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INSITU Inc. [White Salmon, 1994]: INSITU designs customized unmanned aerial systems and media
management software solutions that provide information for superior decision making for military and
commercial applications.INSITU's platforms - ScanEagle and Integrator ââŹâ have logged more than 835,000
operational flight hours, and deliver high-quality, combat-proven ISR for both land and maritime missions. The
software solution caters to the media management challenges from hardware integration and systems
improvement to testing, evaluation, training and more. The company also provides 24/7 global training, services
and support. INSITU has trained more than 4,700 operators since 2004 at its on-site schoolhouses in the United
States and Australia.
$21.33M
Battery Ventures, Second Avenue
Partners
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FeiYu Tech [Guilin, 2007]: GuiLin FeiYu Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. designs and manufactures gimbals for
cameras. It builds separate lines of gimbals for hand-held, wearable and drone gimbals. The company also builds
two multi-purpose fixed-wing drones - SkyCam and X8 - along with ground control station software. Feiyu also
builds autopilot modules, including the flagship Panda2.
UAV Manufacturers
Hiveground [Bangkok, 2011]: Hiveground manufactures drones and unmanned underwater vehicles for
commercial uses. It builds a multicopter drone optimized for plant stack inspections, as well as a fixed-wing
drone for multiple commercial and military uses. The company also builds an autonomous underwater vehicle
called Zeabus RoboSub.
Consumer
3D Robotics [Berkeley, 2009]: 3D Robotics manufactures both consumer and commercial drones for
photography, inspection,surveying and other purposes. UAV products includes Solo, a smartphone controlled
camera based intelligent drone; IRIS+, an easy-to-use fully autonomous (follow me technology based) small
drone. Developed Pixhawk, an open source autopilot system which is utilized in the drones it develops. It is the
manufacturing arm of the DIY Drones community at diydrones.com. Has offices in Berkeley, San Diego and
manufacturing operations in Guangzhou, China. The company is also developing business applications in data
analysis, mapping, 3D modeling and more for agriculture, construction, infrastructure and ecological study.
$99M
O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures,
Mayfield, Qualcomm Ventures,
Foundry Group, True Ventures,
SanDisk, Atlantic Bridge Capital, Two
Sigma Ventures, SK Ventures, Finnish
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Ehang [Guangzhou, 2014]: Ehang, Inc. offers smartphone controlled consumer UAV called Ghost Drones.
Creates and develops aerial systems for recreational and commercial usages. It does not requires a remote
controller to carry around rather it works on a smartphone and a small G-Box. Winner of Tilt Video pitch contest
at Tech Crunch Disrupt 2014. Headquartered in San Carlos, USA along with offices in Beijing and Guangzhou in
China as well. Raised $112k in crowdfunding pre orders on IndieGoGo. Xiaoping Xu (founding partner and
executive director of ZhenFund), Nick Yang (venture partner at ePlanet Capital) also participated in the Series A
round.
$52M
GGV Capital, ZhenFund, PreAngel
Partners, Shenzhen Oriental Fortune
Capital Management, LeBox Capital
Consumer
Parrot [Paris, 1994]: Parrot designs, develops and markets UAVs that connect with smartphone or tablet, and
AR/VR headsets. Currently focused on automotive, civil drones and connected objects. Parrot is expanding on
the UAV market with the Parrot AR.Drone, a quadricopter piloted via Wi-Fi and using augmented reality and so
with new solutions to address the UAV market for professional use. Manufactures a wide array of drones, and is
listed on NYSE Euronext Paris since 2006. Was a leader in automotive infotainment area before it ventured into
mobile application platforms. Acquired DiBcom, a fabless semi-conductor company in July'11. Invested in
MicaSense, software provider to collect data on agriculture crops; and Airinov, provider of UAV farming
applications and sensors in 2014.
$35.1M Bpifrance, Seventure Partners
Consumer
Awesome Sauce Labs [Los Angeles, 2014]: Awesome Sauce Labs developing flying camera drones to capture
personal shots.
$50k
March Venture Partners,
QueensBridge Venture Partners,
vsi2.usc.edu
Consumer
Endurance Robots [San Francisco, 2015]: Endurance specializes in developing drones and robotic product
targeting the consumer applications. Products includes laser cutters accessory for 3D printers, telepresence
robot (rig), UAV quadcopter (under development). Developing Selfiebot, a smartphone holder, providing
features like motion auto-tracking during video calls and recording, wireless charging of mobilephone devices
and night vision for them. As of early Sept, 2015, they are aiming to raise $20K through crowdfunding campaign
on Indiegogo, a global crowdfunding platform. The company is a startup by ex-NASA contractor Matteo Borri
and Russian entrepreneur George I Fomitchev, founded on Jan 11, 2015.
$48.3k
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Consumer
Funaster [Delhi, 2014]: Funaster builds drones for surveillance and aerial photography/videography
applications. Its Zoomerator quadcotper contains an integrated camera and is designed for surveillance
purposes. The company also resells third-party drones, namely the Xiro Xplorer for photography purposes.
Consumer
Ctrl Me Robotics [Los Angeles, 2013]: Ctrl Me Robotics designs and builds custom ready-to-fly drones for
various applications. Ctrl Me also offers drone-based aerial cinematography services, as well as repair and
upgrade services. The company also provides 3D printing and prototyping services.
Tandem
Consumer
jnMechanics [Bangkok, 2010]: jnMechanics designs and manufactures multi-purpose drones for consumer and
military applications. Its jDrones line of drones is made for consumer use. Its jD-Tactical line of UAV systems for
military use include medium to large UAVs and ground control stations. The company also builds custom aerial,
ground and surface unmanned vehicles under the product line jd-UAS for use in commercial and security
applications.
Consumer
UDIRC Toys Industry Co. [Shantou, 2010]: UDIRC designs and manufactures RC unmanned aerial vehicles, and
other RC toy vehicles for using on water surfaces and on the ground. Its drone portfolio consists of quadcopters
and hexacopters. It also offers FPV variants of these drones.
Consumer
Align [Taichung, 1997]: Align builds unmanned helicopters and quadcopters for consumer hobby flying and
racing purposes. It manufactures a large number of models and variants, and also sells accessories on its online
store. It also builds other products such as vacuum cleaners (for domestic use), power table feed (for industrial
machining usage), as well as a 3D VR head-mounted device (HMD).
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Speedwolf [Shenzhen, 2013]: Speedwolf manufactures drones for consumer photography and videography use.
It builds its quadcopters under the brand name of Vajra and offers multiple variants based on differing control
and payloads, including a fishing variant, and a racing drone. It is also in the process of designing a foldable FPV
drone under the name DRBOX2.
Consumer
SwellPro Technology [Shenzhen, 2011]: SwellPro manufactures a number of waterproof drones that are
optimized for working just over the surface of water bodies. These drones, called Splash Drones, are aimed at
fishermen, water sportspersons and ocean and marine scientists. SwellPro also manufactures a camera called
the Zero camera for use on its Splash Drones. The company also sells accessories for its drones from an online
store. Its products are also sold on its sister company, FPV Factory's website.
Consumer
FPV Factory [Shenzhen, 2010]: FPV Factory manufactures consumer drones for photography purposes. FPV
Factory sells the SwellPro line of drones are all waterproof and are aimed at fishermen, water sportspersons,
ocean scientists etc. The company sells drones in both assembled condition and in DIY kits. It also sells drone
parts and accessories.
Consumer
Gaui [Taipei, 2007]: Gaui is a UAV manufacturer that designs and manufactures a large range of unmanned
systems. It also sells hardware parts and peripherals for UAVs online. Gaui manufactures both unmanned
helicopters (under the Gaui and Gaui GPower brands) and multi-rotor light drones (under the Gaui MRT brand).
These drones can be ordered in DIY form and assembled by users as well.
Consumer
Turbo Ace [Orange County, 2010]: Turbo Ace manufactures UAVs and UAV parts. It designs and manufactures a
number of multicopters. Its flagship drone, Matrix, is a quadcopter and is sold in a number of variants. It also
builds one hexacopter and one octocopter each under the names of Infinity and Cinewing. The Infinity series is
optimized for heavy payloads. The company also manufactures and sells UAV parts and accessories including
gimbals.
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Powervision [Beijing, 2015]: Powervision is a manufacturer of drones for photography and videography
purposes. Its portfolio includes both fixed-wing (PowerEye) and rotor-lifted (PowerCopter, PowerQuad I and
PowerQuad II) drones. It also manufactures an unmanned ground vehicle called PowerRobot. The company also
builds a photography and videography quadcopter called the PowerEgg for indoor usage. The quadcopter is very
small and can be folded into a highly portable egg shape. Powervision was founded by Zheng Weifeng.
Consumer
Freebird Flight [Westport, 2014]: Freebird Flight is a UAV manufacturer that builds a drone called Freebird One
for consumer and commercial use. Its airframe, SurroundFrame, is 3D-printed, and according to Freebird Flight,
is structurally strong and safe. The Freebird One is a large quadcopter and can carry a payload of up to 20 lbs.
Consumer
Eighty Nine Robotics [Evanston, 2014]: EightyNine Robotics wants to build a distantly controlled drone which
can be used to monitor pets at home. The firm is currently based out of NorthWestern University Garage
Accelerator. The quadcopter drone has been designed to be managed from a mobile phone app and provide
video feed of the surroundings over the internet.
Consumer
Leisure Robotics [ , 2014]: Leisure Robotics develops and market quadcopter drones named AthleteDrone
which can be used for training of athletes. The unique algorithm on the drone allows it to fly on a predefined
route while varying its pace to mimic a runner's movement. The drone moves alongside an athlete and helps
them train as it leads the runner. The drone keeps track of the runner with a hand held tracker. The firm has
held events where they provide prototypes of these drones to athletes for practise.
Consumer
Ascent AeroSystems [Newtown, 2014]: Ascent AeroSystems develops and manufactures small unmanned aerial
vehicles. Developed a unique coaxial vehicle configuration that is more portable, more durable and simpler to
operate than typical multi-rotor designs. It is a highly scalable platform and ideally suited for recreational,
professional, commercial and military applications.
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Cheerson Hobby [Shenzhen, 2003]: Cheerson Hobby is a professional remote control toys and drones
manufacturer. They have been researching, designing and manufacturing RC toys since 2003 under the name of
Shantou SLH Toy Factory. In 2011, they restructured and became the Guangdong Cheerson Hobby Technology
Company Limited. They appear to have a good global reputation and currently export their products all over the
world. Cheerson drones include the CX-10, the CX-20 Auto-Pathfinder and the CX-30W. However, the company
is not limited to quadcopters. They also produce RC helicopters and planes, although their focus is shifting more
toward multicopter toys.The company and their 13,000 square foot manufacturing facility are located in
Guangdong, China.
Consumer
xCraft [Sandpoint, 2013]: xCraft has developed the X PlusOne UAV. A hybrid drone that combines both
stabilized hover and fast forward flight. Also developed PhoneDrone Ethos, a remarkable device that
smartphones wings, allowing user to deploy iPhone or Android phone as an autonomous aerial camera. They
have leveraged sensor, processor, and wireless capability of smartphone to make it a powerful, cloud-connected
aerial vehicle.
Consumer
AirButlr [Ypres, 2014]: AirButlr is an autonomous flying drone for indoor applications. It automatically cleans
windows and keeps grass looking neat and tidy by using various AirButlr applications. The lawn mowing
application and window cleaning application are hold in the base station which is a small box where AirButlr can
be found in his state of rest or when it's charging. The AirButlr will inspect the house for dirt on a regular
basis. When a housekeeping command was given the base station will automatically mount the right application
on the AirButlr. The AirButlr will transport the right application to the right spot for cleaning it.
Consumer
Prodrone Technology [Shenzhen, 2015]: Prodrone is developing Byrd, a portable, foldable quadcopter with
removal 3-axis camera gimbal and ground control station. The drone sized as an ipad when folded but is 4
inches thick & the whole system weighs about 4 pounds including removable 7,000mAh battery which can reach
up to 30 minutes of flight (depending up on flying speed & wind conditions). The product is supposed to be out
in November 2015 for preorders. Its standard version is priced at $950 & advanced version at $1060. Priced at
$1,400, the premium version includes a 4K-resolution camera with a 3-axis gimbal for image stabilization that
can be swapped for an infrared camera, a GoPro-ready gimbal or future add-ons.
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Walkera [Guangzhou, 1994]: Walkera involves in research & development, manufacturing & marketing of
consumer drones. They have designed a variety of quadcopters for photography and FPV purposes. Products
includes Scout X4 FPV, a lightweight, little & efficient quadcopter; Runner 250, a GPS based racing quadcopter;
and many other entertainment and hobbyist drones.
Consumer
Erle Robotics [Alava, 2014]: Erle Robotics is developing artificial brains for robots and drones based on Linux.
These brains build intelligence using the Robot Operating System (ROS) and have access to a cloud-based app
store for robots and drones. Developed Erle-spider, a low cost robot and drone platforms developed to help in
the process of learning, research and development of new ideas; and Erle-Copter, a Ubuntu Core powered
drone along with SDK to develop apps to control it.
Techfounders
Consumer
Hubsan [Shenzhen, 2010]: Shenzhen Hubsan Technology is engaged in research and development, production
and sale & sales service for hobbies and toys. Designs and manufactures consumer toys products like,
helicopters, planes & Quad copters with auto-pilot capabilities, including the NANO Q4 and HUBSAN FPV X4,
marketed as two of the worlds smallest quadcopters.
Consumer
ShenZhen Idea-Fly [Shenzhen, 2011]: ShenZhen Idea-Fly specializes in the R&D, manufacture, and sales of
multi-rotor aircraft. Manufactures commercial and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for aerial
photography and videography. Developed several multi-rotor products like IFLY-4, IFLY-4S, Mars-550, Apollo,
Hero-550 & Storm-800. Also designed flight controller IFLY-V4M.
Consumer
Ebotic [Palo Alto, 2015]: Ebotic, a personal flying robotics company, developing a drone that performs tasks
autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. It contains sensors like a camera, radar, microphone,
GPS, and actuators. Also provides easy-to-use APIs for obstacle avoidance, indoor mappings and self-localization
for developers.
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Emelody Worldwide [Atlanta, 2014]: Emelody Worldwide, a technical consulting and innovation company
contains two divisions entitled Emelody Research Group and Emelody Inspirations Group. Emelody Inspirations
Group maintains and supports the development of a radical next generation UAV aircraft, ââŹĹVindicatoreââŹâ˘,
which claims to differ from the existing technologies and having advanced aerodynamics.
Consumer
Manna [Stanford, 2015]: Manna is building an intelligent, personal drone that can do more than one
application. This drone receives commands interacting with smartphones and making that on the internet and
autonomous, instead of human-controlled, enables everyday people to use this technology.
Consumer
Flytrex [Tel Aviv, 2013]: Flytrex Sky manufactures drones and operates a platform for hobbyists and drone
enthusiast. Its flagship product, Flytrex Sky is a cloud connected drone controlled by Flytrex Sky Pilot app that
has auto pilot, auto-takeoff and landing, return to home and other features. All the flight data is stored in the
cloud and can be accessed through the web-site or mobile apps in real-time basis. The drone can be used for fun
activities, delivering goods and other purposes. The platform supports the control over 3G and optional
receiver/transmitter, FPV and GoPro ready and other features. Also the company manufactures Flytrex Core, a
complete flight tracker system and a number of hardware peripherals such as Controller, Battery etc.
Star Farm Ventures
Consumer
TechJect [Atlanta, 2011]: TechJet designed a Palm-sized robot 'Dragonfly' that flies like a bird and hovers like an
insect. Designed for aerial photography, advanced gaming, R&D and security. The unique feature of this drone is
that it not only hovers but also can glide for greater accuracy of movement. Research began on Dragon fly
through a grant of $1M from US Air Force. Raised more than $1.1M on Kickstarter in 2012 from more than 3k
backers.
Consumer - Photography
DJI [Shenzhen, 2006]: Dajiang Innovations (DJI) is a developer and manufacturer of camera based consumer
drones and its hardware peripherals. The product lines cover high-end UAV flight control system and ground
control system, professional aerial photography drone platform, commercial Gimbal system, as well as an
intelligent model aircraft products and high-precision control module. Main product line includes Phantom line
of camera based quadcopters. The company was valued at $8-10B during the latest round of funding.
$605M
Accel, Sequoia Capital, KPCB, New
Horizon Capital, GIC, New China Life
Insurance
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Yuneec [Shanghai, 1999]: Yuneec International manufactures manned & unmanned aircraft. It develops remote
controlled, ready-to-use out of the box, camera supported quadcopters & hexacopters. Manufactures over 1
million units a year, sold under the Blade, Parkzone, E-Flite, Firebird, Firebird XL and Q500 brands. Also provides
ground camera stabilization systems for cameras to record high quality action sports. Markets its manned
aircraft in America through GreenWing International. The company hold 50+ patents. The HQ is in Shanghai,
China. Has offices in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Hamburg.
$60M Intel Capital
Consumer - Photography
Zero Zero Robotics [Beijing, 2014]: Zero Zero Robotics is a consumer robotics company. Its first product is a
hovering drone camera that can follow subjects and take photos and videos. It uses two cameras for both
positioning and movement and for taking the photos. The rectangular shape of the drone allows it to be folded
and easily ported.
$25M
IDG ventures, ZhenFund, GSR
Ventures
Consumer - Photography
Lily Robotics [San Francisco, 2013]: Lily is a throw and shoot camera mounted drone enabled with auto-follow
technology. It automatically follows and focuses the user without any controller needed. This water proof drone
can record videos at 1080p, slow motion with 720p and image captures 12MP. Started in the basement of UC
Berkeley robotics lab, where Henry and Antoine built the first prototype using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino.
Supported by investors like Shana Fisher and SV Angel since 2014.
$15M
SV Angel, Spark Capital, Dorm Room
Fund, Slow Ventures, Steve Aoki,
Upside Partnership, CLI Ventures,
StartX
Consumer - Photography
Flypro [Shenzhen, 2012]: Flypro is a smartwatch-controlled drone maker. The drone has an automatic-follow
function at 330 feet or 100m distance as well as a tracking photo shot function. The watch can control the drone
as it takes off or lands and adjust the flight speed. Based in Shenzhen, the company is involved advanced flight
control systems, visual positioning systems and sonar technology.
$12.5M Yihua Group
Consumer - Photography
Nixie [Mountain View, 2014]: Wristband capable of transforming into quadcopter that flies, takes video and
photos. Currently in development. Winner of Intel's make it wearable challenge (prize money $500k). Currently
in active development.
$5M
Intel, Redpoint Ventures, AME Cloud
Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Tencent,
Playground Global
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Consumer - Photography
iDrone [Salt Lake City, 2015]: iDrone is a stealth mode startup that designs and builds drones, chiefly for
consumer purposes.
$2.8M
Consumer - Photography
Airdog [Palo Alto, 2013]: AirDog, a product of Helico Aerospace Industries is a fully autonomous personal 3D
printed action sports drone. AirDog is a small, foldable quadcopter, especially designed for video shooting action
sports with the GoPro camera. Users need to wear a wrist-strapped controller called AirLeash that the AirDog
will follow. It can take off and land automatically and uses gyro stabilisation technology to ensure the subject is
always in frame. Raised $1.37M on Kickstarter with a goal of $200K. Konstantin Othmer, Harry Cheung, Vinny
Lingham, Chris Hulls and Arthur Watson also participated in the Seed round.
$2.5M
Seraph Group, Imprimatur Capital,
FlyCap, IT-Farm, Base Ventures,
Carthona Capital, Zenstone Venture
Capital, Imprimatur Capital
Consumer - Photography
Aheadx [Beijing, 2014]: Aheadx is a Chinese startup company that designs & manufactures consumer drones.
Their first product is Transdrone A4, which is named after its ability to fold up into something the size of an A4
piece of paper. This drone features 4000mAh capacity smart battery, auto follow module and comes with a
clamshell remote control. The company also sells parts and components to make drones. The company received
a seed funding of $2M by Avenue Capital in Aug, 2015
$2M AV Capital
Consumer - Photography
Airmada Tech [Fremont, 2015]: Airmada Tech builds a drone for consumer photography use. It is a smartphone-
controlled drone and can be used both indoors and outdoors. Its waypoint-based navigation allows users to
create a pre-flight route and focus on controlling the camera during the flight.
Dorm Room Fund
Consumer - Photography
FlightHigh [Moscow, 2015]: FlightHigh designs and builds drones for photography and videography applications.
Its six-rotor model is chiefly designed for use in amateur and low-budget commercial filming.. FlightHigh also
claims that it can be used for precision agriculture purposes. The company also offers MRO services.
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UP&GO [Miami, 2015]: Up&Go has developed a drone camera that features five professional camera
movements and follow it's user to take pictures and record videos. Camera comes with a small controller that
user wears in its arm. Up&Go uses two way radio signal and GPS locators in both camera and controller for
tracking purpose and maintaining communication between camera and controller. Up&Go has interchangeable
batteries and a carbon fiber frame. Raising money through their Indiegogo campaign
Consumer - Photography
Staaker [Oslo, 2013]: Staaker designs and builds a consumer quadcopter drone of the same name. The Staaker
drone is an auto-follow drone that is meant for personal photography and videography use. It carries a 4K GoPro
camera and is aimed at the same adventurer market. The user needs to wear an armband that the Staaker
drone can then follow. The Staaker drone is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2016.
Consumer - Photography
EKEN [Hong Kong, 1997]: Eken manufactures cameras and drones for consumer use. It manufactures two
drones - Hawk V5 and Hawk V6 - for consumer photography and videography purposes. Both the drones are
hexacopters and come with a ground controller with a video downlink. The company builds a large series of
cameras as well.
Consumer - Photography
X-Cam Technology Inc. [Shanghai, 2012]: X-Cam Technology Inc. builds drones and remote controlled vehicles
for use in consumer applications, chiefly photography and hobby flying. Its flagship brand is the Kongcopter
series of drones that are divided into PRO, KIT and STD drones. Its other two product lines are camera gimbals
and on-board electronics such as vibration detection modules, etc.
Consumer - Photography
Tuffwing [Boerne, 2008]: Tuffwing manufactures drones for use in aerial mapping and monitoring applications.
Its drones are designed as flying wings made of EPP foam. Tuffwing manufactures two models of unmanned
aircraft - UAV Mapper (for aerial photography) and Tuffwing 32 (for hobby flying). The UAV Mapper works with
the Pixhawk autopilot.
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Consumer - Photography
Snelflight [Durham, 1998]: Snelflight builds small drones for consumer photography and hobby flying purposes,
as well as commercial applications. It builds two drones - the Ghost and the QuadPod - on its Hoverfly
quadcopter platform. The company also sells accessories on its online store.
Consumer - Photography
Skye Intelligence [Xian, 2015]: Skye Intelligence is a developer of UAV drones which can be used for
photography. Some of its features include high precision multiloop automatic tracking system, editing tools,
flight control using a mobile application etc. It claims to have a flight time of about 22 minutes and has a GPS
system to track its movement. It is a part of Roobo.
Consumer - Photography
Shenzhen Zero UAV Tech [Shenzhen, 2002]: Shenzhen Zero UAV Tech (Xiro) is a drone company founded by
Shenzhen Rapoo Technology Co. and Beijing Zero UAV Tech. Xiro manufactures UAVs for consumer use. Its
product portfolio includes Xplorer, Xplorer 2, Xplorer Mini and Xplorer Extreme. It also manufactures a hand-
held gimbal called Xplorer Gimbal. Xiro sells its products in North America through Hobbico. Its chief
applications are in consumer photography and videography.
Consumer - Photography
Pocket Drone [Riga, 2015]: Pocket Drone builds a consumer drone for personal photography. Its Kronos drone is
paired with a smartphone and can follow the smartphone. It is very small and can be folded, making it very
portable, and includes a number of smartphone-connected features such as automatic syncing of all photos. It
also has a smile-tracker that ensures that the camera clicks photos when a smile is detected in the field of view.
Consumer - Photography
Droneex [Monterrey, 2015]: Droneex builds unmanned aerial vehicles for consumer use. It currently builds a
quadcopter called Aviary-i4. Droneex claims that the Aviary-i4 is well-suited to other photography applications,
such as aerial inspections, as well. It is also working on a racing quadcopter called Razer-X8.
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Consumer - Photography
Smart Drones [Paris, 2013]: Smart Drones builds eponymous drones for consumer use. Its chief application is in
photography and filming. Other applications include commercial applications such as disaster assessments,
mapping, inspection, etc. Its Smart Drone 4 can be customized for different cameras and can be controlled via
mobile applications as well.
Consumer - Photography
Atlas Aerospace [Jerusalem, 2015]: Atlas Aerospace builds a copter called the Erida Smartcopter. It is built for
consumer purposes and is specialized for working in very cold weather. Its positioning system is LIDAR-based. It
can be controlled by both an RC controller and a mobile application, and can be used as an FPV drone.
Consumer - Photography
Snitch [Moscow, 2015]: Snitch manufactures an eponymous hovering camera called Snitch. It is exclusively
aimed for consumer use and has a very small range. It levitates and hovers using propellers that are contained
within the spherical structure. The camera is fitted in a gimbal to provide image stabilization. The device can be
controlled by an application running on a smartphone or tablet.
Consumer - Photography
Autel Robotics [Bothell, 2014]: Autel Robotics builds UAVs for aerial photography and video capture. The
company's product portfolio includes the X-Star range of quadcopters (X-Star, X-Star Go and X-Star Premium). It
plans to launch the Kestrel fixed-wing VTOL UAV in March 2017 for payload delivery and crop monitoring.
Consumer - Photography
Wingsland [Shenzhen, 2014]: Shenzen WINGSLAND Technology Co., Ltd. is a consumer drone manufacturer.
Claims to conduct R&D in recreational, reconnaissance and commercial UAVs. Currently, portfolio includes only
photography and video capture quadcopters - K3, M5 and Minivet. Also manufactures a handheld gimbal called
Vipro.
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Consumer - Photography
ONAGOfly [Delaware City, 2013]: ONAGOFly is a nano drone which is palm sized and can be used for taking
recreational photography from a different perspective. The advantage that the drone brings is that it is
extremely handy and packed with a 15MP sensor which makes for clear shots. The drone is packed with IR
technology for obstacle avoidance and has GPS based navigation. The drone can be controlled by the OnagoFly
App over WiFi for 66m. The firm was able to raise $950K on IndieGoGo platform against a planned number of
150K. The drone will be out for delivery by Feb 2016.
Consumer - Photography
Fleye [Liege, 2014]: Fleye is the first consumer friendly flying camera having features such as 360 panorama,
people tracker, follow-me mode & more. With original form factor (spherical form) and smart control software
makes Fleye safe, robust and extremely easy to use. No piloting skills needed to take awesome aerial
photography and video as this robot is autonomous and can be controlled by a smartphone app. Also provides
APIs and SDK for development of its app.
Consumer - Photography
Extreme Fliers [London, 2007]: Extreme Fliers designs, develops and manufactures quirky and innovative toys.
Products include Micro Drone quadcopter, Robocopter and Terror Wasp which use advanced electronics and
sensors. Developed Micro Drone, a tiny flying drone for live streaming of videos in HD quality.The company
raised $2.7M for its Micro Drone 3.0, through Indiegogo, a global crowdfunding platform.
Consumer - Photography
Easy Aerial [New York City, 2014]: Easy Drone is an advanced, modular quadcopter designed for videographers
that need quick, easy and affordable aerial shots. Is a plug-and-play aerial filming platform, incredibly compact
and easy to assemble. Has a flight time of 45mins. Raised $21k througha campaign on Kickstarter.
Consumer - Photography
Vantage Robotics [San Francisco, 2013]: Vantage Robotics has designed a fold-able & collision tolerant quad-
copter drone with 4k camera controlled by smart phone. This drone is capable of flying for 20 mins with a top
speed of 30 mph and automatically tracks user. Comes with features like auto sequences (preset features for
professional photographic shots), auto ground avoidance, make sure to return back when battery is about to
end. The product is available for pre-order on their website.
Ruvento Ventures
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Consumer - Photography
Seraphim [San Diego, 2014]: Seraphim is a consumer robotics company that has developed Seraph, a camera
drone for aerial footage with a flight time of 45 minutes. It is having active object avoidance and intuitive design
that produces non-shaky footage. It is a good product for skiers, snowboarders, mountain bikers, and other
adventure sports enthusiasts.
Consumer - Photography
Fotokite [Zurich, 2014]: Fotokite has designed and is ready to manufacture Fotokite Phi, a foldable drone-kite
for GoPro Hero cameras that offers video recording at various angles and can be easily controlled by hand
gestures. Enabled with Gesture flight control, this drone is easily portable and have safe and secure propellers.
Raised $115K in 2 days in a campaign for $300K target in a month.
Orkos Capital
Consumer - Photography
DreamQii [Toronto, 2012]: DreamQii has developed drones that can fly together in a coordinated 'swarm', all
controlled through a single mobile device. DreamQiiââŹâ˘s PlexiDrone is specifically aimed at photographers and
filmmakers. The company boasts that users can fly up to 30 drones at once using the PlexiHub, a Bluetooth
device that acts like a router between the app and aircraft. Raised $2.26M in pre-orders on IndieGoGo, a global
crowdfunding platform.
Consumer - Photography
Carbon Flyer [Columbus, 2014]: The Carbon Flyer has been designed and engineered by Trident Design LLC. The
Carbon Flyer is an all carbon fiber personal drone, controlled by Bluetooth, with an onboard video camera.
Carbon Flyer airframe is assembled using carbon nanotube enhanced epoxy which creates bonds stronger than
steel welds. Raised $330k for pre orders on IndieGoGo.
Consumer - Photography
Zano [Swansea, 2014]: Zano is an ultra-portable, personal aerial photography and video capture drone. The size
is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand and has an autopilot system insalled. Zano connects directly to smart
phone via onboard WiFi and enables user to instantly begin capturing through the onboard camera system.
Raised $2.64M in pre orders on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform.
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Consumer - Photography
Mota [San Jose, 1999]: Mota is a wearable and consumer electronics manufacturing company. Its products
include 3D printers, Drones, Smart watches, Smart Glass, Battery cases and Power Banks. Mota's 3D printer is a
low-end, low cost FDM 3D printer which supports PLA and ABS with a maximum print size of 6.5 x 6.1 x 6.1
inches. MOTA SmartWatch G2 Lite is a wearable device with the ability to pair with both iOS and Android
devices. The SmartWatch integrates with Siri and Google Now. The watch can be used to easily setup
appointments, send emails, check the weather, etc. Works with Bluetooth version 3.0 and has a charging time of
2-3 hours. A 3D Interactive Glass, MOTA SmartGlass, is currently under development. Features include voice
dial, data record, remote control camera etc. Also working on a Drone called MOTA Drone Hawk, which is a
Quadcopter with a Cx20 AUTO-Pathfinder GPS guidance and Stability Mode on board and a flight time of 15
minutes and 2700 mAh Power. Its another drone product is MOTA iOS Helicopter, which can be controlled with
the user's iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Provides a free app which allows the user to easily dictate the
helicopterââŹâ˘s flight path from all directions. Also manufactures Battery Cases for iPhone and Samsung mobiles
and Universal Power Banks like Power Block, Power Stick and Card Charger.
Consumer - Photography
AirDroids [Washington D.C., 2013]: AirDroids designs and manufactures drone hardware and software for the
consumer and commercial marketplace. The Pocket Drone is the first product from AirDroids. It is a heavy-lift
microcopter capable of lifting a HD action sports camera high into the air but folds up smaller than the footprint
of a 7in tablet. It also has lots of advanced features found in high end devices but retails for less than $500. The
company leadership are also the founders of the Drone User Group Network, the largest community based
organization in the U.S. focused on making UAV and autonomous flight technology available to everyone. The
Director of Engineering is a mechanical engineer and a patent attorney. They have an in-house drone design lab
and a full machine and prototyping shop (including desktop injection molding machines, CNC mills and 3D
printers). Raised $930k on kickstarter for pocket drone pre-orders in March 2014.
Consumer - Photography
Vektor [San Francisco, 2014]: Stealth mode company. Vektor produces micro-drones which can be used for
personal everyday use. The drone has autonomous control with no flight training required on the part of the
user. Users can also post footage via VektorââŹâ˘s app. Founding team is from UPenn and UC Santa Barbara.
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Consumer - Photography
Squadrone System [Palo Alto, 2014]: Hexo+, a product of Squadrone System, is an intelligent drone that follows
and films the user autonomously. The copter communicates with the user's iOS or Android smartphone using
the MAVLink protocol. Hexo+ provides a mobile app to select the droneââŹâ˘s starting position and frame the
shot it should take. Users can specify from which angle the drone should shoot and how far away it should hover
from its subject. As the subject moves, the drone moves with them to provide a continuous shot. The drone
employs trajectory anticipation algorithms in order to make sure that the drone will be able to smartly predict
the user's path and won't be lagging behind. Raised $762k on Kickstarter till date of an initial goal of $50k.
Consumer - Gaming
Drone Racing League [New York City, 2015]: Drone racing is a fun and exciting sport in which quadcopter
drones fly around a pre-set 3 dimensional course. Pilots control the drones via remote controls, wearing FPV
(first person view) goggles to steer from the droneââŹâ˘s point of view. The company also builds the racing
drones, all to the same specifications.Those specifications change from race to race to keep things interesting.
So the pilots do not need to worry about their vehicles, making the race videos more exciting. The targeting
audience of the Drone Racing League is video-game players and other technology-oriented enthusiasts. The
League intends to make money through sponsorship, media and ticket sales.
$7.6M
Lux Capital, Hearst Communications,
RSE Ventures, CAA Ventures, Basset
Investment, Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Consumer - Gaming
QFO [Minneapolis, 2010]: QFO Labs develops, manufactures and sells high tech gaming drones. Products
include Quad Fighter, a quad-copter designed to fly in small indoor areas, having rugged, lightweight
construction, four moving parts and a design flipped upside-down from the conventional designs to increase the
efficiency. Also provide Mimix, a tilt based controller for Quad Fighter. By tilting the controller forward, back,
left or right its maneuverability can be controlled. The complete set is available at $99.99 from their website.
$200k
Consumer - Gaming
TobyRich [Bremen, 2012]: TobyRich builds bluetooth-connected, smartphone-controlled drones for gaming
purposes. Its product range includes three fixed-wing models - SmartPlane, tobyrich.vegas and tobyrich.tokyo -
and a quadcopter called X-Spy Nano. The company also sells its BluetoothSmart board for integrating with
homemade hobbyist drones.
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Consumer - Gaming
DragonFly Racing Drones [Avon Park, 2015]: DragonFly Racing Drones designs and builds drones and airframes
for racing purposes, chiefly the Black Darter drone. It also sells drones made by other manufacturers on its
online store. In addition, the company sells drone parts and accessories, such as propeller blades, flight
controllers, FPV goggles, etc on its online store.
Consumer - Gaming
Thrust UAV [Boise, 2014]: Thrust-UAV is a manufacturer of racing drones. Its first product is a quadcopter called
the Riot 250R Pro. The Riot 250R is optimized for FPV racing with a reinforced undercarriage and a powerful
integrated flight system. It also sells drone components and airframes.
Consumer - Gaming
Rotor X [Sydney, 2014]: RotorX Racing manufactures consumer UAVs primarily for racing use. RotorX specializes
in manufacturing very small drones. It builds two drones - the six-rotor RX155 Raiju and the four-rotor RX122
Atom. The Atom comes in two DIY variants, with differing expected assembly times. RotorX also sells drone
parts for its two drones.
Consumer - Gaming
Mobus Drones [Madrid, 2015]: Mobus Drones develops two models of drones - FPV Vesta280 and Lytta250.
The Vesta280 drone has been geared towards racing and can reach speeds of up to 100kmph. The drone also
comes with a head gear which can be used as a VR kit to view the first person account of the drone flight. The
Lytta 250 drone is targeted towards beginners and comes in the option of a kit which can be assembled to learn
how the drone works.
Consumer - Gaming
Skyrocket Toys [Los Angeles, 2010]: Skyrocket specializes in building original, innovation driven, television
advertised toy brands. Provide Sky Viper brand of drones which includes low cost, multi-copter RC drones for
indoor & outdoor entertainment & gaming. Also develops and manufactures OEM products for top video game
and other consumer products companies.
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Consumer - Gaming
Axis Drones [Macedon, 2015]: Axis Drones specializes in beginner friendly quadcopters for first time pilots and
kids interested in learning the mechanics of quadcopter and drone flight. Products include small UAVs like,
Wallet drone, Turbo-X drone, Nano drone & Aerius. Axis Drones is a division of Morrison Innovations, LLC.
Consumer - Gaming
Syma Toys [Guangdong, 2005]: Syma Toys is consumer drones manufacturer based in China. Manufactures a X-
series of quadcopters & S- series of mini-helicopters.
Consumer - Gaming
B Go Beyond [London, 2015]: Vitenzo designed a remote controlled hybrid car-helicopter with a patent pending
design. 'B' is vehicle (regular four-wheeled RC) capable of driving across difficult terrain using its large rear drive
wheels. When obstacles become too big, it simply take-off and fly over them using four propellers that are
housed within its wheels. These propellers can generate enough lift to turn the B into a quadrocopter. Designed
by Witek Mielniczek, a PhD student at University of Southampton, has previously worked on a DARPA-contest-
winning HALO Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Aims to raise $77k through a campaign on Indiegogo, a global
crowdfunding platform. First vehicles are estimated to start shipping in December, 2015 after the success of the
campaign.
Consumer - DIY Kits
PowerUp Toys [Miami, 2011]: PowerUp Toys builds a small clip-on module for attaching to paper planes for
taking videos and sending them via a data downlink in real time. It allows users to view the on-board camera's
feed in FPV and control the plane's movement by using a VR headset such as Google Cardboard. The company
also runs a social media platform for sharing ideas for using PowerUp Toys.
$1M
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Consumer - DIY Kits
Flexbot [Los Angeles, 2012]: Flexbot designs and manufactures quadrotor which can be controlled using a
smartphone. The quadcopter has an Acc mode which uses the phone or tabletââŹâ˘s gravity sensor to steer the
copter just by tilting the mobile device. The phone communicates with the copter using Bluetooth 4, which gives
a range of up to 50 meters. Users can customize their 3D printed shell by choosing from one of 3 shell designs
and choosing a combination of colors for the different pieces of the shell. The quadcopter has another mode:
Autopilot which does a job of stabilizing the copter in flight, and it is open-source and Arduino based. Raised
$0.5M on Kickstarter in Oct 2013.
$25k HAX, SOSV
Consumer - DIY Kits
Giingo Labs [Tokyo, 2015]: Giingo Labs provides a mini-drone development platform. It development kit - called
the Giingo Q-Shield - includes a basic PCB with motor controls, sensors, power management modules and a
wireless connection board with a control module. It also includes a smartphone application that is configured
with the control module.
Consumer - DIY Kits
XHOVER [ , 2013]: Xhover manufactures drone airframes and other accessories for DIY drone building purposes.
It sells both own and third-party accessories and these including electronic speed controllers (ESCs), flight
controllers and FPV equipment, as well as motors, propellers and even connecting wires.
Consumer - DIY Kits
PiCopter [London, 2016]: PiCopter designs and sells DIY kits for drones. It allows customers to build their own
drones from the DIY kit (and modify the base design using spare parts that can be 3D printed or bought locally),
code software for controlling the drone on the included Raspberry PI and learn how to fly these drones.
Consumer - DIY Kits
PIRIYEV Aero [Copenhagen, 2015]: Small fully autonomous airplane which is customizable. The drone provides
a SDK for developers to write their own applications. The hardware is modular as well and allows direct
connection with third party hardware. It is sold as a development platform for hobbyists and other drone
manufacturers. It launched an unsuccessful kickstarter campaign in 2015. Selected to represent Azerbaijan in
Seedstars world final in Feb 2016.
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Consumer - DIY Kits
Phenox Lab [Tokyo, 2014]: Phenox Labs is a startup by two student founders from University of Tokyo, who
have developed a palm sized drone which can fly autonomously. The duo have, in the process, created a
platform which can be used for developing flying apps. The drone can be effectively controlled by voice and
hand gestures. It also supports proograming by Linux. They have been able to raise $23K over Kickstarter
campaign.
Consumer - DIY Kits
Flone [Barcelona, 2013]: Flone is a open source Drone platform for flying smartphones in sky to have aerial
images. This is done using a small wooden frame that uses batteries to power 4 propellers, the Flone is fully
ready to make smartphone fly. All user has to do is hook it up to the wooden apparatus, and then heââŹâ˘ll need
to use another smartphone to control the Flone once itââŹâ˘s in flight. Also provides an intuitive app, Flight App,
along with it to control drone.
Consumer - DIY Kits
Game of Drones [Scottsdale, 2011]: Game of Drones provides action sports airframe DIY kit that includes a
frame, all other parts for developing a drone, and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions to build a bind-and-
fly 'Hiro' drone. It is easy to assemble, have high-quality and durable components like RCManchild motors and
ESCs and KK 2.0 HC flight board.
Consumer - DIY Kits
Skyworks Aerial Sys [Las Vegas, 2014]: Skyworks Aerial Systems is a hardware development company for small
and adaptable unmanned aerial systems. Their product Qua.R.K is capable of delivering a variety of solutions to
both civil and commercial entities. Qua.R.K multi-rotor copter families are small and versatile. They are
designed to adapt to numerous applications including indoor, underground, and/or hazardous flights. Skyworks'
Ground Control station is built on maximizing user experience with an enhanced graphics interface, industrial
design and inter active manual. During flight, autonomous data collection is running in the back-end for
diagnostics while an intuitive dashboard displays real-time sensor and telemetry data. Plug & Operate Devices
(PODs) enable the Qua.R.K suite to undertake a variety of applications. Open software architecture and robust
APIs allow for easy interfacing of software and algorithms for any POD. As of March 2015, they are taking pre
orders on their website.
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Consumer - FPV
Nine Eagles [Hastings, 2006]: Nine Eagles designs and manufactures drones for consumer use. Its Galaxy Visitor
line of drones (Models 2, 3, 6 and 7) are all quadcopters designed for FPV hobby flying and consumer
photography. It also builds toy helicopters and toy fixed-wing planes. Nine Eagles also sells third-party drones
and drone accessories on its online store.
Consumer - FPV
RangeVideo [Miami, 2006]: RangeVideo builds wireless video systems, including a flagship FPV headset called
HeadPlay. It also builds a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle called RVJet for hobby flying in FPV mode.
RangeVideo also builds an autopilot and telemetry system called RVOSD. The company also sells a number of
3rd-party accessories for drones including propellers, ESCs, etc.
Consumer - FPV
Foxtech [Tianjin, 2013]: Foxtech designs, builds and sells drones and drone hardware parts and accessories,
chiefly FPV video receivers, goggles, etc. It also sells third party drone accessories and hardware parts on its
online store. Its drones include the Devourer D130 quadcopter, the A4 quadcopter and the Kraken K130
octocopter. Foxtech's chief customers are hobbyists.
Consumer - FPV
Dromida RC [Champaign, 2013]: Dromida manufactures and sells small drones and other radio-controlled
vehicles. Dromida builds quadcopters under the names Ominus, Kodo, Vista and Verso. The Ominus and Vista
drones both have FPV versions as well. The camera on these FPV versions can be controlled by a mobile
application called FPVCam.
Consumer - FPV
Sky-Hero [Brussels, 2012]: Sky-Hero designs and manufactures multirotor consumer drones that made of
carbon fiber material. Products includes a tricopter, Spy; quadcopters, Anakin, Little Spyder & Spyder; &
hexacopters, Spyder6 & Little Six. These drones are fast & safe for the purpose of FPV racing & carrying
payloads.
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FLYBi [Hexham, 2014]: Advanced Robotix Corp. has designed a flying drone, FLYBi, that comes with a set of
Virtual Reality goggles. These head-tracking goggles provide a direct control to user to look around using the HD
camera installed at the base of drone. This drones is available is four different colors, have features like obstacle
detection and avoidance, auto return and collision tolerance. It carrying case includes its controller and an extra-
pair of batteries. Raised $40k on a campaign goal of $35k on Indiegogo (a global crowdfunding platform) with 13
days remaining in the campaign deadline.
Commercial
Kespry [Menlo Park, 2013]: Kespry designs and builds highly reliable drone systems for commercial
applications. To achieve high standards of safety, productivity, and reliability, Kespry controls the design of each
critical component. This attention to integrated design and reliability provides superior efficiencies and
accelerates the delivery of advanced functionality. John Vrionis from LSVP joined Kespry as a board member.
$26M Lightspeed Venture Partners, DCM
Commercial
Pulse Aerospace LLC [Lawrence, 2011]: Pulse Aerospace designs and manufactures a helicopter UAS called
Vapor and a flight control system call wePilot. it also offers autopilot integration services. The UAS consists of a
Vapor drone with a controller and a ground control station. The Vapor UAS is sold as a package that also
includes a carrying case, a batter station and multiple spare parts and extra batteries. The Vapor drone is sold in
two sizes - the Vapor 35 (payload up to 5 lbs.) and the Vapor 55 (payload up to 10 lbs.). The Vapor UAS is
designed for use in multiple applications (surveillance and commercial) and specific payload packages can be
bought. The wePilot flight control system includes both a hardware module and supporting software for
controlling drones.
$21.22M
Commercial
XAircraft [Guangzhou, 2013]: XAircraft is a multi-rotor design and manufacturing company hailing from China
with a global footprint of International Distributors. Specialises in the design and development of all sized multi-
rotor equipment for various types of applications from commercial to general. Offers XPlanet, an agriculture
UAV system with ground control task pad & handheld taskmapper. And XMission, a multi-rotor UAV system,
features weatherproof aerial platform, quick release smart payload modules, Android based all-in-one ground
control task pad and XAirkey flight information system (FIS).
$20M Chengwei Capital
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Commercial
Delair-Tech [Toulouse, 2011]: Delair-Tech designs, manufactures and commercialises long endurance mini-
drones with a fixed wing. The company's products include Big Map, Crop Map, Emergency Line and Environment
Line. The company also develops payloads and ground control systems used in the extraction of data and image
sensing. Its UAVs are used in the domains of industrial surveillance, environmental survey and aerial
photography.
$18.31M Bpifrance, andromede
Commercial
Stork [San Francisco, 2011]: Stork (formerly known as Romotive) designs and sells a personal robot powered by
user's smartphone. The robot offers Remote 2-way telepresence, Autonomous navigation and Facial
recognition. Signed a production contract with an Asian manufacturer that will help the company scale up its
output dramatically. Offers an open SDK for developer applications. Raised $170k for pre orders on Kickstarter.
Currently enagaed in developing drones for first reponder & emergency purposes. The company was formerly
known as Romotive.
$12.1M
Sequoia Capital, Lerer Hippeau
Ventures, SV Angel, Felicis Ventures,
CrunchFund, BoxGroup, Morado
Ventures, VegasTechFund, PivotNorth
Capital, PALgenesis, Klein Venture
Partners, Visionnaire Ventures, Lerer
Hippeau Ventures, VTF Capital
Commercial
TRACE Intelligent Systems [Venice, 2014]: Developed TRACErl a visually intelligent camera that is capable of
following its owner and live stream captured footage using proprietary video-as-a-sensor technology. The videos
are captured in HD quality and streamed live on their website. They have acquired Draganfly which makes UAV
aircraft and aerial video systems using drones. They have partnered with ImmerVision which develops
technology for 360-degree panoramic imaging, .
$9.5M
Salman Partners,
businessinstincts.com
Commercial
PRENAV [San Carlos, 2014]: PreNav developing a system that can automatically fly a drone within centimeters
of a structure, allowing for close inspection of it by people who arenââŹâ˘t expert pilots. PreNav uses a robot on
the ground to scan and map an area, including vertical structures that need to be inspected. The ground robot
guides a proprietary PreNav drone through a precise route. This system uses Lidar, laser-based sensors, to map
an area and determine a flight path. PreNav unlocks new uses for drones by offering automated, repeatable
flight paths. A few of the applications include: Motion control for aerial cinematographers; Inspections of
structures like smokestacks, solar panels, and wind turbines; Navigation of the last 50 meters in urban/suburban
environments for landing, delivery and recharging. Founders are Stanford University graduates. Incubated at
Prebacked accelerator. Investors include Pejman Mar Ventures, Drone.vc, Oculus VR co-founder Michael
Antonov and Toivo Annus.
$7.71M
Linden Mobile Ventures, Pejman Mar
Ventures, Drone.VC
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Commercial
Top Flight Technologies [Malden, 2014]: Top Flight offers application-specific, cost effective commercial
solutions of unmanned aircraft vehicles using the latest advanced technologies driving automation and safety.
Has a strong founding team of experienced entrepreneurs and technology expertise from MIT, the FAA,
Aerospace/aviation research, software product development and strategic partnerships in technology
manufacturing. Top Flight has designed an open-platform modular approach to building feature-rich UAV
solutions which includes hardware, software and services. Offers Airborg Series 800mm M4 Quad and 1000mm
M6 Hex multi-rotor service-class commercial drones. Raised $1.75M in seed round led by John Frankel from ff
Venture Capital.
$1.75M FF Venture Capital, Scrum Ventures
Commercial
HĂŠlicĂŠo [Nantes, 2014]: HĂŠlicĂŠo designs and builds drones and UAV systems. It builds a fixed-wing
drone called the FoXy which comes in Slim and Pro variants. It also manufactures multicopters, namely the FoX4
quadcopter and the FoX6 hexacopter. It also builds a processor unit called DroneBox. The DroneBox includes
autopilot modules, avionics and other flight control systems and can be used for controlling and conducting
flight planning for multiple drones, one at a time.
$1.7M Sequoia Fund
Commercial
Clear Flight Solutions [Enschede, 2012]: Clear Fight Solutions design and manufactures bird shaped drones
called Robird. The tech can be applied to industries, including agriculture, waste management, oil and gas, and
harbors. Completed a very successful trial at waste management site in Twente, which is one of the most
challenging environments.
$1.67M Cottonwood Technology Fund
Commercial
Aeronavics [Raglan, 2009]: Aeronavics Ltd is a manufacturer of advanced multi-rotor airframes and related
accessories. Their products are composite aerospace and industrial grade materials, with solutions for tiny
GoPro and FLIR thermal imaging equipment through to Hollywood grade ââŹĹREDââŹâ˘cameras.
$1.5M
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Commercial
Fly-n-Sense [Paris, 2008]: Fly-n-Sense designs and sells autonomous, multi purpose and operational UAV
Systems. Fly-n-Sense designs and sells compact and light UAV systems operating in autonomous or assisted
mode, via a control ground station. The company also integrates tailored airborne systems within existing
aircrafts (autopilot, video camera, acoustic and chemical sensors). The company's drones are used in Civil
Security operations, industrial inspection, precision agriculture, etc. Also a member of the Aerospace Valley
cluster and currently supported by EADS Development.
$1.2M
URGO (formerly VivaSantĂŠ),
SECAPEM
Commercial
Vires Aero [Livermore, 2013]: Vires Aeronautics designs unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV) that utilize Active
Circulation Control (ACC) technology. Its patented design increases the lift capability of fixed-wing aircraft,
enabling faster takeoff and landing, increased payload capacity,extended range, and reduced fuel
consumption.Active Circulation Control (ACC) is a flow control technology that improves the lift of fixed-wing
aircraft by increasing the net circulation around the wing by energizing the boundary layer.Its product is suited
for a range of industries such as aeronautics, automobiles, submarines, ships, turbines etc.
$960K
Promus Ventures, Draper Associates,
VegasTechFund, Lemnos Labs
Commercial
Inova Drone [San Diego, 2014]: Inova Drone are developing drone systems that utilize advanced sensor
technology combined with powerful software to enhance user experience. Developed Inova One, an intelligent
and easy to use autonomous aerial system that is modular and design to be configurable for multiple
applications having a flight time of 50mins and payload capacity of 10 pounds. This is designed for firefighters
and other first responders working at public safety agencies. Powered by TechStars at the Qualcomm Robotics
Accelerator.
$120k Qualcomm, Techstars
Commercial
Altavian [Gainesville, 2011]: Altavian manufactures unmanned aircraft systems for precision data collection in
scientific and engineering applications. The company also provides data and deployment consulting services,
data processing and advanced imaging services. It offers its unmanned aircraft systems for agricultural use,
environmental surveillance, geomatics and mapping, and other commercial applications. Altavian is establishing
a network of Certified Training Providers who teach the way to safely conduct drone operations and also explain
the fundamentals of data acquisition and processing. Altavian also provides repairing services and ties up with
third party data providers to collect, process and deliver the data to the clients.
$23k
Dakota Venture Group, Florida
Institute For The Commercialization of
Public Research
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Vinveli [Cedar Rapids, 2013]: Vinveli is a robotics & automation company providing solutions for agriculture,
riot control and farms. Products includes Aero series of UAVs, (shaped like mini-aeroplane); Vero series drones
(shaped like hexagon); Helio series of drones (shaped like mini-helicopters); these UAVs provides variable
payload capacity, versatile payload capacities, endurance speed and range. Provides agriculture drones for
pesticide sprays; riot control robots; wind-tower inspection drones. Founded by a team of University of Texas
grads.
$20k Iowa Startup Accelerator
Commercial
Mohyi Labs [Detroit, 2011]: Mohyi Labs is a product development company that is currently working on
building a non-fixed wing, bladeless drone. It has a vortex creation method (that it calls ducted counter-vortex
diffuser) that allows the drone to generate lift from manipulating the airflow around it without rotating blades.
The company also runs projects for developing other advanced technology products.
$18.02K
Michigan Economic Development
Corporation
Commercial
AEE Technology [Shenzhen, 2005]: AEE Technology operates two technology products i.e. sports cameras and
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). It initially established themselves as a modern wireless audio and video
transmission technology company and are claimed to be the pioneer in the creation of above categories. The
products are used for military operations, rescue operations, anti-terrorism, and extreme sports events etc.
Claims to have raised Series A round of funding from Shenzhen Venture Capital.
Shenzhen Capital Group
Commercial
AeroHawgle Ltd. [Chennai, 2016]: Aerohawgle is an aviation technology company that develops a weather-
proof sensor package called Generation-Z Stereo Camera Hawgle-i. It is also developing a voice-controlled drone
called SparrowHawk. The company also offers custom aviation design and consultancy services to clients.
Commercial
Avysys [Delhi, 2009]: Avysys is developing unmanned vehicle platform for movement across ground or in air.
The firm is part of Labpro Equipments which develops sensors and devices for physiological data measurement.
The company claims to build UAVs and UGVs for commercial and defense applications. The products for the firm
are currently under development.
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Commercial
Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory [Chiba, 2013]: Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL)
conducts research and development on, and sells, autonomous robots and drones for various commercial
purposes. Its Mini Surveyor drone is a multi-purpose drone that runs on the Mini Surveyor autopilot. APCL also
builds ground station software, a drone mission planning tool, and a flight simulator. The company also offers
consulting on robotics and drones for clients.
Rakuten
Commercial
Apellix [Jacksonville, 2014]: Appelix builds a tethered multicopter drone called Worker Bee for multiple uses. Its
chief application is in spraying (water or paint) on vertical surfaces. Appelix claims that its drone is autonomous.
The Appelix drone solution includes the drone and tether along with a ground control station and a software for
running the drone operations.
Commercial
Latitude Engineering [Tucson, 2006]: Latitude Engineering develops unmanned aerial vehicles and support
systems, and performs UAS integrations. Its Hybrid Quadrotor technology allows fixed-wing drones to take off
and land vertically. The company's support systems include ground control stations, sensors etc. Latitude
partners with Cloud Cap Technology and integrates the latter's Piccolo autopilot into UAVs and develops custom
software as well.
Arizona Commerce Authority, Small
Business Innovation Research
Commercial
Vertitek Inc [Cheyenne, 2014]: Vertitek designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for multiple
purposes. Its V1 and V2 multicopters allow integration with a number of payloads for optical and multispectral
image acquisition. The company also builds a drone management cloud solution for managing drone flight plans
and fleets of drones. The company was founded by Sean Foster.
Commercial
Alive [Doral, 2004]: Alive builds drones and robots for multiple commercial uses. It is a full-stack drone
developer, manufacturing hardware, and building flight cores and software. Its drone is called the Alive.Hover
and is a large multicopter, while its ground robot is called the Alive.Rover. Its analysis software is called
Alive.Mind and it uses deep learning mechanisms to provide business insight and plan future data collection
flight paths.
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Challis Heliplane [Winnipeg, 2010]: Challis Heliplane UAV Inc designs and manufactures unmanned hybrid
aircraft. These aircraft all have rotors that impart VTOL and in-air hovering capabilities, as well as fixed wings
that enable faster and more aerodynamically stable cruise flight. The company's flagship model is the Challis
Heliplane UAV E950. The heliplane can be used for security and surveillance work.
Commercial
Aerobat Aviation [Santa Barbara, 2010]: Aerobat Aviation designs and manufactures unmanned and manend
aircraft for various purposes. The company builds four models, namely the manned Light Sport Aircraft FS-7, and
the unmanned Thunderbat 1 meter UAS, GeoBat 2 meter UAS and NanoBat UAS. These aircraft are at the
concept stage. The company also builds an autopilot module called the EchoTrek Guidance System.
Commercial
UAS Technologies [Netanya, 2007]: UAS Technologies designs and builds a number of unmanned aerial vehicle
platforms for use in building application-specific drones. Its expertise is in low/medium altitute long endurance
UAVs. The company designs three models - the STOL UAS20 and UAS 40 and the VTOL UAS 40EX. It also designs
a UAV ice protection system, and resells other systems, namely data links, servo actuators and flight simulator.
Commercial
TopView srl [Caserta, 2013]: TopView designs and manufactures drones for use in commercial applications. It
builds three drones - Geko, Mantis and Apis, and all three are multicopter models, chiefly used for inspection
purposes. The Apis drone is also used for educational purposes for teaching programming of drones. TopView
also offers drone-based services such as sensing for precision agriculture.
Commercial
1 Martian Way [Mumbai, 2013]: 1 Martian Way (1MW) builds drones for industrial applications. It builds three
quadcopter models (Panthera X1, NiteRider and SkyCreeper) and one hexacopter model (Industrux Lite). The
Industrux Lite and the SkyCreeper models are used for displaying banners (drone-based advertising). The
company also manufactures toy robots - a chess set and a DIY robot kit.
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RaptorUAS [Dundee, 2013]: Raptor UAS develops ultralight UAVs with a low drag coefficient. The firm is trying
to position the UAVs as industrial offerings. The measures taken by the company such as Annual Airworthiness
maintenance, use of certified components. monitoring the health of UAVs to identify fault precursors etc., make
sure that the UAVs dont fail and can be used for critical applications. The Raptor E1 is a lightweight fixed wing
offering from the firm with a payload capacity of 4Kgs.
Commercial
Silvertone [Wagga Wagga, 1963]: Silvertone designs and manufactures drones for use in commercial
applications such as . Its fixed-wing drones are manufactured under the Flamingo name. The company also
distributes communications systems and avionics from third-party manufacturers. It also distributes DSOs and
probes for electronics design.
Commercial
1BitSquared [Eugene, 2012]: 1BitSquared provides hardware and software designs for unmanned aerial
vehicles. It provides its designs open-source. Its expertise is in micro- and nano-UAVs, and it claims that its
designs are applicable to hobbyists as well as civilian and research uses. Its chief focus areas are weight
reduction and drone autonomy.
Commercial
MicroMultiCopter [Shenzhen, 2010]: MMC builds unmanned aerial vehicles. It builds models in three lines - the
Swift series, MC series and HY series. The Swift series is designed for use in precision agriculture and includes a
quad and a hexa model. These drones can spray crops with pesticides. The MC series is designed for use in
search and rescue, law enforcement and emergency response. The HYDrone is a hydrogen-powered drone and
is designed for long-endurance flights. MMC also builds a Spider UAV for stringing power lines.
Commercial
Marble [Bristol, 2014]: Marble designs and builds multi-purpose drones. Its drone MRB-1 is a fully 3D-printed
drone and is a blended-wing aircraft with VTOL capabilities. Although at a prototyping stage, the company
intends to make these drones autonomous. Chief applications are in precision agriculture and surveying,
mapping and monitoring.
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UAS Drone Corp. [Los Angeles, ]: UAS Drone Corp. designs and manufactures drones for use in law enforcement
and emergency response applications. The company's drones include the UAS RTF, the more powerful UAS
Deploy and the UAS Air Vehicle. Each of these has a combination of a number of third-party elements, such as
GoPro cameras, Spektrum radio links, Pixhawk autopilot. The company also develops its own autopilot system.
