At INTERGEO, attention has shifted from individual platforms to complete geospatial workflows. One of the clearest drone industry trends at INTERGEO 2026 is not a new aircraft or sensor. It is how fully drones have entered the wider geospatial workflow. In earlier years, drones occupied their own category and their own space on the show floor. That made sense - drones often … [Read more...] about The Drone Is No Longer the Point
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They Predicted a $127 Billion Drone Market. Ten Years Later, Here’s What They Got Right.
In 2016, Michael Mazur and Adam Wiśniewski helped author one of the drone industry’s most widely cited forecasts, putting the addressable market for drone-powered solutions at $127.3 billion. A decade later, the AI Clearing co-founders revisit that prediction, examining where the industry developed as expected, where it surprised them, and why the next wave of value may have … [Read more...] about They Predicted a $127 Billion Drone Market. Ten Years Later, Here’s What They Got Right.
When Drones Generate 6,000 Images, Who Looks at Them? AI’s Real Role in Commercial Drone Operations
Commercial UAV Expo panelists point to data analysis, scale and human oversight as the near-term value of artificial intelligence. As commercial drone programs scale, artificial intelligence may be solving a problem that drones themselves helped create: too much data for people to reasonably review. That was one of the key takeaways from a session at Commercial UAV Expo in … [Read more...] about When Drones Generate 6,000 Images, Who Looks at Them? AI’s Real Role in Commercial Drone Operations
Bechtel and Cyberhawk Expand Eight-Year Collaboration on AI-Driven Drone Construction Monitoring
The two companies formalize their partnership to scale iHawk drone analytics, autonomous data capture and AI-assisted site analysis on live EPC projects. Bechtel Corporation and Cyberhawk have expanded their collaboration on drone-based construction monitoring. The two companies formalized joint work on capturing, processing and using construction data. The effort spans … [Read more...] about Bechtel and Cyberhawk Expand Eight-Year Collaboration on AI-Driven Drone Construction Monitoring
Finding the Missing Piece of America’s Drone Supply Chain
Inside SES.AI, advanced battery chemistry, AI-driven materials discovery and global manufacturing illustrate the challenge of building the industrial base beneath America’s growing drone market. On the factory floor at SES.AI's Massachusetts facility, the challenge of building a secure U.S. drone supply chain becomes tangible. Batteries are being developed for applications … [Read more...] about Finding the Missing Piece of America’s Drone Supply Chain
