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Drone Search and Rescue
Drone Search and Rescue - Webflow
TEAM
The Brains Behind Whistle

       Tom Macfarlane          Brian van Bergen             Gruffydd Morris                           Mengyi Ma
           Co-Founder                Co-Founder                  Programmer                            Procurement

        BA Industrial Design       MSc Information          PhD Intelligent Systems                    MA Linguistics
                 &               Tech. Management &
         MSc International      Organisational Change        Specialist in UAV Tech,               Developing an approach
             Innovation                                     Telecoms and Computer                 for Whistle to the Chinese
                               BBA International Business           Science                                Industry
                                    & Management                + general programming god......
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SCENARIO 1
You are lost in the mountains with your friend

                                             POOR WEATHER

                                       Heavy rain, low lying cloud causing
                                     little visibility disorientates the group.

                                                     LOST

                                       With no map, fading light and no
                                     bearings the team have wondered for
                                        hours without any other hikers.

                                                 SUFFERING

                                          Members of the group are
                                        dehydrated, tired cold and wet.
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SCENARIO 2
You have 8 hours to find the hikers

             2                     61                               6
       Lost Hikers   Football Fields of ground to cover   Hours since last contact

                                                   1°C
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SAR RESOURCES
Even when combined, SAR methods are inefficient

                      SPEED                THOROUGHNESS            COST

                Low           High   Low              High   Low          High
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SAR RESOURCES
Helicopter use has a plethora of problems
                                              $$$
                                              COSTS

                                            3RD PARTY
                                            OWNERSHIP
                    0 F T
                 35
                                            RELIABILITY
                         YIT   LINE OF
                    X I M
                 PRO           SIGHT
                               SEARCHING
                               ONLY

  25 MINS                                   3 HOURS
  WAITING TIME                              REFUELLING
Surely there is a better way of doing this.
PRODUCT
Skye - First Response Search and Rescue Drone

     MOBILE PHONE DETECTION
     SYSTEM
     Whistle contains a patentable mobile phone detection
     system for the quick geo-location of lost hikers.

      NON-NATURALLY OCCURRING                                                      PAYLOAD
      COLOUR ID
                                                            Effective delivery system for essential
      Real-time reliable analysis of video footage to           equipment on the mountainside.
      identify persons.
PRODUCTION
China plays a significant part of our business

             DRONE         PAYLOAD           ELECTRONICS
             China          China                U.K
MARKET SIZE AND APPROACH
 There is a huge global market

                 The UK alone spends £210
                 million on land search and
                 rescue missions annually.
                                                                                         North
                                                                                        America
                                                          Australia
                                                                                         1000+
                          291
  80      86

  UK     Swiss           Austria              Other EU
                                              Countries

                                                                      Asia

                                                                                                  International
Year 1

                          Year 2                                             Year 3 & Beyond
COMPETITORS
No direct competition but some drones have relevant capabilities

    1               2               3

FLIGHT TIME       DESIGN      ORG. ADOPTION
COMPANY
Not just a drone but a system

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                                Customer Experience
                           “The driver is people not technology”
                                       Brian van Bergen, V1 Cpt 1; Vol 1
PROFIT MARGIN
There are 4 sources of profit

                       There is a   70% margin on each drone
     DRONE

     PAYLOAD                           64%

     TRAINING                                40%
                                                      Based on a
                                                      referral fee
     MAINTEN.                                 35%
The     Bring product to market

Next    Connect to major European SAR

Three
        organisations

Years   Execute an effective marketing plan

        Establish a strong partnership
        with a Chinese manufacturer
INVESTMENT ESTIMATE
We are looking for £320,000 over 2 years

                              Pre-Revenue                                                      Post-Revenue

                                                               1.5 Years

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SALES
We aim to become the global market leader

Projected sales over the next 6 years       Hypothesises

                                               Drones have to be
                                               replaced after 2 years

                                               Recurring revenue
                                               streams due to drone
                                               replacement.

                                               2020 we break into
                                               the International
                                               market.
NET INCOME
Progression towards international markets

Projected net income over the next 6 years                 Hypothesises

£2.0M

£1.5M
                                                               ROI of   10.6
                                                               Assumes significant
£1.0M                                                          increase of sales force
                                                               spending to facilitate
                                                               market entry.
£0.5M
                                                               Assumes increased
  £0M                                                          Research and
                                                               Development
£-0.5M
         2018    2019     2020    2021       2022   2023
FUTURE
There are many other ways we can use this technology

                                                        Mobile
                                             By Land    Phone       By Air
                                             & Water   Detection    & Water
                                                       Systems

                             Marketing?

             Emergency
         Service Analysis
         and Consulting                                                                    Large Scale
                               DATA                                           “The Hive”   Autonomous
             Business to                                                                   Searching
              Consumer
                Market?

                            National Trust
                              Statistics

                                                       Scientific
                                                       Tracking
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