Commercial
SICdrone [San Diego, 2015]: SICdrone (System Interchangeable Consumer/Commercial Drone) is a stealth mode
drone company that designs and builds a tiltrotor drone model. The drone has modular sensor packages. The
tiltrotor design allows the aircraft to take off and land vertically, but also have higher endurance than
multicopter UAVs. The company is incubated at the Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator.
Commercial
Carbonix [Rose Bay, 2015]: Carbonix designs and builds aerospace and maritime structures (mainly competition
sailing boats) using composite materials. It designs a number of fixed-wing unmanned structures optimized for
use in specific applications such as precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, etc. The company also
offers custom machining and production solutions.
Commercial
Civic Drone [Montreuil, 2004]: Civic Drone (formerly WorkFly) designs and manufactures a multi-purpose drone
called WorkFly Flitting-Sensor. The drone is a rotary aircraft that uses two counter-rotating coaxial rotors to
generate lift. The company intends the Flitting-Sensor to be used for security and surveillance as well as civilian
purposes such as inspection and monitoring. The company was founded by Guilhot-Gaudeffroy.
Commercial
Krossblade Aerospace [Mesa, 2014]: Krossblade Aerospace designs VTOL drones and passenger aircraft. Its
Skyprowler drone is a fixed-wing drone with rotors that enable it to take-off and land vertically. Its Skycruiser
aircraft is a passenger vehicle that can carry up to five passengers and is similarly designed. The Skyprowler
drone is expected to have applications in drone-based deliveries for heavy payloads as well as in traditional
surveying and inspection activities.
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ADCOM Systems [Abu Dhabi, 1991]: ADCOM Systems designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles. Its
YABHON series of fixed-wing drones are long-endurance drones that are used for both aerial spraying (primarily
for use in fire-fighting) and other deliveries, as well as for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It also
builds one model of rotary aircraft. The company also builds target drones for military training purposes under
the name YABHON. ADCOM also builds its own gyro-stabilized payload platform, flight control unit and an
integrated mobile ground control station called ADNAV. ADCOM Systems is a group of 20 individual companies.
Commercial
Outdoor Robotics [New Smyrna Beach, 2012]: Outdoor Robotics designs and manufactures multicopter drones
for use in both commercial and consumer purposes. It builds drones under the brand name SteadiDrone and has
three models - Flare, Mavrik and Vader. These drones can be fitted with third-party cameras or multispectral
cameras and used for aerial photography and inspections, as well as surveying, mapping and precision
agriculture. Outdoor Robotics also sells third-party hardware parts, accessories and RC hobby drones.
Commercial
Embention [Alicante, 2007]: Embention designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles and UAV
components such as autopilots, simulators, gimbals, motors drivers etc. The autopilot and other accessories are
sold under the name Veronte. Embention claims that the Veronte autopilot is highly configurable and therefore,
can be used on a large variety of unmanned systems. Embention's unmanned aerial vehicle portfolio, sold under
the naem NM& includes a number of multicopters and fixed wing models as well as a flying wing design.
Embention's solutions are applicable to a number of industries, including industrial inspections, medical
dispersal, etc. The company also offers piloting training services, aerospace design services, etc.
Commercial
Height Tech [Buren, 2015]: Height Tech designs and manufactures drones for use in remote sensing and aerial
photography. It builds a hexacopter called HT-6, and two octocopters called HT-8 (with a variant HT-8 C) and HT-
8 C180. Its chief applications are in film production, surveying, industrial inspection etc. Height Tech has also
demonstrated dispersing chilled sterile mosquitoes to control vector populations in areas prone to malaria,
dengue etc. Height Tech also offers drone piloting services on demand.
Commercial
uavision Aeronautics [Torres Vedras, 2005]: uavision Aeronautics builds unmanned aerial vehicles, along with
ground control stations and gimbals. The company's multicopter offering is called the UX-Spyro and is a
quadcopter. It builds two fixed-wing drones under the names Wingo and Wingo-S. These drones have
applications in media production, law enforcement, inspection and monitoring, precision agriculture, etc.
uavision also offers drone customization services.
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Aerofoundry [Curitiba, 2012]: Aerofoundry designs and builds a number of unmanned aerial vehicles for use in
commercial applications. Its small UAV line consists of four drones, each with unique features and capabilities.
Its mid-size UAV Yaro is designed for long-endurance flights. Aerofoundry also builds an autopilot called aPilot
and a photogrammetric processing software AeroSfM.
Commercial
Dronera Uav [Asker, 2012]: Dronera designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles, and drone
accessories. Dronera's product portfolio includes small drones such as the Tubie and Micropro, as well as large
platforms such as the 8XE. These drones are all multicopters. Its drones have applications in photography,
mapping and surveying etc. Dronera also sells third-party hardware peripherals.
Commercial
R&Drone [Blanquefort, 2012]: R&Drone manufactures unmanned vehicles for air, land and water use. Its
Droneo surface drone is used in collecting data from water bodies. Its Serval UGV is used for surveillance. Its
unmanned aerial vehicles Emerillon and GX8 are optimized for security and surveillance and surveying and
mapping respectively. The company also offers aerial mapping and environmental analysis services.
Commercial
Gyrofly Innovations [Sao Jose dos Campos, 2007]: Gyrofly Innovations manufactures multicopter drones for
various commercial and consumer purposes. Its product portfolio includes quadcopters and hexacopters. It also
offers drone operation training services. The company was incubated at IncubAero when it was founded.
Commercial
Scion UAS [Fort Collins, 2011]: Scion UAS develops and delivers vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned
aerial systems.A VTOL system requires only a small open area to take off or land, thus making it ideally suited
for ship-based operations or any mission profile where a large runway is not feasible.Scion UAS, LLC offers a
product family of unmanned helicopter systems that range in size from car-transportable to optionally piloted.
The VTOL UAS provides a simple-to-use aerial platform that is suitable for a wide variety of civilian and military
applications including search and rescue, agriculture, aerial mapping, and aerial surveys.
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DroneTech LLC [San Antonio, 2013]: DroneTech LLC designs and manufactures fixed wing drones.
DronetechââŹâ˘s aircrafts are designed for maximal reliability, payload capacity, endurance, flexibility and cost
effectiveness. The company has experience in Airframe & Electronics design, Aerodynamic and Propulsion
Science, Remote process supervision and control,flight testing over 70 different aircraft etc.The company took
part in Paris Air Show (2015) via video demonstrating with its AV-1 Albatross model.
Commercial
Stechoq [Yogyakarta, 2015]: Manufactures a wide range of unmanned vehicles - underwater, surface and
aerial. Manufactures testing equipment (wind tunnels, human stress detector) and legged robots. Works
exclusively in Indonesia.
Commercial
Drone Tech [Monterrey, 2009]: Drone Tech UAV designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for
commercial applications, with a focus on very high endurance drones. Its AV-1 Albatross and AV-2 Pelican are
both fixed-wing aircraft. Drone Tech's drones can be used with both fuel engines and electric motors and its
Albatross drone can be made VTOL optionally.
Commercial
Tor Robotics [San Francisco, 2011]: Tor Robotics designs and builds drones, along with control software for
consumer purposes. Its flagship drone is the quadcopter Q-4, which has Tor's proprietary Universal Control
Software for autonomous control. The company also builds gimbals for integration of camera payloads. Tor also
customizes its Q-4 for specific client requirements.
Commercial
VulcanUAV [Mitcheldean, 1999]: Vulcan UAV builds drones under the brand names Black Widow, Raven, Airlift
and Ranger. These are all quadcopters and are optimized for medium to heavy payload lifting. Vulcan UAV also
provides UAV assembly and customization, as well as payload integration services.
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Autonomous Technologies [London, 2013]: Autonomous Technologies designs and builds unmanned vehicles
for aerial, ground, and aquatic use. Supported by the UK government's Innovate UK program, Autonomous
Technologies designs unmanned autonomous systems with the objective of making them easy and quick for
deployment in commercial and security applications.
Commercial
Remote Sense [Perth, 2013]: Remote Sense designs and builds unmanned aerial systems for applications such
as aerial surveying and photogrammetry, with specific requirements such as heavy payloads and relatively long
endurances. It also designs payloads and performs payload integrations. Its flagship drone is the Dingo.
However, currently these are prototypes and the company only provides consultancy solutions.
Commercial
Arcturus UAV [Rohnert Park, 2004]: Arcturus UAV designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles, ground stations
and payloads. It also offers integration services for non-standard payloads. Its UAVs are all long-endurance
fixed-wing aircraft and it has both catapult-launch models and VTOL models. The company also builds ground
control stations and command and control software for controlling drones and drone payloads. Its drones are
meant for commercial and military applications.
Commercial
Neva Aero [Brighton, 2013]: Neva Aerospace is a consortium of five European companies that conducts
research on and develops unmanned aerial vehicles for industrial applications. It focuses on VTOL-enabled linear
flight aircraft and on heavy-payload delivery. Neva-Aerospace's member companies are based out of France,
Germany, Lithuania and UK. It works on collision avoidance systems also and partners with SAP. It has received
seed funding from a number of individual investors.
Commercial
Integrated Robotics Imaging Systems [Kenai, 2012]: Integrated Robotics Imaging Systems builds small to
medium sized rotary-wing UAVs for aerial imaging. Its chief focus is on building accessories, mainly sensors, for
UAVs. It released a drone-mounted radar in March 2016 towards its research on making autonomous drone
systems. It created a division called IRISsensors for focusing on sensors. It aims to create solutions for a large
number of applications, including commercial inspection, agriculture and aerial photography.
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Drone America - Unmanned Systems [Reno, 2009]: Drone America manufactures unmanned aerial systems,
chiefly for agricultural, environmental, disaster relief and humanitarian applications. It also offers flight services
for these applications, including processing of gathered data. Drone America also offers flight training. Its
product portfolio includes one VTOL drone, four fixed-wing UAS and one hybrid system. Mike Richards is the
CEO and President.
Commercial
Dragonfly Pictures Inc. [Essington, 1992]: DPI manufactures small rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
that have capabilities of self launch/land in unprepared terrain and have fully autonomous operation.The
application of the UAVs is ideal for agriculture, forestry, wildfire life & safety, fisheries, geo-chemical discovery,
precision photography, precision mapping, search and rescue (SAR), infrastructure assessment etc. DPI
partnerships and customers include NASA, DARPA, Boeing, BAE, SAIC, L3, AAI, Northrop Grumman, Harris
Corporation, Carnegie Mellon, Wintec etc. The company has been awarded twenty SBIR (Small Business
Innovation Research grants), including a Phase 3 SBIR.
Commercial
Pohjonen Group Ltd [Karstula, 2013]: Pohjonen Group Ltd. manufactures unmanned systems (fixed-wing and
multirotor) for commercial use and develops solutions required for UAS operations. The UAVs can be equipped
with different kinds of sensor technology as per customer requirements of specific payload. Pohjonen Group
also specializes in industrial automation. Some of its automation capabilities are Production line design and
machine modernization,Logic controlled systems,3D-Modeling and part design etc.The company also provides
training, support and life cycle services.
Commercial
Advanced UAV Technology [London, 2010]: Advanced UAV Technology (AUAVT) builds a range of seven
unmanned helicopters for use in remote sensing. AUAVT claims that its helicopters are autonomous and run on
pre-programmed flight paths and objectives. Its range of helicopters span light to heavy payloads, and low to
long endurance. The chief applications of drones are in mapping and surveying, and in security and surveillance.
Commercial
UAV-America [Dover, 2013]: UAV America builds drones based on its Eagle XF aerial platform. UAVA claims that
its Eagle XF quadcopter has a flight time of 60 minutes and a maximum payload capacity of 7 lbs. It can be fitted
with various kinds of sensors for multiple applications such as inspection of infrastructure assets, mapping and
surveying, precision agriculture and environmental monitoring, surveillance and security, etc.
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UAV Solutions [Jessup, 2006]: UAV Solutions is a contract designer and manufacturer of UAVs, based on
customer specifications. It undertakes manufacturing tasks for fabless UAV design firms. It also manufactures its
own line of drones. Its own drones include a number of fixed-wing aircraft and multicopters. The company also
runs an online store for selling drones.
Commercial
BRAQ Aerospace [Tampa, 2016]: BRAQ Aerospace aims to build autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles based
on a proprietary fixed-wing, ducted fan design, that they claim combines the aerodynamic stability of fixed-wing
aircraft and the VTOL/STOL/hovering capabilities of rotor-lifted aircraft. The applications of its proposed aircraft
are in various sectors, especially ones involving constrained environments, such as urban law enforcement and
fire detection. The company also aims to build a personal aircraft based on the same technology, as well as a
multi-mode manned aircraft.
Commercial
QQQ Tech [Dallas, 2015]: QQQ Tech manufactures the Lifeguard Drone for search and rescue over water. A
wearable GPS beacon sends out SOS signals when the wearer is in distress. The Lifeguard Drone can be
dispatched immediately. It can carry a variety of payloads including floatation devices, warmers, communication
devices etc. These lifeguard drones can also be used for non-emergency patrolling over water.
Commercial
Nimble Aircraft [Lincolnshire, 2002]: Nimble Aircraft manufactures a fixed-wing and rotor hybrid unmanned
aerial vehicle called the Nimble Drone. The drone has two ducted fans built into the single-wing design of its
body. It is capable of vertical take-off and landing as well as fixed-wing flight. Nimble Aircraft pegs the range of
the Nimble Drone between 50-200 miles and its payload capacity between 30-400 lbs. The company is also
working on a parachute-based recovery system for the drone in case of any failure.
Commercial
Wingtra [Zurich, 2015]: Wingtra is a spin-off from the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH Zurich. It has developed
a drone which flies like a plane, but takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter. Claims a primary use case for
inspection in agriculture and a secondary use for inspection in mining and construction.
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Flydeo [Jablonec nad Nisou, 2015]: Flydeo is a UAV manufacturer that builds a long-endurance waterproof
multicopter called Y6, chiefly for commercial purposes. Flydeo also manufactures the Magnum ballistic on-board
parachute for the Y6. This enables recovery of drones in case of system failure. The chief customers of Flydeo
are professional aerial photographers.
Commercial
Tayzu [Fort Lauderdale, 2013]: Tayzu is an industrial robotics and science company that builds robotic solutions
for automated manufacturing, provides scientific modelling and analysis services and builds aeronautical
hardware and software systems. Tayzu builds two drones, the Titan X8 hexacopter for heavy payloads, and the
Quadra line of waterproof quadcopters for use in marine and freshwater environments. The chief uses of its
drones are in industrial inspection, maritime surveillance and precision agriculture.
Commercial
skysense [Stabroek, 2014]: SkySense Drones provides aerial imaging services. It builds its own drones, fitted
with GoPro cameras and gimbals, to collect aerial data. Its drone range consists of one quadcopter (650), one
hexacopter (680) and one octacopter (X8). SkySense provides services in precision agriculture, industrial
inspections, aerial photography etc. SkySense also offers a web-based software for sharing maps and other
videos.
Commercial
UCAL-JAP Systems Ltd. [Chennai, 2014]: UCAL-JAP offers drone manufacturing, drones for hire, drone-based
services and drone maintenance. It performs aerial data acquisition missions including surveillance and pollution
monitoring. The company also offers system integration services for custom-built UAVs. It also offers consulting
and trading services, including sourcing parts globally for UAVs made in India. UCAL-JAP sells to multiple Indian
research labs.
Commercial
ZALA Aero [Izhevsk, 2004]: ZALA Aero is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems, primarily for military,
security and commercial purposes. It manufactures a large number of fixed-wing drones, multicopters,
helicopters and balloons. It also builds payloads and ground control stations and control software for running on
personal computers, tablets and smartphones. The company was founded by Aleksandr Zakharov.
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Skyrobotic [ , 2013]: Skyrobotic is a UAV manufacturer that builds drones for emergency response, surveillance,
precision agriculture, industrial inspection and aerial photography based on its multipurpose interchangeable-
payload VTOL drone platform SF6. The SF6 is a hexacopter equipped with Skyrobotic's SR-5000 autopilot
system. It works as Hunter for surveillance and disaster response including emergency deliveries, as Caboto for
precision agriculture and mapping, and as Inspector for industrial and site inspection and monitoring.
Skyrobotics' parent company Italeaf is publicly traded on the NASDAQ OMX First North Stockholm.
Commercial
Harris Aerial [Orlando, 2014]: Harris Aerial LLC builds custom UAVs, with a focus on heavy payloads for use in a
number of applications. It modifies its base UAV model - called Stark Hx8 - according to requirements by specific
clients and uses its 3D-printing capabilities to build unique drones. These rugged drones are then deployed for
photography, thermal imaging, emissions sensing, etc. Harris Aerial also sells third-party drone hardware parts
and peripherals on its website
Commercial
Aerial Power Ltd. [London, ]: Aerial Power's flagship product, SolarBrush is a brush-carrying drone that helps
increase solar farm efficiency by making solar panel maintenance and dusting faster and less labour-intensive. It
is optimized for stable hovering and can fly pre-programmed flight paths completely autonomously. Aerial
Power is testing other applications of the technology, such as window and roof cleaning. Aerial Power is
affiliated with hub:raum Accelerator.
Hub:raum, Start-Up Chile
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ACSL [Chiba, 2013]: Spun off from Chiba University, Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL)
manufactures the MINISURVEYOR drone. ACSL specializes in flight techniques in non-GPS situations using SLAM
(Simultaneous Location and Mapping). Its software - X-Monitor and Y-Planner - are both used for running flights
from ground stations and planning flight paths, while Z-Simulator is a training module for new pilots. The chief
applications of MINISURVEYOR are in industrial inspection, agriculture, and construction and surveying. ACSL
also offers pilot training services. ACSL is headed by Company President Kenzo Nonami - an ex-NASA expert in
autonomous robotics.
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital,
http://global.rakuten.com/corp/
Commercial
Wysper Drones [Manila, 2015]: Based in Philippines, Wysper is a drone technology company operating in
stealth mode. It claimed to be focused on three products to improve and advance the drone market. The
company is deadpooled as of Mar 2016.
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Australian Unmanned Flight Operations [Cairns, ]: AUFO develops and manufactures drones for commercial
applications such as precision agriculture, industrial inspection etc. The drones can also be used for delivery
purposes i.e. pickup and carry equipment. The company also provides UAV services such as aerial photography,
survey and inspection. The company is CASA Certified for its drone operations.
Commercial
ING Robotic Aviation [Ottawa, 2001]: ING Robotic Aviation delivers data-driven robotic aviation services with
its robust aerial remote sensing solutions as comprehensive products and end-to-end services. Products includes
Responder, a reliable & flexible aerial data gathering tool and Serenity, a tool for long range & persistent data
acquisition. These drones have long range & are designed for payload capacities of 5-12 kgs.
Commercial
FLINT HILLS SOLUTIONS LLC [ , 2005]: Flint Hills Solutions is an aerial drone manufacturer and also a drone
service provider. Its products are Small Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAS Helicopters (electric and
gas).Also the company provides a broad range of services such as UAS Sensor Integration,Airspace
Development, Flight Test Services,Payload Test Services,Training Services etc. Its UAVs are eqipped with Electro
Optical (EO) and Thermal Imaging Infrared (IR) Cameras and enabled with ground based remote camera
control.The company has partnered with Cloud Cap Technology and Fat Head Solutions for its products and
services.
Commercial
AutoCopte Corp [Charlotte, 2009]: AutoCopter Corp designs and manufactures auto pilot RC helicopters and
multicopters for Precision Agriculture and Aerial Inspections.Its inspections solutions include inspection of
Transmission Wire, Wind Turbines, Bridges, Buildings, Pipelines etc and agricultural solutions include Field
health report,Corp analysis etc. Its aircrafts are auto take-off, auto land and GPS enabled.The flight of the
AutoCopter can be tracked on the ground control station and the live video link provides real time visuals.It is
providing its solutions in US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Australia. The company has partnered with
Nikon,DJI,GoPro,Pelican etc for its product portfolio.
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Autonomous Avionics [Denver, 2014]: Autonomous Avionics designs and manufactures custom UAVs for
commercial purposes.The company's line of commercial-class unmanned aerial systems is called the
"SkyTractor".The drone can be used for aerial photography & video,inspection, surveillance etc. The company
has a large on-line catalog of products available and dispatches the same as per customer order. Autonomous
Avionics also sells and repairs UAVs from other major manufacturers, including 3D Robotics, DJI, and others.
Commercial
Drone Volt [Villepinte, 2011]: DRONEVOLT designs and manufactures drones for professional purposes. The
company is present in France,Canada and Denmark.Its customers include customers include TF1, France TV,
Bouygues, CNRS, Figaro, the Ministry of Defense, SPIE, RAID etc. DRONEVOLT is also a service provider of aerial
photography by drone and is also present on many other fields such as security,inspection etc.The company is
developing solutions specific drones adapted to many sectors television, cinema, architecture, engineering
structure control etc. It also has an pilot training center for professional drone.It filed IPO in April 2015.
Commercial
UAS Europe AB [Linkoping, 2011]: UAS Europe specializes in manufacturing of unmanned aerial systems for
agricultural, scientific research and surveillance applications.It also manufactures Autopilots and Ground Control
Stations for unmanned vehicles. The company's drone systems are based on internationally accepted NATO
STANAG 4686 UAV standard and its software quality assurance is according to ISO 90003 standard.Some of its
customers are UMS Group,Thales,Boeing Research and Technology Europe,QinetiQ etc. The company is fully
owned by Instrument Control Sweden AB.
Commercial
Cervi Robotics [Rzeszow, 2014]: Cervi Robotics designs and manufactures UAV as per customer requirement.
Also the company builds software to analyze and process information in Microsoft Azure cloud and designs
control system by which drones and gimbal can be controlled via GSM network. Its drones are useful for
detection over large areas and transmission of video in real time, hence relevant for inspection,aerial
photography,surveying and other purposes.The company also builds M2M communication systems, Computer
vision systems etc for robotics.
Commercial
QuestUAV Ltd [Ambleside, 2012]: QuestUAV designs and manufactures small UAV and provides training and
support , including custom UAV designs.The unmanned aircrafts weigh around 4 to 6 kg and are hand
launched.It is operating across a number of markets both in UK and globally.The manufactured UAV can be used
for precision agriculture,inspection,photography and other purposes.The company is the winner of the North
East Business Innovation Award, accompanied at the same time by winner Newcomer of the Year Award, and
Small business of the Year finalist.
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Infinite Jib Inc [Schomberg, 2009]: Infinite Jib Inc. designs and manufactures Unmanned Aerial Systems for
professional, commercial and industrial applications. Its drones are used in different fields such as surveying,
agriculture, GIS, industrial inspection, construction,photography and mining. Infinite Jib Inc. uses remote sensing
technology such as LIDAR, Hyper-spectral, Multispectral and Magnetometer.The company also provides service
and up-gradation for the existing models. Also the company sells air-frames, platforms (collectively, the
ââŹĹAerial RoboticsââŹâ˘), as well as components, parts, and other accessories.
Commercial
M3 CONSULTING GROUP LLC [ , 2012]: M3 CONSULTING GROUP specializes in the development and
customization of drone to support the various goals of diverse work environments such as federal, state,
academic, and corporate entities with the engineering and regulatory challenges. The company is also a service
provider for agricultural, defence, aerial imaging and inspection applications using UAV.Till date the company
has advised the United States Department of Agriculture, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and New
Zealand Plant and Food Research Institute.
Commercial
DroneSeed [Portland, 2015]: DroneSeed automates tree-planting in an easy, three-step process.First, a piloted
drone with sensors makes a detailed 3D map of the planting area (LiDAR, Hyperspectral, Video). Second, their
team processes the data and creates a map of x-y coordinates to plant and monitor seeds. Called "micro sites",
avoid planting in unsuitable areas, improving success rates. Lastly, an operator arrives on site with 15 drones
carrying their pneumatic seed depositing system. The drones travel to the x-y coordinates autonomously and
shoot seeds with a high pressure burst of air. The capsules are made of a biodegradable and water soluble
plastic that dissolves in hours. The seeds are contained in a nutrient-rich gel that protects the seed and
promotes rapid, healthy growth. Due to limits on drone flight time, the operator meets the drones at a pre-
programmed landing site every 25 min and swaps the battery, seed magazine, and air canister. DroneSeed to
assemble large data sets each year on tree growth (board feet growth per acre, per year) and utilize machine
learning to create growth rate predictions based on variables such as soil or climate zone.
Commercial
JOUAV [Chengdu, 2010]: JOUAV is UAV manufacturer which can be used for commercial usage. Claims to
provide military quality service. Some of its features are smart UAV flight control and navigation, onboard
mission equipment, command and control systems, autopilot systems etc.
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ScientificAerospace [Perth, ]: ScientificAerospace is developing safe UAV's systems with advanced imaging
systems. Its CyberQuad is a safe & relaible quadcopter certified by NASA & CASA for commercial aviation
demonstration use in the Americas, Australia, and ICAO countries. CyberQuad is operational in 6 of the 7
continents and this VTOL UAV was operationally used in the Resources industry. Also developed 4Scight for the
surveying purposes.
Commercial
Gigawick Aerial [Cedar Rapids, 2014]: Gigawick Aerial offers a wide array of hardware, application, and
software for our end user commercial clients & public entities. Developed S.E.A.R.V (pronounced "SERVE"), a
small unmanned aerial system, designed specifically for public safety, fire service, search and rescue, and
emergency management missions.
Commercial
FlyTech [Krakow, 2013]: FlyTech Solutions specializes in design and manufacture of complete UAV systems,
conduct training and offers services based on drones. Provides unmanned surveillance system Fenix, for
surveying, agriculture, and energy saving tasks. Office is located in Krakow, and a production facility in Rzeszow
in the Polish Aviation Valley.
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Aermatica [Como, 2008]: Aermatica developes & manufactures small Remotely Piloted Aircrafts, sensors and
equipment. Provides Anteos, an autonomous multirotor drone (available in 2 versions: Anteos Micro & Anteos
Mini) & Timble UX5, a fixed wing drone for image acquisition activities like aerial surveying, mapping,
photography & inspections. Offer sensor suits like, VIS suite, VIS-Thermal Radiometric Suite, Solar Suite, Air-
quality suite, & Hyper-VIS suite.
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Aerial Monitoring Solutions [Johannesburg, 2013]: Aerial Monitoring Solutions custom-design and custom-
build multi-purpose robust and adaptable products for unmanned monitoring and surveillance. Products are
completely programmable and designed for endurance flying both day and night and requires minimal training.
The modular design of these products allows for easy transportation, individual customisation as well as
minimisation of downtime during maintenance and repairs.
Commercial
XMobots [Sao Paulo, 2007]: XMobots specializes in development and manufacture of UAVs for commercial
applications. Develops high-performance UAVs, which are characterized by long range, accuracy, structural
strength, image resolution and ease of operation. One of the first companies to be certified by ANAC. XMobots
currently has three models of Unmanned Aircraft: UAVs Nauru 500B, Echar 20 and Arator 5A, all of which are
fixed wing aircrafts.
Commercial
Leptron [Denver, 2006]: Leptron Unmanned Aircraft Systems innovates, manufactures and distributes patented,
unmanned technology which can be piloted remotely using advanced ground station products. Leptron's
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are certified for airworthiness, manufactured in the USA, and include pilot
training. Products includes Leptron RDASS 1000 Quadcopter, Avenger Unmanned Helicopter, MicaSense
RedEdge (lightweight, multispectral, advanced camera).
Commercial
Centaurus Technology [Kuantan, 2009]: Centaurus Technology is an aeronautics and autonomous technology
provider and consultant company. Developed products and services such as UAVs, flight simulators and flight
simulator training, AI robots and holographic image projection.
Commercial
BradaTech [Ottawa, 1999]: Bradatech designs quadcopters, frames, flight controls & ground control station.
Developed RX4-S Surveyor, a quadrotor that uses an automatic retracting landing gear system for an
unobstructed camera view while offering a modular gimbal design. The arms are foldable and allow the unit to
be transported easily without requiring propeller removal. Also developed PX-Lite Plus 450 Quadcopter, uses
PX-IR Thermal Imaging Aerial System to provide viewing in the long-wave infrared (LWIR) spectrum using a
genuine Lepton module from FLIR and the visible spectrum using GoPro.
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AerialX [Vancouver, 2013]: AerialX Drone Solutions offers a variety of aerial services using home developed,
custom-built, high-end Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems. Work with commercial UAS as well as military-
grade drones. Integrating new types of payloads and introducing new system architectures to improve the
performance and reliability.
Commercial
AiDrones [Wildau, 2010]: AiDrones produces and develops aerial drones and unmanned surface vessels for
remote sensing, inspection, surveying, security and surveillance purposes. Developed AiD-MC8, a multicopter
system for applications in inspection, civil service, security & surveillance.
Commercial
SwissDrones [Sevelen, 2011]: SwissDrones specializes in the development and production of unmanned
helicopters (VTOL UAVs) for civil purposes. Developed SDO 50V2, mini helicopter UAV, which provide a superior
payload capacity, prolonged endurance, stable flight patterns and a high degree of safety features. An
integrated autopilot system allows autonomous take-off and landing procedures as well as autonomous flight
patterns following pre-set trajectories.
Commercial
Unmanned Aerial System [London, 2013]: Unmanned Aerial Systems provides product development for
sophisticated unmanned aerial systems for a range of professional and defense based applications.
Commercial
Canard Drones [Madrid, 2014]: Canard provides AR UAVs that perform flight inspections, and support their
platform to perform calibration of NavAids. Claims to reduce operational costs and downtime of closed
runways, for the airport managers. Yet to launch their AR drones & platform as of Nov'15.
Startupbootcamp
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DroneUA [Kiev, 2013]: Drone.UA is a leading integrator of unmanned technologies in the Ukrainian market. The
company operates in agriculture, energy and oil and gas industries as well as in the fields of geodesy and
topography. Developed PD054 fixed wings autonomous aircraft for various industrial applications like precision
agriculture, mining, etc. Also sales DJI's multirotor drones and all the required peripherals, sensors and software
through its website. Focuses on development and implementation of industry-specific solutions based on the
technology of drones, providing services using UAVs & processing of the obtained data.
Commercial
Om UAV Systems [Delhi, 2012]: Om UAV manufactures a variety of unmanned remotely controlled aerial
surveillance vehicles like UAV mini and quadcopter and kits. They currently have 5 designs in production and
also provide services such as flower shower and aerial photography.
Commercial
Rocketship Systems [Fort Collins, 2011]: Rocketship Systems Inc. (RSI) provides custom, precision components
and complete airframes to the small unmanned aerial systems. Products includes Mercury, a quadcopter which
is easy to use, rugged and weather resistant & Apollo, a fixed-wing sUAS reference designed to be an easy to
use, rugged and sustainable UAV.
Commercial
Transition Robotics [Santa Cruz, 2011]: Transition Robotics, Inc. designs Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from
novel, autopilot-assisted, VTOL, flying wing aircraft such as the Quadshot for the hobby market to fully
autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions for professional aerial photography, infrastructure
inspection, surveys and remote sensing, to autopilot electronic and software design and manufacturing.
Transition Robotics is engaged in developing systems for a wide range of applications.
Commercial
Versadrones [Skibbereen, 2011]: Versadrones produces unmanned aerial systems for a wide range of different
purposes. Provides quadcopter, hexacopter and octocopter systems that are perfect for aerial photography and
video and able to carry camera payloads from GoPros. Products are currently used in TV and film production,
surveying, conservation, agriculture, powerline inspection, and much more.
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Smart Drone [Mexico City, 2011]: Smart Drone is involved in research, development and marketing of
unmanned aircraft. Developed aviation technology for human welfare, prevent danger and improve the
performance of critical activities for society. Their solutions focus on logistics and the generation and analysis of
information. Provides, Hermis 196, a hexacopter which is the proprietary product of the company.
Wayra
Commercial
Black Swift Tech [Boulder, 2011]: Black Swift Technologies is an engineering firm specializing in the
development of small unmanned aircraft platforms and technologies. A suite of proprietary modular products
have been optimized for rapid customization to meet customer requirements for any usage scenario. Provides
innovative data gathering solutions to optimize process management in a host of end-user applications such as
large scale agriculture, livestock ranching, and disaster relief. Developed a simple, cost-effective line of systems
for sUAS. These can either be operated as a stand-alone system, or serve as the basis for design for complex
solutions. Also developed high-performance autopilot, SwiftPilot, designed specifically for small unmanned
aerial vehicles (sUAV), both fixed-wing and VTOL (vertical take-off and landing), with expandable payload
requirements. It is targeted at high-end research and industry requirements.
Commercial
SABRE Survey [Banchory, 2012]: Sabre Drone designs and develops full multirotor aircraft and mapping sensors
for photography, Cinematography, surveying and surveillance applications. Specializes are Lidar and GNSS/IMU
integration and the design and production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Commercial
Hanseatic Aviation Solutions [Bremen, 2013]: Hanseatic Aviation Solutions develops and manufactures
unmanned aerial systems and takes over the integration of various payloads such as cameras in the visible and
infrared range, laser scanners and geo-magnetic sensors. There are two systems S180 (<5kg take-off weight)
and S360 (<25 kg take-off weight) for a variety of missions. If required, the systems for individual missions can
be adapted or new systems are being developed. The UAV will be supplemented in order to offer complete
systems to be able to solutions for telemetry and ground stations.
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Aero360 [Chennai, 2014]: Aero360 is a designer, developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Arial Vehicles for
applications such as natural resource management, mapping, inspection, surveillance, disaster management and
emergency response and aerial photography. Also building a platform for processing, storing and delivering high
resolution images.
Commercial
Aeroxo [New York City, 2014]: Aeroxo ave developed a new generation long range UAV platform with
unprecedented flight characteristics and data gathering capabilities compared to any other commercially
available drone system. Developed uniquely designed quadcopter, ERA-100, based on tilt-rotor technology that
enables the drone to combine VTOL capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional
fixed-wing aircraft.
I2BF Global Ventures
Commercial
NMotion UAS [Wichita, 2014]: NMotion UAS provides cutting edge unmanned aircraft systems & solutions for
Public Safety professionals during emergencies. These systems are engineered for rapid deployment when
seconds count and require minimal training and are easy to use in the field. Currently in early development is a
system that utilizes secured pathways to stream UAV data in real-time to select worldwide viewers.
Commercial
Alpha Unmanned Systems [San Sebastian de los Reyes, 2014]: Alpha Unmanned Systems is a designer,
developer and producer of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Holds expertise in enhanced technology
integration, Flight Control Systems (FCS) and intelligent payloads for ISTAR missions and non-military tasks.
Offers complete solutions including a completely integrated Ground Control Station (GCS), communications,
control software and all accessories tailored to the client's requirements.
Commercial
Planck Aerosystems [San Diego, 2014]: Planck Aerosystems delivers fully autonomous unmanned aerial
systems for maritime applications, such as commercial and industrial fishing, as well as situational awareness,
security, counter-piracy, and search & rescue. Provides a vessel-based, fully autonomous drone system for
commercial and industrial fishing operations offering aerial imagery and automatic object detection, resulting in
a massive reduction of fuel consumption for fishing vessels of all sizes.
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Altus UAS [Napier City, 2014]: Altus Unmanned Aerial Solutions is a manufacturer of professional UAS for wide-
ranging applications. Their systems are of high specification with built in redundant systems, custom control
interfaces and integrated emergency ballistic parachute. They build systems with class leading flight
performance as well as all weather capabilities. Also perform photogrammetric processing for aerial survey and
photography.
Commercial
Novelty RPAS [Gliwice, 2014]: Novelty RPAS company specializes in designing and production of Remotely
Piloted Aircraft Systems. The company is professional solutions manufacturer based on unmanned airplanes,
rotor platforms and airships. Also offer their customers a range of services for application of Unmanned Aircraft
Systems; provides consulting, training, delivery, implementation and maintenance of the unmanned systems.
And also provides photogrammetric, surveillance and advertising services.
Commercial
UAS Technology Systems [Charleston, 2015]: UAS Technology Systems offers custom development and design
of UAS as per the task. Offers a mini helicopter drone, Eagle R10 Rotary, with a flight time of 1 hr having payload
bearing capabilities.
Commercial
Dronica [Bergamo, 2015]: The company provides, for companies and individuals, service of photogrammetry
and aerial video shots with technology SAPR and organize courses of training for pilots for the use of aircraft.
Have developed equipment professional for various applications, Map-1, a small, reclosable and easily
transportable quadcopter for surveys; Sentinel MP, a fixed-wing autonomous drone equipped with two inertial
platforms, compasses and various types of sensors; and Titan 130, a hexacopter designed for professional
photography.
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AirView [Chicago, 2015]: AirView Corp is a startup that uses specialized UAVs for the placement of mobile
sensors to structures for data gathering; by adding these mobile sensors to outdoor structures, significantly
reduces the price for gathering data and expands structures. AirView is developing technology that allows for
wireless charging of UAVs. Also developing UAV control technology that allows to have one UAV start a mission,
then have another UAV continue the mission at the point the previous UAV stopped, either from a need to
charge its batteries or a change in the mission. Since the technology handles this, there is no need for the
operator to have to make these changes. Also offers Map-based GUI that will have an interface that emphasizes
ease of use for the operator. All these technologies are being developed for smartphones to offer an ease to
control the system.
Commercial
EnviroDrone [Windsor, 2015]: EnviroDrone is a complete unmanned aerial system including mission planning
and flight planning software that runs on any standard laptop or mobile device. Using an intuitive interface user
can outline the area to be surveyed, or plan an exact route for the drone. Unpacking the drone and getting
ready for launch takes less than 2 minutes. When itââŹâ˘s time, just throw the drone into the air and begin
working. When itââŹâ˘s time to land, the system gives an option to land in an assisted mode where the drone is
guided manually for pinpoint landings. Immediately after landing, the photos and data from the flight are
downloaded. Effectively analyze fields, forests, quarries and other environments down to astonishingly precise
detail. Their products are underdevelopment and are expected to be out in February 2016. There is a
quadcopter and a fixed-wing available for purchase, both of which are custom made, hence price will depend
upon the quality of sensors used.
Commercial
RP Flight Systems [Austin, 2012]: RP Flight Systems designs & manufactures commercial fixed wing aircraft
UAVs. Products includes Vigilant & Spectra UAV platforms. These drones serve the applications of mapping,
surveillance, spying, FPV flying. RPFlight Systems has announced partnerships and mergers with John Smith of
Asia Tech Drones.
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Action Drone [Chula Vista, 2013]: Action Drone creates and manufactures custom made drones for recreational
and professional use. Their products includes AD1, a multi-purpose drone that features a well designed and
highly stable carbon fiber frame, front mounted 2 or 3 axis gimbal with a vibration dampening system and
foldable arms that act as side impact cushions. It can go 60+ mph and produce stable videos at high speeds.
Depending on the set up, it can fly 20-30 minutes per full battery charge. Flight range would be 2+ miles
depending on components installed. They are seeking funding to launch a new AD2 line.
Commercial
Shenzhen Smart Drone [Shenzhen, 2014]: Shenzhen Smart Drone designs and manufactures industry grade
multi rotor drones. Its products are primarily used for ecological environment protection, aerial photography,
geographical mapping, mineral resources exploration, disaster monitoring, traffic patrolling, power line
patrolling, security monitoring, etc.
Northern Light Venture Capital, S.F
Express
Commercial
Aerob [Moscow, 2011]: Aerob is a developer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that are
fixed winged & and have long flight duration. Also offers aerial imagery services using drone to capture data and
also provide analysis & reports using software. Has its own technical base, based on self-developed UAVs, as
well as specialized hardware & software systems and qualified professionals to provide quality processing and
data analysis.
Commercial
UAV Factory [Irvington, 2009]: UAV Factory designs subsystems, develops platforms, and manufactures
airframes. Develops Penguin line of fixed wing UAVs which includes Penguin C, a low altitude long endurance
UAV system with endurance of 20 hrs. Also provides ground control station, pneumatic catapult and automatic
tracking antenna along with Penguin C. Penguin B, another drone in the Penguin line of drones, where system
integrators can integrate their own guidance system or payload onto. It holds the world record on endurance in
its class, 54.5h uninterrupted flight established in 2012.
Commercial
UASUSA [Longmont, 2010]: UASUSA designs, develops, and manufactures UAS platforms. Offer services from
airframe manufacture to more complex and complete UAS development that are low in cost, efficient, rapid
turnaround & mission ready platforms. Developed Tempest & Recon, fixed wing drones for the applications in
surveying, mapping, emergency, agriculture etc. They developed Tempest specifically for the University of
Colorado. They also develop autopilot for their drones and other sensors & software required for the
development of drones.
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Sree Sai Aerotech Innovations [Chennai, 2013]: Its flagship product "EasyPilot" is a drone controller which
allows users to convert the drone into a user-friendly gadget and develop applications around it. Also helps
eliminate some common problems associated with buying different components off-the-shelf and trying to
integrate them into a separate drone. Uses a proprietary OS "Aileron" to enable integration of multiple sensors
depending on the application needed. Although only one sensor can be running at a given time. Currently has
50+ beta users. Received a grant from Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries association and signed a MoU with
NAL. Also offers common drones products for people to buy.
Commercial
Volt Aerial Robotics [ , 2011]: Volt Aerial Robotics is a drone OEM and consultancy that focuses on fixed wing
and quadrotor airframes, as well as customizable payloads based on client-specific needs. Involved in
development and sale of small autonomous aerial systems for academia, agriculture, environmental services
and industry. The companyââŹâ˘s product offering includes two quadrotor systems, the Venture Outrider and the
Venture Surveyor, and The Wave fixed wing system.
Commercial
Iron Drone [Tijuana, 2013]: Iron Drone is a Startup developing technology for UAV easy to use for drone
applications and custom solutions focused in construction, remote security, delivery, remote presence, virtual
travels, farming & filming. Design and develop different kind of drones and control systems .
500 Startups
Commercial
EasyUav [ , 2013]: EasyUAV is manufactures drones for commercial aerial photography, survey, inspection and
mapping. Products include Jevelin x6 & Axis x4 multi-rotor drones which can be used for aerial photography,
environmental measurements, security and patrols, precision farming, search and rescue. EasyUAV supplies
UAV's and drones within South Africa and neighboring countries.
Commercial
Biocarbon Engineering [Oxford, 2014]: Biocarbon Engineering is developing drone technologies to combat
industrial scale deforestation. Developed a prototype tree planting drone, which offer scalable remote sensing
technology to automate industrial scale re-forestation. The system works in three stages to significantly increase
the planting rate (10x) while simultaneously driving down the cost of planting. They aim to develop a platform
to plant 1 Bn trees each year.
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Falcon Aerobotics [Scottsdale, 2015]: Falcon Aerobotics is developing unmanned aerial systems. They create
aerial robotics solutions, as well as provide aerial imagery and data gathering services, Consultation services,
and more.
Commercial
Airborne Robotics [Klagenfurt, 2006]: Airborne Robotics is focused on developing and manufacturing high
performance drones for industrial applications, professional film, and broadcast from pioneers in drone
technology. Their UAS are open systems and open programming allowing for a large variety of cameras,
instruments, and other equipment to go airborne. Winner of the Austrian National Prize for best business film
2010 and the Carinthian Innovation & Research Prize 2013.
Commercial
Service-Drone [Berlin, 2011]: Service-Drone is a German manufacturer of industrial-grade UAS having over 500
of its robust, safe and reliable multirotor copters in operation across Europe and beyond. Has introduced 4th
generation of models that are dual processor flight controller with a 'Black Box' to capture complete flight data
and (optional) redundant flight control. The company has launched Recon One multirotor UAS, specifically
developed for reliable, autonomous long-duration flights of up to 90 minutes, the Recon One is capable of
carrying payloads of 500g and up under special configurations. Customers include film studios, professional
photographers, television stations, public agencies and academia, industrial service providers such as building
inspectors and surveyors, and engineering bureaus.
Commercial
Aerovel [White Salmon, 2006]: Aerovel Corporation develops long range robotic aircraft, their flagship product
is the Flexrotor, which offers long range and endurance together with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). The
drone carries an Electro Optical imaging turret and is helpful in various applications such as observation,
situational awareness, surveillance, reconnaissance scientific data collection, security and search and rescue.
The company is also developing the Aerosonde and ScanEagle aircraft series.
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Ascending Technologies [Krailling, 2007]: Ascending Technologies is manufacturer and innovator of Micro-
UAVs such as the AscTec Falcon 8 for aerial imaging and the AscTec Firefly, the AscTec Hummingbird such as the
AscTec Pelican for research and development. They help companies in Industrial Inspection, Mapping and
Precision Agriculture reduce cost by integrating the UAV AscTec Falcon 8 into their workflows.
Commercial
Sentien Robotics [Fredericksburg, 2014]: Sentien Robotics develops ground and aerial robots for surveillance,
environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, national security, etc. Develop scalable swarm intelligence
software, fast sensor data processing algorithms, and robust robot hardware.
Commercial
XactSense [Providence, 2014]: XactSense produces the LIDAR mapping UAVs, sensor payloads and software for
3d modeling and mapping. Developed XactSense MAX-8 a utility drone with 48" 48ââŹÂł motor center to motor
center and 17" propeller size having a flight time of 25mins and payload capacity of 20 pounds. Also provides
gimble XactSense SSP-360 Stable Sensor Platform. Helped during Nepal disaster relief.
Commercial
Robosoft Systems [Mumbai, 2008]: Robosoft is a robotics startup which designs air duct inspection for air-
conditioning companies and aerial crop inspection robots. Robosoft designs and manufacturers microcontroller
development tools and small single-board computers that are used by electronic engineers and hobbyists.
Robosoft also develops Robotics Labs for various engineering colleges and conducts workshops for students
interested in Robotics. It has Blue Star, Indian Navy and IIT Bombay among its clients.
Commercial
Unmanned Systems [Izhevsk, 2012]: Unmanned Systems designs and manufactures UAVs for video surveillance
and aerial photography. Also offers unmanned oil and gas pipelines surveillance services to fuel and energy
companies and real-time mapping services using drones. The main production facilities are located in Izhevsk.
Also have service centers and dealers in more than 20 cities and towns in Russia.
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KMel Robotics [Philadelphia, 2011]: KMel Robotics expertise in designing drones. Known for their Dancing
Drones, which performed the song 'Carol of Bells'. Design embedded hardware and software for unmanned
aerial vehicles for consumer, research, entertainment, and marketing applications. Designed small, speedy
drones for US Army. Founded by Aleksandr Kushleyev and Daniel Mellinger, graduates of the University of
Pennsylvania. Acquired by Qualcomm Technologies on February 2nd, 2015.
Commercial
Sky front [San Diego, 2014]: Sky Front builds drones based on hybrid electric technology. Developed Tailwind, a
drone with flight time of 4 hours, lightweight and efficient having a payload capacity of 2Kg.
Commercial
Aarav Unmanned Systems [Kanpur, 2013]: Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS) has developed and designed
Nayan, a quadrotor for developers and researchers. It claims to be performing 3D mapping & Image Processing,
precision agriculture, geographical mapping and survey, aerial photography, disaster/event management, and
defence surveillance. Claims to have started in 2013 with a seed capital of INR 25 lakhs. Incubated by SIDBI
Innovation and Incubation Centre, IIT Kanpur. Raised an undisclosed amount from StartupXseed Ventures,
3ONE4 Capital (a family fund of Mr Mohandas Pai), The Phoenix Fund and HNIs including, Ashok Atluri and
Sanjay Jesrani in Feb 2016.
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Zero UAV [Beijing, 2009]: Zero UAV designs, develops, and manufactures unmanned intelligent systems and
small UAV systems. Products include flight control and ground station systems for fixed wing, multi-rotor aircraft
and helicopters, and UAV platform equipped with equipment for aerial mission. Mainly provides two drones:
first id High One, a RTF quadcopter for narrow areas & field aerial photography and the second one is E-EPIC, an
octa-copter with camera support to record high quality professional videos. Also provides various industry
solutions, including fixed wing, multi-rotor, helicopter, intelligent control technology & ground management
software that are suitable for various industrial applications, including defense, mapping, electricity, agriculture,
maritime, transportation and video entertainment. Serves government departments, military, research
institutes, and universities in China and internationally. In Jan 2016, it launched a consumer drone called Ying in
partnership with Tencent that allows users to live stream videos on WeChat or QQ
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Novadem [Paris, 2006]: Novadem offers professional and military grade drones. Their NX110m drone is
intended for military market, and is specially designed to satisfy the dismounted solider operational
requirements. The drone has IED location detector, which detects and identifies explosive devices.
Commercial
Atmos UAV [Delft, 2013]: Atmos UAV is a Dutch startup in the field of aerospace engineering, that is specialized
in the development and production of unmanned aerial systems. Successfully performed an autonomous
transition of a dual flight mode UAV. Won the Dutch aerospace award 2013. Currently in stealth mode.
Commercial
Symbiosys [Veltem-Beisem, 2014]: Symbiosys builds, customizes and maintains multicopter RPAS systems.
Currently in stealth mode.
Commercial
AltiGator [Waterloo, 2010]: Aligator designs and sells professional drones which are equipped with the state-of-
the-art automatic flight controllers. Has a series of 5 such drones, selling on their website and through retail
partners. Offers a remote controller software for tablet/pc called 'Waypoint Navigation', which allows to plan
the flight very accurately upstream.
Commercial
Allied Drones [Huntington Beach, 2012]: Allied Drones provides turnkey solutions, including advanced air
vehicles, ground control stations, data-link systems, sensors, systems software, UAS trainers, maintenance and
support from field to operational levels. In-house manufacturing means custom airframe, payload, and software
services are available. The company has currently more than 10 clients.
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Company Details Funding Investors
Commercial
Alliance LP Drones [Bangkok, 2012]: Alliance LP Drones offers high-tech drone platforms of small and medium
size, vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles (VTOL UAVs). Their systems are designed to
specifically target mission critical applications. Alliance supplies UAVs for Aerial, Terrestrial, and Naval
applications. Has a series of 6 rotor drones. Has a subsidiary for consulting and contract manufacturing called
Alliance Robotics Limited.
Commercial
Social Drones [Mumbai, 2013]: Designs and manufactures drones for social applications. Was deployed during
landslide in Uttarakhand in 2013 to transport first aid kits to stranded victims.
Commercial
Everbots [Mexico City, 2014]: Everbots provides a software layer for user to incorporate drone technology in
their business. Sells hardware, software and analyses data. Offers drones, cameras, flight control boards and
spare parts. Developed EVE01 quadcoptor, an advanced, ready to use drone for transport as well as
cinematography purposes. Also provides apps for the drone.
Commercial
Edall Systems [Bangalore, 2008]: Edall Systems designs and sells UAVs and home automation products along
with providing Engineering Design & Manufacturing services. Its UAVs include fixed wing UAV Nayan, with an
endurance of 2 hours, payloads of interchangeable CCD cameras and on board recording device; and EDS580,
which is a quadcopter with High voltage lithium polymer flight packs and AC/DC power supply. Its home
automation products include Wi-Touch which is a Wifi and RF technology enabled system, through which
customers would be able to control all their home appliances with their smartphone. Also provides Aerospace
training services like UAV design and engineering workshops. Customers include National Aerospace Labs and
DRDO. As of Aug, 2014, the company is in talks with European drone makers for potential collaborations.
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Delta Drone [Grenoble, 2011]: Delta Drone is a designer and manufacturer of commercial and civilian drones.
The company's products include Delta H, a quadrotor with a maximum flight speed of 65 kph and adapted to
precision imaging. Delta Y is a plane typed UAV used for long-range missions. Delta Y is operated by a qualified
telepilot to identify problematic areas to be examined by the Delta H. Delta Drone offers a range of payloads to
fulfill operation requirements: Gyro Stabilized gimbals, power lighting systems, super lightweight fittings for
sensors. orientation. Customers include large industrial groups, particularly in the mining & quarrying,
agriculture and utility industries. Delta Drone offers packaged services including the provision of UAVââŹâ˘s:
Delta H and Delta Y for data acquisition, pilot, processing and archiving of Cloud applications, technical and
administrative assistance and after-sales service.
Commercial
FAE Drones [Bucharest, 2012]: FAE Drones designs and manufacturers standard and custom drones, camera
mounts and other accessories. Provides complete UAV packs for aerial photogrammetry, surveillance and
videography. FAE drones have autonomous navigation based on GPS waypoints on map.The drones can take off
and land autonomously and can also be driven manually at any moment as a GPS failsafe precaution. Also
provides services like training lessons and drone repair services.
Commercial
Aibotix [Kassel, 2011]: Aibotix GmbH develops and manufactures hexacopters. The company provides Aibot X6,
an unmanned aerial multicopter. Its features include precise control, programmable routes, camera mount,
control panel, auto start and auto-landing, position hold, UAV and camera control, and video broadcast. Aibot
X6 is a vertical takeoff and landing UAV having applications in the fields of industrial inspection, aerial mapping,
film, and science industries. The company also develops flight planning software, AiProFlight, through which the
UAV can automatically navigate via waypoints in autonomous mode. Users can plan the routes on their PC,
laptop or tablet PC. Its customers include utility companies such as RWE and APG as well as international
construction and engineering groups such as Aecom. Acquired by Hexagon in Feb, 2014.
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Commercial
SteadiDrone [Knysna, 2012]: SteadiDrone develops, manufactures and exports small unmanned aerial systems
for use in aerial photography, video, filming, security, surveillance, wildlife conservation etc. SteadiDrones can
be modified on the website, outfitted with a selection of different controllers, motors, various batteries etc.
Technical features include advanced GPS navigation capabilities, GoPro compatibility with folding arms,
programmable radio systems and general durability. SteadiDrone has three models, ranging from US$500 to $15
000. The main differences between the models are the flight time and the payload that the drones are able to
carry. It has won in the ICT category in "Step Up Technology Innovation Competition" and has secured 100k
Rand as sponsorship. Has over R14m in turnover in its first financial year in 2013. The company has dealerships
in South America, North America, Canada, UK, most of Europe, UAE, Australia and South Africa.
Commercial
Flite Evolution [Boulder, 2013]: Flite Evolution builds, sells and services custom unmanned aircraft platforms, as
well as FPV gear and associated products. Flite Evolution focuses on premium custom built UAVs. It offers
Ready-to-Fly radio control aircraft platforms, ground stations, equipment and services. Its systems are offered
as line of site, FPV (First Person View) and fully autonomous which can be built to fit the customer's needs, flying
style or missions. Flite Evolution's products are used in the civil, commercial and government industries for
surveillance, search and rescue, terrain and resource mapping, and environmental and agricultural
management.
Commercial
MadLabs Industries [Naperville, 2012]: Mad Lab Industries develops custom-built Quadcopters and Multi-rotor
copters that are ready to fly. Its Quadcopters and Multi-Rotors come fully assembled, pre-tuned, and flight
tested to customer specifications. Mad Lab Industries' aerial platforms include Aerial Mapping and survey
systems, Emergency Response Systems etc. Mad Lab also builds custom aerial vehicles as per the client
specifications. It also offers UAVs for educational, research, industrial and commercial purposes like Aerial
Photography, Agricultural & Wildlife Surveying, Architectural Surveying, Supply Transportation & Deployment
etc.
Commercial
Draganfly [Saskatoon, 1998]: Draganfly Innovations manufactures X series six rotor UAV made of carbon fibre
capable of using still/video camera, infrared camera and low light camera all of which can be controlled from
the ground. Has features such as three accelerometers, three gyroscopes, three magnetometers and a
barometric pressure sensor, and the controller is based on an OLED touch screen. These features make the
Draganfly drones capable of work on their own under any circumstances. These drones are used for Public
Safety or Professional applications.
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Commercial
Marcus UAV [Tacoma, 2013]: Marcus UAV manufactures Zephyr drones with full GPS, Gimbal Camera and
2.4GHz video transmitter. It's main use is for aerial monitoring such as for weather, agriculture purposes and
during building construction. Zephyr can be used to make contour maps as well for geological purposes.
Commercial
Aerialtronics [The Hague, 2011]: Aerialtronics develops unmanned aerial systems for a large variety of
applications, such as securing national interests, performing safety inspections, crisis management, movie takes,
film productions, commercials, television programs or news reporting. Their UAV Altura Zenith has a payload
capacity of 3kg and can fly for 50 min continuous. It also has an integrated fail safe system.
Commercial
MicroDrones [Siegen, 2012]: Microdrones manufactures UAV for aerial video, aerial photography, aerial
inspection services, aerial security, aerial surveillance, aerial GIS, aerial mapping, aerial search and rescue and
aerial scientific research. Their latest product MD4-1000 is an efficient UAV in the 5.5 kg class with flight times
of up to 88 min. and payloads up to 1.2 kg. Microdrones merged with Avon (its North American distributors).
Commercial
Lehman Aviation [Paris, 2001]: Lehmann Aviation designs and manufactures drones which are designed for
users who want to perform aerial photography and/or mapping, but who have little or no previous experience
with UAV. Previously users had to use a PC or laptop to program the flight path, however, users can now do so
on a Windows Phone 8 smartphone or tablet. Has Wi-Fi module using which users can check the drone's
progress and systems (including its battery level) in real time.
Commercial
SenseFly [Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, 2009]: SenseFly is a Swiss company with its main focus on design,
development and commercialisation of small autonomous UAV for remote sensing, field surveying and mapping.
SenseFly provides easy-to-use, turnkey solutions to professionals in need of up-to-date maps or geo-referenced
data. At the core of these systems is an intelligent miniature autopilot that has been initially designed at the
Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL, which is widely recognised for its innovative work in the field of
miniature, bio-inspired and collective aerial robotics. Since 2012, SenseFly is a Parrot company which brought
majority (57%) stack in 5 million Swiss francs.
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Commercial - Delivery
Matternet [Menlo Park, 2011]: Matternet develops drones for delivery tasks. Their first product, Matternet
ONE, is a smart autonomous delivery drone which is light in weight and strong enough to transport 1 kg over 20
km on a single battery charge. It comes with a smartphone app to control it. The Matternet ONE can fly
autonomously for beyond line-of-sight operations.
$3M
Andreessen Horowitz, Plug and Play
Tech Center, Alchemist Accelerator,
Ariadne Capital, http://qbvp.com/,
Wamda Capital
Commercial - Delivery
DroneTerminus LLC [Boca Raton, 2015]: DroneTerminus builds a connected receptacle for receiving deliveries
made by autonomous drones. The receptacle is designed to be connected to both the hub that dispatches the
drone as well as to each other. The DroneTerminus device is also meant to function as a charging point for the
incoming drone. The company intends to launch its product by early 2018.
Commercial - Delivery
Uvionix Aerospace Corporation [Rancho Cordova, 2014]: Uvionix builds drones for delivery purposes. Its nSky
drone is specially adapted for delivering payloads from one location to another, and has been tested for coffee
cup delivery. Its Alpha drone is multi-purpose and can be adapted to carry cameras and other sensors for use in
commercial photography, inspection, security and surveying applications.
Commercial - Delivery
Galactic Bots [Buenos Aires, 2014]: Galactic Bots is working on solutions to emergency response, security,
healthcare, agriculture and transportation, using drones. The first sector it has ventured into is healthcare. Its
Futura series of drone prototypes (Futura +, Futura X and Futura H) have been shown to be effective in carrying
basic first aid kits and even an automated external defibrillator.
Commercial - Delivery
Laminar Dynamics [Xian, 2016]: Laminar Dynamics manufactures drones for last-mile medicine, vaccine and
blood deliveries. It has two solutions - a fixed-wing drone for large payloads and a hybrid drone for medium
payloads. These are supported by a ground control station. Their chief customers are expected to be healthcare
NGOs working in geographically remote regions.
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Commercial - Delivery
Airmada Inc. [Boston, 2015]: Airmada is a maritime logistics services provider, with additional surveying and
inspection services offerings. It builds ground-based terminals at client locations that allow operators to launch
drones for performing small OPL deliveries (upto 5 kg). The drones return autonomously and recharge at the
ground station. Airmada was a participant in Y Combinator's Demo Day in March 2016. Airmada has received
undisclosed amounts from Project11 Ventures and Dorm Room Fund.
Commercial - Delivery
Raven [Ashburn, 2014]: Raven is a commercial drone based delivery platform. The platform has been designed
with the highest safety standards and usability features in mind. The concept is still in pre-production and will
take some time to come to fruition
Commercial - Delivery
Mobile Recon Systems [ , 2015]: Mobile Recon Systems has developed a drone platform named KittyHawk
which is a quadcopter drone platform capable of aerial imaging, delivery, terrain sensing etc. The firm offers 3
models within the platform namely Classic, Luxury and Supreme which can be employed for different situations.
