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.
infrastructure drones
Skyports Deploys Automated BVLOS Drone Surveys for Major German Bridge Project
Remote-operated “drone-in-a-box” system delivers weekly 2D and 3D data for construction monitoring Skyports Drone Services has partnered with HOCHTIEF to deploy an automated drone surveying system at a major bridge construction project in Germany. The deployment brings routine beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations to the Rheinbrücke Leverkusen site near Cologne, … [Read more...] about Skyports Deploys Automated BVLOS Drone Surveys for Major German Bridge Project
Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
A growing turn-key drone company knows the old saying is true—“a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”—especially when it comes to expanding into a dynamic new UAV market. Airware – a California-based enterprise firm – acquired Redbird, a Paris-based UAV cloud/data telemetry company in a deal last week that will fly Airware higher into the growing, drone-based … [Read more...] about Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
