{"id":104545,"date":"2020-07-16T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T22:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=104545"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T22:37:05","slug":"mmbl-pathfinder-launches-pathfinder-vimana-drone-technology-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/07\/16\/mmbl-pathfinder-launches-pathfinder-vimana-drone-technology-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"MMBL-Pathfinder launches \u2018Pathfinder Vimana\u2019 drone technology initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Gamini Sarath Godakanda<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>As\npart of its post-COVID investment strategy, Pathfinder Capital of\nMMBL-Pathfinder Group has launched the \u2018Pathfinder Vimana\u2019 initiative aimed at\ndeveloping advanced civilian drone technology solutions for Sri Lanka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nproject will entail Pathfinder Capital creating a network of alliances and\npartnerships, with advanced drone technology providers across the globe. In the\nfirst phase, Pathfinder Capital will be establishing a series of relationships\nwith leading drone technology companies in the United States and Israel that\nspecialise in sophisticated delivery, inspection\/surveillance and agricultural\nsolutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once\nthe first phase has been consolidated and the necessary regulatory and related\nclearances obrtained, the \u2018Pathfinder Vimana\u2019 initiative will further expand\nits international network with the objective of acting as a catalyst to create\nlocal capacity, competency and infrastructure in this crucial sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over\nthe years the MMBL-Pathfinder Group has promoted several pioneering\naviation-related ventures in Sri Lanka. These have included strategic alliances\nwith leading global air transport companies. MMBL-Pathfinder is also a promoter\nand joint-venture partner in Cinnamon Air, the domestic airline that provides\nscheduled and charter flights across the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ancient\nSanskrit texts going back to several thousands of years provide vivid details\nof flying objects called Vimanas. It is believed that the \u2018Pushpaka Vimana\u2019 was\none such aerial vehicle used by king Ravana of Lanka, referred to in the Indian\nepic \u2018Ramayana\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamini Sarath Godakanda As part of its post-COVID investment strategy, Pathfinder Capital of MMBL-Pathfinder Group has launched the \u2018Pathfinder Vimana\u2019 initiative aimed at developing advanced civilian drone technology solutions for Sri Lanka. The project will entail Pathfinder Capital creating a network of alliances and partnerships, with advanced drone technology providers across the globe. In the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}