The KittyHawk HDX4 is capable of being operated in almost any weather making it ideal for commercial
applications. The UAV can be pre-programmed to take a particular course or it can be operated by wearing the
wireless tether called 'bandit'.
Commercial - Delivery
Wanhoo Aerospace [Beijing, 2014]: Wanhoo Aerospace specializes in UAVs and related product development,
production, sales and service. The UAV specs include load capacity of 10kg to 130kg, a wingspan of 1.7m to 9m
etc. It does complete aircraft production i.e. assembly and testing processes and has dedicated production lines
for various types of UAVs.
Xianfeng Evergreen
Commercial - Delivery
Dronamics [Sofia, 2014]: Dronamics is a Dutch-Bulgarian company developing advanced Unmanned Aerial
Systems optimized for heavy payloads and long range, for use in commercial and special logistics missions.
These unmanned cargo aircraft can carry up to 350 kg payloads across routes exceeding 2,000 km. Developing a
prototype which will be the first drone that can carry such a payload for non-military use.
Speedinvest, Eleven Accelerator
Venture Fund
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Commercial - Delivery
Letronium [Kyiv, 2014]: Letronium is building programmable delivery drones for last mile delivery purposes.
The current prototype of the drone models are able to take up to 5 kg and deliver on 5-10 km. Also trying to
build special charging stations around the territory where drones will fly.
Commercial - Delivery
Kray Technologies [Kyiv, 2015]: Kray Technologies are developing VTOL cargo drone with large delivery range.
This is 2m in size & can carry 20kg up to 150km. It is having a lightweight hybrid power system with an optical
navigation system with decimeter precision. Their product is under development and the minimum viable
product can be expected by 2016. As they say, their goal is to create a drone taxi for the transportation of
humans.
FasterCapital
Commercial - Delivery
Vision Aerial [Bozeman, 2012]: Vision Aerial is a drones technology company that designs and manufactures
multicopter drones for commercial delivery applications. Their products include SwitchBlade series of tricopters
that are fully assembled & flight tested, having payload capacity of 2.1kg, and a flight range of 1000m manual &
8km in autonomous mode of flying.
Commercial - Delivery
DBX Drones [Madrid, 2015]: DBX Drones is developing autonomous drones for deliveries of heavy packages
over long distances. Access to remote places and entire cities coverage. These drones are controlled using
mobile phone application.
Commercial - Delivery
Verge Aero [Philadelphia, 2014]: Verge Aero is a drone automation company specializing in automation of
drones for markets like drone delivery and drone choreography as well as developing enabling drone
technologies.
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Commercial - Delivery
Techbaaz [Mumbai, 2014]: It is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) technology driven startup. They are popularly
associated with 'India's first drone delivery of a pizza' as part of an advertisement for a local pizzeria for which
they had received global accolades. They are focused on developing UAVs for commercial applications across
various industry verticals. Their aim is to provide Autonomous UAV Technology along with data management
services that would result in increasing efficiency, improving safety standards, cutting costs resulting in higher
profits and widen flexibility to support variety of applications.
Commercial - Delivery
Hylio [Austin, 2015]: Hylio developed an multi-functional autonomous delivery drone, Pegasus. It is equipped
with lightweight airframe and six powerful brushless motors to deliver heavy payloads, long flight times, and
intelligent navigation. It is one of the few peer to peer delivery drones.
Commercial - Delivery
BlackProp Tree Robotics [ , 2012]: BlackProp Tree develops unmanned aerial security systems which enable
public safety and commercial & industrial users to reliably collect high quality aerial imagery and data. Its
reconnaissance UAV "Willow" streams real time video of the target area with HD quality within a range of 20
Kms. BlackProp Tree's aerial logistics UAV that can deliver goods and packages aerially is in testing phase. The
website is not up till now.
Commercial - Delivery
Vayu [Ann Arbor, 2014]: Vayu builds affordable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for transport of vital goods
over difficult terrain, designed for rural healthcare supply chain and post-disaster aid delivery. Their first UAV
product is designed for the needs of customers, with a 60km range, 2kg payload, vertical take off and landing
capability and autonomous flight. Have offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA and New Delhi, India.
Commercial - Delivery
AeroShip.it [Boston, 2013]: AeroShipit develops small automated aeroships to deliver parcels to the customer's
doorstep. AeroShip.it uses automated aerial drones to deliver food, medicine and supplies to victims of natural
disasters apart from parcel delivery. Aeroship.it claims that its drone transportation system is cheaper than
helicopter operations and easily integrates into existing humanitarian supply chains. Founded by ex-employee of
Apple and an alumnus of Middlebury College.
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Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
SmartPlanes AB [Skelleftea, 2005]: SmartPlanes manufactures drones and develops both control software and
photogrammetric software. Its drones are fixed-wing and need to be thrown into the air after planning a flight
on the ground control software. The collected data can be entered into the analysis software (Smart4D provided
by partner company Pix4D) and orthophotos, DSMs, etc. can be made.
$560K
Partnerinvest Norr, Almi,
Inlandsinnovation AB
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Insight Robotics [Hong Kong, 2009]: Insight Robotics develops robotics-based technology to provide industry
data-driven insights to quantify risks. They provide wildfire detection, pipeline and electrical fault detection.
They have developed a smart movable camera which acts as wildfire detection robot and uses disruptive
robotics technology and works on artificial intelligence concepts to increase the range of thermal sensors. The
firm has also developed, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for aerial mapping and plant counting.
Fresco Capital
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Aeroscout GmbH [Horw, 2005]: Founded as a spinoff of the Institute of Dynamic Systems and Control of ETH
Zurich, Aeroscout designs and manufactures a helicopter UAV system for use in surveillance and other remote
sensing and imaging applications. Its B1-100 Scout drone can be fitted with Riegl's line of laser scanners for high-
end survey data acquisition, or the AisaKESTREL 10 hyperspectral camers (manufactured by Specim). Aeroscout
also offers various services such as payload integration, data analysis and flight training.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
AirRobot [Arnsberg, 2004]: AirRobot GmbH is a mini and micro UAV systems manufacturer. The company
develops UAVs for aerial surveillance, survey and documentation. the product line includes AR100-B, a VTOL
Micro-UAV-system; AR100-C, AR180 range of quadcopters; AR180 range of hexacopters. It also builds a portable
ground control station. The company has both commercial and military applications.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Robota [Dallas, 2011]: Robota designs and builds a fixed-wing drone called Eclipse, chiefly for mapping and
surveying functions. The drone can be hand-launched and has a flight time of approximately 50 minutes. The
Eclipse is equipped with Robota's proprietary-built autopilot called Goose. The ground control station is called
Robota GCS. Robota does not make its own sensors and integrates Sony and Micasense cameras.
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VespaDrones [Rokycany, ]: VespaDrones manufactures a multi-purpose drone for multiple applications, chiefly
surveying and mapping. The drone, called Xyris 6, is a hexacopter. The company integrates various components
from third-party manufacturers such as thermography systems from Workswell, FPV systems from Amimon
Connex, parachute from Galaxy GRS. The company also offers drone pilot training services.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Drone Dynamics [Pingtung, 2015]: Drone Dynamics designs and builds drones for use in commercial
applications. Its SkyEye Sentinel X4 and SkyEye Ranger Y6 drones are both long-endurance UAVs. These drones
are meant for multiple uses, including aerial photography and search and rescue operations. However, the chief
application is in GIS data collection.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
GeoDrone [Jyvaskyla, 2015]: GeoDrone designs and builds drones for use in surveying and mapping purposes.
GeoDrone's X4L drone is a quadcopter that is shipped along with a controller and a flight planning tool. It can
carry optical, infrared and NDVI cameras. The drone is also a closed design and offers good water resistance.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Robonik Mekatronik [Ankara, 2010]: Robonik manufactures a range of unmanned aerial vehicles under the
brand name TurkUAV for commercial purposes, chiefly surveying and mapping, as well as mining, agriculture,
etc. It also partners with Pix4D to create the TurkUAV Mapper software for processing raw data gathered by
drones to produce DSMs, point clouds etc.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
IDETEC Unmanned Systems [Santiago, 2005]: IDETEC Unmanned Systems designs and builds UAVs for
commercial and law enforcement uses. IDETEC manufactures three fixed-wing drones, namely Sirol 110,
Stardust and AG-Wing, and an octocopter called iMK-8. Its chief applications are in precision agriculture,
mapping and surveying and in surveillance and law enforcement. It also provides a data processing cloud,
powered by multiple image processing software tools. The company was founded by Juan Sainz.
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Pteryx [Grodzisko Dolne, 2006]: Pteryx is a drone for use in commercial mapping and surveying applications,
manufactured by Trigger Composites. The Pteryx drone is a fixed-wing UAV. The Pteryx Groundstation allows
users to plan missions and flight paths before take-off and also provides a flight control interface. The Pteryx
stable also includes a smaller drone called EasyMap UAV.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
AWACS Geo Services [Krasnoyarsk, 2012]: AWACS Geo Services designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles
for use in commercial applications, chiefly surveying and mapping. Its drone portfolio includes two fixed-wing
systems called Delta-M and Gamma. They are both fitted with multispectral sensor and have proprietary
autopilot modules installed. The company also builds its own internal combustion engines for use in UAVs and
small manned aircraft. The company also offers drone-based services to industries such as mining, construction
and agriculture.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Aerogenix [Madrid, 2010]: Aerogenix manufactures a multicopter drone called Datum 1 for commercial
applications, chiefly surveying and mapping. It has a partnership with Pix4D that enables it to integrate the
latter's photogrammetry software tool for use in processing of gathered data. The company also offers drone
maintenance and repair, payload integration and consulting services on drone commercial use.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
ATyges IngenierĂa [Malaga, 2011]: ATyges IngenierĂa is an engineering company that offers energy efficiency
and structural engineering consulting, as well as builds UAVs for commercial applications. Its drone portfolio
includes a hexacopter (RPAS FV6), an octocopter (RPAS FV8) and a fixed-wing UAV (RPAS FV1). These are fitted
with sensors for use in surveying, mapping, precision agriculture, security monitoring, construction etc.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Trimble Navigation [Sunnyvale, 1978]: Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in
businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring
position or locationââŹâincluding surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety
and mapping. As a part of Connected Construction Site Strategy, Trimble has started making acquisitions in BIM,
architecture and construction fields from 2006. Some of the notable acquisitions include SketchUp, Tekla,
Meridian Systems, Gehry Technologies, Manhattan Software and Vico Software. Claims that its products are
being used in over 141 countries and has offices in over 30 countries.
New Venture Partners
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Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
FlyH2 Aerospace [Cape Town, 2009]: FlyH2 manufactures electric UAVs powered by Hydrogen fuel cells.
Hydrogen fuel cells offer the benefits of electric propulsion with the endurance of internal combustion engines
with an endurance of over 9 hours and a maximum altitude of 23000 feet. The UAV carries advanced sensors,
processes the data on-the-fly and deploys it to an online GIS, providing solutions for geomagnetic survey,
mapping, environmental survey, etc. At present the company is working with national and international
partners to survey South Africa's strategic water source areas.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
MAVinci [Leimen, 2009]: MAVinci designs and manufactures unmanned aerial systems for aerial surveying &
mapping. The company develops radio commanded small UAVs with payloads up to 10kg. Its drones are used
for mapping & inspection of construction sites, disaster areas, survey of development areas, stone quarries,
waste disposal sites and others. The company also offers aerial photography services to its customers. MAVinci
was part of Start-Up Factory & ESA Business Incubation Program.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Aeromao [Mississauga, 2011]: Aeromao manufacture the Aeromapper family of unmanned aerial vehicles
destined for image aqcisition for mapping and surveying applications. The Aeromappers are currently
operating in more than 35 countries by many clients including government institutions, private companies,
universities and research organizations in a wide variety of applications and tasks.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Quantum-Systems [Munich, 2014]: Quantum-Systems develops and manufactures small commercial unmanned
aerial systems. Products includes Geo-X, an octa-copter; Quantum 2M & Quantum VRT, fixed wings drones; a
sensors box, Sensorik; & a ground control system, Geo-Control. They develop their flight systems in cooperation
with the Technical University of Munich. First runner-up of Drones For Good Award, Dubai 2015.
Commercial - Surveying &
Mapping
Gatewing [Ghent, 2008]: Gatewing is a UAS designer and integrator for the civil surveying and mapping
industry, focussing on light weight UAS solutions. Gatewing offers the X100, a rapid mapping system for creating
high quality orthophoto maps and digital terrain models. GatewingââŹâ˘s Stretchout desktop software creates
georeferenced orthophotos and accurate DSMs from the data acquired from the UAV. Users can upload images
to GatewingââŹâ˘s cloud solution, which automatically processes the images based on the usersââŹâ˘
requirements.
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Commercial -
Cinematography
AeroCine [New York City, 2014]: AeroCine/Aerobo designs & builds drones for aerial cinematography &
provides services based on drones. Approved by FAA to commercially fly drones. Provides services for news, TV,
sports, Advertising, cinema & inspection. Backed by Matt Levinson, an angel investor who invested $650k in the
company at a valuation of $3M.
$650k
Commercial -
Cinematography
Blue Vigil [Harrisonburg, ]: Blue Vigil produces a tethered hovering platform for holding cameras and taking
pictures and videos from heights. It has unlimited air time and its maximum height is 149 ft. It provides a static
view from a height as opposed to traditional drone-based imaging. Its applications can be extended by using it
to hold other equipment such as sensors and radios. Blue Vigil was created by InnovateTech in conjunction with
individual investors and the James Madison University's Office of Technology Innovation and Economic
Development.
$250K
Commercial -
Cinematography
Vortec UAV [Auckland, 2015]: Vortec UAV (founded as VorTech) designs and manufactures multicopter drones
for professional and prosumer photography and cinematography applications. It claims that its proprietary
thrust vectoring technology (using directional propellers) affords stability to its drones in windy conditions
Vortec is developing two drone models - SkySlide and StormTamer. Its products are slated for release in the
second half of 2016.
Commercial -
Cinematography
SHOTOVER [Van Nuys, 2003]: Shotover is a technology company that builds camera stabilization platforms and
drones for aerial cinematography purposes. It also manufactures other accessories for mounting cameras on
stabilized platforms. Its U1 drone is a quadcopter that features retractable landing gear, and comes with the
option of attaching a parachute.
Commercial -
Cinematography
Argos IDI [Santander, 2009]: Argos IDI builds fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles for consumer and
commercial applications, chiefly photography and videography, surveying and mapping, environmental
monitoring and security and surveillance. It can be flown beyond line-of-sight. It claims to build a number of
drones ranging from light-weight to heavy payload. It builds control systems for both mounting on ground
vehicles and for putting on portable briefcases. The company also offers photography and videography services
using its drones.
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Commercial -
Cinematography
Intuitive Aerial [Linkoping, 2009]: Intuitive Aerial manufactures a suite of hardware products for high-end
cinematography, filming, broadcast and commercial operations. It has three products - Aerigon, Dominion and
Newton. Aerigon is a heavy-payload drone, Newton is a camera head and Dominion is a controller that can
control both Aerigon and Newton. Intuitive Aerial was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in January 2015.
Almi
Commercial -
Cinematography
Acecore Technologies [The Hague, 2013]: Acecore Technologies is manufacturer, designer and developer of
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Developed Neo drone that is lightweight, multipurpose RC UAS. It can carry a
professional camera and hence can offer HD aerial shots for cinematography.
Commercial -
Cinematography
CandyCam [Kansas City, 2012]: CandyCam creates and sells affordable multimedia robotics to filmmakers and
indoor venues for unprecedented control in recording live-action events and scripted video sequences. They
architect, design, and build hardware that empower filmmakers around the world by providing a cost-effective
platform that moves in 3d space and and promises complete, freeform control.
Commercial -
Cinematography
Freefly Systems [Woodinville, 2011]: Freefly Systems develops MoVI camera gimbals and aerial UAV solutions
for motion, picture & video. Built of Cinestar series of remote control muti-rotor hexacopters and octocopters
and camera gimbal mounts which allow smooth, stable and dynamic low-altitude aerials. They design and
develop cinema products for film productions.
Commercial -
Cinematography
Skyborne Technologies [Brisbane, 2015]: Skyborne is a Brisbane based tech start up that is innovating the
capabilities of hybrid autonomous air vehicles. Developed Cerberus (an autonomous, three-rotor hybrid aircraft)
and Chimera (hybrid UAV with high speed, high endurance, and wide range) to incorporate avant-garde
athleticism providing quality photo and video capabilities. These crafts are deftly tailored to customers'
requirements ranging from Real Estate photography and filming, to geospatial monitoring systems, to anti-
poaching air support.
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Company Details Funding Investors
Commercial -
Cinematography
Droniris [Toulouse, 2014]: Droniris designs and builds drones (UAV) high performance for professional aerial
imagery. Their first drone is a hexadrone named Fovea, made of carbon structure material to reduce weight for
greater autonomy and rigidity. Equipped with 24V & 22Ah battery having a flight time of 20mins. Also offers
Hybrid Stork Platform.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Airobotics [Tel Aviv, 2014]: Airobotics designs and builds a drone-based industrial inspection system. The
system includes a drone called Optimus, a software system that allows clients to create and plan missions, and a
ground station called Airbase. Its swappable batteries provide 30 minutes of flight time, and the Optimus drone
can fly autonomously. The payloads are also swappable and include optical and IR sensors .
$28.5M
Charles River Ventures, BlueRun
Ventures, UpWest Labs
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Flyability [Lausanne, 2014]: Flyability is developing Elios, a collision-tolerant drone. Elios can be flown indoors
and in complex environments. It stays stable after collisions with obstacles due to its carbon-fiber protective
shell. Their chief target markets will be industrial inspection, entertainment, law enforcement and domotics.
Flyability won $1M in International Drones For Good competition, beating out 20+ other teams for the prize.
$4.3M
ETF Partners, Go Beyond, MKS
(SWITZERLAND) SA
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
SkySpecs [Ann Arbor, 2012]: SkySpecs develops unmanned aerial vehicles for general purpose aerial data
collection and infrastructure inspections for hard-to-reach structures, such as bridges and tall wind turbines.
With a SkySpecs UAV, an inspector will arrive at a job site, equip the vehicle with a variety of sensors, and then
hand-deploy it. During the inspection, they will provide high-level commands to inspect the structure, while
advanced artificial intelligence handles complex tasks such as obstacle avoidance, stabilization, and three-
dimensional localization. Once the inspection is complete, the data can be downloaded and reviewed later by
the inspector. SkySpecs couples the hardware with an analytics dashboard to interpret and map the massive
amount of data gathered during flight. The company won $50,000 from placing first in the Michigan Clean
Energy Venture Challenge and won the third place award in the student portion of Accelerate Michigan. The
four founders were part of the the MAAV team which was placed first in the International Aerial Robotics
Competition.
$3.5M
Venture Investors, Accelerate
Michigan, Huron River Ventures,
Invest Detroit, Amherst Fund, IncWell,
Detroit Innovate, MI-CEVC, Michigan
Angel Fund, Invest Michigan
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Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Avular [Eindhoven, 2014]: Avular BV specializes in the design, engineering and manufacturing of professional
UAV systems. They have developed PrecisionScout, a UAV platform for industrial tasks, chiefly inspection. The
PrecisionScout can also be used for precision agriculture. They also provide customized solution as per the client
needs. Avular intends to become an end-to-end solutions provider, including analysis of the data collected by
drones.
$505.7k Startupbootcamp
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Sky Eye Innovations [Stockholm, 2013]: Sky Eye Innovations manufactures designs and builds drones for use in
multiple commercial applications, chiefly industrial inspection and monitoring, search and rescue operations and
film production. The company builds drones in four classes - OGI, T-series, A-series and Micro. The company also
offers a drone pilot training course. Sky Eye Innovations is also called No Man Machine (NMM) Innovations. The
company has entered into a partnership with Spacemetric, a data analytics platform provider, to offer an
integrated aerial data gathering and analysis solution.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Inkonova [Stockholm, 2014]: Inkonova designs and manufactures drones for inspection of mines and tunnels.
These inspection scenarios involve low-light conditions and constricted spaces and Inkonova's drones use laser
scanning and other methods to gather data about the condition of mines and tunnels during and after
construction. Inkonova's drones are based on tilt-rotor designs that it initially developed for racing drones that it
now sells under the name TILT drones. Inkonova is incubated at Stockholm Innovation and Growth (STING).
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
ShadowView Foundation [Rotterdam, 2012]: ShadowView is a not-for-profit organization that designs and
builds unmanned aerial vehicles for use in environmental and wildlife monitoring and poaching prevention. Its
drones include one quadcopter, one hexacopter and three fixed-wing models. These drones can also be used for
disaster relief and video production. The company conducts various conservation projects across the world. It
also provides drone-based photography and data collection services.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Homeland Surveillance & Electronics LLC [Denver, 2009]: Homeland Surveillance & Electronics (HSE) designs
and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for use in law enforcement and search and rescue operations. It
has a large number of drones in its product range and produces both rotary and fixed-wing drones, with
expertise in unmanned helicopters. Other applications of its drones are in construction, mining, etc. The
company also builds image processing software, cameras and other accessories such as solar charging stations
and wearable wrist screens.
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Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Intuitive Machines [Houston, 2013]: Intuitive Machines is a diversified technology company that builds systems
for aerospace, energy and medical applications. Its current product portfolio includes unmanned aerial systems.
Its Tiburon UAS is a fixed-wing drone that is designed for commercial uses such as precision agriculture and
mining, construction and energy installations inspections. It also builds swarming solutions for UAVs and
satellites. Its other offerings include a spacecraft optimized for re-entry, as well as sub-sea modeling and
automated directional drilling applications.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Technidrone [Pamplona, 2014]: Technidrone manufactures drones for use in oil and gas and industrial
inspection and monitoring, precision agriculture and other commercial applications. It builds one quadcopter
called Aeris One and one fixed-wing drone called Mapker One. Technidrone also offers customization solutions
and repair and maintenance services to its clients.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Drone Technology [Riga, 2011]: Drone Technology designs and builds drones for commercial purposes. Its
hexacopter RPAS MCFLY - IR carries an IR sensor and is used for heat leak detection in buildings, and in
surveillance. Its octocopter RPAS MCFLY - Helios is a heavy payload multipurpose drone and is equipped with a
parachute that deploys automatically when the drone begins to fall. It also builds ground control station
systems.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Droidika [Zapopan, 2013]: Droidika designs and builds drones for use in commercial applications, chiefly
inspection and monitoring of power lines and construction sites, and precision agriculture. The drone called D-
Wing is a fixed-wing model and has a modular payload bay for various payloads depending on mission
requirements. An add-on kit also allows the D-Wing to be used as an FPV drone. The company also builds a
multicopter called DX8 for remote sensing applications. Droidika also offers drone piloting and data processing
services for various applications.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Airborne Concept SAS [Cugnaux, 2014]: Airborne Concept SAS designs and builds drones for various
applications. Its Drop 'n Drone is a fixed wing model that can be airdropped from higher-flying aerial vehicles
into active areas for performing monitoring and ISR functions. Its Octopus drone is a multicopter is optimized for
carrying various payloads up to 4.5 kg and is used for disaster relief. Its Baroud'Air drone is a fixed-wing UAV
capable of autonomous flight and is used for medium-endurance commercial inspection missions. The company
also offers drone pilot training services.
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Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Xamen Technologies [Pau, 2012]: Xamen Technologies designs and manufactures rotary unmanned aerial
vehicles for use in commercial applications and in security applications. It builds quadcopters and coaxial
octocopters under the names LE 4-8X (with three variants), BE 4000 and TB A220. The LE 4-8X Dual ATEX variant
is optimized for inspections in high explosion-risk areas. The company also offers drone flight training.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
VidiGuard [Austin, 2015]: VidiGuard manufactures drones for site patrolling. Its base station houses and
recharges drones. These base stations also develop randomized flight paths for the patrol drones. Vidiguard's
drones are equipped with both optical and thermal cameras, and the video feeds are sent to a central
monitoring facility for inspection.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Carbon-Based Technology Inc. [Taichung, 2007]: Carbon-Based Technology manufactures unmanned aerial
vehicles under the brand name UAVER. It builds five UAVs - Swallow, Accipiter, Besra, Avian and Catapult - and
they are all fixed-wing drones. The chief uses for these drones are in aerial mapping and photography.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Next Automated Robots [Beirut, 2015]: Next Automated Robots (NAR) is a drone manufacturing company that
focuses on building autonomous drones. NAR's first drone, FireTag is a VTOL quadcopter, chiefly used for
inspecting wildfires. FireTag can fly autonomously and send real-time data back to its ground station. It also has
a long endurance of nearly 2 hours. FireTag drones can also be flown as a swarm.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
FLoT Systems [Boulder, 2012]: Flot Systems manufactures beyond line-of-sight drones for commercial
inspection and monitoring. Its product portfolio includes one STOL fixed wing drone called Arc 65 and one VTOL
hexacopter called Prophex 50. According to Flot Systems, these drones can be used for a large range of
inspection and monitoring applications, including thermal and RF sensing.
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Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Industrial SkyWorks [Toronto, 2013]: Industrial SkyWorks is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and data
solutions company. They serve industrial and commercial markets worldwide, providing UAV data and image
collection, technical analysis and advanced image modeling services. Industrial SkyWorks uses UAVs and data
management applications to provide oil and gas companies with real-time inspection, monitoring, and
diagnostics of oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure.
Business Development Bank of
Canada
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Pro-Drone [Porto Salvo, 2015]: Pro-Drone is developing technology to overhaul the ways to inspect large
energy infrastructure (chiefly, wind turbine blades) by implementing autonomous flight control algorithms to
enable distance control and precise environmental awareness to UAVs enabling them to carry out much more
robust, safe and cost efficient inspections. Incubated at KIC Innoenergy and a graduate of the EDP Starter
incubation program. It has started working on a pilot project with EDP Renewables as well. The company has
won a number of awards including the ENEL Green Power EGP Innovation Competition.
KIC InnoEnergy, EDP Starter
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Airborne Drones [Cape Town, 2014]: Airborne Drones is a manufacturer, developer & seller of commercial and
industrial use long range FPV drones. It builds its drones under the name Sentinel and has a long-range FPV
version as well. The company also builds the A2 delivery drone. The company's drones find applications chiefly
in inspection and monitoring, but can also be used for surveying and mapping, security and surveillance,
precision agriculture, etc.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Hawk Aerial [Los Angeles, 2014]: Hawk Aerial develops and operates commercial grade drone-based data
acquisition systems. Developed HawkEye Carbon drone for industrial inspections. Also offers services for
infrastructure inspection (pipelines, power lines, bridges, cell towers, stacks, etc.), aerial surveying, mapping,
crop analysis, search and rescue, etc.
Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Caspian Robotics [Berlin, 2015]: Caspian provides automated aerial inspection for industrial infrastructure. It
has developed an autonomous flying drone that automatically recognizes a structure, makes a mission plan to
inspect the structure and executes the flight. The Caspian drone detects obstacles and avoids it in mid-flight
with real time re-planning of the trajectory. The gathered images are displayed on a tablet dashboard.
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Commercial - Inspection
& Monitoring
Radianx Robotics [Bangalore, 2009]: Radianx Robotics develops autonomous and human controlled robotic
systems for Defence, Homeland security & Industry Inspection sectors. Radianx develops aerial robots like Micro
UAVs (Unmanned Vehicles) and Mini UAVs, Vertical takeoff and landing(VTOL) UAVs. It acts as an outsourcing
partner for R&D wings of various governments and MNCs to develop robotic platforms for specific client
requirements.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
SkySquirrel [Inverness County, 2012]: SkySquirrel develops technologies to support light-weight, close-range
aerial search & rescue drones. Currently developing a robust, portable, unmanned aircraft platform capable of
remote sensing through built-in visible, multispectral and thermal cameras. Their farming drone, the Patagium
AP is optimized for demanding agricultural applications that can easily be customized to address crop-specific
needs. This versatile farming drone assists farmers by providing remote sensing data, which can be used to
reduce costs and increase production in high-yield crops.
$1.2M Innovacorp, ecbc.ca
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Wecan Industrial Corporation [Weifang, 2007]: Wecan Industrial Corporation manufactures farm and industrial
equipment, including forklifts, cranes, excavators and unmanned aerial vehicles. It manufactures UAVs both for
taking photographs (and surveying and mapping) as well as for spraying liquids (usually pesticides) from low
altitudes. These UAVs are all rotary aircraft and Wecan has quadcopters, hexacopters and octocopters in its
range.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Precision Drone [Indianapolis, 2013]: Precision Drone manufactures drones for use in agriculture. It builds two
hexacopters called Pacesetter and Scout and one quadcopter called Onset. The company also develops a
software solution called Precision Vision for processing raw sensor-gathered data to produce georeferenced
orthophotos. Precision Drone's drones can also be used for insurance assessments and search and rescue and
surveillance operations.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Foto AĂŠrea [Buenos Aires, 2009]: Foto AĂŠrea designs and builds drones for precision agriculture purposes.
Its products include one quadcopter called Milano Agro and one fixed-wing UAV called Advisory/5. It integrates
its drones with third-party sensors and third-party image processing software to provide drone solutions to
customers. The company's solutions are also used in associated commercial uses such as forestry and
environmental monitoring.
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Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Novadrone [Seville, 2012]: Novadrone is a Spanish drone manufacturing company which specializes in services
catering to the agricultural industry. Their primary product, the Nomad, is a semi-autonomous drone equipped
with various cameras to help in precision agriculture and soil monitoring purposes. They also provide training
and maintenance services.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Aeronni Industrial Multicopters [ , 2015]: Aeronni manufactures aerial drones for agricultural applications like
crop dusting. These drones are claimed to have 20-40 litre tanks of pesticides and cover 100 hectares per day.
Apart from this, Aeronni provides aviation software .
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
SkyDrones [Porto Alegre, 2008]: SkyDrones manufactures drones for remote sensing and agricultural spraying
applications. Its ZangĂÂŁo V fixed-wing drone can carry cameras and multispectral sensors for imaging, and can
fly autonomously on pre-programmed flight paths without manual intervention. Its Pelicano hexacopter is used
for spraying pesticides and larvicides on crops. The chief applications of the company's solutions are in
agriculture, inspection and mining.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Skyware [Coimbatore, 2015]: Skyware is a UAV/drone system which can be used for operations such as 3D
mapping, agriculture, mining, military etc. It captures data using optimized hardware & sophisticated onboard
computers. The onboard telemetry systems send back valuable geo-data and high resolution 3D orthomosaic
maps with ground sampling. Skyware also offers drone rentals and surveying services.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Aerial Precision Ag [Tempe, 2013]: Aerial Precision Ag is providing producers an easy to fly multirotor platform
that captures HD video and photo images for use in precision agriculture operations. Products include Basic
Scout Kit 2.0, an integrated video and photo platform to capture HD video and high-res photos for agricultural
producers; and HEX 2.0, an aerial system for individuals that are interested in pursuing aerial precision
agriculture efforts. Acquired by RoboFlight Systems.
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Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
Airpod [Chennai, 2015]: Avere Consultancy has developed AirPod, an autonomous and intelligent UAV
(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) controlled through an android based tablet, solving the pressing agricultural issues in
micro nutrients disbursement & crop protection. It is an integrated solution of hardware and software using
sensors and big data, to deliver automation of key tasks, reducing dependency on farm labor and higher yield
for the farmers.
Commercial - Precision
Agriculture
GreenSight Agronomic [Boston, 2014]: GreenSight developed a drone enabled water and chemical
management for reductions in water, pesticide, and fertilizer usage. GreenSightââŹâ˘s autonomous drone,
custom imaging sensor, and proprietary cloud-based analysis software deliver actionable alerts about plant
health. Suitable for golf courses and agriculture customers.
Commercial - Solar
Powered
Sunlight Photonics [Edison, 2007]: Sunlight Photonics manufactures low through high-altitude unmanned aerial
vehicles, chiefly for functioning as wireless network hubs. The company offers UAV control and communication
software, UAV designs and PV power systems for UAVs. It designs drones under the brand name Sunlink.
$10.95M Morgenthaler, Venearth Group
Commercial - Solar
Powered
DII LLC [Norman, 2006]: DII LLC designs and builds a long-endurance fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. The
company's UAVs include solar-powered aircraft under the name Eturnas. DII focuses on power management and
energy harvesting technologies for increasing the range and endurance of its drones. The company claims a
clientele of government agencies and Fortune 100 and 500 companies. DII has also performed multiple research
projects for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR).
i2E
Commercial - Solar
Powered
Unmanned Cowboys [Stillwater, 2014]: Unmanned Cowboys developed a plug-and-adapt autonomy module
(STABILIS) for unmanned vehicles, ATLAS an All Terrain Land & Air Sphere, and solar panel integration tripling
the flight time for a prominent Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and for safe flight indoors and near people.
Founded by two PhD candidates and two aerospace professors at Oklahoma State University, supported
unmanned systems and aerospace projects for commercial, academic, and defense markets.
i2E
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Commercial - Solar
Powered
Bye Aerospace [Englewood, 2007]: Bye Aerospace, a pioneer in the field of clean energy propulsion for
aviation, develops solar-electric powered unmanned aerial vehicle that can stay aloft for 3+ weeks over 30,000
feet. The plane is built with light weight materials making it less expensive. This aircraft can be equipped with
intelligence, surveillance, communications, and sensor equipment, depending on the mission. Also provide cost
effective consulting to the aerospace industry with a full spectrum of engineering services ranging from
conceptual development, preliminary design, prototype aircraft to optimizing technical processes, materials
qualification and complex structural analysis. Currently working with Ascent Solar Technologies, a provider of
lightweight, flexible photovoltaic (PV) solutions, to develop a unique aircraft to fill the gap between mapping
and surveillance of Mars from orbital satellites and ground-based rovers.
Commercial - Solar
Powered
Silent Falcon [Albuquerque, 2012]: Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, formerly Bye UAS, is a leading manufacturer
of small unmanned aircraft systems sold to the global commercial, public safety, intelligence and defense
markets. Produces the long endurance aerial data acquisition platform, the Silent Falcon Unmanned Aircraft
System, and a variety of leading edge application specific sensors, including Mid Wave InfraRed,
photogrammetric and high end high definition ISR EO/IR image and data payloads.
Commercial - Solar
Powered
SunBirds [Toulouse, 2014]: Sunbirds designs, manufactures and markets ultra-long endurance solar UAS, mainly
for industrial infrastructures monitoring, observation, agriculture and disasters management. By using solar
energy, they offer lightweight, autonomous drones for aerial observation. Currently in stealth mode.
Commercial - Solar
Powered
Titan Aerospace [Moriarty, 2012]: Titan Aerospace is in the business of high altitude drones, which cruise
nearer the edge of the earthââŹâ˘s atmosphere and provide tech that could be integral to provide Internet
connectivity to help bring remote areas online. It is building two types of solar-powered drones that can fly for
years without any need to land and get any fuel. The companyââŹâ˘s drones also take high-quality images in real-
time that could help with Maps initiatives, as well as contribute to disaster relief and addressing deforestation.
Google acquired Titan Aerospace in April 2014.
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Commercial - Security &
Surveillance
Drone Aviation Holding Corp [Jacksonville, 2009]: Drone Aviation Holding Corp. (DRNE) develops and
manufactures aerial platforms including lighter-than-air aerostats and electric-powered drones to provide
surveillance and communication solutions.Its target customers are government and commercial entities in US &
abroad.Using a proprietary tether system,the company makes the drones for military, law enforcement and
commercial and industrial applications. DRNE owns and operates Florida-based Lighter Than Air Systems Corp
(LTAS), a developer and supplier of aerial solutions to the U.S. Government, State municipalities, and
commercial entities.
$3.73M
Commercial - Security &
Surveillance
CybAero [Linkoping, 2003]: CybAero develops and manufactures unmanned helicopters, known as UAVs
(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), for an international market. The company develops Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Systems (RPAS), consisting of remotely piloted helicopters, ground stations, sensors and data links. The systems
can be adapted to the specific needs of each client and can be used for civilian applications, such as coastal and
border surveillance and search and rescue missions, as well as for defense applications such as mapping.
CybAero delivers its systems directly to end users or to strategic partners.
$3M AeroVironment
Commercial - Security &
Surveillance
Vidiscout [Austin, 2015]: Vidiscout offers a perimeter surveillance system based on drone technology. It
manufactures a customizable autonomous drone platform that can be fitted with different kinds of sensors -
including radiation and gas sensors, in addition to traditional optical and IR cameras. The company offers its
surveillance drones on lease to clients. These clients are usually warehouses, port authorities, etc.
Commercial - Security &
Surveillance
Hawkeye Innovations [San Francisco, 2016]: Hawkeye Innovations designs and builds a drone for use in indoor
securiity. It is a quadcotper designed for use in both homes and commercial buildings, plants and warehouses. It
is an autonomous drone that carries a camera and audio detectors. Its IR sensors can detect whether the source
of a disturbance is human or an animal, and it has an in-built siren and strobe lights for alarms and scaring.
Intrusion alerts are sent to connected smartphones. The company is currently running a crowdfunding
campaign.
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Commercial - Security &
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Samhams Technologies [Nellore, ]: Samhams Technologies provides automatic flying crafts and services in the
areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Also provide consultancy services to other drone
designers and manufacturers.
Commercial - Security &
Surveillance
Galileo [California, 2014]: Galileo is creating intelligent UAV systems that enhance human life and are accessible
to people solving critical health, logistics, security, and entertainment challenges. Currently working on their
products: UAV Systems, Jupiter OS and Apps for the Jupiter OS.
Military
Aeryon Labs Inc. [Waterloo, 2007]: Aeryon labs designs human-packable, autonomous hovering aerial systems
that allow unskilled operators to capture high resolution imagery. It provides Aeryon Scout, a vertical take-off
and landing micro unmanned aerial vehicle used for tactical and over-the-hill aerial intelligence. The scout
features a touch-screen interface. Aeryon Labs' UAVs have a field interchangeable payload interface to support
multiple payloads. All imaging payloads are stabilized and include high resolution stills, optical zoom video,
thermal Imaging, HD video, and dual EO/IR video/still camera. Aeryon's Scout has been used in several high-
profile operations by Libyan Rebels, US Coast Guard, British Petroleum etc. Federal Economic Development
Agency for Southern Ontario invested $985,000 in Aeryon Labs in 2012.
$46.89M
Summit Partners, Feddev Ontario,
Golden Triangle Angelnet, MaRS
Investment Accelerator Fund, MaRS
IAF
Military
CyPhy Works [Danvers, 2008]: CyPhy Works is a developer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). It
has developed a technology platform of easy-to-operate flying robots for applications in the military, civil and
commercial sectors. The company has so far announced two products on its platform: EASE (indoor hovering
robot) and PARC (outdoor multicopter platform). It offers proprietary commercial grade ââŹËno-pilotââŹâ˘
hardware systems, autopilot and control software, uninterrupted HD and infrared imaging, laser measurement
sensors and data management solutions. In addition to the traditional benefits of UAVs, the company also has
developed a proprietary microfilament technology that can be used for persistent operation in the field. The
company was awarded a $2.4 million research award from the U.S. Commerce DepartmentââŹâ˘s National
Institute of Standards and Technology. Customers include Pentagon and the U.S. Army.
$32M
Bessemer Venture Partners, United
Parcel Service, Felicis Ventures,
General Catalyst Partners, Motorola
Solutions, Lux Capital, Draper Nexus,
In-Q-Tel, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
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Military
Prioria [Gainesville, 2003]: Prioria Robotics focuses on developing systems designed to perform sophisticated
aerial security (military and civilian) or surveillance tasks. It currently offers the Maveric Unmanned Aircraft
System and the Merlin embedded processing platform as well as engineering services to design custom offerings
around both products. It also contains sensors for day, night or obscured hazy environmental reconnaissance
work. Prioria also provides engineering solutions for industrial and ground robotics, medical device
manufacturers, military and homeland security applications, and cutting-edge commercial products. Prioria
Robotics has been awarded $4.5 million worth of contracts to produce 36 small unmanned aircrafts and 12
ground control stations for the U.S. Army in November 2013.
$8M
Advantage Capital Partners, Athenian
Venture Partners, Florida Gulfshore
Capital
Military
Sanswire [Fort Lauderdale, 2002]: Sanswire Corp. designs, develops and markets UAVs capable of carrying
payloads. They provides persistent surveillance and security solutions at various altitudes. Its airships and
auxiliary products provides applications in military and defense. Products includes airships, which provide a
platform to transmit wireless capabilities from air to ground. Took a debt funding of $800k from Global Telesat
in Dec, 2009.
$425k
Military
Crescent UAV [New Orleans, 2011]: Crescent Unmanned Systems manufactures small multirotor and fixed wing
UAS for law enforcement applications as well as civilian aerial photography and videography. Its flagship product
"Bravo 300ââŹâ˘UAS provides law enforcement and governmental agencies with situation awareness capabilities.
Bravo 300 comes with ground control systems and can be equipped with third party payloads like HD optical
cameras, thermographic cameras, multispectral imaging systems, Laser imaging systems etc.
$250k South Coast Angel Fund
Military
ideaForge [Mumbai, 2007]: Designs and develops compact, cost-effective Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for
surveillance and security. Its first product, Netra is a man portable autonomous UAV for intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance of moving and fixed targets. Used by BSF, NDRF and state police departments.
Earlier incubated at SINE, IIT Bombay and CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad.
$125k
Centre for Innovation Incubation and
Entrepreneurship
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CRON Systems [Delhi, 2015]: CRON Systems is a technology company that builds border and perimeter defence
equipment. Its first product is a series of infrared and laser-based intrusion detection systems. It is currently
working on building autonomous drones for border patrolling purposes, and on smart fencing solutions.
Military
Vanguard Defense Industries [Spring, 2007]: Vanguard Defense Industries (VDI) designs and manufactures an
unmanned helicopter called ShadowHawk. The ShadowHawk is designed chiefly for military and law
enforcement applications. It can also be used for commercial purposes such as industrial inspections. It currently
works with the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) to bring UAV Technology to small
businesses.
Military
PSI Tactical Robotics [Andover, 1973]: PSI Tactical Robotics designs and manufactures an unmanned aerial
vehicle called InstantEye for military ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) use. The drone is a
quadcopter and has three cameras for both FPV flying and wide optical range. PSI used biomimetic features to
increase the stability of the drone. The drone can fly autonomously and can be used indoors.
Military
MMIST [Ottawa, 2000]: Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology (MMIST) manufactures unmanned aerial
vehicles for strategic delivery operations. Its SnowGoose and Sherpa precision delivery UAVs find applications
chiefly in military operations and disaster relief. The SnowGoose UAV can be launched from both land and air,
and flies autonomously. Payloads are attached to parachutes. The company also builds a mission-planning
software system called LaunchPADS, and a navigation tool for human parachutists. The company also provides
reconnaissance and communications services using its UAVs.
Covington Funds
Military
AeroTargets International [Wilkes Barre, 2012]: AeroTargets International designs and manufactures target
drones for training military personnel in anti-aircraft defense measures. The company's target drones are sold
under four brands - Buzzard, Swift, Mosquito and Firefly. The company also builds the Ranger series of UAVs for
military RDT&E purposes, as well as the Gnat Anti-UAV system. Its other product lines include an aerial vehicle
management system, an autopilot system, payloads and launch systems.
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Military
Odyssian [Mishawaka, 2002]: Odyssian Technology is a technology company that performs research, and
development in smart systems, primarily smart piping systems with leak detection sensors, smart power control
for load balancing, smart structures with embedded sensors, and remotely piloted vehicles (Talus and ArgusAS)
The company's products are chiefly targeted at military installations, although also applicable to civilian uses.
Military
MSS Advanced Technologies [The Hague, 2010]: MSS Defence is a manufacturer of defence systems for military
purposes. Its products are targetted at maritime security, local law enforcement agencies as well as civilian
technologies. Its products include drones and Counter-Drone Systems technology, military optical systems,
advanced protection materials, military communication technology, etc.
Military
Aero Surveillance Inc [Le Castellet, 1995]: Aero Surveillance offers UAV-based ISR (intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance) solutions. It has four fixed-wing platforms (ASF 15, ASF 20, ASF 50, ASF 450) and four VTOL
platforms (ASV 30, ASV 100, ASV 150, ASV 200). It also designs its own sensor packages under the name
ARDENT (Airborne Real-time Detection and Notification). The company also builds a launcher that can be used
for launching tear gas grenades etc which extends its applications beyond purely ISR.
Military
Suewon Unmanned Tech [Daejeon, 2001]: Suewon Unmanned Tech (SUT) designs and manufactures a fixed-
wing drone called Scanner for use in military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It can be
fitted with various sensors. The entire system, including the drone, ground control station and take-off launcher
are moderately portable.
Military
Swallow Systems Site Designed [Vadodara, 2010]: Swallow Systems manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles
for commercial and ISR (intelligencce, surveillance and reconnaissance) uses. Its first UAV system, called the
Skimmer UAS, is a hand-launched fixed-wing UAV, along with a ground control station and a flight control
computer with pre-loaded proprietary GCS (ground control software). It comes in two variants.
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Military
VDME Industries [Central, 2014]: VDME Industries has created a prototype of a multi role drone capable of 12+
hours of operating time.The application of the drone will be primarily in Military domain. The company is also
working on a land-based and water based vehicle that is armored and has stealth capabilities. Its targeting
customers are defense contracting companies(including government agencies).
Military
SkySapience [Yokneam Illit, 2010]: SkySapience builds tethered autonomous hovering drones for use in military
and security purposes. Its flagship product is the Hovermast-100. It also builds a number of models based on the
Hovermast-100 by adapting it to various specifications such as heavier payloads. Its Hovermast-C is adapted for
civilian security use. The tethering cable also functions as the power source for the hovering drone and as a data
link.
Compass Ventures General Group Ltd
Military
Swarm Systems Ltd [London, 2007]: Swarm Systems is a UAV manufacturer that builds a small drone called
Nano UAS for use in military applications. Nano UAS is highly portable and is equipped with both EO and IR
cameras. It is fully autonomous and the company claims that it is very stable in air. Swarm Systems conducts
research on drone swarms as well, although no products exist yet.
Technology Strategy Board
Military
UMS SKELDAR LTD [Mohlin, 2015]: Founded as a joint venture between UMS Aero Group AG and Saab in 2015,
UMS Skeldar AG is a military-grade UAV manufacturer. It also provides testing, training and maintenance, along
with consultancy, managed services, finance options and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
courses. Its product portfolio includes two fixed-wing UAVs (UMS F-330 and UMS F-720) and two rotary VTOL
UAVs (UMS R-350 and Skeldar V-200). It has two manufacturing units - one in Switzerland and one in Sweden. It
is a registered share company with the shares owned by individual investors and the management.
Military
Schiebel Electronics [Vienna, 1951]: Schiebel develops commercial UAVs and drones for military applications
called the Camcopter S-100 which are equipped with state-of-the-art mine detection and surveillance
technology. The Camcopter S100 is capable of vertical takeoff and landing, hence, doing away the need to have
a separate runway.
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Military
Elbit Systems [Shefayim, 1965]: Elbit Systems develops, manufactures and integrates advanced, high-
performance defense electronic and electro-optic systems for customers throughout the world. UAS they offers
includes Hermes series & skylark series of fixed wing drones. They also perform upgrade programs for airborne,
land and naval defense platforms, often as a prime contractor. Moreover, they develop and manufacture
avionic and aerostructure products for the commercial aviation market. In addition, they provide a range of
support services.
Military
Robinson Aeronautics [Fort Collins, 2012]: Robinson Aeronautics developed remotely controlled unmanned
aerial vehicles as a custom platforms. These are claimed to be stable hovering platforms offering high-definition
video for reconnaissance, can fly in adverse conditions & are autonomous drones with payload capabilities.
Military
Dronelabs [ , 2014]: DroneLabs design and manufacture advanced unmanned aircraft systems for civil,
humanitarian and defence applications.
Military
C-Astral [Ajdovscina, 2008]: C-Astral is an aerospace enterprise and solution provider. Operates a software and
hardware laboratory for aerodynamics and systems integration work and a prototyping CAD/CAM workshop
facility for composite and metal materials work, modeling and systems integration. The founders of C-ASTRAL
have been active in renewable energy systems integration and habitats work since 1994 and in aerospace since
1999 and are responsible for the first Slovenian Unmanned Aircraft System test flight in 2005 with the Spectral
System platform.
Military
UMS Aero [Baar, ]: UMS AERO Group is unique in offering Unmanned Systems (UAS, RPAS) that cover the
domains of land & maritime with both fixed and rotary wing aircraft solutions. Offers both fixed and rotary wing
products; fixed wing models includes F-330 and larger F-720 & rotary wing aircraft includes R-350, utilise self-
designed and built avionics, software. Also carries out training of Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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Bluebird Aero System [Kadima, 2002]: BlueBird Aero Systems specializes in the design, development and
production of Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and peripheral equipment. Delivers unique,
unprecedented, combat proven solutions to meet the challenges and needs of the Military, Homeland Security
and Civilian UAS markets. Products includes MicroB, SpyLite, WanderB, Spy-i &ThunderB.
Military
Sky-Watch [Stovring, 2009]: Sky-Watch designs, develops and manufacture advanced professional remote
controlled quadcopters equipped with high-resolution digital cameras & thermal IR cameras capable of
streaming live video feed during flight. If needed, these UAVs can be equipped with chemical detection sensors
as well. The UAVââŹâ˘s is steered from the ground through an encrypted data connection, but each vehicle is
equipped with an advanced autopilot.
Military
Drono.io [London, 2015]: Drono.io is manufacturing autonomous drones for search & rescue purposes. Utilizing
advanced ultrasonic, radar, and laser technologies, Drono sniffs out humans that are trapped, buried, or injured
in the aftermath of a natural disaster or emergency situation. Drono efficiently flies around affected areas by
autonomously identifying collapsed buildings and debris using computer vision and lidar technology.
Military
Invisdrone [Austin, 2015]: Invisdrone is developing invisible drone, that is a low visibility drone for aerial video
recording for stealth purposes. The target industries includes homeland security, personal security, police and
law enforcement, military applications, commercial video/photography and recreational use for stealth
missions.
Military
Area-I [Kennesaw, 2008]: Area-I develops fixed wing aircrafts for aerospace and research purposes.Offers low-
cost flight test platforms, UAS collision avoidance systems, atmospheric energy harvesting guidance systems,
and highly capable flight computing and data acquisition systems. Currently involved in research programs with
NASA, the US Army, ONR, and AFRL.
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Aerodreams [Buenos Aires, 2001]: Aerodreams is engaged in developing & manufacturing manned &
unmanned aircraft for applications in the areas of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and agriculture.
Developed the Chi-7 helicopter & Strix project for the Argentine Air Force along with various other UAVs for
military & non-military purposes, Petrel, Nancu, ADS-401 & Guardian. The company's CEO is RaĂÂşl FernĂÂĄndez.
Military
Unmanned Systems [North Las Vegas, 2003]: Unmanned Systems, Incorporated (USI) develops low cost fixed
winged drones with applications in military & defense sectors. The products utilize Longshot control system &
drones are made of carbon fibers to make in weigh lesser. Main business is providing the Department of
Defense with developmental and operational test & evaluation support for the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator,
MQ-9 Reaper, Predator C, and other UAS in development. Has developed the Sandstorm family of sUAS through
its Independent Research and Development (IR&D) program with other aircraft in side-branches of design and
production.
Military
Asteria [Bangalore, 2011]: Aerospace based private organization developing products and offering services to
the global aerospace defense and civilian markets. Offers ATOM autopilot system that enables autonomous
flights for fixed wing UAVs. Its CYGNUS A10 is a mini Unmanned Aerial System designed from the ground up for
military and civilian surveillance applications.
Military
VersaTOL [Atlanta, 2013]: VersaTOL is a manufacturer of high performance unmanned helicopter systems for
military & defense purposes. Products includes Venom 10ET, Viking 75 & Viper 290 drones. Customers include
U.S. Department of Defense.
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Martin UAV [Kilgore, 2015]: Martin UAV research, development, manufacture, and operation of solutions for
UAS hardware. The company also provides aerial imaging services, turnkey UAV systems and components, UAV
flight, Training, and consulting services. Its flagship products include the BAT platforms, which includes DA-50
Super BAT UAS, equipped with military & commercial grade gimbal camera(s) for live video streaming, dual
wing-tip HD cameras, and an incredible 30 lb payload on the BAT-4 Series workhorse aircraft. Its products are
useful in georeferenced imagery, fully autonomous missions, small system footprint, operations from
unimproved areas, agricultural and wildlife mapping, aerial mapping, VTOL launch and recovery.
Military
Desert Wolf [Pretoria, 1994]: Desert Wolf is a leading innovation and technology company that produces
relaible mobile solutions. It manufactures and supplies a wide range of trailers and complete military and
commercial mobile surveillance solutions. Also produces tactical unmanned aerial and ground vehicles based on
latest technology. Its UAV products include Skunk riot control-copter, Bat surveillance drones & Wasp aerial
system.
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical [Poway, 1993]: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, an affiliate of General
Atomics, provides unmanned aerial vehicles and radar solutions for the U.S. military and commercial
applications worldwide. Offers high resolution surveillance and radar imaging systems, including the Predator
UAV series and the Lynx SAR/GMTI sensor system. The company provides comprehensive solutions for military
and commercial applications worldwide and is committed to providing immediately deployable,
transformational technology for military operation and weapons systems, as well as civil missions.
Military
Boeing [Chicago, 1916]: Boeing designs, develops, manufactures, and sales commercial jetliners, military
aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. It is the
worldââŹâ˘s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military
aircraft combined. Developer of long-distance flight UAVs for defense, space and security.
Military
Northrop Grumman [Falls Church, 1939]: Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures military aircraft,
defense electronics, precision weapons, commercial and military aero-structures. Also designs and develops
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-5B Hunter are combat UAV and Remotec ANDROS fleet
of hazardous duty unmanned vehicles. Customers include United States Government, principally the
Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence community.
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UAV Manufacturers (90/92)
Company Details Funding Investors
Military
Lockheed Martin [Bethesda, 1995]: Lockheed Martin provides security services for space, telecommunications,
electronics, information and services, aeronautics, energy, and systems integration industries. Designs and
manufactures air and ground unmanned systems for security and defense applications. Their Intelligent
Robotics Laboratory (IRL) researches in robotics to develop capabilities for robots with a focus to on the
development of unmanned systems.
Military
Guided Systems [Stockbridge, 1994]: Guided Systems Technologies, Inc. (GST) is an established UAV technology
company with a focus on the design, automation and practical application of vertical take-off & landing
unmanned aerial systems (VTOL UAS). Develops flying drones for military,rescue & response and commercial
operations. Offers a complete line of fully autonomous VTOL UAVs designed to cover a large number of payload,
range and endurance requirements. Customers includes a long list of army, aerospace and research institutes
(worldwide) like US Army, Navy, Air Force, GergiaTech, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, NASA Langley,
Virginia Tech, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and many more.
Military
Drone Systems [New Albany, 2012]: Drone Systems is a distributor of unmanned aerial vehicles serving the
Public Safety and Defense industries in the United States. Provides Scout UAS, a small-unmanned-aircraft, that
offers aerial footage during emergency situations and a wide variety of payload imaging and durability in
inclement weather making it an essential tool for cutting-edge disaster and emergency response. The company
also develops and provide high-quality, high-impact training solutions for UAV operators across multiple sectors
of the public safety community.
Military
Adaptive Flight [Marietta, 2005]: Adaptive Flight designs and develops advanced flight control systems for
fixed-wing and vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft vehicles. AFI also manufactures the
Hornet series of unmanned helicopter systems, ranging from the 3 lb. Hornet Micro up to the 280 lb. Hornet
Magnum helicopter UAVs. The helicopters provide real-time video surveillance for law enforcement, public
safety and military personnel operating in high-risk urban terrain.
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Military
Kadet [Kolkata, 2007]: Kadet Defence Systems, has started out creating an aerial target for the Indian army but
has later branched out into manufacturing unmanned systems, producing and selling unmanned aircraft for
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It was awarded a long-term contract from the Indian Ministry of
Defence for its JX2 Radio Controlled Aerial Target (RCAT) System. The company has also been supporting state-
owned weapon developmental agencies, including Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) with its Aerial Targets. It is the
first Indian company to win a defence ministry contract for aerial targets.
Military
Aurora Integrated Systems [Bangalore, ]: Aurora Integrated Systems is an Indian company developing
indigenous technology, manufacturing and integrating airborne systems with a focus on small Unmanned Aerial
Systems (UAS). The startup is also working on applications in civilian space such as Geo-Information Systems,
Agriculture and Disaster Management. The company is started by IIT K graduates and has raised Series B funding
from Tata group. Mainly finds its applications in the military industry. Their systems are tailored to meet
requirements ranging from wartime operations to counter-terrorism and anti-insurgency operations. Tata
Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) has acquired majority stake in the company.
Tata Advanced Systems
Military
Virtual Robotix [Bergamo, 2013]: Virtual Robotix manufactures UAVs, autopilot systems, gimbals and other
UAV accessories. Its flagship product "Black Ops Drone" is a drone developed mainly for recreational use. It is
loaded with an optional thermal camera that can help to detect hidden enemies.Its drones can be used in aerial
filming, video inspections, mapping, photogrammetry, authonomous digital bathymetry etc. Also provides
services for aerial photography and runs an academy for teaching unmanned aerial flight. Incubated at MpxLab.
Military
Prox Dynamics [Oslo, 2007]: Prox Dynamics produces micro-drones for reconnaissance, search and rescue
operations to customers in military and law enforcement fields. Their product Black Hornet Nano can fly for up
to 30 minutes with a top speed of 22 mph, or a range of about one half-mile. So far 3000 nano's have been sold
by the company, averaging $125k per drone. The company also offers UAV accessories like external antenna,
handheld display etc and also software for managing the drones. Customers include British and US Armies.
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Military
AeroVironment [Simi Valley, ]: AeroVironment designs, develops, produces and supports a portfolio of
unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), supplied to organizations within the United States Department of Defense,
charging systems for electric vehicle batteries and power cycling and test systems supplied to commercial and
government customers. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems business segment focuses primarily on the design,
development, production and support of UAS. The Efficient Energy Systems business segment focuses on the
design, development, production and support of electric energy systems, which addresses the demand for clean
transportation.
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Software
MyROZ [Jacksonville, 2015]: MyROZ develops an online social network for drone pilots. It allows pilots to share
their flight plans with each other to reduce airspace crowding. It also shows no-fly zones on a map. MyROZ
attempts to create a self-regulating mechanism for drone flying. The company also intends to become a pilot
marketplace in the future.
Software
UAVIA [Evry, 2015]: UAVIA provides a cloud-based software platform for controlling commercial drones
remotely via an internet-connected computer. The computer sends control information to a ground station that
is in close proximity to the drone. According to UAVIA, this could be applicable to any current use case of
drones, including surveillance, inspection and monitoring, surveying and mapping, precision agriculture, etc. The
company is accelerated at Telecom and Management SudParis.
Ancillary Software
Spectr [Toronto, 2016]: Spectr is a drone rental platform. Users can connect to drone owners in geographic
proximity to rent drones. The Spectr platform is a mobile application. Currently, the application is only a
discovery tool. However, it intends to expand its solution by introducing in-app payment, drone law libraries etc.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Skyward [Portland, 2012]: Skyward is a venture-backed tech startup which offers a drone fleet management
solution. Their software connects UAS operators with regulators and insurers, enabling insurable and legal
flights. Provides digital system of record and real-time information exchange to connect the aerial robotics
network. Cloud-based tools include administrative dashboards for managers and mobile apps for operators, all
connected in real time. Formerly known as Rising Tide Innovations and changed its name to Skyward IO in July
2014.
$5.6M
Norwest Venture Partners, Techstars,
Founders Co-op, Voyager Capital,
Moment Ventures, Verizon Ventures,
Draper Associates
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Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Proxy Technologies [Reston, 2005]: Proxy Technologies Inc. designs, develops, and supplies optionally piloted
aircraft and multi-aircraft cooperative flight control systems for the U.S. government and the commercial sector.
The companyââŹâ˘s systems include Virtual Pilot/Virtual Operator, a rules-based software system; Universal
Distributed Management System, which enables integration with existing ground stations and communications
networks; Cooperative Control, a virtual pilot/virtual operator that allows individual platforms to share
messages with each other; and SkyRaider, a heavy payload unmanned aircraft. Its systems are used in various
applications, such as homeland security, coastal surveillance, counter terrorism, drug interdiction, national
disasters, humanitarian relief, border patrols, and aerial mapping.
