First flight 2014 | ||
SII UAV is a Chinese UAV developed by Shanghai DigiVision Technology Co., Ltd. (DigiVvision, 上海全景数字技术有限公司), a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Information Investment Co., Ltd. (SII, 上海信息投资股份有限公司).
Quadcopter
Originally a major supplier of subsystems of UAVs, DigiVision specializes in high definition optical payload for UAVs. However, it was revealed that most of Chinese UAVs cannot be used as a stable platform of the high definition camera developed. Since most Chinese UAV providers are assemblers of different subsystems provided by various sub-tier suppliers, there was too much hassle to coordinate with all the suppliers in an attempt to develop an ideal UAV platform for the latest high definition camera developed by DigiVision. As a result, DigiVision developed its own UAVs by itself. The SII UAV is a quadcopter specially tailored for the latest high definition cameras DigiVision developed, and the result is satisfactory. Subsequently, SII unmanned quadcopter made its public debut in Beijing at the 12th China International Exhibition on Public Safety and Security 2014 (Security China 2014) held at China International Exhibition Center at the end of October, 2014.