THE first tenant of Armidale’s SMART Region Incubator has wasted no time, already booking out a two-day crash course on using drones in rural settings.
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In a week, New England Avionics has booked 40 people for the course next month, including landowners, livestock producers, farmers, and representatives from the Rural Fire Service and some government agencies.
Founder and chief executive Scott Hamey said the incubator space was a real boon to his startup company, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) service provider.
“What it offers is a space away from home, to separate work from home … I have a daughter who’s eight next week and she also comes out to the incubator with me and enjoys the space [but] when you wake up and have a computer at the end of your bed, that’s not good,” he said.
“It’s also a great space for collaboration with other people in the area of New England.
“It has high-speed internet, and it’s a nice, new renovated office space with common areas for if we need to put on events.”