$3.23M
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Archon Dronics [Modena, 2014]: Archon software is a multi-drone mission planner used for to design the
automatic flights of the drones between recharging stations in a fixed geographical area. It also aggregates the
acquired images/video to produce the data that the customer wants.
$40k Start-Up Chile
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Flock [London, ]: Flock is building an automatic flight planning software for drones. It requires a takeoff spot and
a landing spot to be identified by the user. It uses citizen and traffic movement data to map all possible flight
paths and assign a Flight Impact Level (FIL) number to each. The path with the least FIL will cause the least
disruption to people, other drones and aircraft, and is therefore, chosen as the flight path for the drone. The
chief use of Flock is in drone-based delivery. Flock is composed of flockGuard (fleet management interface),
flockPerch (delivery to windows), flockPerch app (for controlling the perch) and flockBrain (for the flight path
calculations and flight control).
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Complier Enterprise [Kiama, 2016]: Complier Enterprise, founded as a merger between US company VDOS LLC
and Australian company RPAS Training and Solutions, develops a mobile application for drone pilots called
Drone Complier to ensure that they fly legally. It displays no-fly zones and notifies drone pilots of all NOTAMs
(notice to airmen) in the area of operation. The application is available on both Android and iOS. There is also a
cloud solution available now. The software also allows operators to manage their drone projects. Drone
Complier also provides drone-based services such as aerial photography and videography, and intends to roll
out UAS insurance as well. The company has operations in Australia, USA and South Africa.
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Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
UniFly [Antwerp, 2015]: Unifly is a spinoff from VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) that
develops an unmanned traffic management system (UTMS) called SkyBridge. Its software helps pilots integrate
their drones with the air traffic management system in their areas of operation. Its chief focus is in ensuring safe
simultaneous operation of manned and unmanned aircraft in the same airspace.
Qbic
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Airscout [London, 2016]: Airscout is a stealth mode startup that develops software to enable drone pilots to
manage their drone fleets. The software covers flight planning, maintenance tracking and pre-flight checklists.
The software is made chiefly for drone pilots that offer their services on pilot marketplaces.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
dronego [Beaverton, 2012]: DroneGo builds autopilot systems. Its autopilot modules called droneGo Flyers are
on-board modules that are integrated into unmanned aerial vehicles. The droneGo Commander iPad application
can, then, be used for management of fleets of drones that carry the droneGo Flyer module. It has office in both
the US and in Australia.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Skymesh [Austin, 2016]: Skymesh builds swarming software for drones in order to enable collision avoidance
when multiple drones are flying in the same airspace. This swarming can also be used for fleet management.
The software works by building P2P decentralized networks among drones flying in each others' vicinity. The
decentralized nature of the networks allows it to function even in the absence of any pre-existing network, such
as cell towers or WiFi.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
DroneGrid [Leuven, 2016]: DroneGrid is a stealth mode startup that is currently working on building fleet
management software for drones. The software allows users to control fleets from a tablet interface. DroneGrid
is also building smart docks for drone recharging.
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Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
SwarmX [Singapore, 2015]: Based in Singapore, SwarmX builds hardware and software for the complete
automation and fleet management of drones, including its charging, data processing, data transfer, protection
and deployment. Hive and HiveMind are its two products as of Dec 2015. Hive is a dock or a bee hive for drones.
Drones land into the hives utilizing infrared technology where they get charged and transfer data in the mean
time which is being processed in the Hive & compressed from gigabytes to some hundreds in megabytes.
SwarmX's other product HiveMind is a software that performs the tasks of managing hives, data transfer from
hives through secured platform, live feed from drones and create missions for each drones. Raised undisclosed
funding from Mohandas Pai in July 2016.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Synairgy [Modiin, 2014]: Synairgy develops an automated air traffic control system for commercial use of
drones, ensuring safety, efficiency and compliance with regulatory mandates. Some of the features offered by
the system includes fleet management which allows a single operator to control multiple drones, mission
planning & controlling in real time, task distribution to divide a task in multiple drone systems operating in the
airspace of that region.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
vHive [Jerusalem, 2015]: vHive offers software for management of fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles. vHive's
software platform creates flight path plans, drone allocations and data sampling points from the requirements
that are entered by customers. The collected data can be processed into 3D models and orthoimages.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Drone Bevy [Bristol, 2015]: Drone Bevy is a cloud based platform for mission planning, drone fleet management
and data processing. Provides an easy to use interface for configuring drone from browser and allows recording
& sharing of videos & achievements, creating statistical information from flight controller sensors or any other
sensors attached to drone.
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Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Queen B Robotics [Berkeley, 2015]: Queen B Robotics is an app-based software developer for multi-vehicle
management. Built swarm based software for search and rescue, wildlife surveillance and monitoring, security
systems for properties, real-time data acquisition from remote locations, in-flight interaction software and 3D
mapping. The company has also built a drone called Exo360 for capturing aerial UHD 360-degree videos.
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
PixiePath [Santa Barbara, 2014]: PixiePath is building a cloud-based drone fleet management platform. Its
software handles drone movement in real time, and itââŹâ˘s all browser-based so it can be accessed from any
connected device. It also helps pilots monitor their dronesââŹâ˘ battery levels, locations and tasks. Currently in
beta mode.
SK Ventures
Ancillary Software - Fleet
Management
Garuda [Singapore, 2013]: Garuda Robotics is building a platform to enable the next generation of drone
services and applications. Their platform enables users to control these mixed fleets without the expense of
building and maintaining custom software and hardware. Their drones are used by businesses such as Land
Survey and Environmental Management, Agriculture, Fisheries, Oil and Natural Gas. Garuda provides a
dashboard for fleet management, and its own cloud storage. Their extensive library of built-in behaviour
modules makes it possible for developers to build drone apps. Garuda Cloud API allows qualified drone systems
to connect to their platform. Has raised $1M in funding from unnamed angel investors.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Hivemapper [Palo Alto, 2014]: Hivemapper is a real-time community-edited map, built for drones. They have
built a cross drone platform community edited mapping tool. This allows users to capture and share new
waypoints and builds safe roads and highways for drones by connecting waypoints together.
$3M
Spark Capital, Founder Collective,
Spark Capital, GV, Harrison Metal,
Accelerator Ventures, Homebrew
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Pix4D [Lausanne, 2011]: Pix4D is a cloud based solution for advanced image processing of standard aerial
pictures taken by UAVs and aircrafts. Pix4D's Pix4UAV is a software package that converts thousands of standard
pictures taken by drones into a professional geo-referenced image and a highly accurate 3D model. Pix4UAV is
available both as a cloud service and as a desktop client.
$2.4M Parrot
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Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
MotionDSP [Burlingame, 2005]: MotionDSP is an image processing and computer vision software for forensic
and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) applications in the government and commercial
markets.It uses technologies to improve the quality of image & video captured from a wide range of sources
from surveillance cameras to drones and manned surveillance aircraft in commercial, law enforcement,
commercial security and military applications. The company has provided its service to a variety of organizations
such as NCIS, US Special Operations, Scotland Yard,Boeing etc.
$1.79M
Lowercase Capital, In-Q-Tel, In-Q-Tel,
Nvidia
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Propeller Aerobotics [Sydney, 2014]: Propeller develops and provides a cloud platform that processes and
manages photos from a drone into 3D mapping, modelling, and inspection data. It enables the data to be
available in business systems or streamed online in near-real time. In addition, it collects data with third party
drone services, as well as provides the data formats and integration points for mapping and survey data.
$1M Blackbird Ventures
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Sensilize [Haifa, 2013]: Sensilize offers an image processing software tool for processing aerial data taken from
drones. Sensilize's software - Robin Mind - utilizes multispectral data to perform its analysis and enables
customers to gain insight into their farmland (bio-physical characteristics, mainly soil parameters) and crop
health. The company claims that its processing algorithms enable more than simple NDVI analysis. Sensilize
manufactures its own multispectral sensor called Robin for data collection.
Blue Equity
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
MosaicMill [Vantaa, 2009]: MosaicMill offers imaging and image processing services for data gathered from
unmanned or manned aerial vehicles. It gathers data captured from aerial imaging systems and runs it through
the EnsoMOSAIC image processing software for use in surveying, mapping, precision agriculture and a number
of other commercial applications.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Fotomapy [Grodzisko Dolne, 2012]: Fotomapy is a photogrammetry software developer. Its software tool, also
called Fotomapy, processes data gathered from drones to create orthophotos, digital surface models, etc. for
use in surveying, mapping and precision agriculture. The company also drone flying services for gathering the
raw data. Fotomapy is a member of the Aviation Valley Association in Poland.
InnoFund
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Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Agisoft PhotoScan [St. Petersburg, 2006]: Agisoft PhotoScan develops and provides an image processing
software tool of the same name. The tool uses computer vision algorithms to enable users to perform
photogrammetric processing of images, gathered from drones or satellites, for use in GIS applications,
volumetric analysis, etc. Another application of the tool is heritage site documentation. The company also
conducts research in computer vision to aid analysis of gathered images.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Everest Innovation Technology [Hong Kong, 2015]: Everest Innovation Technology has developed an online
software tool called Altizure for converting low-altitude aerial images taken using drones into 3D models and for
processing images. It also allows users to share images and 3D models and collaborate on them. The Altizure
mobile application can also be used to control drones. Altizure is aimed at both commercial and consumer
applications.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Aerie Works [Bozeman, 2013]: Aerie Works is developing an automated cloud processing solution for UAV
operators. The user has to upload images to the cloud servers and the cloud will crunch the data for photo
mapping, a 3D landscape model, & crop stress map.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Drone Mapper [Cedaredge, 2012]: DroneMapper is a web based service that produces geo-referenced
orthomosaics and 3-D digital elevation models from a set of 2-D images obtained from an aerial platform.
Orthomosaics are generated by tying and blending the various digital images into a contiguous scene of the area
surveyed. They operate a Software as a Service (SaaS) system that allows users to upload and manage their
imagery processing through this web based interface.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
TerraPan [San Diego, 2008]: TerraPan provides 3D mapping software, APS (Aerial Photo Survey), a
photogrammetric processing tools for UAVs and small manned systems with large data set processing
capabilities, automatic workflow, and intuitive user interface.
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Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Stratis Imaging [Seattle, 2015]: Stratis Imaging provides software solutions to the UAV industry, enabling
businesses to get to the valuable data faster. Their software is based on cloud-based computing, image
processing, computer vision, and software design.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
DRONE INDUSTRIES [Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2015]: DroneLabs developed software for survey & mapping
applications using Unmanned Aerial Systems. Produce high resolution, interactive mapping applications
rendered in 3D on desktop, mobile & tablet computers. Data is stored in cloud where the user can view
orthomosaic maps of the data captured in browser & can share the data among themselves.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
SeeByte [Edinburgh, 2001]: SeeByte develops advanced software to enhance the capabilities of underwater
sensors, vehicles and systems in the Military and Oil & Gas sectors. Its customers include BP, Chevron, BAE
Systems, Sub-sea 7, SMD, the U.S. Navy, the Royal Navy, the Royal Netherlands Navy and VideoRay. The
company's capabilities are Signal and image processing, Sub-sea navigation,Command and control software,
Autonomous solutions for sub-sea industries etc. In 2013, the company was acquired by Bluefin Robotics, a
subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute.
Innovative UK, Technology Strategy
Board, NERC,UK, DSTL,UK
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Citadelta [Zapopan, 2015]: Citadelta is a drone based software platform for creating and maintaining
inventories and counting objects from aerial mapping data. This software allows user to have a log of number of
objects present in the mapped area by using aerial mapping data and image processing algorithms.
Ancillary Software -
Image Processing & 3D
Mapping
Melown [Prague, 2013]: Melown offers Melown Maps, a global 3d mapping software to map areas using aerial
imagery. Founded by Ivo Lukacovic, a serial entrepreneur and an aviator.
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Ancillary Software - Data
Management
HUVR [Austin, 2014]: HUVR is cloud based data analytics company that collects aerial imaging using drones and
provides its services to energy infrastructure inspections (wind / solar / oil / gas) and precision agriculture. FAA
approved to fly drones and provide service across USA.
$2M
CTAN, Houston Angel Network, Texas
Halo Fund
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Propeller Aerobotics [Eveleigh, 2014]: Propeller Aerobotics provides a cloud platform for post-flight data
management for drone-collected data. The Propeller Aero cloud platform enables post-processing of data, as
well as sharing it. It also provides various collaboration features. The target market for Propeller Aero includes
both commercial drone operators and enterprises that use drone-based data and services. The company is a
Startmate Accelerator graduate.
$704.225k
Blackbird Ventures, Blackbird
Ventures
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Botlink LLC [Fargo, 2014]: Botlink develops software applications and cloud-services platform for drone. Its
software is a cloud-connected platform that helps in collecting & processing relevant FAA data for easy
reference. This includes nearby manned and unmanned aircraft, along with controlled airspace information and
regulation compliance. The company also manufactures UAV hardware includes a cellular telemetry device to
control drone beyond line of sight and to transmit data also. It is also developing motors and solar options to
keep the UAV in the air longer.
$500k
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Kittyhawk.io [San Francisco, 2015]: Kittyhawk is the platform of record for drones. Gives pilots the ability to
document their flights and experience, while enabling businesses to manage their fleets. Developing new
features for web and iOS apps focusing on providing intelligence, such as weather and flight airspace restrictions
so that Kittyhawk pilots are always flying safe and aware.
$300k
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
DroneData [Dallas, 2014]: DroneData provides data center infrastructure specifically for data collected by
drones. The company provides computing and data transfer solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles. DroneData
claims that its solutions addresses an upcoming need with drones producing more and more data.
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ConnecDrone [Urla, 2015]: ConnecDrone is a cloud-based data platform for data collected by drones. The
software tool enables clients to plan missions and manage drone fleets, as well as to store and analyze data
gathered using drones (such as IR images) and arrive at actionable insights. The company also claims to offer a
drone pilot marketplace.
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Drox [Singapore, 2014]: Drox provides SaaS platform and open source flight data recorder for tracking and
managing drone fleet. Its products are Drox app - which is a SaaS platform to manage fleet, Drone box - which
tracks the flying data, Data Marketplace - Insights into the data of all the drone flight data. It also uses Data and
analytics from multiple sources to inform decisions on liability and policy for Insurers.
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Gettrik [London, 2014]: Gettrik is a drone data capture and analytics company. It helps UAV pilots capture and
manage their drone-sourced data, chiefly inspection data, and to perform analytics and drones. Trik also allows
users to automate data processing. The company is working on UAV control interfaces.
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
DivviMap [Lincoln, 2015]: DivviMap is a platform for drone companies to sell drone maps and data, chiefly
agricultural maps such as NDVI, to farmers, who can access these maps on a smartphone. The Lincoln-based
accelerator NMotion selected DivviMap as one of its Summer 2016 startups.
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
VirtualAirBoss [Grand Forks, 2014]: VirtualAirBoss provides end-to-end data management platform through its
operations software that helps to streamline the commercial drone operations throughout the life-cycle i.e.
schedule,plan,report,managing assets,certifications,maintenance and costs. The primary features of the
software include Fleet scheduling,Fleet Route Mapping & Planning, Digital logbook,Certifications,Checklists &
Safety procedures etc.Some of its specialties include checking the DUAT flight scheduling and authorization &
NASA UTM Notification in scheduling stage, pre-flight data checking such as weather, route, NOTAMs, TFRs,
etc.,maintaining COA reporting & Log reports etc.
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DroneThunder [Barcelona, 2015]: DroneThunder is a drones solutions company focuses on automatic security
surveillance. Use sensors, big data and video analytics to provide a state-of-the-art solution which gives the
possibility to collect and manage data from indoor and hard to access places.
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Altitude Angel [Reading, 2014]: Altitude Angel is building solutions for automated Air Traffic Control for UAS,
accessible via standard APIs to support any vendor, any drone. Provide enhanced capabilities and route-
planning, as well as full plan-to-avoid capabilities for macro-scale automated avoidance. Their cloud platform
knows all about local laws, about NOTAMs, about manned aviation in the USA, UK and Spain, about weather
conditions globally, and have a full terrain model of the world. Customers too send their UAS telemetry data in
real-time, and if detected a scenario that needs corrective action to avoid a collision, they send targeted
waypoint or turn rate instructions directly to the UAS. The cloud platform accurately performs collision
avoidance and conflict resolution (including predictive analysis) before sending the most appropriate
instructions to all UAS involved in a conflict situation.
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
ASCENDR [Boston, 2015]: Ascendr is transforming logistics for commercial drone services by offering a premier
equipment management solution for unmanned platforms. This cloud software makes it very easy for
businesses to control their UAS logistics data in order to extend the life of their assets, reduce maintenance
costs, and scale their operational cadence without added complexity
Ancillary Software - Data
Management
Clue [Tokyo, 2015]: CLUE is developing drone OS platform and drone data management solutions. Provides
Drone Cloud, a data management cloud service for the drones that offers businesses a centralized management
for projects & acquired data.
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dataerion [Sofia, 2014]: Dataerion simplify the aerial intelligence process by focusing on the last mile survey
result emphasizing the data collection methodology, analysis and interpretation. Developed Skyglyph, an aerial
scouting cloud platform that simplifies the scouting process and management of flight control, asset mapping,
site monitoring, data transfer and visual result interpretation.
Enabling Software -
Operating System
Airware [San Francisco, 2011]: Airware is a technology company specializing in the development of autopilots
for unmanned aircraft systems. The company provides an enterprise solution for UAV (Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles) autopilots that combines hardware, flexible software architecture and an API for customization and
expansion. Its development platform enables entrepreneurs, educators and enthusiasts to create unmanned
aerial systems for specific applications while maintaining their own intellectual property. This allows users to
create a fully functional unmanned aircraft by integrating an autopilot. Airware Aerial Information Platform
seamlessly connects airframes, actuators, sensors, payloads, and application specific-software.
$70.42M
Y Combinator, First Round Capital,
Andreessen Horowitz, Next World
Capital, KPCB, Felicis Ventures, Intel
Capital, Shasta Ventures, GV, Promus
Ventures, RRE Ventures, Firelake
Capital, GE Ventures
Enabling Software -
Operating System
DroneDeploy [San Francisco, 2013]: DroneDeploy is a smart drone management platform built to be simple,
safe and powerful, controlling multiple drones, from anywhere, on any device. It builds a dynamic flight path
(for task described to it) that avoids other aircraft, airports, and even urban areas following the local laws.
Offers aerial mapping and 3D modelling solutions for agriculture, construction and mining.
$11M
Redpoint Ventures, Emergence Capital
Partners, DFJ Venture, SoftTech VC,
Data Collective, AngelPad
Enabling Software -
Operating System
DreamHammer [Los Angeles, 2012]: DreamHammer Products is a Software Products Company that is an
affiliate of DreamHammer Inc. DreamHammer's Ballista is an intelligent control platform that integrates
unrelated unmanned drones and robots from different manufacturers into one system. Ballista can be used to
link multiple drones into one master system controlled by a single person. Ballista is built on an open software
platform which allows for autonomous and simultaneous control of multiple unmanned vehicles across various
domains like space, air, sea and land and can be run from any computer including a tablet or a phone. Ballista
also includes an easy to use, robust software development kit (SDK) that can be licensed by developers to
integrate their drones, robots and third party apps. DreamHammer has been licensing the software and
providing support services to U.S. military and intelligence customers since August 2011.
$2.9M
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American Aerospace [Radnor, 2002]: American Aerospaceâ⢠is an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) company
that integrates and operates long endurance UAS to provide actionable data and information to commercial
public entity customers. Since 2009, the company has provided FAA-approved beyond line of sight UAS systems
and flight services in civilian airspace for oil and gas, energy infrastructure, and emergency management
applications. It is backed by Ben Franklin Technology Partners
$500k Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Enabling Software -
Operating System
Botlink [Fargo, 2014]: Botlink develops flight control systems and software for drones. Its platform includes a
hardware module called XRD for data transmission via LTE networks. The Botlink flight control software enables
clients to control drone flights, plan flights, and transmit data directly to third-party tools for data processing.
$500k
Enabling Software -
Operating System
NVdrones [Pasadena, 2014]: NVDrones provides NV platform, that is an universal app development &
distribution platform meant to simplify & consolidate UAV technologies. This comes with affordable hardware
that is plug-n-play compatible with top UAV systems (DJI, 3DR, etc). This offers a painless & flexible
development experience to developers who can develop variety of applications using the API provided by the
company. Also offers a marketplace for apps, where developers can utilize the work of community to offer
software solutions on multiple platforms at once. Users can then instantly download drones apps directly to the
mobile through their app store. Was incubated at USC Viterbi Startup Garage. Raised $75,000 of angel funding.
Looking to raise a Seed round.
$75k
Enabling Software -
Operating System
NavStik Labs [Pune, 2011]: Provides a powerful low-cost Drone Application Platform called Flyt which consists
of a flight computer (FlytPOD) and operating system (FlytOS), that allows drone-makers to build custom
applications for variety of commercial use-cases. Also offers a micro navigation and control module, NavStik,
with a weight of under 10 grams. It can be used as an autopilot with an ability to integrated with any type of air
frame and can also be combined with a variety of payloads. It can be used for aerial delivery, agriculture,
inspection, film making, surveying, mapping, medical applications and relief operations. It claims to be funded
by Venture Center in Jan 2015.
Venture Center
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Flyver [Sofia, 2013]: Flyver is Ă° drone software company providing solutions for aerial video surveillance and
security using a fleet of autonomous drones. Their product Flyver Eye, offered as Software as a Service (SaaS), is
the cloud based aerial surveillance platform, featuring live streaming, fleet management, and can autonomously
control a fleet of drones. Offers Flyver SDK for developers to develop their own app using android smartphone
and the SDK. Aims to build a developer ecosystem by providing development framework, IDE, drone simulator
and market place.
Launchub
Enabling Software -
Operating System
Bontix [Santo Domingo, 2013]: Bontix is a Development Platform for Automatic pilot systems. Bontix creates
specialized hardware that is scalable to accommodate and communicate with sensors. Bontix provides users
with an admin dashboard for monitoring and an Operations Center for tracking, controlling and commanding
the drone/UAV. Also creates API for the programming software of Drones/UAVs. Features of Bontix include
remote recording, real-time streaming, battery usage, flight time information etc.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Skydio [San Francisco, 2014]: Skydio is developing true computer vision for drones which will help them
navigate without GPS and based on what they 'see'. The algorithm tries to deduce 3D from 2D images. As such.
Skydio is trying to solve the intrinsic problem with drones, in terms of obstacle avoidance. The firm also plans to
introduce gesture based handling of drones to make the usability part easier - so that anyone can fly drones
without knowing the actual flight mechanics. The drones can be controlled by simply pointing a smart phone at
them and gesturing to move accordingly.
$3M Accel, Andreessen Horowitz
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Shield AI [San Diego, 2015]: Shield AI develops autonomy and navigation software for robots and unmanned
aerial vehicles. The chief focus of the company is to enable unmanned aerial vehicles to sense conditions in, and
navigate through, dangerous environments such as war zones and disaster zones without the need for a human
pilot. The company works towards making collaboration software for drones
$2.65M
Founder Collective, Homebrew,
Bloomberg Beta
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Augmented Pixels [Palo Alto, 2010]: Augmented Pixels (formerly AR23D) offers products based on Augmented
reality technology for sales increase and ROI. Their solutions target retail, real estate, marketing and media. For
retail they can engage customers by offering custom content overlays for products. Created a platform for
indoor drone navigation that significantly reduces accident rates and minimizes human requirement. They can
also make games (usually for toys), where users gain a small discount on the featured product if they win. Pnp
accelerator alumni. Clients include National Geographic, KOHLS, Flagshipro, Jayman, Harkus, Paladone.
$2.5M
The Hive, Plug and Play Tech Center,
AVentures Capital, Plug and Play
Accelerator
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Dronomy [Tel Aviv, 2015]: Dronomy develops sense-and-avoid technology that will allow drones to fly
autonomously among obstacles. The team consists of IsraelââŹâ˘s elite intelligence and air force units with
decades of combined experience in Israeli high-tech companies. The company also mentions applications in
construction sites and other commercial applications.
$1.5M
Battery Ventures, Lool Ventures,
Oryzn Capital
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Arbe Robotics [Tel Aviv, 2015]: Arbe Robotics designs and builds a radar-based collision avoidance system for
drones. Its system includes both hardware and software components. The company claims that its system can
also be used for piloting fleets of drones by defining constraints and assigning tasks to individual drones or the
fleet. Arbe Robotics won the first prize at TechCrunch Meetup and Pitch-Off in Tel Aviv 2016.
$1M
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Percepto [Tel Aviv, 2014]: Percepto is a tiny black box ââŹâšthat consists of a Tegra K1 based processing unit and a
camera which easily connects to almost any drone, enabling users to create, upload and use existing apps from
Percepto Marketplace. Provides hardware and SDK for developers to develop mobile apps which can interact
with the camera and different applications can be achieved. Raised $101.5k on a successful campaign on
Indiegogo.
$1M Elevator Fund, Emerge Funds
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Neurala [Cambridge, 2006]: Neurala uses ââŹĹdeep learning algorithmsââŹâ˘to make robots learn more like
humans do, with the goal of creating software that enables people to tell a robot what to do, and not how to do
it. The result is autonomous robotic behavior that eliminates the need to drive the robot by remote control.
Potential applications include collision avoidance systems for drones on Earth, and autonomous navigation
systems for robots on Mars. Has contracts from NASA and the US Air Force to develop smart learning systems.
Part of the TechStars Boston start-up accelerator for the Spring 2013 class. Tim Draper of DFJ participated in the
seed round.
$868k
Techstars, Orkos Capital, SK Ventures,
Robolution Capital
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Iris Automation [Vancouver, 2015]: Iris Automation is trying to develop new ways for drones to see and
navigate. Their technology is built upon a combination of camera, computer and a smart software. The sensing
technology allows for robust sensing of objects while flying or at ground. The sensor use very low power so as to
save much needed battery power on drones. It is made in a modular fashion, so it can fixed onto majority of
drones. The company aims to sell it to robots used in industrial scenarios.
$500k Y Combinator, Bee Partners
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RAN Systems [Gdynia, 2016]: RAN Systems designs and builds a Radar-based obstacle detection and collision
avoidance system for drones. The company claims that it performs both the electronics design and the
algorithms that enable sense-and-avoid capabilities. The radar system is low-power and the signal-processing
algorithms use AI techniques.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Straight Up Algorithms [Amsterdam, 2014]: Straight Up Algorithms develops technical and mathematical
software for Drones/UAV, Space and Robotics. Straight Up Algorithms provides three key services:Situation
Analysis, Algorithm Design and Implementations. Its domain of expertise is in the development of C/C++ source
code for platforms such as industrial pc's and embedded microcontrollers. At present the company is developing
stereo cameras that will help in autonomous navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Drones. The
company is also assisting Thales in the development of their vehicle communication platform SOTAS.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Nocta Tech [Ankara, 2012]: Nocta Technologies develops technology that it calls Kuzgun Swarm AI, for multiple
unmanned aerial vehicles. It creates an interface where a single operator can control multiple UAVs in the air
from a single terminal, with most of the flying functions being carried out autonomously. The company also
builds software for following and target detection.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Asgard Aerospace [Melbourne, 2014]: Asgard Aerospace develops an integrated software system called
Waakoor for using drones for monitoring wildlife poaching activity. Its Waakoor system includes a flight planning
and management tool (with in-built manual override), autopilot computer vision software for detecting
suspicious activity.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
ALAS UAS [Singapore, 2016]: ALAS UAS (Airspace Localization and Avoidance System) develops collision
avoidance software for unmanned aerial vehicles. The company is in stealth mode and its technology and
offering are both unclear. The company's offering is aimed at both professional and consumer drones.
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SkyTrails [Tel Aviv, 2014]: SkyTrails is developing object tracking software and intuitive user interfaces through
computer vision to enable semi-autonomous flight for the drone industry. SkyTrailsââŹâ˘ semi-autonomous flight
solution allows easy piloting and professional-level filming. Currently in stealth mode.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Vigilant Aerospace [Oklahoma City, 2015]: Vigilant Aerospace licenses NASA sense-and-avoid technology for
manned and unmanned aircraft manufacturers. They also claim to be working on developing their proprietary
flight safety systems. They have an avionic software platform called FlightHorizon which provides cockpit views
and other flight management functions.
Cimarron Capital Partners
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
MicroPilot [Stony Mountain, 1994]: MicroPilot builds autopilot modules for unmanned aerial vehicles, both
fixed-wing and rotary. It builds triple redundant autopilot modules, as well as autopilot simulators and ground
control software. It builds a software developer's kit called XTENDER as well. In addition, the company offers
training services for XTENDER as well as testing facilities.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
R2 Robotronics [Delhi, 2016]: Drone specialized payloads services startup. Services include self-navigating
guidance system for military applications, cloud based navigation solutions for commercial drones and agri-
based end-to-end solutions e.g. crop dusting, monitoring, etc.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
AerialGuard [Haifa, 2015]: AerialGuard builds navigation solutions for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles.
Sensors and processors on-board are integrated with an operator-controlled ground station to enable
autonomous navigation with manual control, when needed.
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AvioniCS Control Systems [ , ]: AvioniCS Control Systems develops and builds an autopilot system called
Hermes, along with companion ground station software. It also manufactures a number of sensors for use on
drones in multiple applications, chiefly precision agriculture. It is also developing a heavy-payload agriculture
drone for spraying fields with pesticides. The company was incubated at ESA BIC. AvioniCS is part of the Wings
for Aid project.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Pilot AI Labs [Sunnyvale, 2015]: Pilot AI Labs develops algorithms and software to enable autonomously
controlled drones to perform subject tracking, even when the subject makes multiple quick movements or is
occluded behind obstacles. Its deep-learning algorithms allow drones to navigate without GPS and avoid
obstacles, using only input from the drone camera itself. Pilot AI Labs' subject-tracking also works well in very
low-light conditions.
Plug and Play Tech Center, Danhua
Capital
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Communis Tech [Vancouver, 2012]: Communis Tech is a platform for proprietary iOS App development and
contract software engineering services. The company offers services in iOS application design and development,
Automated Build & Test Systems, Software Architecture etc. It develops in-house products including apps for
control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones). The apps are Find My Drone and MAV Pilot. MAV Pilot allows for
autonomous flight control & Find My Drone helps to find drone location for small UAVs. It also offer services for
developing iOS apps with expertise in connecting to Internet Of Things devices.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Nevada Dynamics [Reno, 2014]: Nevada Dynamics has developed a system that can be installed on a drone
using Android or Linux PC (using Totem app) - hence connecting the drone to the internet. The firm has strategic
partnerships with cellular network providers which enables them to provide seamless connectivity in-flight. The
Totem app acts as a control client which can then be run from any web browser, or mobile. The app controls
the movement of the drones and allows them to be sent anywhere with a click without flouting regulations.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
ArduPilot [San Diego, 2009]: 3D Robotics provides open source autopilot, ArduPilot for drones. This multi-
platform autopilot consists of hardware, software and firmware (to configure hardware according to the type of
drone being used). 3D Robotics designs and manufactures small unmanned aerial vehicles, especially known for
its consumer drones.
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Autopilot
FreeSkies [San Francisco, 2015]: FreeSkies provides autonomous software solution in a form mobile application
that controls all aspects of drone, allowing user to focus on other aspect of creating video. Offer improved
stability and control through a gesture based interface, a 10x improvement on GPS navigation using local
referencing (visual inertia odometry), seamless obstacle avoidance, and robust autonomous control.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
OpenPilot Foundation [Brea, 2010]: OpenPilot Foundation is an Open Source community project aimed at
developing low-cost, powerful stabilization and autopilot platforms. Developed OpenPilot ControlCopter
Platform, that can fly any airframe from fixed wing to an octocopter and is configured and monitored using the
OpenPilot Ground Control Station (GCS) software; and OpenPilot Revolution board, Revo, an autopilot using the
STM32F4 Micro-controller containing a hardware floating point unit (FPU) and 32bit.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
PX4 Autopilot [Zurich, 2009]: Pixhawk Autopilot is an open source autopilot platform (hardware+software)
designed by PX4 autopilot project and manufactured by 3D Robotics. It features advanced processor and sensor
technology from ST Microelectronics and a NuttX real-time operating system, delivering incredible performance,
flexibility, and reliability for controlling any autonomous vehicle. Available for purchase on 3D Robotics store at
$200. This open source community autopilot development platform partners with Computer Vision and
Geometry Lab and DroneCode and industry partner is 3D Robotics
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
Qelzal [San Diego, 2014]: Qelzal builds an obstacle avoidance system called Qelsafe for small commercial
drones. The Qelsafe on-board package consists of sensors and a processing unit. Qelzal is incubated at EvoNexus
and is a part of the Lightspeed Innovations Aerospace Accelerator.
Enabling Software -
Autopilot
SkyCircuits [London, 2008]: SkyCircuits designs and markets autopilot and ground station systems for
unmanned aircraft. All products are created in-house. Provides definitive knowledge and support of their
systems. Specialises in civilian applications and understand the needs of non-specialist operators, use of custom
payloads and varied mission requirements.
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Sky-drones [Moscow, 2011]: Sky-drones develops the SmartAP Autopilot flight control system for multirotor
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles capable of fully autonomous flight. It has a powerful microcontroller STM32F4 from
STMicroelectronics, 9-axis Inertial Measurement Unit and the latest GPS receiver from UBlox integrated
onboard. SmartAP supports any type of multirotor UAV with outstanding navigation and control precision.
Others
AirMap [Santa Monica, 2014]: AirMap builds airspace maps to help drone pilots map their flight paths, for
collision avoidance and legal compliance. It provides airspace information to drone operators, including
restrictions. It also works with drone maufacturers and developers to provide built-in mapping. It works with
governments to include legal constraints in their maps. AirMap is a member of the Small UAV Coalition and the
NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program.
$17.6M
Semil Shah, General Catalyst Partners,
Bullpen Capital, Pritzker Group, Lux
Capital, TenOneTen, Legend Holdings,
Space Angels Network, Bullpen
Capital, Social Capital
Others
Vertical AI [Mountain View, 2014]: Vertical AI is bringing the capabilities of computer vision guided robotics to
cinematography. Their first product is a vision-guided camera motion control platform to enable filmmakers to
capture high speed precision tracking shots when filming dynamic subjects. The camera-person simply selects
the subject of interest and the platform tracks, stabilizes and frames the subject in motion. The system is called
Sense 1 kit will retail for $1250 in 2015 end which includes an on-board unit, base station, Futaba RC receiver/
transmitter, and an Android or iOS companion app. It needs a camera with an HDMI output and a gimbal with
an sBUS control input to operate.
$120k
Y Combinator, FundersClub,
Communitech, Creative Destruction
Lab, Version One Ventures
Others
Drone App Lab [Donegal, 2015]: Drone App Lab develops mobile applications for drones. These applications are
designed for search and rescue, tourism and sport. Each of these applications enable drones to perform specific
actions, such as the Golf FlyThrough application which helps drones take aerial videos of golf courses.
Others
ANT Global [Boston, 2015]: ANT Global develops software tools and provides services to help users pilot drones
and other unmanned systems. It builds tools that provide airspace information and no-fly zones alerts, anti-
hacking tools, and tools for connecting unmanned vehicles to other networked devices. ANT also undertakes
custom UAV projects for its clients.
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Flyte [Belfast, 2016]: Flyte develops flight planning software for UAV pilots. The software responds to NOTAMS
(Notice to airmen), and plots out flight paths taking ground hazards and legal airspaces into account. Flyte helps
pilots make initial assessments of sites and identifies potential obstacles in their flight paths. This process helps
pilots ensure that their flights are legal and safe.
Others
Avian Robotics [Burnaby, 2014]: Avian Robotics develops a real-time video streaming platform. Drones
equipped with this functionality can be applied to Aerial Photography, Search & Rescue and Insurance &
Inspection. So, besides photography, this system is useful for public safety and security applications.The
company uses 3D printing technology, making it easy for the drone to suit the need of any specific application.
Venture Connection
Others
SKYRAILS [Tel Aviv, 2014]: Sky-Rails has developed an automated and inter-operable air traffic control system
for drones that manages airspace in real time. This will allow type diversified drones to fly safely in the current
urban environment. Skyrail's platform has algorithms that take care of various types of risks and regulatory
factors. The patented platform is cloud based and integrates real time info on terrain, regulations, privacy
standards etc. to chart the path of the drones. It can in real time, automatically manage an entire drone traffic,
optimizing the safety and efficiency.
Others
FlyNex [Hamburg, 2015]: Flynex intends to connect aviation agencies, pilots, government to make information
flow easier and make drone flying more accessible. As such, the platform will integrate every aspect of drone
aviation such as project planning, approval and regulatory compliance and manage project taxes incurred, if any.
The platform shall act as a marketplace containing all the networks and enabling full control to the parties
concerned.
Others
SecuDrones [Montesson, 2011]: SecuDrones designs and develops exploitation software for micro and mini
UAVs which includes ground control station with 3D cartography and video/image processing software for
mission planning, monitoring and replay. These micro/mini UAVs and exploitation tools are suitable for
applications in Civil Security and Protection, Defence, Industry and Environment. In addition they also provide
various services such as leasing, training and R&D studies for their customers. Also sale micro UAVs VTOL type.
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RCFlyMaps [Gig Harbor, 2014]: RC FlyMaps is an application that helps RC Flyers locate safe places to fly.
Others
DroneScan [Durban, 2014]: DroneScan develops software for drone based inventory scanning for large
warehouses. Developed DroneScan Airborne data collection system that uses the latest drone platforms,
hardware, software, scanning and communications technology to provide robotic scanning solutions to capture
and process data of high shelves in large uniform warehouses. The system focuses on intelligent indoor
navigation and interface to multiple devices and systems. Uses barcode or RFID reader equiped drones with on-
board sensors to keep them within optimal scanning range from the racks and pallets in the warehouse while
they scan the item and shelf barcodes.
Others
FloNew [Orlando, 2015]: FloNew is building a mobile app that provides automated drone-delivery using
beacons. User just has to open the app and see via Esri his location as well as those of the Gimbal beacons it
reads, using Nexmo then click the location on the app and the drone will go to the desired beacon. By this drone
can be send from beacon to beacon through the app with ease, hosted on Atlantic.net's cloud servers. Cool
thing here is that Smith and Velez (founders) used Node.js to build its code. They presented this prototype at
Disrupt NY Hackathon.
Fleet Management
Avision Robotics [Santa Monica, 2014]: Avision Robotics system enables autonomous operation of drones and
UAV fleet management. Platform is comprised of Air Traffic Control (ATC) software, drone built-in hardware
components, and integration API. Their patent pending cloud-based ATC system allows user to manage any
number of drones with business applications ranging from entertainment to enterprise logistics (expedited
delivery). ATC is designed to automatically regulate traffic for all UAVs connected to the platform. Smart drones
powered by Avision autopilot, sensors and vision controls can fly and act safely (follow optimal routes, avoid
collision in the air, land securely to protect individuals and property on the ground). Operators can plugin their
drone or fleet of drones through the standard API, built waypoints manually or allow system to manage routing
automatically, and complete their mission safely and collision-free.
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SPH Engineering [Riga, 2013]: SPH Engineering is developing Universal Ground Control Software (U[g]CS) to
control whole fleet of drones. They are developing this single software as a central management of all types of
unmanned vehicles. It supports multiple drones of different types and from different manufactures, having
same autopilot. Autopilots it supports are MikroKopter, Ardupilot APM/Pixhawk, DJI Naza-M(Phantom
2)/Wookong-M/A2, ARDrone, Microdrones. Available for purchase for manufacturers and professionals from
their website.
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Skycatch [San Francisco, 2013]: Skycatch allows its users to deploy flying autonomous drones with real-time HD
imagery and video from the sky. Drone can be easily managed using SkycatchââŹâ˘s website & apps and build
custom drone apps using the Skycatch Drone API. Provides a Dashboard tailored to meet the organizational
needs of each client individually. The company has many clients including Bechtel, Bouygues, First Solar, Solar
City and Rio Tinto. Investors include ffVC and Google Ventures. Raised $3.17M in Convertible Note in May 2014.
$38.4M
Amplify Partners, Qualcomm
Ventures, FF Venture Capital, GV,
Sherpalo Ventures, Google Ventures,
Avalon Ventures, Riverwood Capital,
Entree Capital, SK Ventures, Bee
Partners, SierraMaya360,
SierraMaya360, Amino Capital, ROOT,
Amino Capital, VTF Capital
End-To-End Solution
Providers
Sentera [Minneapolis, 2014]: Sentera is a designer, developer and manufacturer of drones, sensors and
software for the agriculture, infrastructure and public safety industries. Developed Phoenix drone, a fixed wing
drone with 60 minutes of flight time, interchangeable payloads and high durability. Software solutions include
OnTop & AgVault. OnTop platform provides desktop and mobile applications for the cellular and broadcast
tower industry to manage big data associated with inspection imagery. AgVault is a data driven platform to
harvest field & crop information, field scouting and diagnosis.
$8.05M
End-To-End Solution
Providers
EagleEye Intelligence [Boca Raton, 2015]: EagleEye Intelligence aims to create an emergency response system -
called the Strax platform - for urban areas based on data collected from ground-based sensors and sensors
mounted on low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles, and integrated with a data analytics platform. EagleEye
aims to create M2M networks for these sensors, in order to automate data collection and analysis.
$4.5M
End-To-End Solution
Providers
Airphrame [San Francisco, 2012]: Airphrame is a service that uses a network of ââŹĹremote sensing devicesââŹâ˘it
calls Airphrames to provide people with aerial data ââŹâ including digital images, orthographic maps, 3D models,
and visual analysis. The company focuses primarily on the engineering and insurance sectors right now.
According to the website, the company has developed a fleet of drones, at a 10x cost reduction from
comparable systems. It is also led by Hao Chen, who is in charge of flight systems and computer vision, and
Graham Gibbons, lead software engineer.
$4.2M Floodgate, August Capital
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SharperShape [Palo Alto, 2013]: SharperShape is an end-to-end inspections solutions provider for infrastructure
assets. Its NextEagle system conducts drone flights over infrastructure such as powerlines, oil and gas pipelines,
farms etc and gathers data using LIDAR sensors. The data is sent to the SharperShape cloud where it is analysed
using proprietary software and recommendations are generated. These recommendations minimize
maintenance cost of the infrastructure assets.
$3.25M VisionPlus Fund, Straightforward
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Identified Tech [Pittsburgh, 2013]: The company has developed a mapping drone system which allows to send a
quadcopter around a job site to create a topographical map of the situation. It is completely autonomous, and
the batteries can be hot-swapped as the drone maps. The system comes with a base station where the drone
comes to roost when its done. All the data is being uploaded to a cloud platform which offers analytics tools for
further processing of data. The company claims to be profitable with a number of contracts in Pennsylvania with
a heavy focus in the Marcellus Shale region. Company's founder, Zhang, claims that the company has
experienced consistent growth every month & has forecast a 10x growth in deployments and revenue over the
course of the year 2015. The system is costly, hence, they can offer subscription and paid services for using the
tool, as Zhang said.
$3.14M
Innovation Works, Birchmere
Ventures
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Providers
Event 38 [Akron, 2011]: Event 38 Unmanned Systems designs and manufactures drones, specialized optical
sensors, and a Drone Data Management System for Construction, Environmental Conservation, Mining,
Surveying and Precision Agriculture. Current products include an autonomous fixed wing aircraft for on demand
mapping and a multi-rotor for aerial photography and inspection.
$40k Start-Up Chile
End-To-End Solution
Providers
HiveUAV [ , 2014]: HiveUAV combines unmanned aerial vehicles and automated docking stations to help
agriculture, industry and emergency services monitor remote locations from the air. Hive is a solution that will
enable automated take-off, landing, data transfer and charging that can be located just about anywhere.
HiveUAV solution can enable UAVs to fly autonomously and complete missions on a large scale. Also provides
Honeycomb, a software that utilises the technology and functionality provided by the UAV and the Hive.
Honeycomb is the main access point for the user to the system to determine status of UAV missions, future
scheduled and planned missions, mission flight information, access to live imagery and captured imagery.
$30k
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Valmie [Houston, 2014]: Valmie Resources offers drone hardware and software solutions. The company's drone
hardware is provided by Vertitek, a drone company that it acquired in 2015. Valmie builds its own software
platform AIMD for managing individual drones and fleets. The company also offers custom drone solutions to
clients.
End-To-End Solution
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Bushnell Aviation [Las Vegas, 2013]: Bushnell Aviation designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for
commercial purposes. Its flying wing design Stingray is made of composites and Bushnell claims that it is almost
bullet-proof, making it ideal for gathering aerial photographs in conflict zones. It is also applicable to other
commercial applications such as precision agriculture, etc. The company provides drone-based services as well.
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Kuwait Aerospace Technologies [Kuwait City, 2013]: Kuwait Aerospace Technologies (KAT) designs and builds
unmanned aerial vehicles for multiple commercial purposes. Its line includes two fixed-wing models - Houbara
KAT 520 and KAT 800. It also performs payload integrations and modifications of existing drones to fit various
applications. KAT also designs ground control stations, with a focus on portable GCS. The company also offers
drone pilot training through its subsidiary Kuwait Flight Academy and it offers aerial photography and
videography services.
End-To-End Solution
Providers
GeoMapper [Bawtry, 2015]: Geo-Mapper provides end-to-end solutions for drone-based surveying and
mapping. It designs and builds fixed-wing drones, including the Mini Mapper and the 1900 UAV. These drones
can fly autonomously and can carry various sensors. Geo-Mapper also develops its own mission planning
software. The company provides surveying, mapping, inspection and photography services using these drones,
as well as drone pilot training courses.
End-To-End Solution
Providers
Skylift Global Inc [San Marcos, 2015]: Skylift designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for lifting and
transporting heavy payloads. Skylift claims that its Atlas drone can carry 4 times its own weight as payload, and
still maintain its maneuverability and stability. The company intends to provide these drones on an on-demand
basis.
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Radai [Oulu, 2013]: Radai offers geophysical surveying and environmental monitoring services using a fleet of
proprietary unmanned aerial vehicles. Its product range includes fixed-wing, flying wing and rotary aircraft. Its
solutions have applications chiefly in scientific research and include magnetic field measurements, air quality
measurements etc.
End-To-End Solution
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Air Real [Bungay, 2012]: Air-Real offers drone-based aerial photography and inspection solutions. Its solutions
are applicable to property inspection and marketing, event coverage, construction site inspections, etc. The
company uses a custom-built hexacopter for all its aerial work, with an integrated single controller for both the
drone and the camera.
End-To-End Solution
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USENSE [Hasselt, 2013]: Usense offers remote sensing and surveying and mapping solutions using drones. It
builds a drone called USENSE X-8 with a flying wing design, using open-source hardware and software
components. The company's solution is applicable to a number of industries, including agriculture, archaeology,
etc.
End-To-End Solution
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X1 Aeronautics [Kelowna, 2012]: X1 Aeronautics offers photogrammetry and surveying solutions. It uses
proprietary multicopter drones to collect data. The raw data is then processed through photogrammetry
software and converted into orthophotos, DSMs etc, for agricultural, forestry, environmental, mining and other
applications.
End-To-End Solution
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CATUAV [Moia, 2003]: CAT UAV provides remote sensing data using unmanned aerial vehicles. It uses
proprietary fixed-wing drones (under the Atmos name) to collect land data. It uses the data for
photogrammetric analysis on its proprietary image processing software and produces thermographs,
orthophotos etc. It also builds custom UAVs for specific client requirements as well.
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Videodrone [Jyvaskyla, 2012]: Videodrone designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles. Its product is a
multicopter called the X8. The company also manufactures and sells accessories such as IR cameras, etc. It also
provides drone-based services, chiefly aerial photography, videography and surveying.
End-To-End Solution
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Monarch Inc. [Ridgecrest, 2014]: Monarch designs and manufactures quadcopter drones for use in commercial
applications, chiefly precision agriculture, but also for surveying and monitoring. Monarch's drones include the
Monarch LS and the Monarch AG. It also offers drone-based services using its proprietary drones. In addition,
Monarch builds custom drones for clients, and offers repair and maintenance services.
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DroneMetrex [Adelaide, 2012]: DroneMetrex designs and builds commercial drones for surveying and mapping
purposes, as well as photogrammetric software for analysis of gathered data. It builds two fixed-wing models,
namely the TopoDrone-100 and the TopoDrone-500. These are fitted with various sensors and feature a
proprietary stabilization system called Dynamic Stabilized Active Mount (DSAM). These can both fly pre-
programmed flight paths autonomously, with manual overrides. The company also builds a ducted fan
quadcopter called the TopoDrone-4Scight. DroneMetrex also provides mapping and photogrammetry services.
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UAS Development [Boston, 2014]: UAS Development is a technology company that works on developing
unmanned aerial vehicle systems, with a special focus on heavy-payload lifting. Its UAVs are meant for use in
commercial and industrial applications. It also offers inspection, monitoring and aerial filming, surveying and
mapping services using proprietary drones.
End-To-End Solution
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Avian Aerospace [Chennai, 2011]: Avian Aerospace manufactures unmanned systems for both aerial and
ground applications. It conducts research in a broad range of unmanned vehicle components such as sensors
and sensor integration, autopilot and navigation modules, photogrammetry software, etc. It also offers drone-
based services such as multispectral imaging, industrial inspections, precision agriculture, surveying etc.
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AeroTekniikka [Hankasalmi, 2011]: Aerotekniikka UAV offers aerial photography and imaging services using a
proprietary drone. It provides services for 3D modeling and mapping of areas. It also has applications in disaster
response and agricultural and air quality research. In addition, the company offers pilot training services. Photo
production services are offered by its sister company MaaIlmasta.
End-To-End Solution
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Maavan Aeronautics Pvt Ltd [Chennai, 2014]: Maavan Aeronautics offers UAV development and piloting
training services. It also builds drones for research purposes, under the name brand name MX. It also offers
aerial filming, survey and inspection services for applications in adventure sports cinematography, agriculture,
pipeline inspections and volumetric analysis
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Theiss UAV Solutions [Youngstown, 1991]: Theiss UAV manufactures customized UAV solutions for clients
based on requirements. These solutions include UAV design and manufacture, drone pilot training services, and
drone-based services. It also offers consultation services. Theiss UAV also builds an anti-drone netting device
called the EXCIPIO. Theiss UAV is a contractor for the US Department of Defense. Theiss UAV was acquired by
Lauren International in 2015.
End-To-End Solution
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Charlotte UAV [Charlotte, 2015]: Charlotte UAV builds and customizes drones for commercial purposes. It also
offers drone-based inspection and aerial imaging services and software platforms and services for analysis of
the acquired aerial data. Its flagship products are the LSX8 Lancer, a heavy-payload quadcopter and the RF-70, a
fixed-wing aircraft. Charlotte UAV is owned and operated by Lappert Smith Technologies LLC.
End-To-End Solution
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Atomic Aerial [Texas City, 2015]: Atomic Aerial provides aerial cinematography, photography and other
imaging solutions for a number of industries such as Media, Real estate, Oil & Gas, Utility and others. Its
solutions include 2D & 3D site mapping, Orthomosaic analysis, Asset inspection, Oil & Gas pipeline monitoring
etc. The company uses DJI S800, SkyJib 8, DJI Inspire and MĂ
â˘VI M5MR drones for its services based on client
requirement.
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Skyquest [Santiago, 2015]: Skyquest provides aerial imaging & surveying services for a number of sectors such
as Agriculture, Mining and Construction, Utility etc. The company uses fixed wing drone that has three landing
options offered (linear automatic, automatic, circular manual). The drone can cover large areas with a single
flight (up to 1,000 hectares per hour) for precision agriculture and can identify biomass health, water stress,
nutritional stress and other important parameters. For surveying, the captured topography is useful for sizing
stock piles, audit work, monitoring extraction and others.
End-To-End Solution
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AWM Drone Services [Fredericton, 2015]: AWM provides aerial inspection and mapping services for a number
of industries such as agriculture, forestry, mining, power, telecommunications and tourism. It offers Structure
inspections services for power lines, towers, buildings & others, Agriculture field inspections and mapping
services and thermal inspection services. The company also provides volumetric tools for various types of
materials. Also it provides aerial photo and video service for Real Estate sector.
End-To-End Solution
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Soaring Sky, LLC [Fort Myers, 2015]: Soaring Sky provides a number of commercial services from
cinematography and aerial photography to inspections and surveying. The company is FAA approved for its
drone services. Soaring Sky caters to a number of industries Media,Real estate, Agriculture etc. It specializes in
low altitude 4K aerial cinematography and high-resolution for aerial photography.In precision
agriculture,Soaring sky uses Thermal Imagery,NDVI Imagery etc technologies.The company uses Progressional
Site Imaging, 3D Point Clouds,Digital Surface Models etc. for mapping & surveying.
End-To-End Solution
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Techdrone [ , 2015]: Techdrone provides solutions for aerial photography & video, thermographic inspections,
industrial maintenance and emergency & rescue operations for commercial applications. Its customers are from
civil, government and military sectors. The company uses Rotary Wing drones for its operations.
End-To-End Solution
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Traceair [Moscow, 2015]: TraceAir operates a drone based construction management platform. The platform
helps construction companies to collect the construction site data and compare the data with the actual plan.
The platform also provides tools for Discrepancies detection, Reports and forecasting etc. Based on the data
analysis the companies can track the project progress, access the quality of the construction and manage the
cost of construction.
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aiblob [Bangalore, 2015]: AIBLOB is a specialised unmanned aerial systems company offering offering drone
development for industrial uses such as GIS Mapping, oil and gas Industry, Survey, Agriculture, Inspection and
Education. Has already developed itââŹâ˘s own UAV - Silver Bee - for mapping and remote sensing needs and is in
the process of developing a rotary wing aircraft capable of performing LiDAR based surveys. Claims to be the
first Indian UAS photogrammetric mapping solution specifically designed for surveyors and geospatial
professionals. Operates three business models - BYD (build your drone- customize and sell a drone based on end
application), OPYD (Operate and process drone data for customers), BOPYD (build, operate and process drone
data).
End-To-End Solution
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Aerobotika Aerial Intelligence [Coquitlam, 2013]: Aerobotika Aerial Intelligence is a developer and operator of
remotely piloted aircraft systems (UAV/UAS) for aerial imaging and remote sensing.The company specializes in
Geomatics i.e Survey, Mapping & 3D Modelling and in precision agriculture,providing farmers with professional
imagery, mapping & crop analytics. Also the company provides UAV consulting for Start-up assistance,Compliant
operator certificate etc and conducts training program for drone technician & pilot. It uses both short range
multirotor and long range fixed wing aircraft for its services.
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ZXY-Builders [Amsterdam, 2015]: ZXY-Builders is a technology-based company that develops, integrates and
operates small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for remote sensing applications. They offer services and
assistance to customers in setting up a complete end-to-end UAV operating and sensor data processing solution.
Develops the DroneLapse platform for capturing aerial data using autonomous drones. DroneLapse scans sites
on a daily basis and sends the data to a secure cloud portal for immediate use. DroneLapse is used in
construction, energy, utilities and governmental applications.
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M-CADOR [Paris, 2012]: M-CADOR is an innovative startup powering commercial drones for the enterprise,
provides global services, from the flight of the drone to the restitution of the data in an augmented way.
Developing different technologies, swarm, interface, cloud, sensors that enable a wide variety of integrated
solutions. Offers solutions for precision agriculture, mapping, defense & security & custom solutions. Created
powerful drone apps & solutions for a large variety of industries including agriculture, insurance, utilities,
governments, oil & gas. They integrate flight operations and aerial data with existing software & business
processes and geographic information systems & turn these data into decisions. Honored by lots of distinctions
in the agricultural industry.
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HoverX [Hyderabad, 2014]: Developer of technology solutions and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Developed docking system for MAVs to enable fully autonomous operation, collision avoidance system.
Products find their applications in filming, surveillance, integration of GIS with UAVs for mapping purposes,
security forces along with search-rescue operations. The firm works with the Indian Army.
Precision Agriculture
PrecisionHawk [Indianapolis, 2011]: Precision Hawk is a civil unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing
company. PrecisionHawk's Plug-and-Play platform comes with a fully integrated Sensor Suite.
PrecisionHawkââŹâ˘s UAV platform, the Lancaster Hawkeye Mk III, provides users with fast and accurate data
acquisition that is then processed and delivered to clients in relevant and usable formats. The team is comprised
of professionals with backgrounds in remote sensing, unmanned aircraft operations, software development,
data processing and GIS systems development.
$30M
Intel Capital, Millennium Technology
Value Partners, USAA, NTT Docomo
Ventures, Innovate Indiana Fund,
Verizon Ventures, YMVSV
Precision Agriculture
Gamaya [Lausanne, 2014]: Gamaya uses HSI (Hyperspectral Imaging) technology deployed using small
unmanned aircraft systems to remote sensing and high resolution imagery. This imagery can be used to
diagnose crop diseases, proliferation of invasive species and environmental stresses. Winner of IMD Startup
competition.
$4.03M Sandoz, VI Partners, Seed4equity
Precision Agriculture
AIRINOV [Paris, 2010]: Airinov manufactures drones that enable farmers to gather data on the overall
vegetation growth on their farms and analyse it and make decisions regarding deployment of fertilizers and
irrigation. The drones can map the vegetation's reflected colors in 4 bands and based on these the system can
analyse parameters like biomass, LAI (leaf density), CAB (chlorophyll rate), seed sampling (claims accuracy of
5cm per pixel) and other agronomic parameters. Claims that 5000 farmers are using its services and products
are available through various resellers across France.
$2.2M Parrot
Precision Agriculture
HoneyComb [Wilsonville, 2012]: HoneyComb provides drone-based aerial imaging solutions for precision
agriculture. Provides AgDrone system having a fixed wing drone that offers access to high resolution aerial
information using a cloud-based data service to maintain and evaluate information, such as crop management,
yield forecasting, land surveying, and insurance monitoring. The company also provides service and repair to its
product. It sells its product through dealers.
$315.87k
Portland Seed Fund, Keiretsu Forum,
Keiretsu Forum, New Ground
Ventures, CLI Ventures
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Precision Agriculture
GeoBlu Services [Phoenix, 2012]: GeoBlu Services designs, builds and operates unmanned aerial vehicles for
precision agriculture purposes. The company's drones are multicopters, and they include both video screen and
FPV output for visual inspection of farms. Other sensors are also mounted for NDVI analysis of crops. The
company's drone platforms can also be used for other commercial applications such as inspection and
monitoring, emergency response, etc.
Precision Agriculture
CI Agriculture [Jakarta, 2014]: CI Agriculture (Collective Intelligent Agriculture) uses data collected by drone-
mounted sensors and ground sensors to enable farmers to get better returns from their farms. The company
also provides a software platform that collects crowdsourced agriculture data, and allows users to integrate that
with sensor-gathered data to create crop risk profiles, and provide farm intelligence.
Precision Agriculture
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. [Neodesha, 2013]: AgEagle Canada sells unmanned aerial vehicle systems
specifically meant for use in agriculture. Provides AgEagle RAPID, a crop scouting drone for precision agriculture
installed with NDVI camera, it provides georefenced imagery for crop scouting.
Precision Agriculture
AgPixel [Johnston, 2011]: AgPixel offers drones, sensors and data processing software packages for the
collecting & analysis of data. The software provides orthomosaic maps, vegetation health reports & agricultural
data reports. User may upload/draw a boundary file on the software platform & schedule the next flight. Data is
then gathered using a drone & their proprietary flight planning & camera-control software. Using AgPixel
Uploader, flight images are sent for processing which are then processed and made available to the user by the
next business day. Acquired by RoboFlight Systems in 2014, after which AgPixel has been operating name under
which the product & services are being offered.
Precision Agriculture
Agribotix [Boulder, 2013]: Agribotix is a drone-enabled software company that provides imaging and analysis
for precision agriculture. It offers Agribotix Hornet Drone, a drone airframe, and Agribotix Infrared and Thermal
Sensors, which are thermal cameras that collect images over fields of interest. It also offers Agribotix Image
Processing Services, a software solution that delivers georeferenced aerial images.
Colorado Office of Economic
Development and International Trade
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UAV Galicia [Santiago de Compostela, 2015]: UAV Galicia offers drone-based aerial photography, videography,
surveying and inspection services. These services include videography for film production and marketing,
architectural surveying, volumetric computations, and inspection of wind turbines, utilities and buildings. The
company also offers drone use consulting services to clients.
