Drone-based aerial intelligence provider Kespry has to be pleased with a recent survey of its 220 mining and aggregates customers. The survey reveals 20 percent of the firm’s clients report saving between $50,000 and $100,000 per year using Kespry’s drone-based solutions. Clients report using Kespry platforms at 3,311 worksites across North America, with 22,987 missions … [Read more...] about Drone Company Kespry Flying High After Positive Survey
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Drone Mapping: A Podcast with Jono Millin of DroneDeploy
Learn more about drone mapping and drone mapping software in this CommercialDrones.fm podcast with Jono Millin, one of the founders of DroneDeploy, as he speaks with drone expert and host Ian Smith. "Jono Millin is co-founder and Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at DroneDeploy, a software company that specializes in building solutions for mapping business assets with drones. … [Read more...] about Drone Mapping: A Podcast with Jono Millin of DroneDeploy
DELTA Podcast Featuring Inertial Sense: Miniature GPS components for Motion Tracking on Drones
Just out is the latest in the DELTA Podcast Series by FLIR. In this episode Randall Warnas meets up with Brian Cahoon, CEO of Inertial Sense. Inertial Sense makes miniature GPS-Ins components that provide motion tracking sensors for drones. It is hosted on Soundcloud. Also, hear him answer the question "Do you think we will have fully autonomous drones in 5 … [Read more...] about DELTA Podcast Featuring Inertial Sense: Miniature GPS components for Motion Tracking on Drones
Dark, Dirty and Dangerous: Flyability’s Collision-Tolerant Drone Has Upped the Game for Commercial Applications
It's been a mantra for the commercial drone industry since they got started - if you've got a job that is dark, dirty or dangerous, use a drone. Swiss-based Flyability designs collision-tolerant drones that can perform visual inspections where even other drones can't fly- into inaccessible spaces like mines, nuclear power tanks, bridge trusses, and into the hulls of ships. … [Read more...] about Dark, Dirty and Dangerous: Flyability’s Collision-Tolerant Drone Has Upped the Game for Commercial Applications
Drones, Components, and Services: SkyTools is Poised to Fly Across Europe With This Innovative Business Model
Continuing our roundup of European companies we met at this week at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe is this interview with Ivanka Koster, CEO of Netherlands-based SkyTools. SkyTools is a full-service drone company: but their unique business model addresses the issue of outside service providers competing with the growth of in-house drone services departments in large … [Read more...] about Drones, Components, and Services: SkyTools is Poised to Fly Across Europe With This Innovative Business Model
