team of Ukrainian residents conducted test flights Wednesday (Aug. 7) of the GEON E61 drone and mine-detecting system at a State Emergency Service of Ukraine training field. 

The activity was the most recent in a series of demonstrations that have been carried out in response to inquiries about the drone made by government agencies and private companies. The ArroTech team, headed by consultants Anatoily Onyschuk and Serghei Danilov, planned to familiarize representatives of Acuity, an international contractor, and a Kyiv-based aerospace company, with GEON E61’s capabilities. 

The businesses have been in touch with ArroTech owners and employees in the United States and Europe. 

“We are encouraged by the growing interest in the GEON E61 mine- and UXO-detecting system and appreciate the opportunity to introduce it to businesses with a genuine desire to undertake demining efforts,” said Tobias Leininger, ArroTech’s founder and chief technical officer. “The GEON E61 represents a dramatic advance over traditional handheld and cart-mounted systems.” 

Leininger noted previous ArroTech missions leading up to the planned meetings with Acuity and the aerospace company. In June, for example, ArroTech team members, joined by others committed to demining initiatives, gathered in Poland for collaboration and testing purposes and attended a conference in Croatia that focused in large part on demining advancements. 

The trip put ArroTech representatives in touch with an Austrian military officer; researchers; a manufacturer of inert mines used in demining tests; and a consortium of companies assisting Ukraine with demining efforts. 

ArroTech personnel were satisfied that the June trip was highly successful and yielded invaluable testing, collaboration and networking opportunities. Insights gained and connections made during the trip are sure to advance ArroTech’s demining efforts going forward.