Service Providers
Sky Capture [Houston, 2013]: SkyCapture is a drone company which uses industrial-grade, small UAVs to
conduct aerial industrial inspections, surveys, mapping, and more. They deploy a homemade drone having
camera with 4k quality video capturing capabilities, return to home feature & gyro-stabilized camera gimbal.
Service Providers
SkyTec LLC [Soddy-Daisy, 2015]: SkyTec offers aerial mapping and surveying, inspection and monitoring, and
photography services. In addition, it also offers 3D modeling and visualization services, as well as spatial and
volumetric analysis. SkyTec also builds custom dashboards for client projects. The company also helps clients
integrate gathered data into existing information systems.
Service Providers
CharmingDrones [San Francisco, 2014]: Charming Drones rents out drones for consumer photography
purposes. Its fleet currently includes the Matrix Quadcopter and the DJI Phantom 2. It gives users the option to
get their rented drone delivered or to pick it up by themselves. It is currently available only in the San Francisco
Bay area.
Service Providers
Eye In The Sky [Avon Park, 2015]: Eye In The Sky Rentals is an online drone rental company. It rents out drones
for chiefly consumer usage. Its fleet includes drones manufactured by DJI, 3DR and Yuneec, and it is available in
the US. It also offers a drone pilots-for-hire service, via partnerships with Soaring Sky and Orlando Aerial in
Florida and Coast to Coast Drones in California.
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Blue Skies Drone Rental [Snohomish, 2014]: Blue Skies Drone Rental offers online drone rentals for consumer
and commercial usage. It also offers new and used drones for sale and has a drone repair business as well. The
drones available for rent or sale are currently all DJI drones. The company also performs drone operator
registration with the FAA for clients.
Service Providers
Aerocamaras [Pontevedra, 2007]: Aerocamaras specializes in drone solutions (manufacturing,training &
professional services) for civil aviation pilots,engineers,programmers and audiovisual professionals.Its services
include aerial video & photography for Film,TV & Advertising,inspection of infrastructure & power
lines,precision agriculture etc.The company is certified by EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency).Some of its
customers are Atresmedia, Pemex, FRS, COPASA etc.The company also provides pilot training in collaboration
with Royal Aero Club.The company primarily uses fixed wing multi-rotor aircrafts for its services.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Cape [Redwood City, 2014]: Cape Productions deploys self developed drone/UAV, mobile, and cloud
technology to capture incredible aerial video footage for action sports like skiing and snowboarding. Team
consists of Stanford graduate degree holders & Google[x] alumni. It works with ski resorts to offer skiers a drone
programmed to follow and film them for a portion of their day. It plans to spread drone-based photography
services to ski resorts and other vacation spots.
$10M
NEA, XSeed Capital, Madrona Venture
Group, S Cubed Capital, Commercial
Drone Fund
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
AeroDron [Parma, 2012]: AeroDron provides professional aerial photography at a low altitude and high
accuracy to support analysis, surveying and variety of applications to assist in environmental protection and
disaster prevention. Provide these services to governmental bodies that operate in the area of environmental
protection and management. Backed by Buongiorno SpA and BLOMASA.
$543k BLOMASA, Buongiorno
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
fluttrbox [Montreal, 2013]: Fluttrbox delivers a real-time experience for Infrastructure Management and
Marketing. Using small aerobotics (UAVs), they aggregate data on your infrastructure and deliver this data back
to you through their platform which will enable to stay focused on making critical decisions on your
infrastructure.
$40k
Global Insurance Accelerator, VTF
Capital
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ViewPoint Aviation [Charleston, 2012]: ViewPoint Aviation provides aerial photography and videography
services, for multiple applications, including marketing, real estate tours, and construction inspections.
ViewPoint claims to have multiple US Departments as its clients.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Hummingbird Drone Solutions [Toowoomba, 2014]: Hummingbird Drone Solutions provides aerial drone-based
services. These services include aerial filming for media production, aerial videography for real estate tours,
agricultural surveys, construction and mining inspection, etc. The company uses both fixed-wing and rotary
drones for conducting its operations.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Airfilms Productions [The Hague, 2010]: Airfilms Productions offers drone-based filming services. Its services
include filming for production crews, as well as for corporate videos and marketing material. Airfilms also
provides live event coverage and a live video feed to broadcast frequencies. It claims to have worked with
marquee names such as Nike, Sony, Ford and FIFA.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Applied Drone Systems [North, 2014]: Applied Drone Systems provides aerial surveying and mapping services
using low-altitude drones. Its services include site-planning surveys, construction progress maps, environmental
monitoring, volumetric computations, etc. The company also provides 3D reconstruction services of sites and
terrain.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
DroneScope [Wadebridge, 2012]: Dronescope is a UK-based provider of aerial photography and videography
services, using low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles. Its chief customers are film production companies. It also
provides aerial surveying services, along with photogrammetric processing of acquired data. Dronescope also
offers inspection services for buildings.
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TSO Imaging [England, 2013]: TSO Imaging performs aerial photography and videography work, using drones.
Its services are chiefly targeted at real estate agents and filming crews for creating real estate tour videos and
other videos. The company also offers roof and building inspection services. It is a member of the Association of
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (ARPAS) of the UK.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Aerial-Drones [ , 2012]: Aerial Drones creates aerial films and photography using one of its specialist remote
piloted Aircraft . Its main aircraft is a heavy-lift OctoCopter (eight rotors) that features a full gyroscopically
stabilised camera gimbal. The company provides its services to commercial and private clients in the South East
of England.Aerial Drones also offers design and construction capabilities to the customers and can build a UAV
to meet customer's exact needs.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Skyshot Pte Ltd [Singapore, 2011]: SKYSHOT specializes in aerial cinematography and its pilots are approved by
the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). SKYSHOT has completed over 50 projects covering 15 different
industries and business sectors in 7 countries.It provides services to Media industry(short films, documentaries
& music videos), ship-owners & marine engineering companies(mega ship launches, oil-rigs &
shipyards),infrastructure owners, developers & government bodies.Some of its clients are
Samsung,Hyundai,Sembcorp etc.The company also offers consultancy for Media Industry services such as drone
set-up, maintenance, management & training.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Neo-Robotix [Paris, 2015]: Neo-Robotix provides consulting services in connection with drones and data
acquisition using civil drones.The company's expertise is in Inspection, 3D reconstruction, GIS & 2D
measurements, Disaster Management & Insurance etc. It helps businesses to integrate the drone in the value-
chain and to monitor the overall system to transform business.It also provides consulting service to create a
prototype and develop drones as per customer requirement.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
ORBIT MEDIA LTD. [Sheffield, 2015]: Orbit Media specializes in aerial filming and photography and provides its
service for both civil & commercial purposes in UK.Its services include 360 degree aerial view of any object or
event, inspections,birds-eye view for farmers to check their crops & fields etc. So, the company's target clients
are Real Estate industry, Architects, Insurance industry, Agriculture industry etc.Its pilots are fully certified by
the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) and with fully comprehensive ĂÂŁ2 million public liability insurance.
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Zenith Drones [Zaragoza, 2015]: Zenith drones offers drone based recording & inspection services. They have
developed their own drone that is an octacopter. They offer services for infrastructure inspection, air
topography, precision farming & audiovisual.
Aerial Photography &
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Smart Drone [ , 2015]: The company specializes in air operations to capture data & images by using UAV. The
company offers aerial photography,precision farming & inspection services to its clients. Smart Drones's pilots
are certified by Approved Training Organizations(ATOs) by the State Aviation Safety Agency, serving all legal
requirements to operate this type of aircraft in Spain. Smart Drone has the capability to take thermographic
data, multispectral and visible images of high resolution spectrum tools.
Aerial Photography &
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TerraCam [Germiston, 2011]: TerraCam offers aerial photography, surveying and inspections services to the
mining and agricultural sectors. It helps clients select appropriate UAVs, flies them and processes the gathered
data using COTS software. The company's services also have applications in security, construction, etc.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
UAV Geomatics (Australia) [Ulladulla, 2012]: UAV Geomatics offers mapping and surveying services using fixed-
wing unmanned aerial vehicles. Its drones carry customized gimbals and cameras for photogrammetric
accuracy. It creates geo-referenced orthophotos, point clouds, DEMs, and also has applications in agricultural,
environmental and other custom mapping services.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
GeoDrone [Reykjavik, 2014]: GeoDrone provides remote sensing services using drones, chiefly for geothermal
research. It collects data to facilitate mineral mapping, gas seepage analysis, etc. Data gathered by drones is
uploaded to a cloud where it is analyzed and presented to customers. It also offers drone-based advertising
services, and photography and videography services.
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Lunar Aerial Imaging [Bollington, 2015]: Lunar Aerial offers aerial photography and videography services using
drones. Its applications are in event coverage, advertising and TV filming and in real estate tours, infrastructure
asset inspection, disaster assessment, etc. It also has expertise in over-water drone use.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
iAbove [Palmerston North, ]: iAbove is an aerial photography and videography services company that uses
third-party drones for gathering data. It also provides mapping and analysis services using COTS software. Its
focus is on agricultural field mapping including 3D modeling. Its other applications are in adventure sport
filming, emergency and disaster response and real estate tours.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
SweScan [Helsingborg, 2013]: SweScan offers a broad range of mapping, remote sensing and surveying services
using drones. Its drones gather data using multispectral sensors. It then processes the raw data for creating
orthomosaics, 3D models, DSMs, etc. Its applications are in mining, construction, energy, architecture, wildlife
monitoring, etc. The company also provides users access to a 3D model viewer and editor software.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Aerial Drone System [Labege, 2014]: Aerial Drone System offers aerial imaging and videography services using
unmanned aerial vehicles. Its chief applications are in real estate tours and in imaging heritage buildings and
sites for production of virtual tours. It offers thermal imaging services for inspection of building defects and
disaster assessments.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Drone Tour Experience [Malaga, 2015]: Drone Tour Experience is a drone-based aerial photography and
videography company. It covers four types of videography - golf, hotel, nature and tours of cities, monuments,
etc. - and records in 4K quality. Its chief clients are tourism and hotel operators who want to use aerial tours of
their facilities for advertising purposes.
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DroneTex [Austin, 2014]: DroneTex offers drones on rent. It also offers aerial photography and videography
services using drones, as well as drone pilot training services. Only DJI Phantom drones are available for rental.
The photography and videography services are supplemented by post-processing services also.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Quidich [Noida, 2013]: Quidich provides aerial photography and videography services using drones. Its services
include aerial filming, geo-tagging, 3D terrain mapping and interactive panoramas. It also performs disaster
impact assessments, covers events, and precision agriculture data collection.
Aerial Photography &
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Drone Africa [Pretoria, 2013]: Drone Africa offers aerial photography and videography services. It specializes in
wildlife monitoring, and also performs mining inspections, aerial consumer and commercial photography, etc.
Drone Africa also processes raw acquired data and provides orthomosaics, DSMs etc. for use in construction
planning, agriculture etc.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Visual Drones [Granada, 2015]: Visual Drones is a provider of aerial photography and videography services for a
number of applications including advertisement filming, site inspections, events coverage, security surveillance
and livestock tracking. It also offers drone piloting training courses in collaboration with U-Drone, Model Aircraft
Club Granada and Yuneec. Visual Drones was founded by Jose M. Garcia Morante, a commerical pilot with a
diploma in business studies.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Music City Aerial [Nashville, 2015]: Music City Aerial offers photography and videography services for a number
of applications, mainly real estate aerial tours, and event videography and coverage, including corporate videos,
music videos and advertisement filming. They also offer aerial construction-site inspection services, including
footage and 3D mapping.
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Hummingbird Creative Media [State College, 2015]: Hummingbird Creative Media provides aerial photography
and videography services, chiefly for real estate and landscape aerial photography applications. It also offers
aerial mapping services with area, volume and elevation measurements. Hummingbird was founded by Holly
and Jesse Brown.
Aerial Photography &
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SkyTech [ , 2015]: SkyTech provides aerial photography and videography services, along with post-production
services such as editing. Its chief applications are in making advertising videos for local businesses. The company
also provides event coverage services using drones and makes instructional videos that require aerial footage.
Aerial Photography &
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RC Aerial Cam [Firth, 2009]: RC Aerial Cam offers close-range aerial photography and videography services
along with video editing services. It uses a range of unmanned helicopters and drones to capture aerial footage.
The chief applications of its services are in film and corporate video production, and in filming advertisements.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Snaproll Media [Franklin, 2004]: Snaproll provides aerial photography and videography services, chiefly for film
production and corporate videos. It uses DJI and Freefly drones. It provides services worldwide and claims to
have worked with large clients such as Ferrari, Porsche, National Geographic, HBO etc. It was founded by
Spencer Valdez and Preston Ryan.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Above Summit [Somerville, 2013]: Above Summit provides end-to-end aerial photography and videography
services, including taking low-altitude aerial footage and providing multimedia production and editing services.
Its chief applications are in film production and sports coverage. Its service offerings also include real estate
tours and corporate video production. The company offers ground cinematography services as well.
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DroneCLT [Charlotte, ]: DroneCLT provides aerial videography services using drones for real estate agents,
tourism departments, event managers etc. It captures videos and edits them as per the client's requirements.
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Astraeus Aerial [Los Angeles, ]: Astraeus Aerial provides aerial cinematography services for high-end motion
picture industry productions. Astraeus has a proprietary piloting system that affords greater control of drones to
its pilots. They claim to differentiate from other aerial photography/videography providers on the quality of
their camera operators. Astraeus Aerial is an FAA-approved drone operator. Astraeus provides its services
worldwide. Astraeus is led by CEO David Wagreich.
Aerial Photography &
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PIXOBOT [Lincoln, 2012]: Pixobot is an aerial imaging company that uses custom-developed drones to perform
aerial imaging. It specializes in agricultural imaging using infrared and near-infrared sensors. It provides
surveying and inspection for estates. It also provides HVAC efficiency testing for buildings using thermal imaging.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
M7Aerial [Chester, 2014]: M7 Aerial provides professional aerial filming and photography services primarily in
UK. It services are used for films, television documentaries, commercials and leading advertising campaigns. The
company is CAA approved for its drone operations. M7Aerial is a part of M7 Digital Group.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Drones Unlimited [Fort Walton Beach, 2015]: Drones Unlimited provides aerial photography and video
primarily to the greater Fort Walton/ Destin area.The company is FAA approved for its flight operations.Its aerial
photography adds value to a growing number of industries,including real estate, events, utility inspections and
agriculture. The company is the recipient of the 'Florida Young Entrepreneur' Award(Gulf Power Symposium,
2015) and mentored for 12 weeks coordinated by entrepreneur educational company Venture Hive.
Venture Hive Veterans Accelerator
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Access UAV [Nottingham, 2013]: Access UAV Ltd specialises in aerial filming and photography using drones or
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVââŹâ˘s). The company has CAA permission to fly certificate, BNUC-S qualification
and public liability insurance. It uses Zenmuse Z15 camera gimbal mounted with a Sony NEX 5n camera for its
services. Access UAV Ltd works with Film and Video Production companies, Survey teams,Emergency
Services,Property and land retailers etc.The company also provides a full production service for online
marketing and promotional videos as well as a Sports Video Analysis service.
Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of
Commerce
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Alt Aerial [Atlanta, 2015]: Alt Aerial offers aerial video & photography service using UAV. The company uses DJI
Phantom 3 Professional Drone that can shoot 4K & HD up to 60 frames a second. Alt Aerial's services are useful
for Live event coverage, Video production, The company is a division of BlackGreen Gold, a video production
company.
Aerial Photography &
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Menet Aero [Milwaukee, 2015]: Menet Aero provides commercial drone services to a number of industries. Its
services are Precision Agriculture, Structural Inspection, Geological Survey etc. The company is FAA Section 333
Exempted for its drone operations.
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Atomair [Norwich, 2003]: Atomair is an UK based aerial filming and photography service provider. The
company uses miniature remote controlled model helicopters for its services. Its services can be used for
Surveying, Construction/Civil Engineering, Advertising, Film Making and other purposes. The company is CAA
licensed for its drone operations. Some of its customers are Indigo, Sowerbys, Savills etc.
Aerial Photography &
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Oneguy [London, 2015]: Oneguy provides drone based aerial filming and photography services that include HD
4K film footage (both raw and edited) and DSLR photography. Its services are used for commercial promotions,
survey & inspection work and other purposes. The company uses DJI S1000 drone and Panasonic GH4 camera
for its services. Its company is CAA approved and its pilots are BNUC-S and EuroUSC qualified for drone
operations. Some of its clients are Emcor, Merrell, Wattbike etc. The company provides it services primarily in
UK.
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American Drone Media [Cleveland, 2015]: American Drone Media is a drone based aerial photography and
video service provider. The company provides its services primarily in greater Cleveland area. Its service
offerings are Land Surveys, Building Inspections, Footage for commercials, Coverage of events etc. The company
charges its clients per hour basis. It also provides 1 hour free consultation that include a demonstration of the
drone (weather permitting) and videos & photos.
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Monterey Drone [Monterey, 2014]: Monterey Drone offers aerial video and photography services. The
company primarily uses DJI S1000 drone for its services and the video can be recorded in full HD at 4K
resolution @ 60fps. It also provides "real-time" video uplink capabilities for network broadcasts or closed circuit
broadcasting. The video can be used for websites or HD television broadcasts and commercial uses (stills can
also be extracted from the video). The company also uses another drone Phantom 2 for its services. Its drones
are registered with FAA and the company has been granted an exemption (No.99) from the FAA.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Sky Hover Video [Norwich, 2014]: Sky Hover provides aerial photography & video service in UK. The company's
offerings are Precision agriculture(NDVI images of crops), Aerial photography and Surveying & Inspection. It uses
DJI S1000 for its drone operations and uses Canon 6D with a variety of lenses for maximum scope of angles. Its
service offering prices start at ĂÂŁ250. The company is CAA approved for drone based aerial applications.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Eye in the Sky [ , 2015]: Eye in the Sky provides drone based photography services. Its services are Live Event
Recording, Land Surveying, Real Estate inspection etc. The company's photos and videos are shot in 4k
resolution. The company primarily provides its services in US only.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Flypod Aerial Imagery [Holt, 2014]: Flypod provides aerial cinematography to a wide range of industries and
applications. Its services are 2D aerial mapping, 3D topographical surveys, Aerial video up to 4K resolution and
16MP resolution aerial photography. The company uses custom-built hexcopter with a Panasonic GH4 DSLR
camera for its operations and operates two other Sub-7KG drones for congested areas, operating indoors or in
confined spaces. Flypod is CAA approved for its drone operations.
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Norfolk Drones [Dereham, 2015]: Norfolk Drones provides aerial photography & video services primarily in UK.
The company uses DJI Inspire 1 UAV that can capture 12mp still images and ultra Hi Definition 4k video. Its
services are useful for aerial surveys, crop surveys, roof inspections, estate agency, promotional videos and
other purposes. The company is CAA approved for its drone operations and its pilots are BNUC-S Qualified.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Aerialair [Mumbai, 2014]: Aerialair specializes in aerial photography and up-to 4K, 2K, 1440p, 1080p HD aerial
video shoot for commercial and Real estate & construction companies, movie and commercial production,
government organizations and others. Its offerings are Aerial Photography & Video, Aerial Survey & Mapping,
Aerial Inspection & Monitoring etc. The company uses its customized built Drones for its services. Some of its
clients are Ambuja Cement, WSJ, DB Realty, HDFC etc.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
901Drones [Memphis, 2015]: 901Drones is a drone based aerial video and photography service provider. Its
services are Inspections, Real Estate surveying, 3D Mapping, Precision Agriculture, Emergency Response Support
etc. The company is conducting R&D in Sensor Testing, Safety & Reliability of drone operations and also provides
Drone Fleet Management & Drone pilot training programs. The company is FAA Authorized for Commercial
Drone Operation with 333 Exemption and its drones are FAA Registered. It is also an authorized dealer of a
number of drone manufacturers such as DJI, Yuneec etc.
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Cromar Image and Video [Greenock, 2015]: Cromar Image and Video specializes in aerial video and
photography. The company uses DJI aircraft and can shoot 4k video. Its services include Structure surveys,
Agriculture analysis, Personal photography, Land mapping etc. The company's pilots are BNUC-S qualified and it
is CAA approved for drone operations. The company can deliver aerial work up to 400ft at ground level and also
provide First Person View from the air, enabling the Pilot , Cameraman, Client and others full control over
production.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Sky Iris [Bexhill, 2015]: Sky Iris provides aerial filming services using drones. The company offers end-to-end
solution for the aerial filming i.e. pre-shoot analysis of the site, capturing of the video and Post Production
services including Editing and Motion Graphics. Its services can be used for Filming & Video production, Site
Surveying & Event Planning etc. The company is CAA licensed and insured for its commercial operation. Sky Iris
has already completed 10+ projects for its clients.
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Sora Imaging [Silverton, 2015]: Sora Imaging specializes in aerial video and image services. Its aerial video
services cater to Agricultural surveys, Promotional events, Construction site progress monitoring, Environmental
impact survey and other applications. The company's image service is useful for Property Inspection, Site
Planning, Crop studies and other purposes. The company also offers video editing services and conducts flight
instruction courses for drone pilots.
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Mothership Imaging [Los Angeles, 2015]: Mothership Imaging provides aerial cinematography for a number of
industries such as Media, Real Estate and others. The company offers end-to-end service by conceptualizing the
cinematography, capturing videos/images and providing the final edited version. It employs Sound Mixers,
Editors and Aerial Specialists for its services.
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Shutter Pilots [Bismarck, 2014]: Shutter Pilots specializes in low-altitude photography, cinematography and
2D/3D visualization services using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs). Its offerings are Access to a stock image
library, Easy-to-order standardized packages and Customized projects based on the client needs. The company
is FAA approved for its commercial operations. Its customers are advertising agencies, engineering firms,
government municipalities, corporate clients, and other organizations.
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Digital Aviation [Manchester, 2012]: Digital Aviation provides aerial filming and photography services to a
number of industries such as Real Estate, Construction Industry, Agriculture and others. The company is C.A.A
licensed for commercial operations. It uses remote-controlled multi-rotor UAVs and its equipment is capable of
full HD and 4k camera resolution. Digital Aviation provides a direct video downlink to its clients during its drone
operations, enabling the clients to observe the aerial footage in real-time. The company is a part of Torrance
Consultancy, UK based security consultancy firm.
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Surveying
Steady Hawk [Bristol, 2015]: Steady Hawk provides aerial imaging and inspection services primarily in UK. The
company can shoot video in 4K UHD at 25fps and 1080p at 60fps. Its drones can also capture 12MP photos in
RAW and JPEG formats. The company uses DJI Inspire 1 and DJI Phantom 2 for its operations. Steady Hawk is
CAA licensed for its commercial drone operations.
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Altispire [Buckingham, 2015]: Altispire provides aerial imaging services for engineering, agriculture, security,
emergency management, conservation and other applications. Its T12 platform is used for thermal imaging and
can identify problems linked to system failures, bird droppings or surface damage. The company uses the dual
screen controller enabling views from both visible & thermal sensors and FLIR TAU2 thermal camera for precise
images in all light levels. Altispire charges its clients per day basis (10 hours on site).
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Uplift Imaging [Brighton, 2015]: Uplift Imaging provides drone based aerial photography and filming services. It
offers services to Media, Estate agency, Construction industry, Events Organizars and other sectors. The
company holds a CAA Permission for Aerial Work and is fully insured. Uplift Imaging can film in 4K resolution and
also provides Inspection & Surveying services.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Media Hog Productions [London, 2014]: Media Hog Productions specializes in professional filming and
photographic services for music videos, real estate promotions, commercial video productions, event coverage
and other purposes. The company uses Phantom 3 Professional Drone and DJI S900 Drone for its services. The
company has drone pilots' license (BNUQ-S) provided by Euro USC and is approved for Aerial Work by the UK's
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). It also specializes in Timelapse & Hyperlapse Photography. Some of its clients are
BBC, Malcolm Sanders, Will Pearson etc.
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ITG Specialist Video [Sheffield, 2015]: ITG provides aerial imaging and mapping services primarily in UK. It
offers 4K HD services for aerial imaging and delivers mapping solutions to a wide audience ranging from
Surveyors, Planning and GIS Developers. The company is CAA licensed for its commercial drone operations.
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Monster Aerial [Penrith, 2013]: Monster Aerial specializes in aerial filming, photography and surveying using
Unmanned Aerial Systems. It has Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) permission for UAS aerial work in UK and its
pilots are BNUC-S certified. For Surveying, the company has a number of tools for Topographical Analysis,
Volume calculation, Distance & Area measurement etc. Some of its clients are Castrol, Mercedes Benz, Ford,
Tesco, Stobart etc. The company is a part of Mulholland Media Ltd.
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AUAV [Victoria Park, 2013]: Australian UAV provides aerial video & photography, inspection and monitoring
services for a number of industries such as Construction, Mining, Forestry, Quarrying etc. The company is
certified by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority for its drone operations. It completed 1800+ flights for
its services. The company provides its services throughout Australia and the Pacific.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Flyfilm [Brisbane, 2015]: Flyfilm provides cinematography & photography services for TV, Feature film,
Commercial and Industrial applications. Some of its customers are Cathay Pacific, RedBull, Evolution Mining,
Wagners etc. The company is CASA approved for its UAV operation and uses MoVI gimbals for better shots.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Aerial Applications [Newtown Square, 2014]: Aerial Applications provides aerial photography, inspection &
surveying services for businesses. Its target sectors are Real Estate, Film & Media, Construction & others. The
company provides both the drone & pilot for its services. Users can set a date and specify the requirements
based on the business needs. Based on the requirement the company schedules the Flight and delivers the files
to the client. The company follows Subscription and On Demand Pricing model for its revenue.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Precision [Fort Lauderdale, 2015]: Precision works with the clients to understand their aviation requirements.
Based on the analysis of the requirements, the company supplies the manpower and the logistic support to
execute the operation. Precision handles the regulatory requirement,maintains the client's UAS requirement
and takes the field decisions for the drone operation. Besides contract management, it also conducts aerial
videography and aerial surveys.
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Great Lakes Aerial Video [Detroit, 2010]: Great Lakes Aerial Video provides aerial photography & video services
using drones. The company follows guidelines recommended by the AMA, FAA, and NTSB. Its customers are
from Real Estate, Energy, Law Enforcement and other sectors. Some of its clients are Channel 4 News, Freedom
Hill, Freelin MX etc. The company also offers certification courses for Multicopter operations.
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Central Alberta Aerial [ , 2015]: The company provides services for aerial photography, video and Thermal IR for
both civil & commercial purposes.It follows Transport Canada regulations and permits for its services. For
commercial purpose it is focusing on Real Estate industry and its services can be useful to stop energy wasting
leaks ,missing insulation or damages from storms/wind. The company also provides UAV training on various
aspects such as UAV regulations,Safe operation etc.
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Horizon Drones [East Yorkshire, 2015]: Horizon Drones provides aerial photography & video using drone
primarily in UK. The pilots of the company are EuroUSC BNUC-S and UK CAA certified. For videography the
company uses 4K camera mounted on the Inspire 1 Quadcopter and its flim partner is NDEFilms.For
photography it uses a 12 megapixel camera, mounted on the Inspire 1 Quadcopter.The target customers of the
company can be from Construction industry,Sports industry etc.
Aerial Photography &
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sulcisdrone [Rome, ]: Sulcisdrone provides aerial services by drone for environment and tourism sector.The
company provides services for Aerial video & photography, Industry applications, Security & Surveillance and
Software services. In case of Industry applications, its services are Gas pipeline inspections,Solar installation
inspections, Cooling tower inspections etc. For Security & Surveillance,SulcisDrone provides thermal imaging
and monitor accident sites using drone. Its FlyingNose project, in JV with Airgloss, detects the hazard in the air
with miniature array sensor and aereal Counter-Drone Systems.
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Surveying
AirVu [ , 2013]: AirVu provides aerial imaging,surveying and inspection solutions to a broad range of industries
from Real Estate,Media to Commercial & Government enterprises.The company provides primarily two types of
services Video Production and Safety & Security.Its safety & security solution includes Border Patrol,Ground
Station operations, Prison surveillance etc and video production solution includes aerial HD photography &
video.Also the company offers a range of services such as Consulting, System Integration etc.AirVu is CAA
licensed SUA Operator.AirVu also owns the sub-brand "CoDe Websites" which provides Web Design /
Development, Logo Design, SEO, Social Media Management etc.
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Flying Bots Pte Ltd [Singapore, 2015]: Flying bots provides aerial images using small Unmanned Aerial
Systems(sUAS) for enterprises. It can customize single and multirotor aerial solutions for commercial
applications.Its services can be used for mapping, surveying, environmental management, infrastructure
inspection, construction progress, conservation purposes, real estate marketing and aerial image & videography.
The company has dedicated hardware and software partners to deliver its services.It can also build, test and
deploy drone related solutions for its customers.
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Sentinel Air LLC [Alamogordo, 2013]: Sentinel Air has built an hybrid drone platform that helps the company to
operate anywhere, without FAA prior clearance.This hybrid allows legal, safe, large UAV technology to be
available years before FAA rules permit their commercially use.Sentinel Air is providing aerial support services to
a number of customers:Law Enforcement agencies,Public Safety & Emergency services,Environmental
inspection,Media entities etc.It is working with the aircraft manufacturer Magnaghi to work towards becoming a
full UAV company.Sentinel air offers short term, short notice contracts and long term, enduring contracts on its
aircraft and can also arrange sale of these platforms to any approved agency, domestic and foreign. The
company also provides training and consultancy for all aspects of operating with both manned and unmanned
(UAV) aircraft.
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Aeromatic Unmanned Aerial Solutions [Albury, 2004]: Aeromatic is CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority)
certified UAS (drone) operator based in the region with its head office in Albury and satellite office in Wagga
Wagga. Its services are Remote sensing solutions,Aerial filming and Survey solutions. Aeromatic UAV systems
provide stabilized films and HD platforms for its clients.Its remote sensing and survey solutions include 3D
mapping,IR solutions etc and thus useful for Oil & gas industry,Infrastructure, Utilities industry etc. Also the
company conducts drone training programs.
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Atlas Drones [London, 2014]: Atlas Drones Limited is a specialist photograhy and video recording company that
utilizes Drones (UAVââŹâ˘s) to capture aerial footage.Some of its clients are NIKE,Peters Johns
foundation,Letchworth Golf Club etc.Its aerial photography services is primarily for media companies and aerial
video services is to suit projects from property and land sales to large scale commercial construction sites. It
captures aerial videos such a way that surveyors and project managers can work out key details from the
footage.The company has also a list of trusted contractors such as charted Ecologists, commercial Arborists,
Track Matting specialists, Fencing Contractors and Asset Management companies that can analyze the video
footage and can estimate costs for the Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors.
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Media Wing LLC [Portsmouth, 2015]: Media Wing is a media production company primarily focusing on
providing aerial photography and video services using drone.The company also provides service for 3D Mapping
& Land surveying, Utilities inspection, Civil infrastructure inspection etc. It is FAA approved for its commercial
drone operations. It has worked with DartDrone,Eagle XF,Kurgo,Mount Washington etc. The company also
develops video marketing for corporate communication and its inspection services are useful for civil structures,
bridges,buildings, remotely located wind farms etc.
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Birds Eye Production [Phoenix, 2012]: Birds Eye Production specializes in Aerial Photography and Videography.
Its target clients are from real estate, feature films, commercials, surveying, panoramic pictures and inspections
industries.The company has worked with Showtime Network, Marriott Resorts, Ford and others.It uses remotely
controlled aerial camera platform that allows its drones to fly as close as 5ft from a subject to a couple hundred
of feet away. The company is FAA certified for its services. Birds Eye Production is now renting the FreeFly
Systems MoVI. The MoVI is a technology that allows to create shots that are not possible with the traditional
steadycam systems.
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Airnest Ltd [ , 2014]: Airnest develops mobile solutions (the drone's camera can be controlled by panning and
tilting the iOS device) for aerial imagery and data analysis for the commercial drone industry.The company
builds custom, context-based applications to support specific industry needs.The software solutions provided by
the company can be used for Real Estate Industry for ariel photography of high end homes,Insurance industry to
inspect damages in hard to reach area,Agriculture to survey land etc. Airnest closely works with DJI.
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Sussex Air Imaging [Bexhill, ]: Sussex Air Imaging provides drone based 4K aerial photography and videography
services. The firm has CAA licensed aerial pilots specialized in photography and capturing video footage using
UAVs. Their services find application in property marketing, TV and Film coverage of events, weddings etc.
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AireFilm [Faro, ]: AireFilm provides drone based photography/video services targeted towards consumers. The
services find application in real estate promotion, marketing and coverage of events. The firm also provides
digital marketing and website design services in addition to the drone based offerings.
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VizionAir [ , 2015]: VizionAir provides drone based aerial photography/video for various applications such as
real estate promotions or property insurance, inspections of construction sites etc. The firm also provides drone
flight lessons for beginners. Apart from these applications, the drone services also find application in Utility
infrastructure inspection, precision agriculture and mining.
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Elite Drone ServicesProtected Tweets [Clermont, ]: Elite Drone Services provides aerial videography solutions
and surveillance, search and rescue operations using drones. The services can be availed for real estate
promotions or for covering events.
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Smart Drone [ , 2015]: Smart Drone incorporates the use of drones in industrial processes, agriculture,
observation, aerial shots, surveying etc. The firm's drones are equipped with the necessary sensors to capture
thermographic data, multispectral and visible images in high resolution. Apart the applications in survey, the
drones are also capable of being employed for video coverage of events, tourism promotion, sports coverage,
precision farming etc.
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Drone2GIS [ , 2014]: Drone2GIS provides 3D mapping, surveying and GIS services using drones. The provide the
whole spectrum of activities covered in surveying and data collection. Some of the services offered are creating
urban 3D models, GIS & visualization, Mining survey, agriculture survey, industrial inspections, construction and
earthways etc.
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Zade Aerial [Rugby, 2015]: Zade Aerial provides aerial videography and photography services using DJI drones.
The firm currently offers only photography, videography and inspection services. They are CAA (Civil Aviation
Authority) certified and also have permission for conducting aerial work.
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Drone Foto [Drammen, 2015]: DroneFotos is an aerial videography services provider which uses Airdog and DJI
drones coupled with GoPro cams for the content creation. They cater to real estate marketing, covering sports
events and surveying.
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Orbit Media [Sheffield, 2015]: OrbitMedia provides aerial photography and videography solutions using drones.
The firm's pilots are CAA certified and the firm is insured against any untoward instances. Their services find
application in property filming, covering events, weddings, construction inspection etc.
Aerial Photography &
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Ikopta [Norwich, 2015]: iKopta is a privately held aerial videography services firm using drones for videography.
The firm provides services for photography and videography only currently.
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Drone818 [Los Angeles, 2015]: Drone818 provides drone based videography and cinematography services. The
firms key differentiator is the fact that both the owners are experienced cinematographers from Hollywood and
carry many years of experience. They primarily use DJI drones coupled with a GoPro or camera rig to perform
the shooting. They provide services for capturing film, events or real estate promotion.
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Flytime Aerial [Washington, 2015]: Flytime Aerial provides aerial photography and cinematography services
using DJI Inspire drone and 3DR Solo. Apart from the videography applications, the drone can also be used for
building and construction inspections, search and rescue etc. The firm is a member of United States Association
of Aerial Videographers.
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Aeroviews [Cardiff, 2012]: Aeroviews provides drone based aerial filming and photography services for
businesses. The firm is CAA approved for drone aviation and provide 4K quality video capture capabilities. Some
of the applications of the drones could be in the field of marketing, building development, construction, surveys,
planning, making short films etc.
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LA Drones [Los Angeles, 2014]: LA Drones specializes in creating marketing content and video production
services for businesses using drones. Some of the areas they are active in are coverage of events, sports,
campus, real estate promotion, hospitality promotion etc. Some big names such as Pepsi, Intel, BestBuy, Absolut
have utilized the services of this firm.
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Phantom Aerial Productions [Santa Monica, 2015]: Phantom Aerial provides aerial (drone based) video
production services and photography for customers. They primarily focus on covering events, developing
promotional material or coverage of particular festivals. They employ DJI drones for aviation.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Innovair Limited [Aberdeen, 2015]: Innovair provides drone based videography services in UK. Their drones are
capable of 4K recording and can be effectively employed for surveying, inspection, agricultural operations,
environmental conservation & filmography etc.
Aerial Photography &
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Demolition Drones [London, 2015]: Demolition Drones offers videography of demolition projects in UK using
drones. The firm does the sourcing of drone pilots and takes care of the necessary CAA permits. They perform
an onsite pre-flight risk assessment for a project and other legal formalities to be completed for a drone based
engagement.
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Platinum Aerial Contracting, LLC [ , 2015]: Platinum Aerial Contracting or PAC Drones provides aerial
cinematography services in Georgia, using drones. Some applications of the aerial videography are in the areas
of real estate, construction, golf course, commercial property inspection, mapping and search and rescue etc.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
NorthLand SkyCam [Platte City, 2015]: Northland Skycam provides aerial imagery and building inspection
solutions using drones. Various applications for the aerial inspection can be in agriculture, sports events,
mapping, construction, or for building inspections - for finding leaks in roofs using IR sensors; limited
applications have also been seen in delivery of lightweight items in emergency situations.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Cyclone Aerial [England, 2014]: Cyclone Aerial provides end to end videography services using drones and
robotics for movie production or for 3D mapping, inspections etc. The firm provides variety of options for
filming of a location ranging from small nimble X rotor drones to Y6 heavy lift drone which can carry heavier
camera equipment. Apart from videographic applications, the firm also caters to industrial needs, such as aerial
inspection, site surveying, mapping etc. Brushless gimbal is used to achieve camera stabilization. The founder
Darren Simon is a professional camera operator and video director.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Skycision [Pittsburgh, 2015]: Skycision provides aerial survey and mapping services targeted towards
agriculture. Their platform integrates and analyses the data collected to arrive at the right step to counter that.
The firm uses robots provided by DJI-which are equipped with imaging sensors which then help crop health and
elevation maps to estimate yield. The data is then processed and overlaid on the maps to give a picture of the
actual situation.
Acceleprise Ventures
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Jam Aviation [Houston, 2012]: JAM Aviation provides aerial videography and production services for video
production houses. The video production services find application across real estate, television production, fire-
rescue, oil and chemical industries.
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RadFlight Inc. [Long, 2012]: RadFlight is a professional drone builder and operator specifically targeting the
media segment. They provide drone based solutions in a turn-key manner. Apart from the application in media
production, the drones are equipped to handle aerial survey situations such as search and rescue missions, 3D
mapping, infrastructure inspection etc. The drone is equipped with IR sensors which make it useful for search
and rescue. Multitude of such drones can be employed in swarms to cover more acreage in a given time.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Aspect Robotics [Denver, 2014]: Aspect Robotics provides aerial imagery solutions using its unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs can be used for gathering aerial intelligence on crop patterns, and predict problems
and crop yields at a broad level. Other areas where the service can be employed is the field of construction,
wildlife management, flood management, insurance etc.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
UAS Unmanned Systems Consulting [Makati, 2014]: Based in Philippines, UAS Unmanned Systems Consulting is
a company that develops, integrates and operates small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVââŹâ˘s) for Aerial
Mapping, Aerial Photography and Scientific-related applications.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Aerosight Professional Drone Aerial Filming [Redhill, 2012]: Aerosight is among the first professional drone
filming company to be authorized by CAA to perform commercial drone delivery. It is famous for making pizza
delivering drone. They are drone developers as well, who has develop their drone to use them for professional
commercial aerial filming. They are a trusted crew who work with the UK Broadcast Industry. They offer leading
aerial film shooting for cinema, commercials, showreels, independent documentaries and music video.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
SkyPan [Chicago, 2006]: SkyPan provides 360-degrees panaromic view using their own proprietary technology.
SkyPan's patented, Remote Piloted Vehicles are actually camera-equipped, mini-helicopters. They use their
proprietary technology, patented, Remote Piloted Vehicles are actually camera-equipped, mini-helicopters.
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HexCam [Norwich, 2012]: HexCam use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to obtain aerial photography and video
for a range of applications. Applications include construction, property marketing, events, weddings,
environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, drama, aerial mapping, surveying and wind turbine inspection.
Approved by the Civil Aviation Authority to use aircraft throughout UK. Can operate from ground level to 400
feet with a versatility.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Neptune Aerial Works [Liverpool, 2015]: Neptune Aerial Works is a multi disciplined aerial surveying,
photography and video production company using state-of-the-art remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA). They have
developed their own drone named Flo that is a GPS stabilised octacopter that can be mounted with a DJI
Zenmuse Z15 gimbal for 360Ă° viewing capabilities and a professional camera and lens combination. They are a
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Approved Operator and are members of the Association of Remotely Piloted
Aircraft Systems UK (ARPAS-UK).
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
WeDoSky [Delhi, 2014]: WeDoSky, part of Meissa Technologies, is a provider of aerial photography services
using their in-house manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles. Their drones can mount a variety of recording and
measuring devices ranging from GoPro, Black Magic to Canon 5D and finds their applications in capturing stable
footage of concerts, sports events and for movie making.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Drona Aviation [Mumbai, 2014]: SINE IIT Bombay incubated robotics company designing and manufacturing
products and providing services in aerospace domain. Working on few projects such as self-charging drones,
advertising drones, crowd-monitoring drones, life guardrone and aerial cinematography. Incubated by SINE IIT
Bombay.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
SkyWatch [ , 2015]: SkyWatch is a stealth mode venture which is working on an elegant methodology to
manage large residential or commercial properties.
P39 Capital
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Dronevlieger [Amsterdam, 2012]: Dronevlieger offers experience in both filming from the air, from the ground
and letting drones. Create 4K quality videos and offers rental drone services for professional videography.
Aerial Photography &
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BB Stratus [ , 2013]: The company provides aerial photography services, having a professionally trained crew of
their own using UAVs developed in home to perform the task. Builds bespoke air systems to the client's specific
requirements. Also offers training on all systems built by BB Stratus & others.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
KinoFly [San Diego, 2015]: KinoFly creates professional aerial and ground-based cinematography using state of
the art camera stabilization systems.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Elevated Element [Baltimore, 2010]: Elevated Element designs and builds civilian UAVs used for aerial
photography & cinematography. Other than this they also provides aerial photography and 3D
photogrammetry. Also engages in software development.
Aerial Photography &
Surveying
Skylark Drones [Bangalore, 2014]: Skylark Drones offers drone based photography & videography services for
various verticals. Its services include DroneVision (an aerial photography and videography service), surface
mapping (accurate topographical data about terrains) and Drone sensing ( temperature, and remote are sensing
using drones). Also offers a DropBot (based on its proprietary "STRAPDROP" technology) which allows users to
drop things accurately in a localized region. Claims to have completed 50+ projects. Winner of the NASA
Systems Award for developing the best Systems Engineering for developing UAVs.
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CineDrones [Orlando, 2013]: CineDrones provides professional RC Aerial cinematography and photography
services using radio controlled helicopters capable of flying high-definition digital DSLR and Cinema cameras. It
also offers full service custom builds based on the customer's camera. CineDrones provides its services for
sporting events, concerts, Live TV, film, agriculture, B-roll, etc.
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Sky-Futures [Hayes, 2009]: Sky-Futures specializes in oil and gas offshore and onshore UAV inspection. HD
video, stills and thermal imagery data collected by the UAV is fed into its proprietary data platform, analysed
and delivered to the client as a technical report. Has a highly qualified and experienced in-house team of global
industry experts in flare systems and structural engineering who checks data before delivering it. Has a footprint
of 35 clients globally, and works in over 10 countries across five regions of the world.
$9.52M
MMC Ventures, Bristow Group Inc,
Commercial Drone Fund
Industrial Inspections
Cyberhawk [Livingston, 2008]: Cyberhawk Innovations provides aerial inspection and surveying using Remotely
Operated Aerial Vehicles (ROAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The company's services include close
visual inspection of a live flare stack, flare tip, live transmission tower or topographic land survey from the air.
The company's clients are oil, gas, petrochemical and utility companies, both onshore and offshore, in the UK,
Europe, Middle East and around the globe.
$4.77M
Scottish Equity Partners, Clydesdale
Bank
Industrial Inspections
3DroneMapping [Pinetown, 2014]: 3DroneMapping provides aerial services using low-altitude unmanned aerial
vehicles.The applications are chiefly in construction inspection and aerial surveying. The services comprise of
both data acquisition and data processing, such as orthorectification and development of DSM and point clouds.
Although based in South Africa, the company claims to offer its services all over Africa.
Industrial Inspections
Doheny Drones [Northville, 2014]: Doheny Drones provides drone rentals for aerial inspection and land survey.
The company provides custom-built drone equipped emergency response units for police and fire departments.
The company provides short to long term drone rentals and drone services in the U.S. Applications of the
services provided by the company is also in the oil and gas industry for flare stack inspections, offshore oil
platform inspections, gas emissions and monitoring, tailings pond inspections, and oil pipeline inspections.
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Ventus Wind [Dallas, 2009]: Ventus provides drone-based inspection services to industrial sectors. Ventus's
chief target customers are large oil and gas companies and energy companies. Ventus uses both optical and IR
sensor systems for acquiring aerial data and creates custom reports based on the acquired data. It has
competency in drone-based inspection of wind turbine blades and solar farms. The company also provides aerial
videography services to real estate firms and land developers. The company partners with Renew to offer
integrated wind turbine inspection and repair services.
Industrial Inspections
Aerial Photography Specialists [Adelaide, 2005]: Aerial Photography Specialists provides industrial inspection
services using drones. Its chief applications are in inspection of oil and gas rigs, utilities inspection,
environmental monitoring, surveying and mapping, etc. The company uses drones manufactured by
Microdrone.
Industrial Inspections
Skeye B.V. [Leiderdorp, 2013]: Skeye B.V. provides aerial industrial services using unmanned aerial vehicles.
These services include inspection projects for the oil and gas and utilities industries, as well as aerial mapping
and surveying, volume computations, orthophoto generation, aerial photography, etc. The company uses third-
party drones - both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft - for delivering its services. The company partners with Bureau
Veritas, Deep B.V. and Aerial Robotix.
Industrial Inspections
Eagle Eye Innovations [Nottingham, 2013]: Eagle Eye Innovations is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations
Company that specializes in industrial inspections such as oil refineries and filming promotional material for the
leisure industry such as Golf Courses. The company also offers precision agriculture services.
Industrial Inspections
Skydrone UAV Services [Osoyoos, 2014]: Skydrone UAVS provides drone-based inspection and monitoring
services for commercial purposes. In addition, the company also provides consultancy for clients that want to
use drones for commercial purposes. Skydrone UAVS also provides drone pilot training services
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Drone SmartX [Kissimmee, 2015]: Drone Smart X offers drone-enabled inventory tracking and management
services to businesses. Its drones are equipped with sensors that can read smart identifiers such as RFID
tags/Bluetooth 4.0 on inventory units and send back data to a cloud based analytics platform called UAV Smart
Hub, that works along with a proprietary application called X-Tower for flight planning. Drone SmartX also
provides inspection services for other applications such as real estate monitoring, oil and gas inspections,
HAZMAT surveys etc.
Industrial Inspections
AirX3 [Vouvry, 2014]: AirX3 offers a range of industrial inspection, surveying and mapping services using
drones. Its applications include inspections of wind turbine blades, solar panels, structures, power line
infrastructure, as well as surveying and photogrammetry services for mines, structures and farms. AirX3 also
offers filming solutions.
Industrial Inspections
DokuAir [Osnabruck, 2014]: DokuAir provides aerial industrial inspection and surveying services using thermal
and optical sensors on-board drones. It also offers 3D modeling and volumetric analysis services, as well as
documentation services. Its applications include damage assessments on buildings, structure assessments,
thermographic inspections, 3D modeling, etc. Markus KrĂÂśger
Industrial Inspections
Aerial Drone Solutions [Brisbane, 2013]: Aerial Drone Solutions is an aerial photography and videography and
remote sensing company. The company's chief applications are in agriculture, mining and construction
inspection and monitoring, environmental and geographic surveying, event coverage, filming for TV and
advertising, and real estate tours.
Industrial Inspections
Lift Tech [Chicago, 2015]: Lift offers aerial photography, mapping, surveying and inspection services using UAVs.
Its services span utility, infrastructure, real estate and energy installations inspections as well as inspections for
insurance and financial services. Lift also builds a dashboard and communication platform for the gathered data
called Insight.
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Verascan Inc. [Las Vegas, 2014]: Verascan Inc. is an aerial imaging and data analysis company. It uses unmanned
(both fixed-wing and multicopters) aerial vehicles, manned aircraft and satellite imaging to acquire aerial data
for farms, construction sites, mines and oil and gas installations. Its data analysis and viewing cloud platform
allows it to stitch and analyse acquired data and allows clients to view and manage their maps and other
information.
Industrial Inspections
Remote Intelligence [Wellsboro, 2013]: Remote Intelligence provides aerial imaging, surveying and mapping
services using drones. Remote Intelligence also provides search and rescue services. It is also a reseller of Prioria
Robotics' Maveric drone.
Industrial Inspections
WindSpect [Houston, 2015]: Windspect is a partnership between Air Fusion Inc. and Strat-Aero that combines
the image recognition expertise of the former with the aerospace expertise of the latter to provide quick and
deep inspection services for wind turbines and farms. Windspect uses UAVs to collect aerial visual data from
wind turbine blades and runs it through Air Fusion's image recognition software to discover problems. It also
provides a dashboard to control blade testing schedules and manage maintenance.
Industrial Inspections
DroneLAB [Petange, 2013]: DroneLAB offers aerial imaging, scientific inspection and monitoring services using
drones. Its chief applications are in environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, site inspections and filming.
It also offers processing services such as thermography, photogrammetry, etc. DroneLAB claims to also
customize drones for specific requirements.
Industrial Inspections
Nordic Unmanned [Sandnes, 2015]: Nordic Unmanned is a reseller of commercial unmanned aerial, underwater
and ground vehicles. It also provides a large range of unmanned vehicle-based services, such as inspection,
search and rescue, surveillance, mapping, etc. Its Virtual Cockpit ground control station has 3D mapping to help
UAV pilots fly drone more safely and reliably.
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SkyEye Inc. [Quezon City, 2015]: SkyEye Inc., is a provider of aerial surveying, property visualization and
precision agriculture services using drones. It uses COTS equipment on custom-made drones to capture aerial
data. Its proprietary VEDA data management system allows customers to view and manage data. As a member
of the UN Community of Practice (UN COP), SkyEye works as first-response in disaster zones to plan out
evacuation paths, and in planning prevention and mitigation methods.
www.impacthub.ph,
www.lbcexpress.com
Industrial Inspections
General Drones [Valencia, ]: General Drones provides emergency response services using drones under its
brand Auxdron. Auxdron designs and builds the entire search and rescue ecosystem, namely a surveillance
drone, a rescue drone and a ground station for controlling the drones. Its other offerings include aerial
photography and videography including 360Ă° video recording, as well as inspection services to the
construction, agriculture and oil and gas sectors.
Industrial Inspections
Global Air Media [Baltimore, 2015]: Global Air Media provides aerial inspection, surveying and monitoring
services. It also offers analytics of data collected by optical and thermal sensors to build different kinds of maps
such as DSMs and orthomosaics. Additionally, Global Air Media also offers services in other applications such as
agriculture and real estate surveys.
Industrial Inspections
Teraflight [Mumbai, 2015]: Terflight offers analytics solutions for GIS Land Survey & Mapping, EPC progress
monitoring, inventory stockpile estimation and operations and maintenance for the solar power generation
industry. Teraflight builds tools to filter and analyze drone image data to provide meaningful business insights.
Industrial Inspections
Akkar [London, 2013]: Akkar Solutions is a part of Akkar group of companies offering inspection services for
energy & engineering sectors. They offer manpower according to the project requirement & customer request.
They offer services for oil & gas inspections, wind turbine inspections, petrochemical inspections, as well as
inspections for utilities, solar, civil and other industrial needs. Also offers surveys for onshore pipelines,
powerlines, geographic & plots. They also create 3D models, thermal inspections & industrial inspection reports.
Clients include Environment Agency, Siemens, OMV, Gamesa, Ineos and many more.
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Airfilms Productions [The Hague, 2010]: Airfilms Inspections offers innovative aerial inspection solutions using
Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (RAOVs).It offers detailed aerial inspection reports containing the highest
quality DSLR or IR images.The company has a EURO-USC BNUC-s class I certification. Airfilm's expertise lies in
Structural inspections,Pipeline inspections,Wind turbine inspections,Power line inspections etc.The company's
clients are Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and utility companies such as BP,Shell,Exxon Mobil etc.
Industrial Inspections
UM Inspections [Fort Worth, 2015]: UMI provides un-manned Inspection and Surveying service for Midstream
and Upstream Oil and Gas Companies. UMI provides solutions for LDAR Inspection services,GIS Services &
Consulting, Right-of-way planning and routing services,Design and management construction 3D Models near
Real-time etc.,allowing for real time evaluation of infrastructure and project progress. The solution can detect
leaks across the Oil and Gas industry value chain i.e.from the oil and gas production field through the
distribution network to the end consumer.
Industrial Inspections
Aetos Group Inc [Houston, 2010]: Aetos group is a consultant and service provider of UAS and robotics
technologies into the petrochemical and oil and gas industry.Its services include infrastructure inspection,
environmental monitoring, and disaster relief solutions. Aetos Group primarily uses Vertical Takeoff and Landing
(VTOL) multi-rotor aircraft for its services. Aetos Group has an FAA Section 333 Exemption to operate UAS in the
petrochemical industry. It has also created a platform for many non-destructive testing (NDT) methods for
industrial applications.
Industrial Inspections
Aero Enterprise [Linz, 2013]: Aero Enterprise GmbH develops fully automated UAV drones for aerial inspection.
The UAVs find application in inspection of wind turbines, industrial sites for defects and mechanical fractures
etc. The data collected is analysed using 'AERO-lyse' software which creates a detailed report about the damage
status. They also apply analytics to track defects over a course of time and use it for scheduling preventive
maintenance.
Industrial Inspections
Future Aerial [London, 2014]: Future Aerial specialize in UAV Inspection services, UAV aerial surveys, UAV aerial
filming, Mapping and Drone Surveying in the UK. The employ a fleet of drones (fixed as well as rotary wings) for
the application of aerial imagery & further map & process the data before providing it to the client along with
analysis & expert opinions.
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Aeroinspect [Bandung, 2015]: Aeroinspect is an unmanned aerial solution specializing in oil & gas inspection.
They provide services in aerial inspection & aerial mapping. They are used for activities such as pipeline
monitoring for cracks or leaks and facility inspection and security,
Industrial Inspections
Dronotec [Maisons-Alfort, ]: Dronotec is a network of UAV pilot specialised in surveying and inspection that
offer companies a drone inspection service & thermography, cost effective and eco-friendly solution, and helps
in making right decisions in management of the missions, disastrous situations, climate-events.
Industrial Inspections
Captura [Godalming, 2015]: Captura specializes in surveying and inspection utilizing latest inspection
techniques and UAS technologies. Offers field asset surveys & inspections for infrastructure, hydrant & street
furnitures; non-destructive testing for various industries like telecom & electricity; Unmanned Aerial Services for
wind turbine & solar farm. Customers includes OLH & Polecam.
Industrial Inspections
Indymo [Delft, 2015]: Indymo develops technology to monitor water quality and ecology by using underwater
drones. By providing improved knowledge of water systems, Indymo is set to contribute for a positive impact in
the management of water resources.
Industrial Inspections
OpenSky Drones [Coral Springs, 2014]: OpenSky Drones engages in the management and deployment of
Unmanned Aerial Systems specializing in data collection through imaging, remote sensing and evaluation.
Missions deployment include data gathering for Civil and Environmental industries, Industrial and structural
Inspections, Power Grid condition inventories, RF and Cellular tower signal mapping and creating of a rapidly
deployable mobile aerial cellular network for equipment location tracking and jamming.
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DroneFlow [Berkeley, 2013]: DroneFlow provides aerial infrastructure inspections. Offers maintenance imagery
of tall, difficult-to access equipment such as radio and cell towers, bridges, cranes, dams, elevated highways and
train tracks, wind farms, and construction sites. Video and still images services can be obtained on periodical
basis as per the schedule.
Industrial Inspections
Aerial Vision Africa [Pretoria, 2015]: Aerial Vision Africa specializes in providing Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Systems (RPAS) solutions. Offers solutions for tower inspection and corona discharge detection.
Horizontal
Talon Aerolytics [West Point, 2015]: Talon Aerolytics is an ITC Capital Partners Company. They utilize emerging
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) technologies to capture high resolution imaging data for the cellular, industrial,
commercial, and agriculture industries. FAA approved pilotââŹâ˘s, policies, and procedures to ensure quality,
sanctioned flights of their UAS platforms with varying sensor payloads to satisfy customer needs.
$10.5M Kinetic Ventures
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Redbird [Paris, 2013]: Redbird offers data capture & analytic services using a fleet of long endurance, fixed wing
and rotary wing UAS. Offers UAS for industrial and institutional clients, for single-shot or recurring missions with
reproducibility needed. Its UAS are provided with digital acquisition sensors such as RGB photo and video,
infrared, multispectral and other sensors. The company provides data analyses in accordance to customerââŹâ˘s
needs with all data being georeferenced. It is among the first civilian UAS operators in France authorized by the
DGAC to operate long endurance UAS since April, 2013. The company has a strategic partnership with
Monnoyeur Group, a French distributor of construction machinery and services.
$2.15M
BERGERAT MONNOYEUR, Engie,
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GeoVantage [Peabody, 1998]: Geovantage captures high resolution imagery and processes it to deliver GIS-
ready imagery. Operated in projects in more than 15 countries. Acquired by John Deere in 2005. GeoVantage
founders and investors relaunched GeoVantage as an independent company in 2008. They primarily serve the
agriculture, forestry and oil & gas markets.
$1.11M
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Mountain Drones [Denver, 2013]: Mountain Drones Inc. provides Unmanned Aerial System solutions uniquely
purposed for environmental monitoring. Developing technology capable of gathering valuable environmental
data (including snow-water-equivalent). Business relationships have been developed with key hydrology,
environmental, and snow science customers. Revenue growth will be driven by recurring service contracts and
equipment sales.
$25k TellurideAccelerator
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Unmanned Systems SAPI de CV [Guadalajara, 2010]: Unmanned Systems owns and operates multiple drone
services brands. These include Helidroid, Drone Academy, Drone Films, Droneshop and Drones Usados. These
brands provide various services such as aerial imaging, drone pilot training, third-party drone retail, etc.
Lightcone
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FlyTerra [New York City, 2012]: Flyterra offers multiple services using unmanned aerial vehicles (both rotary
and fixed-wing). Its services are divided into five solutions - mining management (including volume
computations and monitoring), precision agriculture, utilities and infrastructure inspection, disaster response
(only monitoring and imaging), and wildlife and environmental monitoring. For very large areas, Flyterra uses
satellite imagery as well. Flyterra's imaging services also include processing services (such as NDVI analysis for
precision agriculture, orthorectification for site surveys, etc.) It also offers drones and software to clients
wishing to perform their own flights and processing.
Horizontal
Drone Marketing [Estella-Lizarra, 2016]: DroneMarketing offers drone-based marketing services, which
primarily include filming marketing videos using drones, post-production of videos and displaying
advertisements on drones in sports stadiums, cultural festivals and on busy streets. The company also intends to
provide services in other related areas such as urban surveillance and building inspections.
Horizontal
The Sky Guys [Oakville, 2015]: The Sky Guys provides aerial photography and videography, and data acquisition
services. Its offerings are divided into industrial applications such as inspection services for oil and gas, utilities,
construction sites, mapping and surveying, etc. and commercial applications for event coverage, film
production, real estate tours etc. The company also offers consulting services. The Sky Guys completed a $350k
private placement by issuing 3.5M common shares.
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Drone Fleet [Los Angeles, 2014]: Drone Fleet offers consultancy, fleet management, asset lifecycle
management and operations services for drones. It offers drone rentals as well as piloting services for multiple
applications such as aerial cinematography, surveying and mapping, inspection and monitoring, etc. Its fleet
management and lifecycle management services are suitable for enterprises with a large number of drones.
