Seeing Machines Limited has signed a Purchase Agreement and Statement of Work with Collins Aerospace. This joint development of a fatigue risk management solution using Seeing Machines technology, will be taken to the commercial aviation market segment by Collins. Further to the previously signed Exclusive IP License Agreement and in addition to the associated USD 10 million license payment, this Agreement will be accompanied by USD 2.65 million in NRE to support joint development of the launch product.

Advances in automation technologies across Aviation have enabled significant efficiencies and enhanced safety in flight operations. However, even the most advanced, automated aircraft demand levels of pilot performance that test the boundaries of human cognitive and physical limitations. These potential human factors-based risks can be effectively mitigated by fatigue detection integrated into aircraft and designed to detect and react, in real-time, to pilot impairment or performance degradation.

The Agreement will see Collins lead systems integration of the functional design, based on Seeing Machines' embedded Driver Monitoring Engine (eDME) and optimised by the Company's Occula Neural Processing Unit.