Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Everyone is doing something with drones today. If you want to check out what could be in it for you, this article is a must-have! Here you will find what’s happening today, what’s out there, what’s necessary and last but not least, what’s possible. If you want to start your own drone service operation from scratch you … [Read more...] about Get it right from the start – How to start commercial drone operation
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The TOP20 Drone Company Ranking Q2 2016
Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — There is a new leader of the TOP20 Drone Company Ranking - DJI (△+1) is in the lead with narrow margin to Parrot (▽-1). The eternal battle of the two giants for the first time turned towards the Chinese drone manufacturer. Reasons for that are the strong global expansion (partnerships with Apple, Lufthansa, etc.) the … [Read more...] about The TOP20 Drone Company Ranking Q2 2016
Investment Trends of the Commercial UAV market
Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Although the commercial unmanned aviation industry is still in its infant days, the market already presented a diverse range of fantastic hardware, software and operational products. These prerequisites connected, especially in the last two years’, many accelerator, early stage and also later stage investment companies … [Read more...] about Investment Trends of the Commercial UAV market
TOP 20 Drone Operator Funding
Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Besides several startups, a few operator firms came up with innovative concepts that seem to pay off. Between 2012 and 2014, $6.3 million were invested into professional operator companies. In 2015, the number increased by 700% to $44.3 million. Given the total investments worth almost $10 million in the first quarter of … [Read more...] about TOP 20 Drone Operator Funding