Horizontal
UAS Innovations [Abuja, 2014]: UAS Innovations and Solutions is a drone solutions company. It distributes and
customizes drones, and offers drone maintenance and drone-based services to customers in Nigeria. Its drone-
based services include aerial mapping and surveying, search and rescue, commercial inspection, event coverage,
precision agriculture and aerial advertising. It also offers drone pilot training.
Horizontal
Drone Van Java [Bandung, 2015]: Based in Indonesia, Drone Van Java provides drones and related solutions for
various services such as agriculture, mining, inspection and documentation. They have their own fleet of drones
specific for different purposes.
Horizontal
Veritas Air Services [Wolfheze, 2014]: Uses drones for services in high quality images and HD footage from
heights for commercial projects and inspections. It aims to provide all the services that drones can deliver.
Horizontal
Skymount [Vancouver, 2013]: Skymount provides Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services for a wide variety of
applications and industries. Currently providing services of aerial photography, video, cinematography, aerial
inspection and aerial mapping using their own developed drones. Also developing low cost, fully modular
multirotor drones & fixed wings drones for purchase.
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Measure [Washington D.C., 2015]: Measure offers drone as a service. Having Federal Aviation Administration
approval to fly more than 300 different types of drones for a broad range of commercial applications. Provide
solutions to acquire, process, and deliver cost-effective, actionable aerial data to enterprise customers. Use a
fleet of home developed drone to capture data. Offers AirLift program for data capturing.
Horizontal
Terrestrial Imaging [ , 2015]: Terrestrial Imaging, LLC is bringing high-quality aerial photography, aerial imaging,
aerial mapping and aerial inspection services to the masses using FAA licensed pilots flying unmanned aerial
vehicles with high resolution cameras. Offers services for real estate, agriculture,insurance, construction.
mapping & events.
Horizontal
Eye Sky [Barnstaple, 2014]: Eye Sky Group provide professional low cost aerial imagery and filming of
residential and non-residential (commercial) properties up to 400ft in the air with advanced unmanned aerial
vehicles. Aims to establish the largest fleet of privately owned drones in the UK. The companyââŹâ˘s primary
target market is the UK residential and holiday property market, appealing directly to homeowners. Also
provide additional services in and to surveying, emergency services and emergency response, oil and gas
pipeline inspection, education, coast guard rescue and marine disaster management. Working throughout UK,
India, South Africa and UAE.
Horizontal
Gofor [Scottsdale, 2014]: Gofor provides drones on demand. Using their mobile app, user can task a drone to
complete a variety of helpful tasks. Depending on the task, drones either operate autonomously or are flown by
skilled operators. Provides services for location scouting, HD documentation, personal security, telepresence,
internet range extension, etc.
Horizontal
Sparrow Vision [ , 2012]: Sparrow Vision combines drones (UAV) and quality data processing for cost-saving
inspections of precision agriculture, solar farms, wind turbines, and insurance industry. Their high-definition
aerial imaging technology provides customers with a bird's-eye view of their operations. They use advanced
UAV equipment and ground systems to deliver aerial inspections to produce a precise picture of business-critical
information to help to increase efficiency and reduce downtime. Provides services for precision agriculture,
energy & insurance industries.
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DroneView Technologies [New York City, 2014]: DroneView Technologies is a provider of aerial imaging
solutions and drone pilot training. Offer services (drones equipment with trained equipment) for precision
agriculture and farming, utility and industrial inspection, real estate, construction, public safety, search and
rescue, movie and TV production, action sports, wildlife and environmental. Their drones are equipped with
special sensors and cameras specific to the project. Received $2M in seed funding from Stephen Polk, a private
investor and former Chairman and CEO of R.L. Polk & Co.
Horizontal
Aeroview [Stavanger, 2011]: Aeroview AS provides a wide range of Aerial Services by remote piloted aerial
systems (RPAS).Provides pilots, maintenance technicians, film and multimedia specialists, radio and
telecommunication as well as ROV and subsea expertise. Specialize in aerial photography and video production,
and Aerial Inspection Technique using RPAS technology(Remotely Piloted Aircraft System).
Horizontal
Global Unmanned Systems [Hamilton, 2012]: Global Unmanned Systems specializes in providing UAV based
services and applications to oil & gas industry, both on and off shore. Provides a safe, cost effective, rapidly
deployable and higher resolution alternative to conventional satellite and manned aviation systems. Also
specialize in orthophoto and digital elevation model acquisition for the mining and exploration industries.
Horizontal
Flyspan Systems [Irvine, 2013]: Flyspan Systems provides analytics solutions platform for businesses that use
drones with powerful customizable analytics for their industry. Works with Oil & Gas, Logistics, Transportation,
Medical, NGOââŹâ˘s, SecurityFilm & Television, Energy, Precision Agriculture, & Governments.
Horizontal
Omni-Drones [Assen, 2013]: The company uses own manufactured drone, to offer services for oil & gas, energy
companies, factories, construction, urban development,railways, government, police etc. They also sell their
drone, Summit MR8 and its propellers through its website.
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Cloud9Drones [Austin, 2013]: Aerial data solutions company deploying drones in various industries such as
telecom, energy, construction, real-estate, oil and gas, marketing and film. Offers tower inspections for cell
tower & transmission lines; Asset management, 3D mapping, surveying for land & constructions; and aerial
imagery for film & real estate sectors.
Horizontal
HardDrones [Santiago, 2014]: HardDrones is a company dedicated to the capture and analysis of aerial data
automatically using drones. Capture and analyze aerial spectral images of crops, and the results are delivered
online so that farmers can optimize the resources of water, fertilizers and pesticides. Also offers services of
aerial photography, safety & security, and search & rescue.
Instituto 3IE USM
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Peek Drones [London, ]: Peek Drones specialise in providing imaging & cinematography, thermography, NDVI
(normalised difference vegetation index), Inspections & surveys using unmanned aerial vehicles to companies in
the commercial, industrial, agricultural and infrastructure space.
Horizontal
Swift Aero [Las Vegas, 2014]: SWIFT AERO is an unmanned aerial and subsea company that offers a variety of
services ranging from cinematic videography, aerial advertising aerial and subsea inspections and monitoring
and most recently researching swarm technology for special events. Their unmanned aircraft systems offer the
oil & gas industry valuable capabilities that can reduce operational cost and risk, while improving safety and
efficiency. SWIFT aero can conduct up close inspections, Thermal Imaging along with Photography and
Cinematic Video .
Horizontal
M Waypoint [Singapore, 2015]: SM Waypoint is a flight services company providing remote sensing solutions
utilising team of certified pilots and fleet of professional unmanned aircraft in Asia-Pacific region. Digital
Satellite Services, UAS Flight Services, Advanced Analytics are a few of the services being offered by the
company. SM Waypoint is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices throughout SouthEast Asia.
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Starscream Aerial Services [Red Deer, 2015]: UAV drone company in Alberta that provides imaging services to
the Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Construction and Insurance industries. Services they offer includes inspection
services using high resolution imagery and modelling software, Geo-referenced ground survey, 3D Interactive
Digital Terrain Models with Point Cloud referencing for every data set, Thermal Imaging with IR, Gas Leak
Detection, Normalized Difference Vegetation Indexing for Crop Analysis and Yield Predictions throughout year ,
Oil and Gas lease life cycle imaging and logistical packages, Consultation with UAV Ops and purchasing &
Surveillance.
Horizontal
Skydronics [Townsville, 2014]: Skydronics provides safe, affordable and high quality aerial imaging solutions
using UAS. Their pilots are certified to operate UAV aircraft and qualified to hold ââŹËUAV ControllerââŹâ˘
certificates issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). They offer services for variety of industries like
cinematography, precision agriculture, land surveying etc.
Horizontal
Corvis Aerial [Toronto, 2015]: Corvis Aerial specializes providing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles based service to
collect high-quality, high-resolution imagery and video, and provide analysis of this imagery. They work with
clients from start to finish to develop a strategy for each aerial survey, ensure operations are conducted safely
and properly, and analyze the collected data efficiently so the client receives exactly what they need.
Horizontal
DroneTech [Gdynia, 2015]: DroneTech is a aerial service provider based in Poland. They offer services for
inspection, aerial imagery, delivery, marketing & monitoring. They also sale drones through their website.
Horizontal
Pidrones [Mendoza, 2015]: Pidrones is a developer of customized unmanned aerial systems. Their offers drones
services to fly, take pictures and deliver goods. Applications served includes aerial photography, videography,
surveying, delivery etc. These drones can be adapted to customer needs with different types of sensors, rgb
spectrum, speakers, ultrasound, infrared, cameras, etc.
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Avetics [Singapore, 2011]: Avetics offers technology specialized in (marine & land) aerial photography & video,
mapping and color & thermal inspections. Provide survey quality scanning with in-house built drones and
develop their own web platform, Exmaps.com (currently in Beta phase) that manages UAVs & flight logs,
analyze flight trends and provides sharing features. Their client database is full with names like, Shell, Posh
Terasea, ST Marine, YTC Group of companies, East Marine, ASL and many more.
Quest Ventures
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SKYCAP [London, 2014]: Skycap delivers a complete end-to-end service to clients, offering a full suite of UAS
platforms, sensors and data processing in order to deliver the optimal solution to specific user requirements.
Skycap has successfully executed a range of missions for prestigious clients in Europe, Africa, East Asia and the
USA. Winner of the ââŹËMost Innovative StartupââŹâ˘ award by SME Netherlands in 2014
Horizontal
Aerial Solution [Wilrijk, 2013]: Aerial Solutions is a drone service provider based in Belgium. Provide drones
that support camera for inspection and other activities. Also offers services for industrial inspection, crop
monitoring and fire fighting.
Horizontal
UAVONIC [Bratislava, 2014]: UAVONIC provides customised service for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
according to specific customer needs. Provides range of aerial work services aerial
photography/cinematography, mapping, survey, inspections, training etc. Their UAS are equipped with wide
range of sensors such as thermo, IR, multi-spectral and of course high-definition visible cameras are fast and
accurate aerial data acquisition, in real life used by police and fire, agriculture, industrial, oil, gas and cellular,
inspections, search & rescue purposes and documentations. Their platforms such as multicopters or fixed-wing
can be used for aerial work and can provide aerial support for police, firefighters, military or SAR.
Horizontal
Rectrix AS [Stockton-on-Tees, 2015]: RectrixAS provides industrial imagery and inspection related services using
UAVs. Services offered includes safety & inspection, building inspection, agriculture, sport & recreation, film &
television and real estate & properties.
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Airpix [Mumbai, 2006]: AIRPIX provides aerial data collection & processing services to industries like real estate,
GIS, industrial inspections, mining, agriculture and surveying using UAVs. Offers inspection and monitoring
services, aerial survey and remote sensing services and aerial cinematography.
Horizontal
Unmanned Services [Lexington, 2011]: ââŹâšUnmanned Services provides high resolution picture, video and
mapping support services utilizing the capabilities of remotely operated aircraft to many industrial sectors.
Horizontal
SwarmUAV [Melbourne, 2013]: Swarm UAV offers aerial imagery services for personal, professional and
industrial purposes. Offers aerial cinematography services for filming, social contents, events and corporate
videos; commercial content for marketing and project videos for industries including real estate, marine, mining
and construction; and other services like aerial inspection, aerial surveys and aerial photography for commercial
purposes.
Horizontal
CopterOptics [Berkeley, 2012]: CopterOptics offers aerial photography services through a fleet of remote
controlled drones.
Horizontal
HaloDrop [Moffett Field, 2015]: Halo Drop delivers high definition live videos using UAVs, for extended periods,
in austere environments. Offers services for crisis response, federal response and Analysis & Fusion. Offered
their services in Nepal Earthquake Crisis Response by mapping the area in order to give an analysis of
destruction happened and focused on critical points.
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DroneCast [Philadelphia, 2014]: DroneCast offers drone-based aerial advertising and promotional solution
provider. Offers patented platform to fly banners displaying messages up to 2' wide, and 6' long for indoor and
outdoor advertising. Also launched 'DroneCast Partnership Program' which gives people a chance to become
pilots with DroneCast and then fly ads for them on a freelance basis and can earn up to $500/hour.
$1M
Marketing
Launchboxx [Fargo, 2015]: Launchboxx is a full-service advertising and marketing team that specializes in the
quickly evolving Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) industry. Provides creative and technical expertise and
knowledge of the UAS industry & also develop powerful marketing initiatives to the customers.
Marketing
Hoovy [Santa Monica, 2014]: Hoovy provides drones based marketing platform to promote brand
awareness.They attach professionally made banners to our drones and fly them in front of the public. Provides
services in India & United States.
Marketing
UP Drone Marketing [Quito, 2015]: Up provides drone-based marketing & advertising solutions. Offers drones
as an effective communication tactics, from Marketing and BTL campaigns, support present in indoor and
outdoor events, aerial commercial production or for weddings and social gatherings. Provides customized
solutions based on the needs of customer. They not only execute or rent drones but also provides unique, value-
added solutions.
Precision Agriculture
Hummingbird Aerial Surveys [Kelowna, 2015]: Hummingbird Aerial Surveys offers aerial services using
unmanned aerial vehicles. Its services include surveying and mapping (for industrial and precision agriculture
purposes), filming and industrial inspections. The company also performs post-processing of the data captured
by the drones, including photogrammetric corrections to survey data and NDVI analysis of precison agriculture
data.
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Aerial Agriculture [St. Louis, 2015]: Aerial Agriculture is a precision agriculture company. It uses a proprietary
fixed-wing drone called Aerialone fitted with hyperspectral sensors to gather agricultural data. It uses machine
learning/AI in its analysis package to ensure better analysis for every additional pass over the same farm. The
prescriptions for farms and fields that are obtained after analysis are delivered to farmers on a tablet-based
interface for guiding them to problem areas and taking action.
Precision Agriculture
Ninox Robotics [Sydney, 2014]: Ninox Robotics provides pest detection and management services using drones.
It also offers inspection and monitoring services for other agricultural applications, infrastructure and assets,
bio-security and conservation, emergency response and security. Ninox uses tactical-grade drones from BlueBird
Aero Systems. Ninox provides services in Australia.
Precision Agriculture
WineFlight [Los Angeles, 2014]: WineFlight offers drone based precision agriculture services. The services
include on-demand farm data collection through drone sensing, and analysis of farm imagery, and generation of
reports. It also provides mobile application tools that can enable the farmers to access the farm imagery along
with all the analysed data and collaborate with farm workers anywhere on the field.
Precision Agriculture
Intelescope [Kiryat Ono, 2009]: Intelescope Solutions is a global provider of forest analytics services for
revolutionizing forest decision making, improving asset management and yields. Use patented software to
analyze and leverage drone, satellite and aerial imagery data. Offer services for planting, survivability, inventory
and harvesting, to acquisition and due diligence. Headquartered in Israel with offices in the US and Brazil
Precision Agriculture
Unmanned Sensing Systems (US2) [Philadelphia, 2014]: US2 is developing a complete offering for assessing
and optimizing the growth and management of crops via aerial data obtained from UAS. Other than precision
agriculture (which is their main area of expertise), also offer services for Solar/clean, construction, aerial sensing
and survey.
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Pravia [Niceville, 2013]: Pravia provides precision aerial imaging solutions and data processing services. Services
include NDVI, multi-spectral, thermal and visual spectrum imagery capture and analysis for precision agriculture
and other applications. Current services include data analysis and NDVI data extraction from aerial imagery,
data storage and hosting and NDVI report generation. Also provide calibrated aerial NDVI imagery and analysis
to provide change detection over time for a variety of precision agriculture applications. Has the capability to
analyze individual plots over large areas and extract relevant data from each plot with sub-5cm accuracy or
greater.
Precision Agriculture
Airwood [Chennai, 2013]: Airwood offers services of precision agriculture using UAV developed by them. Its
UAVs, retrofitted with multispectral cameras, fly around the farms monitoring sensitive parameters like seed
growth, vigour, stress levels due to diseases, etc. This is supplemented by its on field experts who test soil,
monitor weather, and other critical parameters. The data is combined and analysed and is presented to farm
managers to help them take decisions regarding farm inputs and process to better the crop yield. Raised an
undisclosed amount in seed funding from StartupXseed Ventures in May 2016.
Startupxseed Ventures
Precision Agriculture
TartanSense [Bangalore, 2015]: TartanSense is a UAV based technology startup and provides image analytics
based on ultra high resolution aerial and Near Infra Red (NIR) images acquired by UAVs. For the agriculture
sector, NIR sensors enables the drones to distinguish between plants that exhibit stress versus plants that are
healthy by analysing aerial images, with a coverage area of upto 700 hectares a day. This data enables farmers
to make precise decisions on where to irrigate & fertilize. The analytical tools developed by the company are
currently used for tree counting across large areas and assessing the health of plants. TartanSense is currently
partnered with Agribotix , an agri drone company based in Boulder, USA. The company plans to develop
prescriptive reports for irrigation recommendation, fertilizer and pesticide recommendation, optimal road and
bridge building and land clearing recommendation for new plantations.
Precision Agriculture
TerrAvion [San Leandro, 2013]: TerrAvion delivers drone a service which allows farmers to increase yield of
specialty crops, like grapes. The information they collect help farmers to have a measurement of every plant,
every week, in order to optimize interventions like irrigation, pruning, or chemicals to maximize their crop yield.
Incubated by Y Combinator,
FundersClub
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Ceres Imaging [San Francisco, 2014]: Ceres Imaging, offers data as a service by providing farmers with spectral
data to optimize water and nitrogen application. They use UAVs/ aerial photography and spectral image
processing to monitor crop variables like, nutrient status & water stress. Provides actionable insights & reports
and send it over the cloud to farmers. They deliver data periodically in exchange for recurring revenue.
Incubated by Lemon Labs.
LaunchCapital, Silicon Badia,
Accelerator Tech
Precision Agriculture
URSULA Agriculture [Aberystwyth, 2013]: URSULA Agriculture is a data analytic company for precision
agriculture using drones. They provide state of the crop intelligence to directly inform agricultural decision
making and intervention. Their advanced analysis algorithms combine remote sensing and analysis to deliver
ââŹËstate of the crop intelligenceââŹâ˘ across the sector.
Precision Agriculture
Aerobotics [Cape Town, 2014]: Aerobotics develops autonomous UAVs aimed primarily at agricultural
applications. Developed precision agriculture solution that captures data and thereafter a combination of
machine learning and image processing is used to automatically analyse the data and identify potential problem
areas. Also provides solutions for remote census (game counting service), mining and property surveys using
image processing and machine learning algorithms.
Delivery
Zipline [San Francisco, 2014]: Zipline is a drone delivery company that focuses on delivering medical supplies to
remote areas. Zipline uses its proprietary fixed-wing drone - called Zip - for delivering payloads up to 3 lbs
attached to a paper parachute. When a health worker sends an order for vaccines, medicines, blood etc, a
worker at a central distribution center loads the supplies on the drone and launches the drone, which follows a
pre-programmed path at speeds of up to 100 kmph. The path may be modified at all times via a tablet
application. Its first country of service is Rwanda. Microsoft's Paul Allen and Yahoo's Jerry Wang have invested in
Zipline.
$18M
Stanford University, Sequoia Capital,
SV Angel, GV, Subtraction Capital
Delivery
Tridain [Houston, 2015]: Tridain offer drones as a delivery solution. Developed a proprietary (patent pending)
network in which drones can operate safely and effectively.
$50k
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Delivery
Aerolift eXpress [Houston, 2016]: Aerolift eXpress provides long-distance delivery services using drones. It uses
the Latitude hybrid VTOL fixed-wing liquid-fueled aircraft for conducting deliveries of payloads up to 14 lbs. It is
also working on building its own drones. The company's delivery service is currently deployed in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Delivery
DropDrone [Dubai, 2014]: DropDrone is a drone-based delivery service for last-mile deliveries. An operator
needs to load the item onto the drone and manually fly it to the destination. At the destination, another
operator needs to unload the item and make the delivery. The DropDrone project was piloted for the Jumeirah
Lake Towers in Dubai. The company intends to lease these drones to restaurants close to the building. The
company is incubated at AstroLabs.
Delivery
TacoCopter [San Francisco, 2012]: TacoCopter is developing drone delivery system for delivering drones in SF
Bay Area. Customers can order tacos on their smartphone and also read the GPS location information. The order
and location are transmitted to an unmanned drone helicopter (grounded, near the kitchen where the tacos are
made), and the tacocopter is then sent out to deliver.
Delivery
Copter Express [Moscow, 2013]: Copter Express provides aerial delivery service using drones. It manages all the
required software & hardware, system maintenance and staff training for the delivery. The company follows
subscription based revenue model for its delivery services. It can provide delivery within 3 km but can extend
delivery distance to 5 km. The company also offers a range of UAV related services such as drone testing, site
monitoring, aerial advertising etc. It also sells ready-made multicopters and components.
Delivery
XDrone [Los Angeles, 2014]: XDrone is a drone delivery service to deliver the goods right to the door. XDrone's
patent pending drone delivery system can get just about anything from the local grocery store or pharmacy
delivery by drone in under 15 minutes for just $1.
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Delivery
SpaceLeap [Vienna, 2013]: A B2B Drone Platform that allows automatic 24/7 operations without ground
personnel. They are developing the platform, automating drone operations in the air and on the ground to offer
a turn key system that requires no pilots or no ground crew.
Delivery
BLKTATU [Townsville, 2014]: BLKTATU is a drone delivery system that allows drones to deliver to anyone
without the need for a yard. This drone delivery system is made up of two parts, first is the drone delivery
caddy, and second part is the net with lockable container attached to the premises. The drone will fly to the
provided GPS co-ordinates. From there it will peer down and look for reflectors on the net. These reflectors will
be used as reference points allowing the drone to guide itself with centimeter accuracy to just above the net
and complete the delivery.
Delivery
Volans-i [San Francisco, 2015]: Volans-i is designing and building a fully autonomous, battery powered
unmanned aerial vehicle capable of transporting a payload (up to 10lbs) between two locations at fast speeds
(up to 400mi/h). They are into providing an on demand delivery service for time sensitive critical shipments,
such as human organs. The applications for this service range from high-tech to medical to industrial
transportation services.
Delivery
Connect Robotics [Porto, 2015]: Connect Robotics develops a system for deliveries using drones. Its hardware-
agnostic platform enables clients to connect drones in a network to achieve last-mile delivery objectives. Its
autonomous system enables drones to avoid collisions with obstacles and other drones. The company claims to
have received support from ESA BIC and FIWARE.
Building Global Innovators
Delivery
Skycart [Newark, 2013]: Skycart offers P2P drone delivery service, location independent, 24/7 operation on 365
days and claims to deliver in 30mins using autonomous drones. The technology is eco-friendly, taking less time
and is offered and affordable prices. The solution can be suitable for restaurants and shops.
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QuiQui [Francisco, 2014]: Quiqui provides delivery of pharmaceutical products using drones. It works with local
pharmacies to offer prescription delivery. They offer services 24hrs a day, with a delivery time less than 15min
and delivery charges $1.00.
Delivery
Flirtey [Sydney, 2013]: Flirtey offers drones as a service for last mile delivery. Its delivery drone is a hexacopter
constructed from carbon fibre, aluminium and 3D printed components. Is a lightweight, autonomous and
electrically-driven unmanned aerial vehicle having a range of over 10 miles return and lowers its cargo via
tether. Has built-in safety features such as low battery return to safe location and auto-return home in case of
low GPS signal or communication loss. The company is known to have made history by delivering first 'legal'
package in US. It has teamed up with NASA to conduct a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved
exercise to deliver medical supplies to a rural area of Wise County, Virginia by drones in July, 2015.
Partech Ventures, Space Angels
Network, Danhua Capital, Amasia, CLI
Ventures
Pilot Marketplace
DroneBase [Santa Monica, 2014]: DroneBase is a marketplace for commercial drone services that provides
enterprise customers with on-demand imagery, video, and maps of worksites. They offer on-demand services
for real estate, construction and mining. Received an undisclosed amount of funding in April, 2015 led by Union
Square Ventures. SkyFund, a fund dedicated to drones startups and backed by DJI and Accel, has also made an
undisclosed amount of investment in Dronebase in 2015.
$7.08M
Y Combinator, SV Angel, Union Square
Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures,
Launchpad LA
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BetterView [San Francisco, 2014]: Utilizes a network of drones throughout the United States to inspect
properties for potential problems. Using UAVs is cheaper, safer, and faster way to survey buildings, especially
their roofs. BetterView provides aerial services for a variety of needs across insurance, construction, and real
estate. Insurance companies can better price the home insurance products.
$1.55M
Metamorphic Ventures, 500 Startups,
Haystack, Router Ventures, MetaProp
NYC, Arena Ventures
Pilot Marketplace
Airstoc [Sheffield, 2014]: Airstoc is a dedicated marketplace for professional drone industry, connecting
customers with operators around the world. Built a simple platform to enable customers to book bespoke work,
from initial quote to confirmation, for any industry and in various location across the globe. Their operators are
equipped to carry out a wide range of jobs and are currently spread across 68 countries services of
photography, full video production, aerial mapping or cinematic filming etc. They showcase and sell exclusive
aerial stock footage, showing new perspectives and angles.
$700k Point Nine Capital, Launchub
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Skytango [Dublin, 2015]: Skytango builds a drone pilot marketplace. It allows drone pilots to list themselves and
their aerial photography and videography work on its platform and it allows content buyers to discover pilots
from whom they want to buy pre-existing work or photography services.
$32.96K NDRC
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DroneSnap [Pretoria, 2015]: DroneSnap is a marketplace for drone pilots. Customers need to post a drone
project brief on the DroneSnap platform and the platform connects clients to suitable drone pilots in
geographical proximity. Drone pilots need to get themselves registered on the DroneSnap platform. The services
on offer include aerial photography and videography for events, volume measurements, real estate tours,
mapping etc. DroneSnap is a graduate of the ignitor accelerator.
Pilot Marketplace
FairFleet [Munich, 2015]: FairFleet is the pilot-to-business marketplace, facilitating UAV based surveying,
inspection and media production services. Customers can make orders through a fast and easy online interface.
Pilots provide their services according to clientsââŹâ˘ equipment, experience, and location requirements.The
company is providing its services to architecture, engineering, construction and real estate businesses. FairFleet
is supported by Allianz Digital Accelerator GmbH.
Allianz Digital Accelerator GmbH
Pilot Marketplace
DroneLancer [Sydney, 2015]: DroneLancer is a drone pilot marketplace that connects drone pilots and
customers who need drone-based aerial photography, cinematography, surveying, mapping, remote sensing
services.
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Aerial Connect [ , 2014]: Aerial Connect is a directory for discovering and connecting with drone pilots. Clients
needing one-time drone-based services, such as real estate agents requiring a low-altitude aerial video of a
property, can post a brief of their requirements. Interested drone pilots can send quotes to the client.
Pilot Marketplace
Drone Squad [Los Angeles, 2015]: Drone Squad develops and provides a smartphone application that enables
amateur and expert drone pilots to meet together and fly their drones. It allows users to coordinate their flying
as well as help each other with viewing drones mid-flight. It also helps users organize and run drone races as
well. The application is available for iOS and Android.
Pilot Marketplace
Aviator [Frankfurt Am Main, 2015]: Aviator is a drone pilot marketplace. It connects people or organizations
that need drone services (such as aerial videography, mapping, surveying, agricultural inspections, etc.) to drone
pilots available locally. The company qualifies the drone pilots to ensure minimum quality and legal compliance.
The company was founded by Matt Hagemann.
Pilot Marketplace
SnapBird [Paris, 2016]: SnapBird is a drone pilot marketplace. It allows users to discover pilots and contract
them for aerial photography and videography jobs. The customer interface is a map in which they can mark the
area where they need the drone operation performed. All pilots who work in that area are informed of the
request. When a pilot accepts the job, the integrated messaging tool can be used by the customer and the pilot
for communication.
Pilot Marketplace
Droning About [West Chester, 2016]: Droning About is a marketplace for drone pilots. It allows drone pilots to
list themselves on the platform and it allows customers to discover them. The customer interface is a map that
shows available pilots nearby. Droning About charges a monthly listing fee from pilots as well as a commission
from pilots for every booking made via the website.
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Drone2Work [Paris, 2015]: Drone2Work is a marketplace that connects drone pilots to customers that need
drone services. The customer give a project brief to the Drone2Work team. Using the brief and the customer's
location, a list of drone pilots is given to the customer who then chooses a drone pilot. Drone2Work also
functions as a marketplace for other drone services such as drone consulting and drone training services. Its
services are available in Australia, France, Canada, UK and US.
Pilot Marketplace
ArcadiaSky [Melbourne, 2015]: ArcadiaSky is a marketplace for drone pilots. Customers need to create a guided
brief about their required drone project. The drone pilots on the marketplace can quote a price for the project,
and the customer can choose a pilot. ArcadiaSky is available in Australia, the UK and the US.
Pilot Marketplace
DroneRockstar [Poole, 2015]: DroneRockstar is a platform to find & discover local drone operators. It helps to
promote one's drone business and allow customers to find out what services they need.Submitting a listing
using DoneRockstar requires monthly subscription pricing.Once an entity is listed, the DoneRockstar team will
validate the listing and provide help and support to ensure that the company gets the most form the listing. The
listed entities can show best aerial photographs, company information and provide contact details for
customers to get in touch with them directly. Currently, the firm provides listed operators for aerial inspections,
photography, coverage of events, film & TV, live broadcast etc.
Pilot Marketplace
Fly4.me [Cambridge, 2014]: Fly4me has developed a marketplace which bring together drone pilots and drone
services consumer. The marketplace also has a platform that stores data about drone flight path, real time
drone tracking and analyzing the data collected by the drone. Fly4me inducts drone pilots on its platform and
consumers can list their specific needs to solicit the pilots. The marketplace offers services such as capturing
private events, real estate photography, mapping and inspections. The marketplace provides greater comfort
for the consumer by taking away the need to check security compliance of the drone operators individually.
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HoverStat [Austin, 2014]: HoverStat provides drone based roof mapping services on demand for insurance
applications. When the insurance rep arrives at a house with a storm damaged roof, all they have to do is set
down the charged drone and push a button on HoverStat's app. The drone rises above the roof, avoiding tree
cover and other obstacles, and lands back at the feet of the insurance agent after capturing a thorough video.
This video is then converted into an aerial CAD of the roof with measurements. At this point, all the insurance
adjuster has to do is look through the estimate to make sure it is correct and then print it out for the
homeowner, producing a full estimate in minutes.
Pilot Marketplace
Shootly [Los Angeles, 2015]: Shootly is an on-demand photography service that connects customers with
professional photographers and experienced drone pilots through an iPhone app. Known for the quality and
depth in portfolio, & professionalism. Building a platform to make it fast and easy for booking photo shoot.
Pilot Marketplace
Drone Finder [Kansas City, 2015]: Drone Finder is a free platform for drone operators to find new clients and
jobs. Clients can create a free drone request, and drone operators can view requests, send info, samples, and
pricing. Clients pay the operator through our secure system, and the payment is held until the operator delivers
the media and the client confirms their satisfaction. The payment is then released to the drone operator, minus
the Drone Finder Fee.
Pilot Marketplace
DroneLilly [Toronto, 2015]: DroneLily provides a search platform for drone pilots & editors database. User can
search for different pilots & editors, view their profile and compare them in order to find the best suit operator
for their needs.
Pilot Marketplace
Flystro [Montreal, 2015]: Flystro is an online marketplace connecting drone operators and clients all over the
world. Using Flystro, clients can easily find operators and be sure theyââŹâ˘re receiving the best price and
product. The platform makes billing and mission management easy for operators, so they can concentrate on
spending more time flying.
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Book A Drone [London, 2014]: Book-a-drone is an on-demand marketplace model for professional drone
services which allows user to book a drone along with pilot on rent for various drone-based services like aerial
photography, 3D surveying, inspections, etc. It provides a listing of all the registered and certified drone
operators on it page along with company data and booking options.
Pilot Marketplace
Drone Hire [Brisbane, 2015]: Drone Hire connects commercial drone operators with clients for services such as
aerial photography, video, precision agriculture, surveying, mapping and real estate photography.
Pilot Marketplace
Droners.io [ , 2015]: Droners.io is a marketplace that connects local, professional drone pilots to the public.
These pilots specializes in services like filming wedding, real estate, surf session, anything. User can read
reviews, compare prices and hire the pilot that best fits his needs and budget.
Hospitality
Infinium Robotics [Singapore, 2013]: Infinium Robotics is engaged in making drones which can be used in
confined spaces like restaurants and cafes. To make the drone work autonomously in confined spaces, special
arrangements, like sonar, infrared guidance to avoid collision, special design for blades and reduced noise, were
introduced into the drones. The company claims to introduce its drone Infinium-Serve by the end of 2015 into
Singapore restaurants. Also developed proprietary flight controller on board the UAVs & in-house trajectory
planning and model predictive control (MPC) algorithms, for Intelligent Robotic Swarming, an autonomous
collision-free multiple UAV deployment technology. The company is also providing outdoor service like
Monitoring of water/gas pipelines and sewage system, aerial light displays & industrial aerial security &
surveillance.
$750k SPRING Singapore
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Atmosoar.io [Hong Kong, ]: Atmosoar develops software solutions to help users extend the range and
endurance of their drones by using weather data and creating optimized route maps.
Others
FlyMotion [Tampa, 2014]: FlyMotion develops ground control stations for controlling drones (including multiple
drones in the air at the same time), and integrates drones into video-gathering solutions. These GCS are
integrated into vehicles to increase mobility, and have applications in drone deployments for large area surveys,
news gathering in unstable environments such as warzones and disaster areas. Its two integration models are
called Maverick and Trident.
Others
Trumbull Unmanned [Houston, 2013]: Trumbull Unmanned provides UAV usage and integration consultancy
services. It also provides UAV piloting and data processing services, using proprietary computer vision
algorithms. Its chief clients are oil and gas companies and governments for routine and special inspection
projects.
Others
Vidrona Ltd [Didcot, 2015]: Vidrona is a drone data analytics company. It develops computer vision algorithms
and other analysis methods to provide data analysis services to organizations collecting drone data or to third-
party drone operators. The applications include renewable energy, infrastructure and construction, precision
agriculture, oil and gas and power lines. It is incubated at European Space Agency's Business Incubation Centre.
Others
Verifly [New York City, 2015]: Verifly is building a database of global drone traffic in order to develop rules and
regulations for flying drones safely and securely. They are also developing verification and control systems for
drones. Their system claims to be safe for commercial and private use. Technology includes: flight and activity
management; a secure, global identification registry for pilots and drones; a secure, global registry of drone and
operator activity.
Frontline Ventures, Graph Ventures
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Flying Academy [Brno, 2004]: Flying Academy offers drone pilot training services. It was founded as a training
school for manned aircraft pilots. It offers courses tailored for students wishing to become commercially
certified. The company also provides aerial photography and videography services for a range of applications
including filming, event coverage and security and surveillance.
Others
The UAV Academy [Gloucester, 2014]: The UAV Academy offers drone pilot training services. Its courses range
from beginners' courses to professional pilot certification courses. It also offers skill development courses to
certified pilots. The company assesses the prior skill and knowledge level of each student and offers tailored
theory and practical lessons in drone piloting.
Others
UAVAir [Cambridge, 2014]: UAV Air offers drone pilot training services. It offers an Unmanned Aircraft
Qualification (UAQ) certification, and is CAA-certified Nationally Qualified Entity for Small Unmanned Aircraft
below 20 kgs. It also offers a video production course.
Others
fluttrbox [Montreal, 2013]: Fluttrbox provides on-demand aerial remote sensing services. It collects data from
real estate locations using drones and performs analysis on it, thus producing multiple layers of information on a
map of the area for use in property assessments, marketing and insurance claims assessments. Fluttrbox is a
graduate of the seed accelerator The Mill, and the Global Insurance Accelerator.
Others
ArkUAV [Little Rock, 2014]: ArkUAV offers UAV customization services. It augments COTS drones by integrating
hardware parts in existing designs. It also designs and builds its own drones. ArkUAV also offers introductory
drone piloting classes. Its customization work usually includes adding sensor packages, such as multispectral,
thermal, LIDAR and magnetometers, to drones.
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The Aerodrome [Henderson, 2015]: Aerodrome is a drone pilot training company that offers multiple courses. It
offers both attendee and distance learning programs. Aerodrome has created specific courses for niche
applications such as emergency response. It owns and operates drone flight training airports. Aerodrome is a
limited liability company established by Base 11 and Praxis Aerospace Concepts International (PACI). Aerodrome
has teaching facilities in Detroit and Henderson.
Others
Unmanned Systems Australia Pty Ltd [Brisbane, 2008]: Unmanned Systems Australia provides Consulting and
Training Services for Unmanned Systems (Air, Ground, Sea and Sub-surface). It is CASA approved for UAV
operations. Also the company is developing long endurance small UAS, sensors and software packages for
precision agriculture and Industrial inspection & monitoring purposes.
Others
AVO Drones [Las Vegas, 2015]: AVO drones provides test and review services for drones used in commercial
applications. The company has worked with drones having different applications such as Racing, Aerial image
capturing, Wildlife protection etc. Its customers are Law Enforcement agencies, mining operations and tourism
companies.
Others
Robotic Skies [Albuquerque, 2013]: Robotic Skies provides a network of service centers that provide
certification and maintenance services for the commercial drone fleet.The company has a worldwide network of
over 100 repair stations throughout North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Asia, The
Middle East & South Afric and its repair stations are FAA-certified. Robotic Skies maintains cloud-based
maintenance documentation and record keeping system to provide the health report for an individual drone.
Others
The Drone Consulting Group [Madrid, 2014]: The Drone Consulting Group (DroneCG) provides professional
consulting services to public and private sectors clients that are interested in integrating unmanned areal
vehicles (UAV) technologies into their business practices. Its priority sectors are Energy,Safety & Security,
Telecommunications, Construction, Agriculture, Research,Courier Service etc.The company's primary target
market is USA but it is also focusing on in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It uses 5 step methodologies for its
consulting:Discovery,Analysis,Pilot,Evaluation & Financing and Implementation & management
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DARTdrones [Woburn, 2014]: DARTdrones is a national drone flight school offering certification courses to
corporations, government, and recreational users.Its target customers are police departments, fire
departments,lifeguards etc. DARTdrones is FAA Certified for the commercial use of drones. At present it is
teaching in 20+ states across the US. Its training courses include Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety,
location checklist and equipment considerations,flight modes & vision positioning, calibration considerations,
emergency procedures etc. The company primarily uses DJI drones for its training.
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Airelectronics [Pozuelo de Alarcon, 2011]: Airelectronics manufactures autopilot and other flight systems for
UAVs. Its U-Pilot autopilot system is its flagship product, with variants for rotorcraft and fixed-wing UAVs. It also
manufactures payloads such as sensors and payload integration hardware such as gimbals. The company also
builds a drone simulator for pilot training. Its modules have been integrated in various third-party UAVs.
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UAV Vision Pty Ltd [Port Macquarie, 2004]: UAV Vision manufactures gimbals, sensors and communication
modules for unmanned and manned aircraft. Its datalinks can function over large distances and are customized
for long, medium, short ranges and for tethered drones. The company also builds software for controlling
drones using tablets.
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Cloud Cap Tech [Hood River, 1999]: Cloud Cap Technology specializes in stabilized camera gimbals for both
unmanned and manned applications. Small inertial measurement sensors support robotics applications.
Products are Tactical ISR Solutions, their TASE Imaging Systems provide superior image quality and offer the
lowest size, weight and power (SWaP) requirement in the industry. Claimed to be proven in the harshest
environments these payloads are useful in military operations, public safety missions and commercial
surveillance projects. Their Piccolo Flight Management System provides complete solution in autopilot,
navigation, flight management, and ground control.
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Third Eye Systems [Herzliya, 2010]: Third Eye Systems is developing Artificial Intelligence based, aEye, for
drones to detect humans & suspicious objects on a pre-defined path. This pug-n-play device can be easily
integrated serially and give robots/drones the ability to identify a human presence in the vicinity of its route. It
records at the quality of 1080p & also features thermal camera.
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DSLRPros [Oakland, 2013]: DSLRPros sells drone filmmaking kits. The company carries out modifications to the
standard quadcopters - they modified the motors for better lift and stability -- and attaches the camera with a
transmitter that lets user see what's being shot from below. They also installed the GoPro to a gimbal to
eliminate vibrations. The company also provides service installations and repair on machines. Has customers like
Google, Amazon, NASA, SpaceX and Sony.
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Swift Navigation [San Francisco, 2012]: Swift Navigations's product Piksi is a low-cost, high-performance GPS
receiver with Real Time Kinematics functionality for centimetre level relative positioning accuracy. Its small form
factor, fast position solution update rate, and low power consumption make Piksi ideal for integration into
variety of applications like agriculture, drones and construction and autonomous transportation. Piksi's open
source firmware allows it to be easily customized to the particular demands of end users' applications, easing
system integration and reducing host system overhead. Raised $166k on Kickstarter. Sold more about 1,000
modules to more than 300 customers.
$13.6M
First Round Capital, NEA, Qualcomm
Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Promus
Ventures, VegasTechFund, Lemnos
Labs, Fall Line Capital, VTF Capital
Navigation
Skysense AB [Stockholm, 2016]: Skysense AB builds an Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B)
OUT device called BCON1 for use on drones. The ADS-B board transmits information about the drone's location
periodically allowing it to be tracked. Skysense claims that its ADS-B boards are the lightest, smallest and most
power-efficient ones in the world, thus making them suitable for use in UAVs.
Navigation
Airobot [Hasselt, 2014]: Airobot manufactures a drone-mounted radar system called Ranger for use in
measuring distances. This has applications in close-range flying and collision avoidance. The company also claims
to manufacture other safety products for drones. The company has been supported by the European Space
Agency, iMinds, Vlaams Accelerator Platform, Droneport and Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology.
Navigation
IR-LOCK [Savannah, 2014]: IR Lock has developed an IR based beacon named Mark One. It works in conjunction
with Pixy IR sensor and helps in mobility and navigation in robots. For implementation in robots, it requires an
Arduino board to be integrated with Pixy sensor. The sensor and beacon can also be implemented in drones for
control under even GPS denied navigation. The sensor and beacon combo help the UAV in locating and landing
at a certain location.
Navigation
Tersus [Neuchatel, 2014]: Tersus manufactures GNSS navigation modules for integration with unmanned and
manned aerial vehicles for surveying, mapping, precision agriculture etc. It builds GNSS boards under the name
Precis. Precis navigation modules can work with GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou satellite systems.
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QuadNav [San Diego, 2011]: QuadNav builds a navigation module, called tinyRADAR, for use in collision
avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles. The low-power tinyRADAR chip can be carried on-board drones and
can detect obstacles up to 20 metres away. This allows the drone to react accordingly and avoid hitting the
obstacle.
Navigation
ImSAR, LLC [Springville, 2004]: ImSAR manufactures lightweight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems for
mounting on unmanned aerial vehicles. The SAR can be used for both remote sensing using drones and for
collision avoidance for the drone itself. The company's SAR system is called NanoSAR and it can be integrated via
its NSP-3, NSP-5 and NSP-8D configuration platforms. ImSAR also builds a ground control station software called
the Lisa GS that also includes its Lisa 3D processing software.
Navigation
Artemis Inc. [Hauppauge, 2000]: Artemis builds lightweight radio imaging systems for deployment on
unmanned aerial vehicles. It builds two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems - SlimSAR and MicroASAR. The
imaging radars are flexible enough to be used on low-altitude and high-altitude aerial systems, and function on
multiple frequencies.
Navigation
Zubax Robotics [Tallinn, 2014]: Zubax Robotics designs and manufactures flight controller chips and navigation
modules (GPS/GLONASS) for use in drones. The navigation module includes a GPS receiver, a barometric
altimeter and a compass. The company's electronic speed controller chip is called Orel 20, and similar to the
GNSS 2.0, it also is based on a CAN bus architecture. Zubax's design specifications are open source. Zubax has
been a member of the DroneCode Project since 2015.
Navigation
UAV Navigation [San Sebastian de los Reyes, 2004]: UAV Navigation develops autopilot, navigation and ground
control hardware and software for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its flight control systems are used in unmanned
fixed-wing and rotor-lifted aircraft. It builds end-to-end solutions for flight control including datalinks to ground
control stations.
Bullnet Capital
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ANRA Technologies [Chantilly, 2015]: ANRA Technologies builds hardware and software to enable unmanned
systems flying at low altitudes to communicate more securely and beyond line-of-sight. This improves both
navigation and control of the drone and live data delivery to the ground station. The formal launch of the
product is slated for Q2 of 2016.
TEDCO
Navigation
V-Map [ , 2008]: V-Map is a product of Micro Aerial Projects and is a platform independent GPS receiver for
UAVs. The V-Map product reduces the reliance on ground control owing to its superior GPS positioning
accuracy. The sensor may find application in precise 3D modelling, construction precision agriculture and precise
geo-referencing.
Navigation
Panoptes [Cambridge, 2014]: Panoptes is developing collision free techniques for drones to enable the
commercial applications. Developed eBumper4, a collision avoidance system for drones which provides the user
with better control over the drone & carefree about collisions. It is a spin-off from Aurora Flight Sciences.
Navigation
Skybotix [Zurich, 2009]: Skybotix is a developer of autonomously navigating Miniature Aerial Vehicles. It
manufactures VI-Sensor. The VI-Sensor is a light-weight, fully-calibrated and time-synchronized hardware
platform for visual-inertial odometry applications, e.g. for UAV navigation in cluttered environments. It features
a high-quality global shutter HDR stereoscopic camera and an industrial-grade inertial measurement system.
Navigation
Whirlybird [Mumbai, 2004]: Whirlybird is a developer of technology products in the field of unmanned
aerial/ground vehicles. The categories of products it manufactures include navigation systems, telemetry &
control. Applications of Inertial measurement unit include 3D navigation & positioning, short range projectile
guidance etc. Application industries in which the products are used include robotics, defense, monitoring of
harmful places in industries etc. The company was seed funded and incubated by SIDBI Innovation and
Incubation Center of IIT Kanpur.
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Skysense [San Diego, 2013]: Skysense provides remote-controlled battery charging stations and pads for
commercial drones. Offers Skysense Droneport, a remote-controlled enclosure to hold a charging pad and drone
while charging and stationing; and syncs sensor data to the cloud and connectivity within their Skysense
Droneport network. The companyââŹâ˘s products enable users to remotely manage their flight missions in the
areas of agriculture, inspection, mining and energy, and security.
$120k Qualcomm, Techstars
Charging Station &
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Fly Right Systems [Las Vegas, 2015]: Fly Right Systems has invented green renewable batteryless energy source
that will help small UAVs to stay in the air for 2+ hours.The new drone will be ideal for commercial,
military/defense, law enforcement and first responder uses. The drone tracking and notification system that the
company has invented can be used on aircraft, at airports and other secure locations like military bases,
hospitals and prisons. The tracking & reporting technology can also be used for civil purposes in future.
Charging Station &
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Airogistic [Austin, 2006]: Airogistic is a UAV infrastructure and hardware manufacturer. Its Fleet Stand is a
docking station for UAVs, which can perform pre-launch diagnostics, battery recharging, etc. It also
manufactures a mobile version of FleetStand called MobiStand for use on ground vehicles. Its Drone Dome
allows hobbyists, learner pilots and commercial manufacturers to launch, land and perform other tests on UAVs
in a controlled safe environment. In addition, the company 3D prints drones under the brand name AiroKopter.
The company also develops a mobile application called FleetNET for managing docking stations.
Charging Station &
Batteries
LaserMotive [Seattle, 2007]: LaserMotive is developing wireless power delivery systems using laser beams to
transmit electricity without wires, for applications. They have developed a two part hardware system, consisting
of a transmitter and a receiver. The mobile transmitter is capable of delivering tens to thousands of watts of DC
power to electric drones (fixed wing or VTOL), over a distance of hundreds of feet to miles away. This ground-
to-air recharging will both power the drone and charge the on-board battery while in flight. The transmitter may
be based in an SUV, van or other mobile platform or on a static platform or building. The receiver is mounted
on the drone and tied into its power system. Winner of 2009 NASA-sponsored Power Beaming competition.
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Space Angels Network
Charging Station &
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Dronoco [Amherst, 2015]: Dronoco builds and manages city-wide networks of standardized, fully automated,
battery exchange stations for use by all commercial grade multirotor UAV's/Drones, thereby providing unlimited
flight distance and duration. These re-fueling stations are fully automated, thus reducing dependencies as well
as TAT for refueling. Dronoco charges a small amount of money for the battery swapping.
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Tattu Uav Battery [Provo, 2013]: Tattu is a professional UAV battery company designing,developing and
manufacturing smart battery solutions for UAVs which can be used in military drones,security,survey and aerial
filming. These batteries go withmajority of products from famous companies like DJI, Cinestar, Droidworx,
Parrot and other UAV drones. Designed Tattu plus, an intelligent battery management system (BMS), which
smartly manages battery. Its smart functions icludes self balancing, alarm, capacity gauge, protecting battery
from over charge and over discharge, self discharge to storage condition, & battery life cycle check.
Charging Station &
Batteries
Elistair [Lyon, 2014]: Elistair has developed SAFE-T, a smart tethered station for civilian drones, offering
extended possibilities to operators and drone users. Its micro-tether provides unlimited power and high speed
data transfer which enables large access to a global aerial vision, in real time and in a secure manner. SAFE-T is a
solution for multiple applications like surveillance, inspection, telecommunications and TV broadcast. Designed
to be easily transportable and deployable on any type of terrain, SAFE-T is compact, lightweight and operational
in seconds.
Sensors
Moog Crossbow [Milpitas, 1995]: The company develops smart-sensor technology for military programs and
high-value, asset-tracking operations. CrossbowââŹâ˘s product lines include GPS-aided inertial measurements
units (IMU), attitude heading reference systems (AHRS), vertical gyroscopes, and digital inclinometer/tilt
sensors. The products can be used in both manned and unmanned vehicles. The company uses MEMS and fiber
optic gyro (FOG) sensor technology for its products. Some of its customers are Raytheon, Lockheed Martin,
EADS and Israel Aerospace Industries and other global-logistics and shipping companies. Moog acquired
Crossbow Technologies
$12M
Cisco, Morgenthaler, Intel Capital,
Paladin Capital Group, The Cambria
Group
Sensors
Pixel Velocity [Ann Arbor, 2001]: Pixel Velocity provides configurable software solutions and sensor systems for
different operational environments. The company builds imagery and data analytic tools that protect
customerââŹâ˘s safety, security and environment from both internal & external threats. Its product portfolio
includes Site protection system, Image processing sensors,Leak detection sensors etc. Pixel's industry focus is on
Energy industry and National Security. The mentioned solutions helps to maintain safety, improve operational
efficiency and enable informed decision making for the business.
$11.04M Draper Triangle, Draper Triangle
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MicaSense [Seattle, 2013]: MicaSense develops technologies that enhance the capabilities of robotic platforms,
delivering integrated solutions for data gathering and processing. Develops sensor technologies for unmanned
aircraft systems and associated data processing and management services. Products includes RedEdge, an
advanced, lightweight, multispectral camera optimized for use drones that provides accurate multi-band data
for agricultural remote sensing applications. ATLAS is a powerful data service for storage, processing, analysis,
and presentation of multispectral data. Using a secure cloud-based server, raw data is processed into actionable
information that can be accessed from any internet-connected device.
$9.4M Parrot
Sensors
SlantRange [San Diego, 2013]: SLANTRANGE manufactures sensors for use in drone-based remote sensing. Its
sensor packages are built for a range of unmanned aerial vehicles, starting from small multicopters and
including large fixed-wing drones. It also develops software for processing the gathered data at the point of
collection. This allows users to access processed data with very low network bandwidth.
$5M The Investor Group
Sensors
Vision Technologies, Inc [Bentonville, 1998]: Vision Technologies manufactures a full product line of Military
Standard (MIL-STD) certified and Commercial (non-MIL-STD) Electro Optic (EO) and Forward Looking Infra-Red
(IR) fixed and pan and tilt sensor, controllers and supporting hardware and software.The products are designed
specifically for the maritime and ground combat environment, heavy industrial applications and fixed and
mobile site surveillance in remote environments. Its imaging systems are certified under MIL-STD 901D Grade
"A" Shock (Lightweight table and barge), MIL-STD 810F, MIL-STD 461/464, MIL-STD 167, MIL-STD 720, MIL-
HDBK-2036, MIL-STD-1399 etc. The company also manufactures NEMESiS UAV is a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and
Landing) system and can be carried and deployed easily.Vision has also developed and patented a number of
engineering methods to ruggedize commercial off the shelf (COTS) components to withstand sever shock,
vibration, and extreme environmental conditions found in the Military and Heavy Industrial environments.
$1.5M
Sensors
Mavrx [San Francisco, 2012]: Offers Mavrx sensor that can operate as a handheld tool, fly on a plane or
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or mount on a tractor or 4-wheeler for in-field plant health, fruit maturity
mapping or land and resource analysis. The sensors are outfitted with GPS orientation, lighting and weather
sensors that work with WiFi. Also provides an easy-to-use web platform for farmers to get a real-time
management dashboard for their entire field without having to physically walk the farm. Seed investors include
Dave Morin, Founder of Path Inc. and Kevin Colleran, Partner at General Catalyst VC. Was incubated at
Entrepreneur First, London.
$80k
Slow Ventures, Bloomberg Beta,
Aslanoba Capital, Maiden Lane,
Visionnaire Ventures, Drone.VC
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Air Spectral [Nantes, 2015]: Air Spectral manufactures hyperspectral cameras, mainly for use on aerial
platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles for surveying, mapping, and precision agriculture purposes. The
company is currently at the prototyping stage and do not have any products listed as of June 2016.
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Workswell [Prague, 2010]: Workswell manufactures thermal imaging cameras for drones under the name
Workswell Thermal Vision Pro. The system allows users to take optical, IR and radiometric photos. The company
also builds non-contact imaging temperature measurement systems for other applications such as industrial
pyrometers for food, chemical industries, etc.
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Itres Research Limited [Calgary, 1979]: Itres manufactures hyperspectral and thermal imaging sensors for use in
aerial remote sensing using both manned and unmanned aerial systems. The imaging systems all have GNSS
compatibility for georeferencing. The company also offers surveying services.
Sensors
Tritech International Limited [Aberdeen, 1991]: Tritech specializes in the design and production of acoustic
sensors, sonars, video cameras and mechanical tooling equipment. Tritech operates in different underwater
markets including Defence, Energy, Engineering, Survey and Underwater Vehicles. Tritech is assigned a
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code #7ER79 and is now registered with the System for Award
Management (SAM), permitting it to trade directly with the US Federal Government.
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Scanse [Santa Barbara, 2014]: Formerly known as Scannable, Scanse manufactures a small LIDAR device called
Sweep for consumer applications, chiefly for use in unmanned aerial vehicles. Sweep has a 360Ă° field of view
and a rotation rate of up to 10 rotations per second. Its uses are in obstacle avoidance, mapping environments,
and in dimensions measurements.
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Agile Sensor Technologies Inc [St. Johns, 2014]: Agile Sensor Technologies manufactures sensors and actuators
for unmanned aerial, undersea and ground vehicles. Agile's three main products are AGIL Pose (intelligent
camera system, chiefly for underwater performance), AGIL Moto (speed controller for UAVs) and AGIL Motion
(actuators). Agile also makes a power-efficient quadcopter called AGIL Copter, for use in inspection applications.
Agile claims that their Parallel Kinematic Mechanism allows path-breaking movement for cameras on drones.
Agile was spun off from the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). The research team received funding
of $3.6M while part of MUN from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Research and Development
Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Gaitech
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Tetracam [Chatsworth, ]: Tetracam manufactures a wide range of multispectral cameras and sensors for
agricultural remote sensing. It has two lines of products - the Agricultural Digital Camera (ADC), which are single
cameras and the Multiple Camera Array (MCA) which are arrays of four, six or twelve synchronized cameras.
Tetracam is an OEM to multiple UAV manufacturers.
Sensors
VairDo Inc [San Jose, 2015]: VAIRDO designs and manufactures both custom and pre-configured miniaturized
computing, control and sensing platforms for industries from smart weapons, compact drone sensors &
controls, video monitoring and deployable sensors, Robotics, Unmanned systems, consumer electronics. The
company's flagship products are sensor,electronics and control systems being used in applications involving
computer vision, wireless telemetry and smart computing/sensing. Its target markets are Military, R&D,
consumer electronics and B2B solutions.
Sensors
heurlabs [ , 2010]: Heuristic Labs designs 3D sensors by building modular 3D sensing hardware to enable
perceptual computing. The application of these sensors is in 3D perception techniques for automated object
detection and scene understanding. Heuristic LabsââŹâ˘ first product is SLIDAR, a combining techniques from
Stereo Vision and LIDAR. The SLIDAR 3D Sensing platform provides improved size weight and
power (SWaP) over current off the shelf solutions. One of the application of this sensor in UAV can be
addressing several safety concerns during the flight or landing of UAV. The sensor will help UAV to see its
environment to prevent collision accidents, ensuring a standard safety feature. There is no update from the
company about its products for a long period
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Reality Analytics [New York City, 2015]: Reality Analytics enables devices to understand reality in image, sound,
acceleration, vibration and other sensor inputs. The technology is based on patented, advanced artificial
intelligence techniques optimized for sensor inputs that can get results often unattainable with other tools.
Plug and Play Tech Center
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RunCam [Toronto, 2013]: RunCam specialises in FPV cameras and camcorders development & manufacturing.
Provides a variety of cameras, transmitters & receivers, & combo packs at low prices.
Sensors
IR Distro [Burton, 2014]: IR Distro provides Infrared and Thermal Imaging Solutions for a variety of applications.
The firm specializes in developing cost effective platform IR/ Thermal solutions for Hand-Held, FPV, and drone
platforms. The firm intends to develop and market IR imaging thermal cores at an affordable cost, so it can be
used in various industries.
Controller
EMR Laboratories Inc. [Waterloo, 2005]: EMR Laboratories Inc. manufactures 3D cameras and joystick controls
with force feedback for drones. These allow human operators on the ground to experience the flying
environment better than they would with 2D visual feedback alone on a controller. The company's 3D cameras
have an in-built AR engine that stitches feeds together to create AR experiences for the operator. EMR Labs
demonstrated their technology at AUVSI 2015.
Controller
Digital Micro Devices [Museros, 1997]: Digital Micro Devices (DMD) designs and builds radio controllers for
controlling unmanned aerial, ground and surface vehicles, over long ranges. It also builds instrumentation
displays and wireless hardware, such as ethernet antennas.
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Metron Force [San Francisco, 2012]: Metron Force builds a wearable wrist band called mForce that can be used
for controlling devices by hand gestures. Its chief use is in controlling drones, as well as other recreational
robots. A single wristband can be used to control multiple devices. A chip called Metron Force brain, with its
own battery, needs to be included in the device to be controlled.
Controller
Dronesmith Technologies [Henderson, 2014]: Dronesmith provides UAV development kits to drone builders,
engineers and DIY hobbyists. Its offerings include a programmable flight controller called Luci and a quadcopter
airframe called QK-2 controlled by a Luci flight controller. It is also in the process of releasing a development
suite.
Controller
ARA Robotique [Montreal, 2014]: ARA Robotique manufactures flight control systems for drones. Its Skymate
line of products can be attached to drones for high-quality radio links, flight data recording, power monitoring
and autopiloting. ARA Robotique also provides custom UAV solutions to businesses, including software
development and consulting.
CDPQ
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LikeAbird S.L. [Adeje, 2015]: LikeAbird S.L. develops and manufactures avionic and electronic equipment used
in the unmanned systems industry.Its product portfolio includes avionic and electronic equipment systems
including flight control systems, data links, navigation, ground control stations, payload and mission controller,
and customized systems to perform individual functions. LikeAbird 's systems and equipment are targeted to a
wide range of applications for agriculture, public safety, photography & videography, industrial inspection, geo-
mapping, and search & rescue work worldwide.The company is also an operator of comprehensive services in
the unmanned and robotic market segments.
Controller
JIYI UAV [Shanghai, 2014]: JIYI UAV provides technology tools to users to build their own UAV drones. Their
payloads integrate hardware and software into an aerial information platform for the user's application. It
provides with flight control, PTZ, optical flow etc. The applications in UAV include aerial photography, industry
inspection, precision agriculture (like crop scouting, field mapping, farm surveillance, livestock monitoring,
herbicide spray, etc.)
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IronShield [Arlington, 2013]: IronShield (IS) develops portable ground control stations (GCS) for unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV). Its Iron Shield Mission Planning System (ISMPS) is an Android-based portable Ground
Control Station (GCS) consisting of HW/SW to control a broad range of micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The
product allows the user to actively plan and complete missions while in the field without requiring network
connectivity. The capabilities include analysis of data collected during a mission, along with the ability to directly
control the UAV. The system allows for ease of expansion and can support an array of HW/SW combinations.
Controller
Fighting Walrus [Brisbane, 2013]: Fighting Walrus Radio is an iOS accessory that uses a 900 MHz link to give the
user up to a 1-mile range for controlling the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0. The system can report UAV's critical flight
systems and log flight data within a one mile range, and it's compatible with all MAVLink drones. For the device
to work, the pilot has to connect a radio receiver to the drone, which will allow it to operate outside of Wi-Fi
range and will allow it to communicate directly with the Fighting Walrus device. The team also plans on selling
ready-to-fly drones with the device already installed. Raised $23k on Indiegogo.
Controller
UAVx [Santa Monica, 2014]: UAVX drone controller 'Gravity' is a 7 inch touchscreen with Google Maps
Navigation, 2 channels of live HD video, real-time telemetry and Google Glass Heads-Up Display. Integrated
telemetry provides altitude, heading, battery voltage, GPS status, and airspeed. The company is currently in the
development phase.
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Mid-Atlantic Multirotor Inc [Pittsburgh, 2013]: Mid-Atlantic Multirotor Inc manufactures and markets
quadcopter airframes and airframe parts for use in building drones for commercial and educational purposes
under the names X8 and Quadzilla, respectively. The company also sells drone parts, peripherals and accessories
on its online store.
Frames
AIMDROIX [Dublin, 2013]: Aimdroix builds airframes for unmanned aerial vehicles. It builds the Evo line of
airframes, under the names One, One Y6, Blackbird 250 and Blazer 180, optimized for various drone functions
such as aerial videography and FPV racing. Aimdroix also sells third-party drone parts and peripherals on its
online store.
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Xray Airframe Design and Development LLC [Portland, ]: Xray Air FrameDesign and Development LLC
manufactures multicopter airframes and sells them on its online store. Its main target is the hobbyist and DIY
market. Xray manufactures its airframes in various materials starting from low-cost foam to higher-cost
aluminium. The company also manufactures custom-ordered parts such as landing gear, gimbals, motors etc.
Frames
Space One FPV [California, 2014]: Space One FPV designs first-person view (FPV) drones for use in racing and
hobby flying. It also sells third-party drone parts, such as motors, ESCs, flight controllers, and hardware
replacement parts such as airframes and propellers.
Frames
Coptercraft [Newbury, 2010]: Coptercraft builds UAV airframes and UAV parts for commercial and military use.
It builds parts for fixed-wing drones, multicopters and helicopters. It also provides payload integration services
and customizes drones built by other manufacturers. Coptercraft also offers drone maintenance and repair
services.
Frames
Syndrones [Boulevard, 2012]: Syndrones designs and manufactures multi-rotor frames for drones as per
customer requirements.Its main product categories are Airframes, Standard frames,Heavy Lift frames and other
accessories.Its frames are made from carbon-fibre and its products are Syn-6, Syn-6 Heavy Lift Syn-X8 etc. The
accessories include Mount Plate,Adapter Plate,Rail Gimbalplate etc. The company delivers products over more
than 5 countries and its customers include Birds Eye Productions,Active Ice Aerial Cum,Sardinia Multirotors,
Burgcopters etc.
Frames
Lumenier [Sarasota, 2013]: Lumenier designs and manufacturers fine FPV multi-rotor frames and other gear.
Products include QAV400, QAV500, and QAV540G FPV airframes. Earlier these products had been branded
under FPV Manuals but with the creation of Lumenier, these products were consolidated under the Lumenier
brand. Also provides motors, cameras, lipos, accessories, airframes, and more. The company innovates in the
field of FPV, and work closely with its sister companies, fpvmanuals.com and its distributor GetFPV.com.
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QuadRevo [Santa Clara, 2014]: QuadRevo is created by multirotor FPV enthusiasts. They provide variety of
multirotor frames. All designing and prototyping is done in a garage in sunny California. Frames are made in
USA. They provide frames in a price range of $50-$75.
Frames
Gryphon Dynamics [Daegu, 2009]: Gryphon Dynamics designs, manufacture & sale body-frames for drones.
Offers 4 different types of body frames: Dodeca, 12 winged frame; Octa, 8 winged fram; Hexa, 6 winged body
frame; & X8, quadcopter body frame. They also offers propeller wings, motors, and other parts required for
developing a drone.
Frames
QUATERNIUM [Valencia, 2011]: Quaternium develops and manufactures drone base frames under 'Spidex'
series and camera stabilizers. Spidex series includes Spidex micro, frame designed for FPV mounting; Spidex V3,
frame with GroPro stabilizing base; Spidex Pro, folding base but low load capacity; & Q800, 6 rotor base for
multicopters. The company provides frames for video and photography drone development to individuals and
organizations. These frames are available to be purchased from their website.
Frames
DroneKraft [New York City, 2013]: DroneKraft offers high-performance FPV quadcopter frames. 3mm carbon
fiber throughout makes the frame lightweight and impact resistant. Extended arm set accommodates up to 7ââŹâ˘
propellers. Three separate vibration dampening systems work together for super-responsive flight and smooth
video transmission and recording. The company is currently in beta mode, will soon start selling frames through
partner retailers.
Professional Cases
Camera Vault [Huntington Beach, 2010]: Camera Vault produces and sells drone and camera cases. Its cases
contain foam for impact absorption and also contain moisture absorption packs to keep drones, cameras,
batteries and other accessories in good working order. Camera Vault's cases are available for large brands such
as DJI, 3DR, Nikon, GoPro etc.
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Go Professional Cases, Inc [San Diego, 2012]: GPC designs unique cases to fit any and all organizational and
protective needs for UAV systems & Drones.The company relies on precision waterjet technologies for the high-
end case manufacturing.The hard cases are also completely watertight with an automatic ambient pressure
equalization valve, and resistant to UV rays, corrosion and fungus. GPC partners with 3DR, EZDrone,Drones
Made Easy etc for its product portfolio.
Gimbal Camera
ACR Systems [Jozefow, 2015]: Advanced Cinema Robotic (ACR) System designs and builds a gimbal system for
use in filming production using cranes and drones. Its Beast Gimbal is a 3-axis gimbal weighing 6.5 lbs. The Beast
gimbal can be carried only on medium- or heavy-payload drones. The company also builds a device called Link
that allows remote control of the gimbal.
Gimbal Camera
Viooa [Vancouver, 2015]: Viooa manufactures 360Ă° cameras for unmanned aerial vehicles. It also
manufactures virtualized stabilization gimbals and offers an image processing software. The company claims
that it can be used for multiple applications without needing to change payloads. It offers geo-tagging of
photographs and 3D-modeling from gathered data.
Gimbal Camera
Sky Drone [Hong Kong, 2012]: Sky Drone manufactures an FPV solution for use in multicopters and fixed-wing
drones. It manufactures a hardware module that is meant for fitting on drones, and builds ground station
software for low-latency HD video streaming from the drone. Its hardware capabilities also include building
lenses for on-board cameras. It also supports gimbal control by head-tracking via the Oculus VR device.
Others
Skycat Parachutes [Forssa, 2014]: Skycat manufactures parachutes launchers for drones. Its FUSE parachute
trigger assembly uses an electrical current to deploy the parachute. Skycat's line of parachute launchers - XS,
X48, X55, X68 and XL - covers drones from 1-23 kg, and can be deployed on both multicopters and fixed-wing
drones.
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CKT Engineering Ltd [Tiverton, 2000]: CKT Aero Engineering manufactures exhaust systems for light manned
aircraft and for fuel-fired unmanned aerial vehicles. Its expertise is in silencing technologies. Its products are
sold in the European, North American and Middle East markets.
Others
Xoar [Arcadia, 2004]: Xoar Propellers designs and manufactures propellers for RC aircraft and consumer and
commercial drones. It builds a broad range of propellers for various classes of rotary aircraft. It also offers a
custom propeller building service. The company also builds spinners and propeller covers. The company only
sells its products on wholesale.
Others
Fruity Chutes [Los Gatos, 2007]: Fruity Chutes manufactures parachutes for drones. Its main parachute line is
called Iris, and it has variants for multirotor and fixed-wing drones. Its carbon dioxide-based ballistic parachute
deployment system is called Peregrine. The company also manufactures parachute accessories such as shock
cords and harnesses.
Others
turncircles [Bremen, ]: Turncircles is a technology company that designs drone components with the objective
to remove endurance, speed and range. The company's chief innovation is an axial flux flat motor. Turncircles
also develops weight-saving technology for drones, commercial aircraft and electric bicycles and wheelchairs.
The company also has an entry in the Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge.
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Dragon Circuits [Grand Prairie, 1978]: Dragon Circuits is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, and also
designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles. It also offers design consultancy and manufacturing services to
individuals and SMEs that want to produce their own drones. Its PCBs are used by clients such as Boeing,
Lockheed Martin and NASA. The company merged with EPC Inc in early 2016.
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Fatshark [Thornhill, 2008]: Fatshark manufactures FPV headsets and cameras for use in drones and RC-aircraft.
Its line of FPV goggles incorporates head-tracking, and also includes provisions for optical inserts for consumers
with less than perfect vision. The company also sells its head-tracking chip and radio receiver chip separately.
Others
Zanzottera Technologies Srl [Como, 1982]: Zanzottera Technologies designs and builds lightweight engines for
unmanned aerial vehicles. It has five engines in its product line - 498H, 498Hs, 305H, 305Hs and 630H. All the
engines are air-cooled and are boxer-type. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified for quality.
Others
International Halter Group [Sisteron, 1982]: International Halter Group designs and manufactures propellers
for unmanned aerial vehicles. It works with clients to define specific requirements and designs propellers on
proprietary software. The company works through three subsidiaries in three countries - Helices Halter (France),
Propellers Design (Switzerland) and Halter Israel Propellers (Israel). The company was founded by the Late Saul
Halter.
Others
Currawong Engineering [Kingston Beach, 2005]: Currawong Engineering builds small engines for unmanned
aerial vehicles. It also builds fuel injection systems, engine control units, electronic speed controllers, and
avionics. The company also builds ignition systems. It partners with Cloud Cap technologies, HFE International
and Cobra Aero.
Others
Power4Flight [Hood River, 2014]: Power4Flight manufactures a range of sub-30hp engines for unmanned aerial
vehicles. It also develops fuel injection systems, electronic speed controllers, sensors, etc. The company claims
that its engines have high power-to-weight ratios and low acoustic footprints. Power4Flight also builds ignition
systems.
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Aero Telemetry [Los Angeles, 1994]: Aero Telemetry builds unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic
components for drones. Its technology also includes wireless communication systems for UAVs, including video,
voice and data communication links. The company also builds flyable model planes for use in movie-making. Its
communication modules are in use with the US Military for low-cost and low priority missions.
Others
UAV Engines [Lichfield, 2012]: UAV Engines manufactures lightweight engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its
engines come in both air-cooled and water-cooled variants. These engines are optimized for using on tactical
drones, target (single-use) drones, chiefly military drones. The company also provides engine integration
services.
Others
North UAV [San Francisco, 2015]: North UAV manufactures and sells hardware parts for unmanned aerial
vehicles. Its chief product is called Mayday and is a drone parachute system. The parachute system consists of a
chip that senses free fall and deploys the parachute. It also sells other hardware parts and its chief clients are
UAV manufacturers and drone DIY hobbyists.
Others
UAV Turbines [Miami, 2014]: UAV Turbines builds gas-fired microturbine engines for unmanned aerial vehicles.
It claims quieter performance than internal combustion engines and lower fuel consumption than other
microturbines. These microturbine propulsion systems are built for use in military drones, specifically Class 3
and Class 4 drones of the US military.
Others
Reebeez [Austin, 2014]: Reebeez designs and builds solid-state microengines for drones. This is designed as a
replacement for the lithium ion battery and electric motor combination that most drones use. Reebeez claims
that its microengines can increase the endurance of drones by a factor of 6-8.
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Tiger Motors [Fremont, 2009]: T-motor Brushless motor develops & provides components and systems for the
Aerial photograph, some Industry and commercial application in the precision drive technology sector. They
mainly offers variety of motors & propellers for drones along with various other components.
Others
Stereolabs [San Francisco, 2008]: Stereolabs offers stereoscopic 3D depth sensing devices for entertainment
and industrial markets which can be utilized in drones, robots & cars to provide an 'understanding' of depth.
Their primary product is ZED Stereo Camera, a lightweight depth sensor based on passive stereovision.
Available for order through their website at $449.
Others
Sagetech Corp [Hood River, 1998]: Sagetech Corporation designs and manufacturers superior electronic
subsystems for the unmanned and manned aviation industries. Including Mode S Transponders and Clarity ADS-
B receivers. Also provides XP series of transponders that are small, light weight, plug and play components and
requires low energy consumption. Flight Computational Partners includes Cloud Cap Technologies, UAV
Navigation & Airware. Clients include NASA, Northrop Grumman, Insitu, University of Florida and many others.
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DroneShield [Herndon, 2014]: DroneShield develops technologies to identify unauthorized drones based on
real-time alerts generated by patent-pending acoustic detection technology. Its products can also sense drones
that are invisible to radar or that lack radio-frequency links. The offerings are omni-directional Sensor for broad
full range drone detection Systems, Long-range sensor for far-reaching drone detection Systems and
Droneshield User Interface for online monitoring of local drone activity. The solutions are used for Government
entities, Airports, Critical Infrastructure protection, Prisons etc. Its solutions can also store data from alerts for
use as digital evidence in legal proceedings.
$26.23M
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Aveillant [Cambridge, 2011]: Aveillant is a radar technology company that specializes in 3D holographic radar.
Unlike traditional radar, 3D holographic radar scans the sky all the time. Its Gamekeeper 16U system is a Drone
DetectionSystems solution. Aveillant claims that Gamekeeper 16U can detect and track multiple and even very
small consumer drones. Its other radar systems are used for wind farm mitigation and other general surveillance
applications.
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Dedrone [Kassel, 2014]: Dedrone has developed a technical solution named "DroneTracker" to protect
usersââŹâ˘ airspace from airborne threats. DroneTracker utilizes an array of sensors to detect drones in real time.
Based on multiple parameters such as noise, shape, movement patterns etc, DroneTracker can detect different
types of drones. The built-in camera saves images and videos to provide crucial evidence of the threat intrusion.
Its solution is suited for Industrial & Government facilities, Nuclear power plants, Private buildings etc.
$12.9M Menlo Ventures, Target Partners
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SkySafe [San Diego, 2015]: SkySafe offers airspace security with detailed event history (reference for future
legal proceedings, if any) and real-time notifications. The security system can take control of a drone without
using jamming technology and can safely land it. Its solution is in testing phase and will be launched in the
second half of 2016.
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Drone Defence [ , 2016]: Drone Defence builds Counter-Drone Systems and disabling technologies. It builds a
detection system called Drone Tracker, using audio, visual and near-optical IR sensing. Its disabling technology,
called Net Gun X1 is a hand-held tool that can be used to project a net for capturing drones up to 15 metres
away. The company also provides consultancy on counter-drone measures to enterprises.
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Kelvin Hughes [Enfield, 1800]: Kelvin Hughes is a radar technology company that uses a base radar module
called SharpEye SxV to offer tailored security and surveillance solutions for airports, ports, estates, wildlife
preserves, etc., including battlefield radar surveillance. Its also offers a range of maritime radar solutions. Its
display and interface software is called CxEye. Its Counter-Drone Systems system can be integrated with optical
cameras and deployed on a single mast solution. The system is limited to Counter-Drone Systems and does not
offer any disabling methods.
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Netvision Drone Detector [Greenville, 2015]: Netvision Drone Detector develops Counter-Drone Systems
systems for critical infrastructure installations such as airports, nuclear installations, etc, large estates, prisons
and commercial venues. The Netvision Drone Detector uses audio and RF detection to locate drones and their
operators. It claims that its algorithms ensure almost zero false positives The company is a division of Netvision
360 Security Group.
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Domestic Drone CounterMeasures [Oregon City, 2014]: Domestic Drone CounterMeasures (DDC) develops a
Counter-Drone Systems system for consumer use, in homes. The system works by creating a wireless mesh
network between a Primary Command and Control Module and two Detection Sensor Nodes, and triangulating
the position of other moving transmitters within the network. The company also offers a commercial solution on
specific request.
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Aaronia [Bonn, 2003]: Aaronia is a manufacturer of radio-frequency based products including, RF spectrum
analyzers, RF signal generators, magnetic and RF shielding materials and devices, RF probes and antennae, RF
Counter-Drone Systems systems, etc. It also builds software for its spectrum analyzer hardware. Its Counter-
Drone Systems system can be used standalone or can be connected together to detect drone intrusions into
large areas.
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Robin Radar [The Hague, 2010]: Robin Radar Systems designs and manufactures radar systems for detecting
small flying objects such as birds, bats and drones. Its Counter-Drone Systems system is called Elvira. It can
detect drones in crowded urban environments that, and is optimized for differentiating between birds and
drones. It can also locate multiple drones in the sky to provide protection against drone swarms.
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SensoFusion [Vantaa, 2014]: SensoFusion designs and builds a Counter-Drone Systems and disabling system
called AIRFENCE. AIRFENCE uses RF detection to discover intruding drones and takes control of them.
SensoFusion claims AIRFENCE to be effective in a radius of 10 km, and to be completely autonomous, with a
manual option. AIRFENCE can also be used to locate the operator of an intruding drone. SensoFusion works with
agencies such as the Finnish Defence Forces, NATO and the US FAA.
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Department 13 [Columbia, 2010]: Department 13 (D13) is a mobile and wireless technology company. Its first
product is a Counter-Drone Systems and disabling product called Mesmer. Mesmer is a software solution that
detects radio-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles and disables drones using a method that it calls protocol
manipulation. Mesmer can function autonomously as well as with a human controller. D13 has a partnership
with Booz Allen Hamilton.
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OpenWorks Engineering [Ridingmill, 2015]: OpenWorks Engineering is an engineering firm that aims to develop
product-based solutions for the rail, defense, energy, security, agriculture and industrial sectors. The chief area
of focus for OpenWorks is security and counter-terrorism. Its flagship product Skywall is an anti-drone gun that
can be used by an operator to shoot a net at a target drone (static or moving), using a compressed gas-powered
launcher and a projectile that includes a net and other components, such as a parachute for intact recovery of
the target drone, or a radio jamming device to prevent possible remote detonation of the target drone by
hostiles.
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Delft Dynamics [The Hague, 2006]: Delft Dynamics manufactures DroneCatcher - a drone system that captures
other drones by firing a net mid-air. The net is fitted with a parachute to ensure that the captured drone is not
destroyed on impact with the ground. The DroneCatcher project was approved by the Dutch government as
part of an SBIR tender, "Protection against unmanned mobile systems". Delft Dynamics manufactures three
models - RH2 'Stern', RH3 'Swift' and RH4 'Spyder'. Delft Dynamics also conducts research projects and has built
image processing tools for use with drone-captured images.
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DroneLabs LLC [Austin, 2014]: Drone Labs secures people and property from unwanted drone intrusions. The
flagship product of the company is Drone Detector. Drone Detector warns when drones are in the area through
a proprietary process and sends alerts that can integrate with existing security protocols. Additionally, the data
collected by Drone Detector can be used in the apprehension and prosecution of violators through real-time
warnings and digital evidence collection. The system can alert for air, ground, and water-based threats.
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Blighter Surveillance Systems Limited [Cambridge, 2013]: Blighter develops radar and sensor solutions
primarily for security & surveillance purposes. The Blighter family of radars can scan area up to 32 km in range
and are targeted to defence, national border security, critical infrastructure protection and coastal security. Its
UAV Defence System named "Blighter AUDS" is designed to neutralise small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Blighter AUDS is a smart-sensor system and uses radio frequency signal to detect unwanted drones. The system
can be used both in remote or urban areas.
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Orelia [Paris, 2013]: Drone Detector is a product offered by the ORELIA company. It is a device (also called
acoustic sensor) that can detect different types of civilian drones. ORELIA maintains a software platform to
manage this device. The platform can receive alarms, record data and send necessary information to these
sensors. Drone-Detectors use Jammer technology to automatically stop any unwanted flying object within the
designated area.
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Gryphon Sensors [Syracuse, 2014]: Gryphon Sensors develops ground-based UAS radar to detect/track small
drones. It uses radar technology along with additional sensors such as IR cameras, acoustic and other sensors for
its tracking. Electronic support systems are employed to receive and locate radio frequency signals from the
intruder. Its solution is also effective in adverse weather condition. The company operates as a fully owned
subsidiary of SRC, Inc.
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HGH Infrared Systems [Igny, 1982]: HGH Infrared Systems develops optronic systems primarily for security,
safety & testing purposes for civil, industrial & defense applications. Its flagship product is SPYNEL series that is
360 degree thermal imaging camera system. SPNEL series has 5 different types models based on detection
range and zoom capability. The cameras uses infrared sensors and has the highest detection range of 8 km. The
company's other products are Blackbodies for test & measurement and KILNSCAN scanners & PYROSCAN
cameras for industrial Thermography solutions.
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DeTect Inc [Panama City, 2003]: DeTect develops radar remote sensing technology solutions for security &
surveillance, aviation safety and other purposes. The company offers a range of radar systems specific to
particular industry/purpose. Its solution for drone and small UAV intrusion detection is HARRIER line of radars.
HARRIER can function upto 20,000 feet above the ground and can detect in both air and marine. These radars
can act standalone and also can be programmed based on the required parameters. Using HARRIER Visual
Warning System, the radar can detect and block any unwanted flying object within its operating area. The
company claims to have installed 280+ radar systems across the globe.
Counter-Drone Systems
CerbAir [Orsay, 2015]: Cerbair develops civilian Counter-Drone Systems system named "DroneWatch" that uses
stereovision technologies and advanced algorithms. DroneWatch is able to detect, track and identify any flying
threat in real-time and in any environment. Its automatic warning system can identify the violators through real-
time alerts and digital evidence collection. Its solution can be used in Defense sector, Government
organizations, Office & Public areas, Airports etc. The company has been quoted in several media channels such
as Le Point, La Tribune, Silicon, La Croix etc. CerbAir is a subsidiary of Technofounders.
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StarRiver [Toronto, 2015]: StarRiver specializes in analyzing, testing and development of detection, response
technologies and systems to establish a defense solution to encounter threats from unmanned systems or
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The July 2016 Drones Report covers trends in entrepreneurial activity, investment patterns, and significant players in the drone industry, emphasizing hardware and software providers for various applications. It highlights major funding events, active investors, and the sub-sectors that are experiencing growth, with over 900 companies noted in the sector. The report provides insights into market dynamics, including IPOs and acquisitions in the drone market.
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- 3. Drones Report, July20163 Contents 3 Topic Page No. Scope of Report 05 Entrepreneur Activity 07 Investment Trend 09 Who is Investing 17 Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions 21 Sub Sector Analysis 24 Interesting Companies 40 Useful Links 45 Company List 47 Team 255
- 4. Drones Report, July20164 Illustrative Sectors We Track ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSUMER SECURITY STORAGE NETWORKING MOBILITY IT OPS CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE API MANAGEMENT BIGDATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOOD TECH SECOND HAND GOODS MOBILE EDUCATION MOBILE COMMERCE MOBILE PAYMENTS MOBILE MARKETING MOBILE DEV TOOLS MOBILE HEALTH MOBILE GAMING MOBILE LEARNING MOBILE COMMUNICATION EDUCATION IT SELF LEARNING ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS HEALTHCARE SAAS MOBILE-FIRST ENT. APPS INTELLIGENT ENT. APPS OPEN SOURCE RETAIL TECH MARKETING TECH STEALTH MODE VERTICAL SAAS LIFE SCIENCES DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY FINTECH INTERNET OF THINGS 3D PRINTING CONSUMER ROBOTICS WEARABLES SMART HOMES DRONES SMART CARS VIRTUAL REALITY BITCOIN PAYMENTS
- 5. Drones Report, July20165 Sector Overview Scope of Report: This report covers companies that provide hardware, hardware parts and peripherals, software, services, end-to-end solutions relating to rotary and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for consumer, commercial and military purposes. Companies that provide drone-enabled services for media production, inspections and other applications are covered. The report also covers companies that provide counter-drone systems (systems that perform drone detection or drone disabling or both). The accessories covered under hardware parts and peripherals include, among others, image stabilization gimbals, navigation modules, sensors, controllers. The rise of non-military drones in the past few years has been facilitated by large amounts of private funding. The report does not cover unmanned ground, surface and underwater vehicles. It also excludes resellers, distributors and multi- brand retailers of drones, and drone-focused news media and review and discussion forums. Important Funding Events in 2016 YTD: ⢠Airware - $30M in Mar 2016 from Next World Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and KPCB ⢠Airobotics - $28.5M in Jun 2016 from UpWest Labs, BlueRun Ventures, Charles River VC and others ⢠Zero Zero Robotics - $23M in Apr 2016 from GSR Ventures, Zhenfund, IDG Ventures and others ⢠PrecisionHawk - $18M in Apr 2016 from Intel Capital, NTT Docomo Ventures, Verizon Ventures and others The scope of this report includes equity as well as debt funding received by the companies.
- 6. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 66
- 7. Drones Report, July2016 39 55 83 135 224 222 20 0 50 100 150 200 250 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 YTD NumberofCompanies 7 YoY â Number of companies founded Augmented Pixels Airware Swift Navigation Skycatch Ehang Talon Aerolytics Spectr AIRINOV PrecisionHawk Flypro Kespry Airobotics Drone Racing League AeroHawgle Ltd.
- 8. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 88
- 9. Drones Report, July20169 YoY â Number of Rounds and Total Funding Note: The funding includes debt rounds also. $3M $8M $3M $5M $28M $89M $191M $1.0B $289M 3 8 3 10 18 36 58 102 49 0 24 48 72 96 120 0 240 480 720 960 1200 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 NumberofRounds FundingAmount(inMillions) Funding Amount Number of Rounds
- 10. Drones Report, July201610 YoY â Number of Rounds by Stage 6 10 20 32 57 18 2 4 12 18 27 24 1 1 6 2 0 20 40 60 80 100 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 NumberofRounds Seed Early Late
- 11. Drones Report, July201611 YoY â Funding by Stage $2M $7M $18M $26M $47M $12M$2M $11M $69M $153M $356M $199M $6M $10M $603M $48M 0 240 480 720 960 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TotalFundingAmount(inMillions) Seed Early Late
- 12. Drones Report, July201612 Average Ticket Size â Early Stage $1.0M $1.3M $1.2M $1.1M $3.8M $12.8M $16.0M $7.4M $21.0M $17.5M $29.7M $16.1M 0.0 7.0 14.0 21.0 28.0 35.0 2013 2014 2015 2016 FundingAmount(inMillions) Seed Series A Series B
- 13. Drones Report, July201613 Top investments in last one year Company Funding Amount Round Name Date Investors dji.com DJI (Shenzhen, 2006) $500M Series C Sep-2015 GIC, New China Life Insurance, New Horizon Capital yuneec.com Yuneec (Shanghai, 1999) $60M Series A Aug-2015 Intel Capital aeryon.com Aeryon Labs Inc. (Waterloo, 2007) $46M Series A Oct-2015 Summit Partners ehang.com Ehang (Guangzhou, 2014) $42M Series B Aug-2015 GGV Capital, LeBox Capital, PreAngel Partners, ZhenFund, Shenzhen Oriental Fortune Capital Management parrot.com Parrot (Paris, 1994) $35M PE Nov-2015 Bpifrance airware.com Airware (San Francisco, 2011) $30M Series C Mar-2016 Next World Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, KPCB airobotics.co.il Airobotics (Tel Aviv, 2014) $29M Series B Jun-2016 BlueRun Ventures, Charles River Ventures, UpWest Labs 3dr.com 3D Robotics (Berkeley, 2009) $27M Debt May-2016 Nautilus Ventures
- 14. Drones Report, July201614 Top investments in last one year Company Funding Amount Round Name Date Investors gethover.com Zero Zero Robotics (Beijing, 2014) $23M Series A Apr-2016 GSR Ventures, ZhenFund, IDG ventures droneshield.com DroneShield (Herndon, 2014) $22M Series A Apr-2016 cyphyworks.com CyPhy Works (Danvers, 2008) $22M Series B Oct-2015 Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, General Catalyst Partners, Lux Capital, Motorola Solutions, United Parcel Service skycatch.com Skycatch (San Francisco, 2013) $22M Series B Aug-2015 Riverwood Capital, Avalon Ventures, Bee Partners, Sherpalo Ventures, Amino Capital precisionhawk.com PrecisionHawk (Indianapolis, 2011) $18M Series C Apr-2016 Verizon Ventures, USAA, Intel Capital, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Innovate Indiana Fund, NTT Docomo Ventures, YMVSV kespry.com Kespry (Menlo Park, 2013) $16M Series B Jun-2016 DCM airmap.com AirMap (Santa Monica, 2014) $15M Series A Apr-2016 General Catalyst Partners, Lux Capital, Social Capital, TenOneTen, Bullpen Capital, Pritzker Group delair-tech.com Delair-Tech (Toulouse, 2011) $14M Series B Mar-2016 Bpifrance, andromede
- 15. Drones Report, July201615 Funnel view of Sector Percent of Previous 17% 37% 29% 38 9 18 62 169 988 0 240 480 720 960 1200 M&A & IPO Late Series B Series A Funded Founded Number of Companies
- 16. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 6 16
- 17. Drones Report, July201617 Most Active Investors in Sector 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 1 3 4 6 7 Andreessen Horowitz SV Angel GV Qualcomm Ventures Y Combinator Felicis Ventures Intel Capital Lux Capital Parrot Techstars TotalNumberofCompanies Airware Zipline Airware 3D Robotics Airware CyPhy Works Airware CyPhy Works MicaSense Skyward SkySafe Lily Robotics Skycatch Skycatch DroneBase Swift Navigation Yuneec AirMap Pix4D Neurala
- 18. Drones Report, July201618 Where are Top Investors investing Andreessen Horowitz SV Angel GV Qualcomm Ventures Y Combinator Felicis Ventures Intel Capital Lux Capital Parrot Techstars UAV Manufacturers Matternet Lily Robotics Stork 3D Robotics CyPhy Works Stork Yuneec CyPhy Works Inova Drone Software Airware Skydio Airware Hivemapper Airware Iris Automation Vertical AI Airware AirMap Pix4D Skyward Neurala End-To-End Solution Providers Skycatch Skycatch PrecisionHawk AIRINOV Service Providers Zipline DroneBase Zipline DroneBase Drone detection SkySafe SkySafe Hardware Parts & Peripherals Swift Navigation Swift Navigation Moog Crossbow MicaSense Skysense
- 19. Drones Report, July201619 Top Investor by Stage of Entry Techstars 4 Y Combinator 4 Andreessen Horowitz 3 Founder Collective 3 SV Angel 3 Space Angels Network 3 Start-Up Chile 3 Ben Franklin Technology Partners 2 Blackbird Ventures 2 Bloomberg Beta 2 Accel 1 Amino Capital 1 Andreessen Horowitz 1 Avalon Ventures 1 Bee Partners 1 Bessemer Venture Partners 1 BlueRun Ventures 1 Bpifrance 1 Bristow Group Inc 1 Cambridge Consultants 1 Seed Series A Series B Later Stage Felicis Ventures 3 GV 3 SV Angel 3 Sequoia Capital 3 Commercial Drone Fund 2 General Catalyst Partners 2 Lemnos Labs 2 Lux Capital 2 NEA 2 Promus Ventures 2 Intel Capital 2 Advantage Capital Partners 1 Andreessen Horowitz 1 Athenian Venture Partners 1 Atlantic Bridge Capital 1 Battery Ventures 1 Bpifrance 1 Cambridge Consultants 1 Cisco 1 Florida Gulfshore Capital 1
- 20. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 0 20
- 21. Drones Report, July201621 Top IPOs in last three years IPO Date Company Overview Funding Amount Jan-2016 department13.com Department 13 (Columbia, 2010) Builds wireless technology, including drone detection systems Apr-2015 dronevolt.com Drone Volt (Villepinte, 2011) UAV manufacturer for professional uses Jan-2015 valmie.com Valmie (Houston, 2014) Develops custom drone solutions - hardware and software - for clients. Jun-2013 deltadrone.com Delta Drone (Grenoble, 2011) Quadcopters, plane UAVs and payload sensors Jun-2007 cybaero.se CybAero (Linkoping, 2003) Develops and manufactures unmanned helicopters AeroVironment $3M Jan-2007 avinc.com AeroVironment (Simi Valley, ) Design, development and production of UAV Jun-2006 parrot.com Parrot (Paris, 1994) Connected products like drones, gardening and car kits for consumer Bpifrance, Seventure Partners $35.1M Mar-1995 lockheedmartin.com Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, 1995) Designs UAVs and unmanned systems for military
- 22. Drones Report, July201622 Major Acquisitions in last one year Date Company Acquirer Deal Size Overview Total Funding Sep-2015 skybotix.com Skybotix (Zurich, 2009) GoPro Undisclosed Developer of advanced UAV navigation solutions Oct-2015 aetosgroup.com Aetos Group Inc (Houston, 2010) Mistras Group Undisclosed Service provider for the petrochemical and oil & gas industries May-2015 szsungreen.com Wingsland (Shenzhen, 2014) CNlight $2.42M Photography and Video Capture UAV Manufacturer Jul-2012 sensefly.com SenseFly (Cheseaux-sur- Lausanne, 2009) Parrot $5.067M Maker of the eBee and swinglet CAM mini-UAVs Apr-2012 gatewing.com Gatewing (Ghent, 2008) Trimble Undisclosed UAVs for photogrammetry and rapid terrain mapping applications Apr-2014 titanaerospace.com Titan Aerospace (Moriarty, 2012) Google Undisclosed Solar powered UAV manufacturer Mar-2014 aparotors.com Aerial Precision Ag (Tempe, 2013) RoboFlight Undisclosed Easy to fly multirotor platform to captures HD video and photo images for precision agriculture operations Jun-2011 moog-crossbow.com Moog Crossbow (Milpitas, 1995) Moog Inc. $32M Develops smart-sensor technology for both manned & unmanned vehicles Cisco, Morgenthaler, Intel Capital, Paladin Capital Group, The Cambria Group $12M
- 23. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 3 23
- 24. Drones Report, July201624 July 2016Tracxn BlueBox : Drones 900+ companies in the sector, ~150 funded in last 5 years, $1.01B invested in 2015. Most Active Investors: GV, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, SV Angel Cumulative funding in the sector END-TO-END SOLUTION PROVIDERS Skycatch (2013, $38.4M) $94MSERVICE PROVIDERS Horizontal Talon Aerolytics (2015, $10.5M) Aerial Photography Cape (2014, $10M) Industrial Inspections Sky-Futures (2009, $9.5M) Precision Agriculture Gamaya (2014, $4M) Delivery Zipline (2014, $18M) Pilot Marketplace DroneBase (2014, $7M) $72M UAV MANUFACTURERS $1.11B Consumer Parrot (1994, IPO) Photography DJI (2006, $605M) Gaming Drone Racing League (2015, $7.6M) Military Aeryon Labs (2007, $47M) Commercial Kespry (2013, $26M) Delivery Matternet (2011, $3M) Inspection & Monitoring Airobotics (2014, $28.5M) Precision Agriculture SkySquirrel(2012, $1.2M) $933M $151M $88M SOFTWARE Operating Systems Airware (2011, $70M) Fleet Management AirMap (2014 ,$18M) Autopilot Skydio (2013, $3M) $8M $133M $38M$71M HARDWARE PARTS & PERIPHERALS Navigation SwiftNav (2012, $13.6M) Sensors Moog CrossBow (1995, $12M) $53M $39M DRONE DETECTION DroneShield (2014, $26M) $66M Practice Area â Technology | Analysts: @57Anupam, @VijayBhaskar_Q
- 25. Drones Report, July201625 Top Business Models by Funding $1.2B $137M $98M $68M $66M $53M 0 280 560 840 1120 1400 UAV Manufacturers Software End-To-End Solution Providers Service Providers Counter-drone Systems Hardware Parts & Peripherals TotalFundingAmount(inMillions) # Cos. 424 104 47 276 23 90 Avg. Founding Year 2009.9 2013 2012.6 2013.5 2001.7 2008.6 DJI Airware Skycatch Zipline DroneShield Swift Navigation 3D Robotics AirMap PrecisionHawk Talon Aerolytics Aveillant Moog Crossbow
- 26. Drones Report, July201626 UAV Manufacturers â Business Model Description Designs & Builds Unmanned Aerial Vehicle systems & complementary solutions. Companies in this business model build drones for multiple applications, chiefly photography (for consumer uses) and aerial imaging (for commercial uses). Military UAV manufacturers are also included in this business model. Commercial Manufactures drones for industrial applications Consumer Manufactures drones for consumer applications Military Manufactures Unmanned Aerial Vehicle systems for military applications
- 27. Drones Report, July201627 UAV Manufacturers â Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend $3M $4M $3M $4M $23M $49M $113M $902M 2 4 2 7 10 19 24 34 0 8 16 24 32 40 0 200 400 600 800 1000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofRounds FundingAmount(inMillions) YoY â Total Funding and No. of Rounds $925M $184M $88M 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Consumer Commercial Military FundingAmount(inMillions) BM wise Investment 168 34 24 23 16 14 12 11 0 36 72 108 144 180 United States China India United Kingdom France Canada Spain Germany NumberofCompanies Distribution of Companies across Countries 10 21 20 36 40 58 84 58 0 18 36 54 72 90 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofCompaniesFounded YoY â No. of Companies Founded
- 28. Drones Report, July201628 UAV Manufacturers â Most Funded Companies Company Overview Business Model Funding Amount dji.com DJI (2006, Shenzhen) Manufactures camera based consumer drones & camera stabilization systems Accel, Sequoia Capital, KPCB, New Horizon Capital, GIC, New China Life Insurance UAV Manufacturers > Consumer > Photography $605M 3dr.com 3D Robotics (2009, Berkeley) Develops both consumer and commercial drones & autopilot systems O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Mayfield, Qualcomm Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, SanDisk, Atlantic Bridge Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, SK Ventures, Finnish Industry Investment, Nautilus Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Danhua Capital, NFX Guild UAV Manufacturers > Consumer $99M yuneec.com Yuneec (1999, Shanghai) Remotely operated consumer drones & camera stabilization gimbals Intel Capital UAV Manufacturers > Consumer > Photography $60M ehang.com Ehang (2014, Guangzhou) Smart phone controlled consumer drones GGV Capital, ZhenFund, PreAngel Partners, Shenzhen Oriental Fortune Capital Management, LeBox Capital UAV Manufacturers > Consumer $52M aeryon.com Aeryon Labs Inc. (2007, Waterloo) sUAV for HD imagery and aerial intelligence operations Summit Partners, Feddev Ontario, Golden Triangle Angelnet, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, MaRS IAF UAV Manufacturers > Military $46.89M parrot.com Parrot (1994, Paris) Connected products like drones, gardening and car kits for consumer Bpifrance, Seventure Partners UAV Manufacturers > Consumer $35.1M cyphyworks.com CyPhy Works (2008, Danvers) Microfilament technology based secure multicopter drones provider Bessemer Venture Partners, United Parcel Service, Felicis Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Motorola Solutions, Lux Capital, Draper Nexus, In-Q-Tel, National Institute of Standards and Technology UAV Manufacturers > Military $32M airobotics.co.il Airobotics (2014, Tel Aviv) Airobotics manufactures drones for industrial inspection purposes Charles River Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, UpWest Labs UAV Manufacturers > Commercial > Inspection & Monitoring $28.5M
- 29. Drones Report, July201629 Software â Business Model Description This business model includes software applications and platforms that enable drone flight (namely, flight control software and autopilot software). Software tools for managing fleets of drones, storing and processing data are also included here. Miscellaneous tools such as airspace usage planning software are also covered here. Ancillary Software Enabling Software Others Software for fleet and data management Software for operating drones; autopilot software Miscellaneous software applications and platforms for drones
- 30. Drones Report, July201630 Software â Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend $3M $18M $33M $31M 4 7 16 22 0 5 10 15 20 25 0 7 14 21 28 35 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofRounds FundingAmount(inMillions) YoY â Total Funding and No. of Rounds $98M $21M $18M 0 24 48 72 96 120 Enabling Software Ancillary Software Others FundingAmount(inMillions) BM wise Investment 43 9 8 5 4 4 2 2 0 10 20 30 40 50 US Israel UK Canada Australia Sing Belgium Bulgaria NumberofCompanies Distribution of Companies across Countries 2 3 2 5 7 8 30 29 0 7 14 21 28 35 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofCompaniesFounded YoY â No. of Companies Founded
- 31. Drones Report, July201631 Software â Most Funded Companies Company Overview Business Model Funding Amount airware.com Airware (2011, San Francisco) Hardware, Software and cloud service for commercial drones Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Next World Capital, KPCB, Felicis Ventures, Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, GV, Promus Ventures, RRE Ventures, Firelake Capital, GE Ventures Software > Enabling Software > Operating System $70.42M airmap.com AirMap (2014, Santa Monica) Mapping software for drone collision avoidance and airspace information Semil Shah, General Catalyst Partners, Bullpen Capital, Pritzker Group, Lux Capital, TenOneTen, Legend Holdings, Space Angels Network, Bullpen Capital, Social Capital Software > Others $17.6M dronedeploy.com DroneDeploy (2013, San Francisco) Smart multiple drone management platform Redpoint Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, DFJ Venture, SoftTech VC, Data Collective, AngelPad Software > Enabling Software > Operating System $11M skyward.io Skyward (2012, Portland) Enterprise drones Fleet Management Norwest Venture Partners, Techstars, Founders Co-op, Voyager Capital, Moment Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Draper Associates Software > Ancillary Software > Fleet Management $5.6M proxytechnologies.com Proxy Technologies (2005, Reston) Develops control software for unmanned aircrafts Software > Ancillary Software > Fleet Management $3.23M skydio.com Skydio (2014, San Francisco) Computer vision and motion planning algorithm for Drones Accel, Andreessen Horowitz Software > Enabling Software > Autopilot $3M hivemapper.com Hivemapper (2014, Palo Alto) Maps for drones Spark Capital, Founder Collective, Spark Capital, GV, Harrison Metal, Accelerator Ventures, Homebrew Software > Ancillary Software > Image Processing & 3D Mapping $3M dreamhammer.com DreamHammer (2012, Los Angeles) Drone OS that links multiple drones into an integrated system Software > Enabling Software > Operating System $2.9M
- 32. Drones Report, July201632 End-To-End Solution Providers â Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend End-to-end solution providers manufacture drones and provide services (both data acquisition and data processing) to customers. Precision Agriculture End-to-end solution providers specifically for precision agriculture purposes 22 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 5 10 15 20 25 United States India Canada Finland Australia France United Kingdom Belgium NumberofCompanies Distribution of Companies across Countries 1 5 8 10 9 12 0 3 6 8 11 14 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofCompaniesFounded YoY â No. of Companies FoundedBusiness Model Description
- 33. Drones Report, July201633 End-To-End Solution Providers â Most Funded Companies Company Overview Business Model Funding Amount skycatch.com Skycatch (2013, San Francisco) Autonomous drone platform for capturing aerial data Amplify Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, FF Venture Capital, GV, Sherpalo Ventures, Google Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Entree Capital, SK Ventures, Bee Partners, SierraMaya360, SierraMaya360, Amino Capital, ROOT, Amino Capital, VTF Capital End-To-End Solution Providers $38.4M precisionhawk.com PrecisionHawk (2011, Indianapolis) UAV, Remote Sensing and GIS Data solutions Intel Capital, Millennium Technology Value Partners, USAA, NTT Docomo Ventures, Innovate Indiana Fund, Verizon Ventures, YMVSV End-To-End Solution Providers > Precision Agriculture $30M sentera.com Sentera (2014, Minneapolis) Provides complete software & hardware solutions for precision agriculture & infrastructure inspections End-To-End Solution Providers $8.05M eagleeyeintelligence.co m EagleEye Intelligence (2015, Boca Raton) Develops an integrated security and surveillance system using ground-based and UAV- mounted sensors End-To-End Solution Providers $4.5M airphrame.com Airphrame (2012, San Francisco) Deploying a fleet of drones as mapping solution Floodgate, August Capital End-To-End Solution Providers $4.2M gamaya.com Gamaya (2014, Lausanne) Precision farming solutions using HSI technology deployed on drones Sandoz, VI Partners, Seed4equity End-To-End Solution Providers > Precision Agriculture $4.03M sharpershape.com SharperShape (2013, Palo Alto) End-to-end inspection and monitoring solutions provider using drones VisionPlus Fund, Straightforward End-To-End Solution Providers $3.25M identifiedtech.com Identified Tech (2013, Pittsburgh) Self-piloting mapping drone system Innovation Works, Birchmere Ventures End-To-End Solution Providers $3.14M
- 34. Drones Report, July201634 Service Providers â Business Model Description Companies that provide services using drones manufactured by other companies. These services include aerial photography and surveying, industrial inspection and monitoring, delivery, etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Horizontal Industrial Inspections Pilot Marketplace Others Provides services for multiple drone applications Drone inspection services for industrial applications Marketplace platform for commercial drone services Delivers aerial imaging & surveying using drones Miscellaneous drone- enabled and drone operation services
- 35. Drones Report, July201635 Service Providers â Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend $1M $2M $1M $17M 2 3 4 19 0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofRounds FundingAmount(inMillions) YoY â Total Funding and No. of Rounds $18M $14M $14M $11M $9M $1M 0 4 8 12 16 20 Delivery Industrial Insp. Horizontal P'graphy & Survey Pilot Marketplace Mktg. FundingAmount(inMillions) BM wise Investment 114 49 16 13 10 10 7 7 0 24 48 72 96 120 US UK Australia Canada India Spain France N'lands NumberofCompanies Distribution of Companies across Countries 2 4 6 5 19 42 70 104 0 24 48 72 96 120 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofCompaniesFounded YoY â No. of Companies Founded
- 36. Drones Report, July201636 Service Providers â Most Funded Companies Company Overview Business Model Funding Amount flyzipline.com Zipline (2014, San Francisco) Drone delivery services for medical supplies Stanford University, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, GV, Subtraction Capital Service Providers > Delivery $18M itctalon.com Talon Aerolytics (2015, West Point) UAS based aerial imagery services Kinetic Ventures Service Providers > Horizontal $10.5M cape.com Cape (2014, Redwood City) Aerial photography for action sports NEA, XSeed Capital, Madrona Venture Group, S Cubed Capital, Commercial Drone Fund Service Providers > Aerial Photography & Surveying $10M sky-futures.com Sky-Futures (2009, Hayes) Oil & gas drone inspection services MMC Ventures, Bristow Group Inc, Commercial Drone Fund Service Providers > Industrial Inspections $9.52M dronebase.com DroneBase (2014, Santa Monica) Marketplace for commercial drone services Y Combinator, SV Angel, Union Square Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, Launchpad LA Service Providers > Pilot Marketplace $7.08M thecyberhawk.com Cyberhawk (2008, Livingston) Aerial inspection and surveying company Scottish Equity Partners, Clydesdale Bank Service Providers > Industrial Inspections $4.77M redbird.fr Redbird (2013, Paris) Data capture and analytic services BERGERAT MONNOYEUR, Engie, Commercial Drone Fund Service Providers > Horizontal $2.15M better.vu BetterView (2014, San Francisco) Provides drone inspection services Metamorphic Ventures, 500 Startups, Haystack, Router Ventures, MetaProp NYC, Arena Ventures Service Providers > Pilot Marketplace $1.55M
- 37. Drones Report, July201637 Counter-drone Systems â Entrepreneur Activity and Investment Trend Companies in this business model offer drone detection and disabling technologies. These technologies are varied and include visual, audio, radar and other forms of detection. Radio jamming, GPS spoofing and even physical disabling are all techniques used to disable drones and, in some cases, capture them. $1.0M $12M $10M $5M 1 1 1 7 0 2 3 5 6 8 0 3 6 8 11 14 2012 2013 2014 2015 NumberofRounds FundingAmount(inMillions) YoY â Total Funding and No. of Rounds 2 1 2 7 5 0 2 3 5 6 8 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 NumberofCompaniesFounded YoY â No. of Companies Founded 9 5 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 4 6 8 10 US UK France G'many N'lands Canada Finland NumberofCompanies Distribution of Companies across Countries Business Model Description
- 38. Drones Report, July201638 Counter-drone Systems â Most Funded Companies Company Overview Business Model Funding Amount droneshield.com DroneShield (2014, Herndon) Develops drone detection security system Drone detection $26.23M aveillant.com Aveillant (2011, Cambridge) Designs and builds radar systems for aircraft and drone detection DFJ Venture, dfjesprit, Cambridge Consultants, esbhomes.com, Draper Esprit Drone detection $22.94M dedrone.com Dedrone (2014, Kassel) Provides drone early-warning and detection system Menlo Ventures, Target Partners Drone detection $12.9M skysafe.io SkySafe (2015, San Diego) Develops airspace security solutions to detect unwanted drones Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Founder Collective, BoxGroup Drone detection $3M dronedefence.co.uk Drone Defence (2016, ) Builds drone detection and disabling systems Drone detection netvisiondronedetector.com Netvision Drone Detector (2015, Greenville) Netvision Drone Detector Drone detection
- 39. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 9 39
- 40. Drones Report, July201640 Interesting Seed Companies Company Overview Business Model Total Funding augmentedpixels.com Augmented Pixels (2010, Palo Alto) Augmented reality base indoor navigation solutions for robots & drones The Hive, Plug and Play Tech Center, AVentures Capital, Plug and Play Accelerator Software > Enabling Software > Autopilot $2.5M Curated list of companies by the sector analyst are defined as Interesting
- 41. Drones Report, July201641 Interesting Series A Companies Company Overview Business Model Total Funding yuneec.com Yuneec (1999, Shanghai) Remotely operated consumer drones & camera stabilization gimbals Intel Capital UAV Manufacturers > Consumer > Photography $60M swiftnav.com Swift Navigation (2012, San Francisco) Low cost, open source real time kinematics GPS receivers First Round Capital, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Promus Ventures, VegasTechFund, Lemnos Labs, Fall Line Capital, VTF Capital Hardware Parts & Peripherals > Navigation $13.6M slantrange.com SlantRange (2013, San Diego) Manufactures sensors and processing software for drone-based precision agriculture The Investor Group Hardware Parts & Peripherals > Sensors $5M skyspecs.com SkySpecs (2012, Ann Arbor) UAVs for aerial collection & inspection Venture Investors, Accelerate Michigan, Huron River Ventures, Invest Detroit, Amherst Fund, IncWell, Detroit Innovate, MI-CEVC, Michigan Angel Fund, Invest Michigan UAV Manufacturers > Commercial > Inspection & Monitoring $3.5M Ehang (2014, Guangzhou) Smart phone controlled consumer drones GGV Capital, ZhenFund, PreAngel Partners, Shenzhen Oriental Fortune Capital Management, LeBox Capital UAV Manufacturers > Consumer $52M Skycatch (2013, San Francisco) Autonomous drone platform for capturing aerial data Amplify Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, FF Venture Capital, GV, Sherpalo Ventures, Google Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Entree Capital, SK Ventures, Bee Partners, SierraMaya360, SierraMaya360, Amino Capital, ROOT, Amino Capital, VTF Capital End-To-End Solution Providers $38.4M
- 42. Drones Report, July201642 Interesting Late Stage Companies Company Overview Business Model Total Funding dji.com DJI (2006, Shenzhen) Manufactures camera based consumer drones & camera stabilization systems Accel, Sequoia Capital, KPCB, New Horizon Capital, GIC, New China Life Insurance UAV Manufacturers > Consumer > Photography $605M airware.com Airware (2011, San Francisco) Hardware, Software and cloud service for commercial drones Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Next World Capital, KPCB, Felicis Ventures, Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, GV, Promus Ventures, RRE Ventures, Firelake Capital, GE Ventures Software > Enabling Software > Operating System $70.42M precisionhawk.com PrecisionHawk (2011, Indianapolis) UAV, Remote Sensing and GIS Data solutions Intel Capital, Millennium Technology Value Partners, USAA, NTT Docomo Ventures, Innovate Indiana Fund, Verizon Ventures, YMVSV End-To-End Solution Providers > Precision Agriculture $30M
- 43. Drones Report, July201643 Top Funded Deadpooled Companies Company Overview Business Model Funding Amount viastork.com Stork (2011, San Francisco) Programmable smartphone mounted personal telepresence robot Sequoia Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, SV Angel, Felicis Ventures, CrunchFund, BoxGroup, Morado Ventures, VegasTechFund, PivotNorth Capital, PALgenesis, Klein Venture Partners, Visionnaire Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, VTF Capital UAV Manufacturers > Commercial $12.1M wysper.ph Wysper Drones (2015, Manila) Drones manufacturer UAV Manufacturers > Commercial BlackProp Tree Robotics (2012, ) UAVs for aerial cinematography and logistics operations UAV Manufacturers > Commercial > Delivery
- 44. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 4 44
- 45. Drones Report, July201645 Useful Links Slide Title Content Platform Link List of All Companies in readable format Companies Link Top investments in last one year Investment Trend Link All IPOs Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Link Major Acquisitions in last one year Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Link Most Funded Companies Historical Top-Funding Link
- 46. Drones Report, July2016 Scope of Report Entrepreneur Activity Investment Trend Who is Investing Exit Outlook - IPO, Acquisitions Sub Sector Analysis Interesting Companies Useful Links Company List Team 6 46
- 47. Drones Report, July201647 Drones â Company List COVERS THE FOLLOWING SECTORS UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 48. Drones Report, July201648 UAV Manufacturers (1/92) UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems Company Details Funding Investors UAV Manufacturers INSITU Inc. [White Salmon, 1994]: INSITU designs customized unmanned aerial systems and media management software solutions that provide information for superior decision making for military and commercial applications.INSITU's platforms - ScanEagle and Integrator ââŹâ have logged more than 835,000 operational flight hours, and deliver high-quality, combat-proven ISR for both land and maritime missions. The software solution caters to the media management challenges from hardware integration and systems improvement to testing, evaluation, training and more. The company also provides 24/7 global training, services and support. INSITU has trained more than 4,700 operators since 2004 at its on-site schoolhouses in the United States and Australia. $21.33M Battery Ventures, Second Avenue Partners UAV Manufacturers FeiYu Tech [Guilin, 2007]: GuiLin FeiYu Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. designs and manufactures gimbals for cameras. It builds separate lines of gimbals for hand-held, wearable and drone gimbals. The company also builds two multi-purpose fixed-wing drones - SkyCam and X8 - along with ground control station software. Feiyu also builds autopilot modules, including the flagship Panda2. UAV Manufacturers Hiveground [Bangkok, 2011]: Hiveground manufactures drones and unmanned underwater vehicles for commercial uses. It builds a multicopter drone optimized for plant stack inspections, as well as a fixed-wing drone for multiple commercial and military uses. The company also builds an autonomous underwater vehicle called Zeabus RoboSub. Consumer 3D Robotics [Berkeley, 2009]: 3D Robotics manufactures both consumer and commercial drones for photography, inspection,surveying and other purposes. UAV products includes Solo, a smartphone controlled camera based intelligent drone; IRIS+, an easy-to-use fully autonomous (follow me technology based) small drone. Developed Pixhawk, an open source autopilot system which is utilized in the drones it develops. It is the manufacturing arm of the DIY Drones community at diydrones.com. Has offices in Berkeley, San Diego and manufacturing operations in Guangzhou, China. The company is also developing business applications in data analysis, mapping, 3D modeling and more for agriculture, construction, infrastructure and ecological study. $99M O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Mayfield, Qualcomm Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, SanDisk, Atlantic Bridge Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, SK Ventures, Finnish Industry Investment, Nautilus Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Danhua Capital, NFX Guild
- 49. Drones Report, July201649 UAV Manufacturers (2/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Ehang [Guangzhou, 2014]: Ehang, Inc. offers smartphone controlled consumer UAV called Ghost Drones. Creates and develops aerial systems for recreational and commercial usages. It does not requires a remote controller to carry around rather it works on a smartphone and a small G-Box. Winner of Tilt Video pitch contest at Tech Crunch Disrupt 2014. Headquartered in San Carlos, USA along with offices in Beijing and Guangzhou in China as well. Raised $112k in crowdfunding pre orders on IndieGoGo. Xiaoping Xu (founding partner and executive director of ZhenFund), Nick Yang (venture partner at ePlanet Capital) also participated in the Series A round. $52M GGV Capital, ZhenFund, PreAngel Partners, Shenzhen Oriental Fortune Capital Management, LeBox Capital Consumer Parrot [Paris, 1994]: Parrot designs, develops and markets UAVs that connect with smartphone or tablet, and AR/VR headsets. Currently focused on automotive, civil drones and connected objects. Parrot is expanding on the UAV market with the Parrot AR.Drone, a quadricopter piloted via Wi-Fi and using augmented reality and so with new solutions to address the UAV market for professional use. Manufactures a wide array of drones, and is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris since 2006. Was a leader in automotive infotainment area before it ventured into mobile application platforms. Acquired DiBcom, a fabless semi-conductor company in July'11. Invested in MicaSense, software provider to collect data on agriculture crops; and Airinov, provider of UAV farming applications and sensors in 2014. $35.1M Bpifrance, Seventure Partners Consumer Awesome Sauce Labs [Los Angeles, 2014]: Awesome Sauce Labs developing flying camera drones to capture personal shots. $50k March Venture Partners, QueensBridge Venture Partners, vsi2.usc.edu Consumer Endurance Robots [San Francisco, 2015]: Endurance specializes in developing drones and robotic product targeting the consumer applications. Products includes laser cutters accessory for 3D printers, telepresence robot (rig), UAV quadcopter (under development). Developing Selfiebot, a smartphone holder, providing features like motion auto-tracking during video calls and recording, wireless charging of mobilephone devices and night vision for them. As of early Sept, 2015, they are aiming to raise $20K through crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, a global crowdfunding platform. The company is a startup by ex-NASA contractor Matteo Borri and Russian entrepreneur George I Fomitchev, founded on Jan 11, 2015. $48.3k UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 50. Drones Report, July201650 UAV Manufacturers (3/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Funaster [Delhi, 2014]: Funaster builds drones for surveillance and aerial photography/videography applications. Its Zoomerator quadcotper contains an integrated camera and is designed for surveillance purposes. The company also resells third-party drones, namely the Xiro Xplorer for photography purposes. Consumer Ctrl Me Robotics [Los Angeles, 2013]: Ctrl Me Robotics designs and builds custom ready-to-fly drones for various applications. Ctrl Me also offers drone-based aerial cinematography services, as well as repair and upgrade services. The company also provides 3D printing and prototyping services. Tandem Consumer jnMechanics [Bangkok, 2010]: jnMechanics designs and manufactures multi-purpose drones for consumer and military applications. Its jDrones line of drones is made for consumer use. Its jD-Tactical line of UAV systems for military use include medium to large UAVs and ground control stations. The company also builds custom aerial, ground and surface unmanned vehicles under the product line jd-UAS for use in commercial and security applications. Consumer UDIRC Toys Industry Co. [Shantou, 2010]: UDIRC designs and manufactures RC unmanned aerial vehicles, and other RC toy vehicles for using on water surfaces and on the ground. Its drone portfolio consists of quadcopters and hexacopters. It also offers FPV variants of these drones. Consumer Align [Taichung, 1997]: Align builds unmanned helicopters and quadcopters for consumer hobby flying and racing purposes. It manufactures a large number of models and variants, and also sells accessories on its online store. It also builds other products such as vacuum cleaners (for domestic use), power table feed (for industrial machining usage), as well as a 3D VR head-mounted device (HMD). UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 51. Drones Report, July201651 UAV Manufacturers (4/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Speedwolf [Shenzhen, 2013]: Speedwolf manufactures drones for consumer photography and videography use. It builds its quadcopters under the brand name of Vajra and offers multiple variants based on differing control and payloads, including a fishing variant, and a racing drone. It is also in the process of designing a foldable FPV drone under the name DRBOX2. Consumer SwellPro Technology [Shenzhen, 2011]: SwellPro manufactures a number of waterproof drones that are optimized for working just over the surface of water bodies. These drones, called Splash Drones, are aimed at fishermen, water sportspersons and ocean and marine scientists. SwellPro also manufactures a camera called the Zero camera for use on its Splash Drones. The company also sells accessories for its drones from an online store. Its products are also sold on its sister company, FPV Factory's website. Consumer FPV Factory [Shenzhen, 2010]: FPV Factory manufactures consumer drones for photography purposes. FPV Factory sells the SwellPro line of drones are all waterproof and are aimed at fishermen, water sportspersons, ocean scientists etc. The company sells drones in both assembled condition and in DIY kits. It also sells drone parts and accessories. Consumer Gaui [Taipei, 2007]: Gaui is a UAV manufacturer that designs and manufactures a large range of unmanned systems. It also sells hardware parts and peripherals for UAVs online. Gaui manufactures both unmanned helicopters (under the Gaui and Gaui GPower brands) and multi-rotor light drones (under the Gaui MRT brand). These drones can be ordered in DIY form and assembled by users as well. Consumer Turbo Ace [Orange County, 2010]: Turbo Ace manufactures UAVs and UAV parts. It designs and manufactures a number of multicopters. Its flagship drone, Matrix, is a quadcopter and is sold in a number of variants. It also builds one hexacopter and one octocopter each under the names of Infinity and Cinewing. The Infinity series is optimized for heavy payloads. The company also manufactures and sells UAV parts and accessories including gimbals. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 52. Drones Report, July201652 UAV Manufacturers (5/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Powervision [Beijing, 2015]: Powervision is a manufacturer of drones for photography and videography purposes. Its portfolio includes both fixed-wing (PowerEye) and rotor-lifted (PowerCopter, PowerQuad I and PowerQuad II) drones. It also manufactures an unmanned ground vehicle called PowerRobot. The company also builds a photography and videography quadcopter called the PowerEgg for indoor usage. The quadcopter is very small and can be folded into a highly portable egg shape. Powervision was founded by Zheng Weifeng. Consumer Freebird Flight [Westport, 2014]: Freebird Flight is a UAV manufacturer that builds a drone called Freebird One for consumer and commercial use. Its airframe, SurroundFrame, is 3D-printed, and according to Freebird Flight, is structurally strong and safe. The Freebird One is a large quadcopter and can carry a payload of up to 20 lbs. Consumer Eighty Nine Robotics [Evanston, 2014]: EightyNine Robotics wants to build a distantly controlled drone which can be used to monitor pets at home. The firm is currently based out of NorthWestern University Garage Accelerator. The quadcopter drone has been designed to be managed from a mobile phone app and provide video feed of the surroundings over the internet. Consumer Leisure Robotics [ , 2014]: Leisure Robotics develops and market quadcopter drones named AthleteDrone which can be used for training of athletes. The unique algorithm on the drone allows it to fly on a predefined route while varying its pace to mimic a runner's movement. The drone moves alongside an athlete and helps them train as it leads the runner. The drone keeps track of the runner with a hand held tracker. The firm has held events where they provide prototypes of these drones to athletes for practise. Consumer Ascent AeroSystems [Newtown, 2014]: Ascent AeroSystems develops and manufactures small unmanned aerial vehicles. Developed a unique coaxial vehicle configuration that is more portable, more durable and simpler to operate than typical multi-rotor designs. It is a highly scalable platform and ideally suited for recreational, professional, commercial and military applications. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 53. Drones Report, July201653 UAV Manufacturers (6/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Cheerson Hobby [Shenzhen, 2003]: Cheerson Hobby is a professional remote control toys and drones manufacturer. They have been researching, designing and manufacturing RC toys since 2003 under the name of Shantou SLH Toy Factory. In 2011, they restructured and became the Guangdong Cheerson Hobby Technology Company Limited. They appear to have a good global reputation and currently export their products all over the world. Cheerson drones include the CX-10, the CX-20 Auto-Pathfinder and the CX-30W. However, the company is not limited to quadcopters. They also produce RC helicopters and planes, although their focus is shifting more toward multicopter toys.The company and their 13,000 square foot manufacturing facility are located in Guangdong, China. Consumer xCraft [Sandpoint, 2013]: xCraft has developed the X PlusOne UAV. A hybrid drone that combines both stabilized hover and fast forward flight. Also developed PhoneDrone Ethos, a remarkable device that smartphones wings, allowing user to deploy iPhone or Android phone as an autonomous aerial camera. They have leveraged sensor, processor, and wireless capability of smartphone to make it a powerful, cloud-connected aerial vehicle. Consumer AirButlr [Ypres, 2014]: AirButlr is an autonomous flying drone for indoor applications. It automatically cleans windows and keeps grass looking neat and tidy by using various AirButlr applications. The lawn mowing application and window cleaning application are hold in the base station which is a small box where AirButlr can be found in his state of rest or when it's charging. The AirButlr will inspect the house for dirt on a regular basis. When a housekeeping command was given the base station will automatically mount the right application on the AirButlr. The AirButlr will transport the right application to the right spot for cleaning it. Consumer Prodrone Technology [Shenzhen, 2015]: Prodrone is developing Byrd, a portable, foldable quadcopter with removal 3-axis camera gimbal and ground control station. The drone sized as an ipad when folded but is 4 inches thick & the whole system weighs about 4 pounds including removable 7,000mAh battery which can reach up to 30 minutes of flight (depending up on flying speed & wind conditions). The product is supposed to be out in November 2015 for preorders. Its standard version is priced at $950 & advanced version at $1060. Priced at $1,400, the premium version includes a 4K-resolution camera with a 3-axis gimbal for image stabilization that can be swapped for an infrared camera, a GoPro-ready gimbal or future add-ons. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 54. Drones Report, July201654 UAV Manufacturers (7/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Walkera [Guangzhou, 1994]: Walkera involves in research & development, manufacturing & marketing of consumer drones. They have designed a variety of quadcopters for photography and FPV purposes. Products includes Scout X4 FPV, a lightweight, little & efficient quadcopter; Runner 250, a GPS based racing quadcopter; and many other entertainment and hobbyist drones. Consumer Erle Robotics [Alava, 2014]: Erle Robotics is developing artificial brains for robots and drones based on Linux. These brains build intelligence using the Robot Operating System (ROS) and have access to a cloud-based app store for robots and drones. Developed Erle-spider, a low cost robot and drone platforms developed to help in the process of learning, research and development of new ideas; and Erle-Copter, a Ubuntu Core powered drone along with SDK to develop apps to control it. Techfounders Consumer Hubsan [Shenzhen, 2010]: Shenzhen Hubsan Technology is engaged in research and development, production and sale & sales service for hobbies and toys. Designs and manufactures consumer toys products like, helicopters, planes & Quad copters with auto-pilot capabilities, including the NANO Q4 and HUBSAN FPV X4, marketed as two of the worlds smallest quadcopters. Consumer ShenZhen Idea-Fly [Shenzhen, 2011]: ShenZhen Idea-Fly specializes in the R&D, manufacture, and sales of multi-rotor aircraft. Manufactures commercial and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for aerial photography and videography. Developed several multi-rotor products like IFLY-4, IFLY-4S, Mars-550, Apollo, Hero-550 & Storm-800. Also designed flight controller IFLY-V4M. Consumer Ebotic [Palo Alto, 2015]: Ebotic, a personal flying robotics company, developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. It contains sensors like a camera, radar, microphone, GPS, and actuators. Also provides easy-to-use APIs for obstacle avoidance, indoor mappings and self-localization for developers. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 55. Drones Report, July201655 UAV Manufacturers (8/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer Emelody Worldwide [Atlanta, 2014]: Emelody Worldwide, a technical consulting and innovation company contains two divisions entitled Emelody Research Group and Emelody Inspirations Group. Emelody Inspirations Group maintains and supports the development of a radical next generation UAV aircraft, ââŹĹVindicatoreââŹâ˘, which claims to differ from the existing technologies and having advanced aerodynamics. Consumer Manna [Stanford, 2015]: Manna is building an intelligent, personal drone that can do more than one application. This drone receives commands interacting with smartphones and making that on the internet and autonomous, instead of human-controlled, enables everyday people to use this technology. Consumer Flytrex [Tel Aviv, 2013]: Flytrex Sky manufactures drones and operates a platform for hobbyists and drone enthusiast. Its flagship product, Flytrex Sky is a cloud connected drone controlled by Flytrex Sky Pilot app that has auto pilot, auto-takeoff and landing, return to home and other features. All the flight data is stored in the cloud and can be accessed through the web-site or mobile apps in real-time basis. The drone can be used for fun activities, delivering goods and other purposes. The platform supports the control over 3G and optional receiver/transmitter, FPV and GoPro ready and other features. Also the company manufactures Flytrex Core, a complete flight tracker system and a number of hardware peripherals such as Controller, Battery etc. Star Farm Ventures Consumer TechJect [Atlanta, 2011]: TechJet designed a Palm-sized robot 'Dragonfly' that flies like a bird and hovers like an insect. Designed for aerial photography, advanced gaming, R&D and security. The unique feature of this drone is that it not only hovers but also can glide for greater accuracy of movement. Research began on Dragon fly through a grant of $1M from US Air Force. Raised more than $1.1M on Kickstarter in 2012 from more than 3k backers. Consumer - Photography DJI [Shenzhen, 2006]: Dajiang Innovations (DJI) is a developer and manufacturer of camera based consumer drones and its hardware peripherals. The product lines cover high-end UAV flight control system and ground control system, professional aerial photography drone platform, commercial Gimbal system, as well as an intelligent model aircraft products and high-precision control module. Main product line includes Phantom line of camera based quadcopters. The company was valued at $8-10B during the latest round of funding. $605M Accel, Sequoia Capital, KPCB, New Horizon Capital, GIC, New China Life Insurance UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 56. Drones Report, July201656 UAV Manufacturers (9/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography Yuneec [Shanghai, 1999]: Yuneec International manufactures manned & unmanned aircraft. It develops remote controlled, ready-to-use out of the box, camera supported quadcopters & hexacopters. Manufactures over 1 million units a year, sold under the Blade, Parkzone, E-Flite, Firebird, Firebird XL and Q500 brands. Also provides ground camera stabilization systems for cameras to record high quality action sports. Markets its manned aircraft in America through GreenWing International. The company hold 50+ patents. The HQ is in Shanghai, China. Has offices in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Hamburg. $60M Intel Capital Consumer - Photography Zero Zero Robotics [Beijing, 2014]: Zero Zero Robotics is a consumer robotics company. Its first product is a hovering drone camera that can follow subjects and take photos and videos. It uses two cameras for both positioning and movement and for taking the photos. The rectangular shape of the drone allows it to be folded and easily ported. $25M IDG ventures, ZhenFund, GSR Ventures Consumer - Photography Lily Robotics [San Francisco, 2013]: Lily is a throw and shoot camera mounted drone enabled with auto-follow technology. It automatically follows and focuses the user without any controller needed. This water proof drone can record videos at 1080p, slow motion with 720p and image captures 12MP. Started in the basement of UC Berkeley robotics lab, where Henry and Antoine built the first prototype using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. Supported by investors like Shana Fisher and SV Angel since 2014. $15M SV Angel, Spark Capital, Dorm Room Fund, Slow Ventures, Steve Aoki, Upside Partnership, CLI Ventures, StartX Consumer - Photography Flypro [Shenzhen, 2012]: Flypro is a smartwatch-controlled drone maker. The drone has an automatic-follow function at 330 feet or 100m distance as well as a tracking photo shot function. The watch can control the drone as it takes off or lands and adjust the flight speed. Based in Shenzhen, the company is involved advanced flight control systems, visual positioning systems and sonar technology. $12.5M Yihua Group Consumer - Photography Nixie [Mountain View, 2014]: Wristband capable of transforming into quadcopter that flies, takes video and photos. Currently in development. Winner of Intel's make it wearable challenge (prize money $500k). Currently in active development. $5M Intel, Redpoint Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Tencent, Playground Global UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 57. Drones Report, July201657 UAV Manufacturers (10/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography iDrone [Salt Lake City, 2015]: iDrone is a stealth mode startup that designs and builds drones, chiefly for consumer purposes. $2.8M Consumer - Photography Airdog [Palo Alto, 2013]: AirDog, a product of Helico Aerospace Industries is a fully autonomous personal 3D printed action sports drone. AirDog is a small, foldable quadcopter, especially designed for video shooting action sports with the GoPro camera. Users need to wear a wrist-strapped controller called AirLeash that the AirDog will follow. It can take off and land automatically and uses gyro stabilisation technology to ensure the subject is always in frame. Raised $1.37M on Kickstarter with a goal of $200K. Konstantin Othmer, Harry Cheung, Vinny Lingham, Chris Hulls and Arthur Watson also participated in the Seed round. $2.5M Seraph Group, Imprimatur Capital, FlyCap, IT-Farm, Base Ventures, Carthona Capital, Zenstone Venture Capital, Imprimatur Capital Consumer - Photography Aheadx [Beijing, 2014]: Aheadx is a Chinese startup company that designs & manufactures consumer drones. Their first product is Transdrone A4, which is named after its ability to fold up into something the size of an A4 piece of paper. This drone features 4000mAh capacity smart battery, auto follow module and comes with a clamshell remote control. The company also sells parts and components to make drones. The company received a seed funding of $2M by Avenue Capital in Aug, 2015 $2M AV Capital Consumer - Photography Airmada Tech [Fremont, 2015]: Airmada Tech builds a drone for consumer photography use. It is a smartphone- controlled drone and can be used both indoors and outdoors. Its waypoint-based navigation allows users to create a pre-flight route and focus on controlling the camera during the flight. Dorm Room Fund Consumer - Photography FlightHigh [Moscow, 2015]: FlightHigh designs and builds drones for photography and videography applications. Its six-rotor model is chiefly designed for use in amateur and low-budget commercial filming.. FlightHigh also claims that it can be used for precision agriculture purposes. The company also offers MRO services. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 58. Drones Report, July201658 UAV Manufacturers (11/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography UP&GO [Miami, 2015]: Up&Go has developed a drone camera that features five professional camera movements and follow it's user to take pictures and record videos. Camera comes with a small controller that user wears in its arm. Up&Go uses two way radio signal and GPS locators in both camera and controller for tracking purpose and maintaining communication between camera and controller. Up&Go has interchangeable batteries and a carbon fiber frame. Raising money through their Indiegogo campaign Consumer - Photography Staaker [Oslo, 2013]: Staaker designs and builds a consumer quadcopter drone of the same name. The Staaker drone is an auto-follow drone that is meant for personal photography and videography use. It carries a 4K GoPro camera and is aimed at the same adventurer market. The user needs to wear an armband that the Staaker drone can then follow. The Staaker drone is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2016. Consumer - Photography EKEN [Hong Kong, 1997]: Eken manufactures cameras and drones for consumer use. It manufactures two drones - Hawk V5 and Hawk V6 - for consumer photography and videography purposes. Both the drones are hexacopters and come with a ground controller with a video downlink. The company builds a large series of cameras as well. Consumer - Photography X-Cam Technology Inc. [Shanghai, 2012]: X-Cam Technology Inc. builds drones and remote controlled vehicles for use in consumer applications, chiefly photography and hobby flying. Its flagship brand is the Kongcopter series of drones that are divided into PRO, KIT and STD drones. Its other two product lines are camera gimbals and on-board electronics such as vibration detection modules, etc. Consumer - Photography Tuffwing [Boerne, 2008]: Tuffwing manufactures drones for use in aerial mapping and monitoring applications. Its drones are designed as flying wings made of EPP foam. Tuffwing manufactures two models of unmanned aircraft - UAV Mapper (for aerial photography) and Tuffwing 32 (for hobby flying). The UAV Mapper works with the Pixhawk autopilot. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 59. Drones Report, July201659 UAV Manufacturers (12/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography Snelflight [Durham, 1998]: Snelflight builds small drones for consumer photography and hobby flying purposes, as well as commercial applications. It builds two drones - the Ghost and the QuadPod - on its Hoverfly quadcopter platform. The company also sells accessories on its online store. Consumer - Photography Skye Intelligence [Xian, 2015]: Skye Intelligence is a developer of UAV drones which can be used for photography. Some of its features include high precision multiloop automatic tracking system, editing tools, flight control using a mobile application etc. It claims to have a flight time of about 22 minutes and has a GPS system to track its movement. It is a part of Roobo. Consumer - Photography Shenzhen Zero UAV Tech [Shenzhen, 2002]: Shenzhen Zero UAV Tech (Xiro) is a drone company founded by Shenzhen Rapoo Technology Co. and Beijing Zero UAV Tech. Xiro manufactures UAVs for consumer use. Its product portfolio includes Xplorer, Xplorer 2, Xplorer Mini and Xplorer Extreme. It also manufactures a hand- held gimbal called Xplorer Gimbal. Xiro sells its products in North America through Hobbico. Its chief applications are in consumer photography and videography. Consumer - Photography Pocket Drone [Riga, 2015]: Pocket Drone builds a consumer drone for personal photography. Its Kronos drone is paired with a smartphone and can follow the smartphone. It is very small and can be folded, making it very portable, and includes a number of smartphone-connected features such as automatic syncing of all photos. It also has a smile-tracker that ensures that the camera clicks photos when a smile is detected in the field of view. Consumer - Photography Droneex [Monterrey, 2015]: Droneex builds unmanned aerial vehicles for consumer use. It currently builds a quadcopter called Aviary-i4. Droneex claims that the Aviary-i4 is well-suited to other photography applications, such as aerial inspections, as well. It is also working on a racing quadcopter called Razer-X8. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 60. Drones Report, July201660 UAV Manufacturers (13/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography Smart Drones [Paris, 2013]: Smart Drones builds eponymous drones for consumer use. Its chief application is in photography and filming. Other applications include commercial applications such as disaster assessments, mapping, inspection, etc. Its Smart Drone 4 can be customized for different cameras and can be controlled via mobile applications as well. Consumer - Photography Atlas Aerospace [Jerusalem, 2015]: Atlas Aerospace builds a copter called the Erida Smartcopter. It is built for consumer purposes and is specialized for working in very cold weather. Its positioning system is LIDAR-based. It can be controlled by both an RC controller and a mobile application, and can be used as an FPV drone. Consumer - Photography Snitch [Moscow, 2015]: Snitch manufactures an eponymous hovering camera called Snitch. It is exclusively aimed for consumer use and has a very small range. It levitates and hovers using propellers that are contained within the spherical structure. The camera is fitted in a gimbal to provide image stabilization. The device can be controlled by an application running on a smartphone or tablet. Consumer - Photography Autel Robotics [Bothell, 2014]: Autel Robotics builds UAVs for aerial photography and video capture. The company's product portfolio includes the X-Star range of quadcopters (X-Star, X-Star Go and X-Star Premium). It plans to launch the Kestrel fixed-wing VTOL UAV in March 2017 for payload delivery and crop monitoring. Consumer - Photography Wingsland [Shenzhen, 2014]: Shenzen WINGSLAND Technology Co., Ltd. is a consumer drone manufacturer. Claims to conduct R&D in recreational, reconnaissance and commercial UAVs. Currently, portfolio includes only photography and video capture quadcopters - K3, M5 and Minivet. Also manufactures a handheld gimbal called Vipro. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 61. Drones Report, July201661 UAV Manufacturers (14/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography ONAGOfly [Delaware City, 2013]: ONAGOFly is a nano drone which is palm sized and can be used for taking recreational photography from a different perspective. The advantage that the drone brings is that it is extremely handy and packed with a 15MP sensor which makes for clear shots. The drone is packed with IR technology for obstacle avoidance and has GPS based navigation. The drone can be controlled by the OnagoFly App over WiFi for 66m. The firm was able to raise $950K on IndieGoGo platform against a planned number of 150K. The drone will be out for delivery by Feb 2016. Consumer - Photography Fleye [Liege, 2014]: Fleye is the first consumer friendly flying camera having features such as 360 panorama, people tracker, follow-me mode & more. With original form factor (spherical form) and smart control software makes Fleye safe, robust and extremely easy to use. No piloting skills needed to take awesome aerial photography and video as this robot is autonomous and can be controlled by a smartphone app. Also provides APIs and SDK for development of its app. Consumer - Photography Extreme Fliers [London, 2007]: Extreme Fliers designs, develops and manufactures quirky and innovative toys. Products include Micro Drone quadcopter, Robocopter and Terror Wasp which use advanced electronics and sensors. Developed Micro Drone, a tiny flying drone for live streaming of videos in HD quality.The company raised $2.7M for its Micro Drone 3.0, through Indiegogo, a global crowdfunding platform. Consumer - Photography Easy Aerial [New York City, 2014]: Easy Drone is an advanced, modular quadcopter designed for videographers that need quick, easy and affordable aerial shots. Is a plug-and-play aerial filming platform, incredibly compact and easy to assemble. Has a flight time of 45mins. Raised $21k througha campaign on Kickstarter. Consumer - Photography Vantage Robotics [San Francisco, 2013]: Vantage Robotics has designed a fold-able & collision tolerant quad- copter drone with 4k camera controlled by smart phone. This drone is capable of flying for 20 mins with a top speed of 30 mph and automatically tracks user. Comes with features like auto sequences (preset features for professional photographic shots), auto ground avoidance, make sure to return back when battery is about to end. The product is available for pre-order on their website. Ruvento Ventures UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 62. Drones Report, July201662 UAV Manufacturers (15/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography Seraphim [San Diego, 2014]: Seraphim is a consumer robotics company that has developed Seraph, a camera drone for aerial footage with a flight time of 45 minutes. It is having active object avoidance and intuitive design that produces non-shaky footage. It is a good product for skiers, snowboarders, mountain bikers, and other adventure sports enthusiasts. Consumer - Photography Fotokite [Zurich, 2014]: Fotokite has designed and is ready to manufacture Fotokite Phi, a foldable drone-kite for GoPro Hero cameras that offers video recording at various angles and can be easily controlled by hand gestures. Enabled with Gesture flight control, this drone is easily portable and have safe and secure propellers. Raised $115K in 2 days in a campaign for $300K target in a month. Orkos Capital Consumer - Photography DreamQii [Toronto, 2012]: DreamQii has developed drones that can fly together in a coordinated 'swarm', all controlled through a single mobile device. DreamQiiââŹâ˘s PlexiDrone is specifically aimed at photographers and filmmakers. The company boasts that users can fly up to 30 drones at once using the PlexiHub, a Bluetooth device that acts like a router between the app and aircraft. Raised $2.26M in pre-orders on IndieGoGo, a global crowdfunding platform. Consumer - Photography Carbon Flyer [Columbus, 2014]: The Carbon Flyer has been designed and engineered by Trident Design LLC. The Carbon Flyer is an all carbon fiber personal drone, controlled by Bluetooth, with an onboard video camera. Carbon Flyer airframe is assembled using carbon nanotube enhanced epoxy which creates bonds stronger than steel welds. Raised $330k for pre orders on IndieGoGo. Consumer - Photography Zano [Swansea, 2014]: Zano is an ultra-portable, personal aerial photography and video capture drone. The size is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand and has an autopilot system insalled. Zano connects directly to smart phone via onboard WiFi and enables user to instantly begin capturing through the onboard camera system. Raised $2.64M in pre orders on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 63. Drones Report, July201663 UAV Manufacturers (16/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography Mota [San Jose, 1999]: Mota is a wearable and consumer electronics manufacturing company. Its products include 3D printers, Drones, Smart watches, Smart Glass, Battery cases and Power Banks. Mota's 3D printer is a low-end, low cost FDM 3D printer which supports PLA and ABS with a maximum print size of 6.5 x 6.1 x 6.1 inches. MOTA SmartWatch G2 Lite is a wearable device with the ability to pair with both iOS and Android devices. The SmartWatch integrates with Siri and Google Now. The watch can be used to easily setup appointments, send emails, check the weather, etc. Works with Bluetooth version 3.0 and has a charging time of 2-3 hours. A 3D Interactive Glass, MOTA SmartGlass, is currently under development. Features include voice dial, data record, remote control camera etc. Also working on a Drone called MOTA Drone Hawk, which is a Quadcopter with a Cx20 AUTO-Pathfinder GPS guidance and Stability Mode on board and a flight time of 15 minutes and 2700 mAh Power. Its another drone product is MOTA iOS Helicopter, which can be controlled with the user's iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Provides a free app which allows the user to easily dictate the helicopterââŹâ˘s flight path from all directions. Also manufactures Battery Cases for iPhone and Samsung mobiles and Universal Power Banks like Power Block, Power Stick and Card Charger. Consumer - Photography AirDroids [Washington D.C., 2013]: AirDroids designs and manufactures drone hardware and software for the consumer and commercial marketplace. The Pocket Drone is the first product from AirDroids. It is a heavy-lift microcopter capable of lifting a HD action sports camera high into the air but folds up smaller than the footprint of a 7in tablet. It also has lots of advanced features found in high end devices but retails for less than $500. The company leadership are also the founders of the Drone User Group Network, the largest community based organization in the U.S. focused on making UAV and autonomous flight technology available to everyone. The Director of Engineering is a mechanical engineer and a patent attorney. They have an in-house drone design lab and a full machine and prototyping shop (including desktop injection molding machines, CNC mills and 3D printers). Raised $930k on kickstarter for pocket drone pre-orders in March 2014. Consumer - Photography Vektor [San Francisco, 2014]: Stealth mode company. Vektor produces micro-drones which can be used for personal everyday use. The drone has autonomous control with no flight training required on the part of the user. Users can also post footage via VektorââŹâ˘s app. Founding team is from UPenn and UC Santa Barbara. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 64. Drones Report, July201664 UAV Manufacturers (17/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Photography Squadrone System [Palo Alto, 2014]: Hexo+, a product of Squadrone System, is an intelligent drone that follows and films the user autonomously. The copter communicates with the user's iOS or Android smartphone using the MAVLink protocol. Hexo+ provides a mobile app to select the droneââŹâ˘s starting position and frame the shot it should take. Users can specify from which angle the drone should shoot and how far away it should hover from its subject. As the subject moves, the drone moves with them to provide a continuous shot. The drone employs trajectory anticipation algorithms in order to make sure that the drone will be able to smartly predict the user's path and won't be lagging behind. Raised $762k on Kickstarter till date of an initial goal of $50k. Consumer - Gaming Drone Racing League [New York City, 2015]: Drone racing is a fun and exciting sport in which quadcopter drones fly around a pre-set 3 dimensional course. Pilots control the drones via remote controls, wearing FPV (first person view) goggles to steer from the droneââŹâ˘s point of view. The company also builds the racing drones, all to the same specifications.Those specifications change from race to race to keep things interesting. So the pilots do not need to worry about their vehicles, making the race videos more exciting. The targeting audience of the Drone Racing League is video-game players and other technology-oriented enthusiasts. The League intends to make money through sponsorship, media and ticket sales. $7.6M Lux Capital, Hearst Communications, RSE Ventures, CAA Ventures, Basset Investment, Lerer Hippeau Ventures Consumer - Gaming QFO [Minneapolis, 2010]: QFO Labs develops, manufactures and sells high tech gaming drones. Products include Quad Fighter, a quad-copter designed to fly in small indoor areas, having rugged, lightweight construction, four moving parts and a design flipped upside-down from the conventional designs to increase the efficiency. Also provide Mimix, a tilt based controller for Quad Fighter. By tilting the controller forward, back, left or right its maneuverability can be controlled. The complete set is available at $99.99 from their website. $200k Consumer - Gaming TobyRich [Bremen, 2012]: TobyRich builds bluetooth-connected, smartphone-controlled drones for gaming purposes. Its product range includes three fixed-wing models - SmartPlane, tobyrich.vegas and tobyrich.tokyo - and a quadcopter called X-Spy Nano. The company also sells its BluetoothSmart board for integrating with homemade hobbyist drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 65. Drones Report, July201665 UAV Manufacturers (18/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Gaming DragonFly Racing Drones [Avon Park, 2015]: DragonFly Racing Drones designs and builds drones and airframes for racing purposes, chiefly the Black Darter drone. It also sells drones made by other manufacturers on its online store. In addition, the company sells drone parts and accessories, such as propeller blades, flight controllers, FPV goggles, etc on its online store. Consumer - Gaming Thrust UAV [Boise, 2014]: Thrust-UAV is a manufacturer of racing drones. Its first product is a quadcopter called the Riot 250R Pro. The Riot 250R is optimized for FPV racing with a reinforced undercarriage and a powerful integrated flight system. It also sells drone components and airframes. Consumer - Gaming Rotor X [Sydney, 2014]: RotorX Racing manufactures consumer UAVs primarily for racing use. RotorX specializes in manufacturing very small drones. It builds two drones - the six-rotor RX155 Raiju and the four-rotor RX122 Atom. The Atom comes in two DIY variants, with differing expected assembly times. RotorX also sells drone parts for its two drones. Consumer - Gaming Mobus Drones [Madrid, 2015]: Mobus Drones develops two models of drones - FPV Vesta280 and Lytta250. The Vesta280 drone has been geared towards racing and can reach speeds of up to 100kmph. The drone also comes with a head gear which can be used as a VR kit to view the first person account of the drone flight. The Lytta 250 drone is targeted towards beginners and comes in the option of a kit which can be assembled to learn how the drone works. Consumer - Gaming Skyrocket Toys [Los Angeles, 2010]: Skyrocket specializes in building original, innovation driven, television advertised toy brands. Provide Sky Viper brand of drones which includes low cost, multi-copter RC drones for indoor & outdoor entertainment & gaming. Also develops and manufactures OEM products for top video game and other consumer products companies. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 66. Drones Report, July201666 UAV Manufacturers (19/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - Gaming Axis Drones [Macedon, 2015]: Axis Drones specializes in beginner friendly quadcopters for first time pilots and kids interested in learning the mechanics of quadcopter and drone flight. Products include small UAVs like, Wallet drone, Turbo-X drone, Nano drone & Aerius. Axis Drones is a division of Morrison Innovations, LLC. Consumer - Gaming Syma Toys [Guangdong, 2005]: Syma Toys is consumer drones manufacturer based in China. Manufactures a X- series of quadcopters & S- series of mini-helicopters. Consumer - Gaming B Go Beyond [London, 2015]: Vitenzo designed a remote controlled hybrid car-helicopter with a patent pending design. 'B' is vehicle (regular four-wheeled RC) capable of driving across difficult terrain using its large rear drive wheels. When obstacles become too big, it simply take-off and fly over them using four propellers that are housed within its wheels. These propellers can generate enough lift to turn the B into a quadrocopter. Designed by Witek Mielniczek, a PhD student at University of Southampton, has previously worked on a DARPA-contest- winning HALO Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Aims to raise $77k through a campaign on Indiegogo, a global crowdfunding platform. First vehicles are estimated to start shipping in December, 2015 after the success of the campaign. Consumer - DIY Kits PowerUp Toys [Miami, 2011]: PowerUp Toys builds a small clip-on module for attaching to paper planes for taking videos and sending them via a data downlink in real time. It allows users to view the on-board camera's feed in FPV and control the plane's movement by using a VR headset such as Google Cardboard. The company also runs a social media platform for sharing ideas for using PowerUp Toys. $1M UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 67. Drones Report, July201667 UAV Manufacturers (20/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - DIY Kits Flexbot [Los Angeles, 2012]: Flexbot designs and manufactures quadrotor which can be controlled using a smartphone. The quadcopter has an Acc mode which uses the phone or tabletââŹâ˘s gravity sensor to steer the copter just by tilting the mobile device. The phone communicates with the copter using Bluetooth 4, which gives a range of up to 50 meters. Users can customize their 3D printed shell by choosing from one of 3 shell designs and choosing a combination of colors for the different pieces of the shell. The quadcopter has another mode: Autopilot which does a job of stabilizing the copter in flight, and it is open-source and Arduino based. Raised $0.5M on Kickstarter in Oct 2013. $25k HAX, SOSV Consumer - DIY Kits Giingo Labs [Tokyo, 2015]: Giingo Labs provides a mini-drone development platform. It development kit - called the Giingo Q-Shield - includes a basic PCB with motor controls, sensors, power management modules and a wireless connection board with a control module. It also includes a smartphone application that is configured with the control module. Consumer - DIY Kits XHOVER [ , 2013]: Xhover manufactures drone airframes and other accessories for DIY drone building purposes. It sells both own and third-party accessories and these including electronic speed controllers (ESCs), flight controllers and FPV equipment, as well as motors, propellers and even connecting wires. Consumer - DIY Kits PiCopter [London, 2016]: PiCopter designs and sells DIY kits for drones. It allows customers to build their own drones from the DIY kit (and modify the base design using spare parts that can be 3D printed or bought locally), code software for controlling the drone on the included Raspberry PI and learn how to fly these drones. Consumer - DIY Kits PIRIYEV Aero [Copenhagen, 2015]: Small fully autonomous airplane which is customizable. The drone provides a SDK for developers to write their own applications. The hardware is modular as well and allows direct connection with third party hardware. It is sold as a development platform for hobbyists and other drone manufacturers. It launched an unsuccessful kickstarter campaign in 2015. Selected to represent Azerbaijan in Seedstars world final in Feb 2016. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 68. Drones Report, July201668 UAV Manufacturers (21/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - DIY Kits Phenox Lab [Tokyo, 2014]: Phenox Labs is a startup by two student founders from University of Tokyo, who have developed a palm sized drone which can fly autonomously. The duo have, in the process, created a platform which can be used for developing flying apps. The drone can be effectively controlled by voice and hand gestures. It also supports proograming by Linux. They have been able to raise $23K over Kickstarter campaign. Consumer - DIY Kits Flone [Barcelona, 2013]: Flone is a open source Drone platform for flying smartphones in sky to have aerial images. This is done using a small wooden frame that uses batteries to power 4 propellers, the Flone is fully ready to make smartphone fly. All user has to do is hook it up to the wooden apparatus, and then heââŹâ˘ll need to use another smartphone to control the Flone once itââŹâ˘s in flight. Also provides an intuitive app, Flight App, along with it to control drone. Consumer - DIY Kits Game of Drones [Scottsdale, 2011]: Game of Drones provides action sports airframe DIY kit that includes a frame, all other parts for developing a drone, and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions to build a bind-and- fly 'Hiro' drone. It is easy to assemble, have high-quality and durable components like RCManchild motors and ESCs and KK 2.0 HC flight board. Consumer - DIY Kits Skyworks Aerial Sys [Las Vegas, 2014]: Skyworks Aerial Systems is a hardware development company for small and adaptable unmanned aerial systems. Their product Qua.R.K is capable of delivering a variety of solutions to both civil and commercial entities. Qua.R.K multi-rotor copter families are small and versatile. They are designed to adapt to numerous applications including indoor, underground, and/or hazardous flights. Skyworks' Ground Control station is built on maximizing user experience with an enhanced graphics interface, industrial design and inter active manual. During flight, autonomous data collection is running in the back-end for diagnostics while an intuitive dashboard displays real-time sensor and telemetry data. Plug & Operate Devices (PODs) enable the Qua.R.K suite to undertake a variety of applications. Open software architecture and robust APIs allow for easy interfacing of software and algorithms for any POD. As of March 2015, they are taking pre orders on their website. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 69. Drones Report, July201669 UAV Manufacturers (22/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - FPV Nine Eagles [Hastings, 2006]: Nine Eagles designs and manufactures drones for consumer use. Its Galaxy Visitor line of drones (Models 2, 3, 6 and 7) are all quadcopters designed for FPV hobby flying and consumer photography. It also builds toy helicopters and toy fixed-wing planes. Nine Eagles also sells third-party drones and drone accessories on its online store. Consumer - FPV RangeVideo [Miami, 2006]: RangeVideo builds wireless video systems, including a flagship FPV headset called HeadPlay. It also builds a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle called RVJet for hobby flying in FPV mode. RangeVideo also builds an autopilot and telemetry system called RVOSD. The company also sells a number of 3rd-party accessories for drones including propellers, ESCs, etc. Consumer - FPV Foxtech [Tianjin, 2013]: Foxtech designs, builds and sells drones and drone hardware parts and accessories, chiefly FPV video receivers, goggles, etc. It also sells third party drone accessories and hardware parts on its online store. Its drones include the Devourer D130 quadcopter, the A4 quadcopter and the Kraken K130 octocopter. Foxtech's chief customers are hobbyists. Consumer - FPV Dromida RC [Champaign, 2013]: Dromida manufactures and sells small drones and other radio-controlled vehicles. Dromida builds quadcopters under the names Ominus, Kodo, Vista and Verso. The Ominus and Vista drones both have FPV versions as well. The camera on these FPV versions can be controlled by a mobile application called FPVCam. Consumer - FPV Sky-Hero [Brussels, 2012]: Sky-Hero designs and manufactures multirotor consumer drones that made of carbon fiber material. Products includes a tricopter, Spy; quadcopters, Anakin, Little Spyder & Spyder; & hexacopters, Spyder6 & Little Six. These drones are fast & safe for the purpose of FPV racing & carrying payloads. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 70. Drones Report, July201670 UAV Manufacturers (23/92) Company Details Funding Investors Consumer - FPV FLYBi [Hexham, 2014]: Advanced Robotix Corp. has designed a flying drone, FLYBi, that comes with a set of Virtual Reality goggles. These head-tracking goggles provide a direct control to user to look around using the HD camera installed at the base of drone. This drones is available is four different colors, have features like obstacle detection and avoidance, auto return and collision tolerance. It carrying case includes its controller and an extra- pair of batteries. Raised $40k on a campaign goal of $35k on Indiegogo (a global crowdfunding platform) with 13 days remaining in the campaign deadline. Commercial Kespry [Menlo Park, 2013]: Kespry designs and builds highly reliable drone systems for commercial applications. To achieve high standards of safety, productivity, and reliability, Kespry controls the design of each critical component. This attention to integrated design and reliability provides superior efficiencies and accelerates the delivery of advanced functionality. John Vrionis from LSVP joined Kespry as a board member. $26M Lightspeed Venture Partners, DCM Commercial Pulse Aerospace LLC [Lawrence, 2011]: Pulse Aerospace designs and manufactures a helicopter UAS called Vapor and a flight control system call wePilot. it also offers autopilot integration services. The UAS consists of a Vapor drone with a controller and a ground control station. The Vapor UAS is sold as a package that also includes a carrying case, a batter station and multiple spare parts and extra batteries. The Vapor drone is sold in two sizes - the Vapor 35 (payload up to 5 lbs.) and the Vapor 55 (payload up to 10 lbs.). The Vapor UAS is designed for use in multiple applications (surveillance and commercial) and specific payload packages can be bought. The wePilot flight control system includes both a hardware module and supporting software for controlling drones. $21.22M Commercial XAircraft [Guangzhou, 2013]: XAircraft is a multi-rotor design and manufacturing company hailing from China with a global footprint of International Distributors. Specialises in the design and development of all sized multi- rotor equipment for various types of applications from commercial to general. Offers XPlanet, an agriculture UAV system with ground control task pad & handheld taskmapper. And XMission, a multi-rotor UAV system, features weatherproof aerial platform, quick release smart payload modules, Android based all-in-one ground control task pad and XAirkey flight information system (FIS). $20M Chengwei Capital UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 71. Drones Report, July201671 UAV Manufacturers (24/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Delair-Tech [Toulouse, 2011]: Delair-Tech designs, manufactures and commercialises long endurance mini- drones with a fixed wing. The company's products include Big Map, Crop Map, Emergency Line and Environment Line. The company also develops payloads and ground control systems used in the extraction of data and image sensing. Its UAVs are used in the domains of industrial surveillance, environmental survey and aerial photography. $18.31M Bpifrance, andromede Commercial Stork [San Francisco, 2011]: Stork (formerly known as Romotive) designs and sells a personal robot powered by user's smartphone. The robot offers Remote 2-way telepresence, Autonomous navigation and Facial recognition. Signed a production contract with an Asian manufacturer that will help the company scale up its output dramatically. Offers an open SDK for developer applications. Raised $170k for pre orders on Kickstarter. Currently enagaed in developing drones for first reponder & emergency purposes. The company was formerly known as Romotive. $12.1M Sequoia Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, SV Angel, Felicis Ventures, CrunchFund, BoxGroup, Morado Ventures, VegasTechFund, PivotNorth Capital, PALgenesis, Klein Venture Partners, Visionnaire Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, VTF Capital Commercial TRACE Intelligent Systems [Venice, 2014]: Developed TRACErl a visually intelligent camera that is capable of following its owner and live stream captured footage using proprietary video-as-a-sensor technology. The videos are captured in HD quality and streamed live on their website. They have acquired Draganfly which makes UAV aircraft and aerial video systems using drones. They have partnered with ImmerVision which develops technology for 360-degree panoramic imaging, . $9.5M Salman Partners, businessinstincts.com Commercial PRENAV [San Carlos, 2014]: PreNav developing a system that can automatically fly a drone within centimeters of a structure, allowing for close inspection of it by people who arenââŹâ˘t expert pilots. PreNav uses a robot on the ground to scan and map an area, including vertical structures that need to be inspected. The ground robot guides a proprietary PreNav drone through a precise route. This system uses Lidar, laser-based sensors, to map an area and determine a flight path. PreNav unlocks new uses for drones by offering automated, repeatable flight paths. A few of the applications include: Motion control for aerial cinematographers; Inspections of structures like smokestacks, solar panels, and wind turbines; Navigation of the last 50 meters in urban/suburban environments for landing, delivery and recharging. Founders are Stanford University graduates. Incubated at Prebacked accelerator. Investors include Pejman Mar Ventures, Drone.vc, Oculus VR co-founder Michael Antonov and Toivo Annus. $7.71M Linden Mobile Ventures, Pejman Mar Ventures, Drone.VC UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 72. Drones Report, July201672 UAV Manufacturers (25/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Top Flight Technologies [Malden, 2014]: Top Flight offers application-specific, cost effective commercial solutions of unmanned aircraft vehicles using the latest advanced technologies driving automation and safety. Has a strong founding team of experienced entrepreneurs and technology expertise from MIT, the FAA, Aerospace/aviation research, software product development and strategic partnerships in technology manufacturing. Top Flight has designed an open-platform modular approach to building feature-rich UAV solutions which includes hardware, software and services. Offers Airborg Series 800mm M4 Quad and 1000mm M6 Hex multi-rotor service-class commercial drones. Raised $1.75M in seed round led by John Frankel from ff Venture Capital. $1.75M FF Venture Capital, Scrum Ventures Commercial HĂŠlicĂŠo [Nantes, 2014]: HĂŠlicĂŠo designs and builds drones and UAV systems. It builds a fixed-wing drone called the FoXy which comes in Slim and Pro variants. It also manufactures multicopters, namely the FoX4 quadcopter and the FoX6 hexacopter. It also builds a processor unit called DroneBox. The DroneBox includes autopilot modules, avionics and other flight control systems and can be used for controlling and conducting flight planning for multiple drones, one at a time. $1.7M Sequoia Fund Commercial Clear Flight Solutions [Enschede, 2012]: Clear Fight Solutions design and manufactures bird shaped drones called Robird. The tech can be applied to industries, including agriculture, waste management, oil and gas, and harbors. Completed a very successful trial at waste management site in Twente, which is one of the most challenging environments. $1.67M Cottonwood Technology Fund Commercial Aeronavics [Raglan, 2009]: Aeronavics Ltd is a manufacturer of advanced multi-rotor airframes and related accessories. Their products are composite aerospace and industrial grade materials, with solutions for tiny GoPro and FLIR thermal imaging equipment through to Hollywood grade ââŹĹREDââŹâ˘cameras. $1.5M UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 73. Drones Report, July201673 UAV Manufacturers (26/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Fly-n-Sense [Paris, 2008]: Fly-n-Sense designs and sells autonomous, multi purpose and operational UAV Systems. Fly-n-Sense designs and sells compact and light UAV systems operating in autonomous or assisted mode, via a control ground station. The company also integrates tailored airborne systems within existing aircrafts (autopilot, video camera, acoustic and chemical sensors). The company's drones are used in Civil Security operations, industrial inspection, precision agriculture, etc. Also a member of the Aerospace Valley cluster and currently supported by EADS Development. $1.2M URGO (formerly VivaSantĂŠ), SECAPEM Commercial Vires Aero [Livermore, 2013]: Vires Aeronautics designs unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV) that utilize Active Circulation Control (ACC) technology. Its patented design increases the lift capability of fixed-wing aircraft, enabling faster takeoff and landing, increased payload capacity,extended range, and reduced fuel consumption.Active Circulation Control (ACC) is a flow control technology that improves the lift of fixed-wing aircraft by increasing the net circulation around the wing by energizing the boundary layer.Its product is suited for a range of industries such as aeronautics, automobiles, submarines, ships, turbines etc. $960K Promus Ventures, Draper Associates, VegasTechFund, Lemnos Labs Commercial Inova Drone [San Diego, 2014]: Inova Drone are developing drone systems that utilize advanced sensor technology combined with powerful software to enhance user experience. Developed Inova One, an intelligent and easy to use autonomous aerial system that is modular and design to be configurable for multiple applications having a flight time of 50mins and payload capacity of 10 pounds. This is designed for firefighters and other first responders working at public safety agencies. Powered by TechStars at the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator. $120k Qualcomm, Techstars Commercial Altavian [Gainesville, 2011]: Altavian manufactures unmanned aircraft systems for precision data collection in scientific and engineering applications. The company also provides data and deployment consulting services, data processing and advanced imaging services. It offers its unmanned aircraft systems for agricultural use, environmental surveillance, geomatics and mapping, and other commercial applications. Altavian is establishing a network of Certified Training Providers who teach the way to safely conduct drone operations and also explain the fundamentals of data acquisition and processing. Altavian also provides repairing services and ties up with third party data providers to collect, process and deliver the data to the clients. $23k Dakota Venture Group, Florida Institute For The Commercialization of Public Research UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 74. Drones Report, July201674 UAV Manufacturers (27/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Vinveli [Cedar Rapids, 2013]: Vinveli is a robotics & automation company providing solutions for agriculture, riot control and farms. Products includes Aero series of UAVs, (shaped like mini-aeroplane); Vero series drones (shaped like hexagon); Helio series of drones (shaped like mini-helicopters); these UAVs provides variable payload capacity, versatile payload capacities, endurance speed and range. Provides agriculture drones for pesticide sprays; riot control robots; wind-tower inspection drones. Founded by a team of University of Texas grads. $20k Iowa Startup Accelerator Commercial Mohyi Labs [Detroit, 2011]: Mohyi Labs is a product development company that is currently working on building a non-fixed wing, bladeless drone. It has a vortex creation method (that it calls ducted counter-vortex diffuser) that allows the drone to generate lift from manipulating the airflow around it without rotating blades. The company also runs projects for developing other advanced technology products. $18.02K Michigan Economic Development Corporation Commercial AEE Technology [Shenzhen, 2005]: AEE Technology operates two technology products i.e. sports cameras and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). It initially established themselves as a modern wireless audio and video transmission technology company and are claimed to be the pioneer in the creation of above categories. The products are used for military operations, rescue operations, anti-terrorism, and extreme sports events etc. Claims to have raised Series A round of funding from Shenzhen Venture Capital. Shenzhen Capital Group Commercial AeroHawgle Ltd. [Chennai, 2016]: Aerohawgle is an aviation technology company that develops a weather- proof sensor package called Generation-Z Stereo Camera Hawgle-i. It is also developing a voice-controlled drone called SparrowHawk. The company also offers custom aviation design and consultancy services to clients. Commercial Avysys [Delhi, 2009]: Avysys is developing unmanned vehicle platform for movement across ground or in air. The firm is part of Labpro Equipments which develops sensors and devices for physiological data measurement. The company claims to build UAVs and UGVs for commercial and defense applications. The products for the firm are currently under development. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 75. Drones Report, July201675 UAV Manufacturers (28/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory [Chiba, 2013]: Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL) conducts research and development on, and sells, autonomous robots and drones for various commercial purposes. Its Mini Surveyor drone is a multi-purpose drone that runs on the Mini Surveyor autopilot. APCL also builds ground station software, a drone mission planning tool, and a flight simulator. The company also offers consulting on robotics and drones for clients. Rakuten Commercial Apellix [Jacksonville, 2014]: Appelix builds a tethered multicopter drone called Worker Bee for multiple uses. Its chief application is in spraying (water or paint) on vertical surfaces. Appelix claims that its drone is autonomous. The Appelix drone solution includes the drone and tether along with a ground control station and a software for running the drone operations. Commercial Latitude Engineering [Tucson, 2006]: Latitude Engineering develops unmanned aerial vehicles and support systems, and performs UAS integrations. Its Hybrid Quadrotor technology allows fixed-wing drones to take off and land vertically. The company's support systems include ground control stations, sensors etc. Latitude partners with Cloud Cap Technology and integrates the latter's Piccolo autopilot into UAVs and develops custom software as well. Arizona Commerce Authority, Small Business Innovation Research Commercial Vertitek Inc [Cheyenne, 2014]: Vertitek designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for multiple purposes. Its V1 and V2 multicopters allow integration with a number of payloads for optical and multispectral image acquisition. The company also builds a drone management cloud solution for managing drone flight plans and fleets of drones. The company was founded by Sean Foster. Commercial Alive [Doral, 2004]: Alive builds drones and robots for multiple commercial uses. It is a full-stack drone developer, manufacturing hardware, and building flight cores and software. Its drone is called the Alive.Hover and is a large multicopter, while its ground robot is called the Alive.Rover. Its analysis software is called Alive.Mind and it uses deep learning mechanisms to provide business insight and plan future data collection flight paths. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 76. Drones Report, July201676 UAV Manufacturers (29/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Challis Heliplane [Winnipeg, 2010]: Challis Heliplane UAV Inc designs and manufactures unmanned hybrid aircraft. These aircraft all have rotors that impart VTOL and in-air hovering capabilities, as well as fixed wings that enable faster and more aerodynamically stable cruise flight. The company's flagship model is the Challis Heliplane UAV E950. The heliplane can be used for security and surveillance work. Commercial Aerobat Aviation [Santa Barbara, 2010]: Aerobat Aviation designs and manufactures unmanned and manend aircraft for various purposes. The company builds four models, namely the manned Light Sport Aircraft FS-7, and the unmanned Thunderbat 1 meter UAS, GeoBat 2 meter UAS and NanoBat UAS. These aircraft are at the concept stage. The company also builds an autopilot module called the EchoTrek Guidance System. Commercial UAS Technologies [Netanya, 2007]: UAS Technologies designs and builds a number of unmanned aerial vehicle platforms for use in building application-specific drones. Its expertise is in low/medium altitute long endurance UAVs. The company designs three models - the STOL UAS20 and UAS 40 and the VTOL UAS 40EX. It also designs a UAV ice protection system, and resells other systems, namely data links, servo actuators and flight simulator. Commercial TopView srl [Caserta, 2013]: TopView designs and manufactures drones for use in commercial applications. It builds three drones - Geko, Mantis and Apis, and all three are multicopter models, chiefly used for inspection purposes. The Apis drone is also used for educational purposes for teaching programming of drones. TopView also offers drone-based services such as sensing for precision agriculture. Commercial 1 Martian Way [Mumbai, 2013]: 1 Martian Way (1MW) builds drones for industrial applications. It builds three quadcopter models (Panthera X1, NiteRider and SkyCreeper) and one hexacopter model (Industrux Lite). The Industrux Lite and the SkyCreeper models are used for displaying banners (drone-based advertising). The company also manufactures toy robots - a chess set and a DIY robot kit. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 77. Drones Report, July201677 UAV Manufacturers (30/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial RaptorUAS [Dundee, 2013]: Raptor UAS develops ultralight UAVs with a low drag coefficient. The firm is trying to position the UAVs as industrial offerings. The measures taken by the company such as Annual Airworthiness maintenance, use of certified components. monitoring the health of UAVs to identify fault precursors etc., make sure that the UAVs dont fail and can be used for critical applications. The Raptor E1 is a lightweight fixed wing offering from the firm with a payload capacity of 4Kgs. Commercial Silvertone [Wagga Wagga, 1963]: Silvertone designs and manufactures drones for use in commercial applications such as . Its fixed-wing drones are manufactured under the Flamingo name. The company also distributes communications systems and avionics from third-party manufacturers. It also distributes DSOs and probes for electronics design. Commercial 1BitSquared [Eugene, 2012]: 1BitSquared provides hardware and software designs for unmanned aerial vehicles. It provides its designs open-source. Its expertise is in micro- and nano-UAVs, and it claims that its designs are applicable to hobbyists as well as civilian and research uses. Its chief focus areas are weight reduction and drone autonomy. Commercial MicroMultiCopter [Shenzhen, 2010]: MMC builds unmanned aerial vehicles. It builds models in three lines - the Swift series, MC series and HY series. The Swift series is designed for use in precision agriculture and includes a quad and a hexa model. These drones can spray crops with pesticides. The MC series is designed for use in search and rescue, law enforcement and emergency response. The HYDrone is a hydrogen-powered drone and is designed for long-endurance flights. MMC also builds a Spider UAV for stringing power lines. Commercial Marble [Bristol, 2014]: Marble designs and builds multi-purpose drones. Its drone MRB-1 is a fully 3D-printed drone and is a blended-wing aircraft with VTOL capabilities. Although at a prototyping stage, the company intends to make these drones autonomous. Chief applications are in precision agriculture and surveying, mapping and monitoring. Entrepreneur First UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 78. Drones Report, July201678 UAV Manufacturers (31/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial UAS Drone Corp. [Los Angeles, ]: UAS Drone Corp. designs and manufactures drones for use in law enforcement and emergency response applications. The company's drones include the UAS RTF, the more powerful UAS Deploy and the UAS Air Vehicle. Each of these has a combination of a number of third-party elements, such as GoPro cameras, Spektrum radio links, Pixhawk autopilot. The company also develops its own autopilot system. Commercial SICdrone [San Diego, 2015]: SICdrone (System Interchangeable Consumer/Commercial Drone) is a stealth mode drone company that designs and builds a tiltrotor drone model. The drone has modular sensor packages. The tiltrotor design allows the aircraft to take off and land vertically, but also have higher endurance than multicopter UAVs. The company is incubated at the Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator. Commercial Carbonix [Rose Bay, 2015]: Carbonix designs and builds aerospace and maritime structures (mainly competition sailing boats) using composite materials. It designs a number of fixed-wing unmanned structures optimized for use in specific applications such as precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, etc. The company also offers custom machining and production solutions. Commercial Civic Drone [Montreuil, 2004]: Civic Drone (formerly WorkFly) designs and manufactures a multi-purpose drone called WorkFly Flitting-Sensor. The drone is a rotary aircraft that uses two counter-rotating coaxial rotors to generate lift. The company intends the Flitting-Sensor to be used for security and surveillance as well as civilian purposes such as inspection and monitoring. The company was founded by Guilhot-Gaudeffroy. Commercial Krossblade Aerospace [Mesa, 2014]: Krossblade Aerospace designs VTOL drones and passenger aircraft. Its Skyprowler drone is a fixed-wing drone with rotors that enable it to take-off and land vertically. Its Skycruiser aircraft is a passenger vehicle that can carry up to five passengers and is similarly designed. The Skyprowler drone is expected to have applications in drone-based deliveries for heavy payloads as well as in traditional surveying and inspection activities. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 79. Drones Report, July201679 UAV Manufacturers (32/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial ADCOM Systems [Abu Dhabi, 1991]: ADCOM Systems designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles. Its YABHON series of fixed-wing drones are long-endurance drones that are used for both aerial spraying (primarily for use in fire-fighting) and other deliveries, as well as for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It also builds one model of rotary aircraft. The company also builds target drones for military training purposes under the name YABHON. ADCOM also builds its own gyro-stabilized payload platform, flight control unit and an integrated mobile ground control station called ADNAV. ADCOM Systems is a group of 20 individual companies. Commercial Outdoor Robotics [New Smyrna Beach, 2012]: Outdoor Robotics designs and manufactures multicopter drones for use in both commercial and consumer purposes. It builds drones under the brand name SteadiDrone and has three models - Flare, Mavrik and Vader. These drones can be fitted with third-party cameras or multispectral cameras and used for aerial photography and inspections, as well as surveying, mapping and precision agriculture. Outdoor Robotics also sells third-party hardware parts, accessories and RC hobby drones. Commercial Embention [Alicante, 2007]: Embention designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles and UAV components such as autopilots, simulators, gimbals, motors drivers etc. The autopilot and other accessories are sold under the name Veronte. Embention claims that the Veronte autopilot is highly configurable and therefore, can be used on a large variety of unmanned systems. Embention's unmanned aerial vehicle portfolio, sold under the naem NM& includes a number of multicopters and fixed wing models as well as a flying wing design. Embention's solutions are applicable to a number of industries, including industrial inspections, medical dispersal, etc. The company also offers piloting training services, aerospace design services, etc. Commercial Height Tech [Buren, 2015]: Height Tech designs and manufactures drones for use in remote sensing and aerial photography. It builds a hexacopter called HT-6, and two octocopters called HT-8 (with a variant HT-8 C) and HT- 8 C180. Its chief applications are in film production, surveying, industrial inspection etc. Height Tech has also demonstrated dispersing chilled sterile mosquitoes to control vector populations in areas prone to malaria, dengue etc. Height Tech also offers drone piloting services on demand. Commercial uavision Aeronautics [Torres Vedras, 2005]: uavision Aeronautics builds unmanned aerial vehicles, along with ground control stations and gimbals. The company's multicopter offering is called the UX-Spyro and is a quadcopter. It builds two fixed-wing drones under the names Wingo and Wingo-S. These drones have applications in media production, law enforcement, inspection and monitoring, precision agriculture, etc. uavision also offers drone customization services. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 80. Drones Report, July201680 UAV Manufacturers (33/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Aerofoundry [Curitiba, 2012]: Aerofoundry designs and builds a number of unmanned aerial vehicles for use in commercial applications. Its small UAV line consists of four drones, each with unique features and capabilities. Its mid-size UAV Yaro is designed for long-endurance flights. Aerofoundry also builds an autopilot called aPilot and a photogrammetric processing software AeroSfM. Commercial Dronera Uav [Asker, 2012]: Dronera designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles, and drone accessories. Dronera's product portfolio includes small drones such as the Tubie and Micropro, as well as large platforms such as the 8XE. These drones are all multicopters. Its drones have applications in photography, mapping and surveying etc. Dronera also sells third-party hardware peripherals. Commercial R&Drone [Blanquefort, 2012]: R&Drone manufactures unmanned vehicles for air, land and water use. Its Droneo surface drone is used in collecting data from water bodies. Its Serval UGV is used for surveillance. Its unmanned aerial vehicles Emerillon and GX8 are optimized for security and surveillance and surveying and mapping respectively. The company also offers aerial mapping and environmental analysis services. Commercial Gyrofly Innovations [Sao Jose dos Campos, 2007]: Gyrofly Innovations manufactures multicopter drones for various commercial and consumer purposes. Its product portfolio includes quadcopters and hexacopters. It also offers drone operation training services. The company was incubated at IncubAero when it was founded. Commercial Scion UAS [Fort Collins, 2011]: Scion UAS develops and delivers vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial systems.A VTOL system requires only a small open area to take off or land, thus making it ideally suited for ship-based operations or any mission profile where a large runway is not feasible.Scion UAS, LLC offers a product family of unmanned helicopter systems that range in size from car-transportable to optionally piloted. The VTOL UAS provides a simple-to-use aerial platform that is suitable for a wide variety of civilian and military applications including search and rescue, agriculture, aerial mapping, and aerial surveys. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 81. Drones Report, July201681 UAV Manufacturers (34/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial DroneTech LLC [San Antonio, 2013]: DroneTech LLC designs and manufactures fixed wing drones. DronetechââŹâ˘s aircrafts are designed for maximal reliability, payload capacity, endurance, flexibility and cost effectiveness. The company has experience in Airframe & Electronics design, Aerodynamic and Propulsion Science, Remote process supervision and control,flight testing over 70 different aircraft etc.The company took part in Paris Air Show (2015) via video demonstrating with its AV-1 Albatross model. Commercial Stechoq [Yogyakarta, 2015]: Manufactures a wide range of unmanned vehicles - underwater, surface and aerial. Manufactures testing equipment (wind tunnels, human stress detector) and legged robots. Works exclusively in Indonesia. Commercial Drone Tech [Monterrey, 2009]: Drone Tech UAV designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial applications, with a focus on very high endurance drones. Its AV-1 Albatross and AV-2 Pelican are both fixed-wing aircraft. Drone Tech's drones can be used with both fuel engines and electric motors and its Albatross drone can be made VTOL optionally. Commercial Tor Robotics [San Francisco, 2011]: Tor Robotics designs and builds drones, along with control software for consumer purposes. Its flagship drone is the quadcopter Q-4, which has Tor's proprietary Universal Control Software for autonomous control. The company also builds gimbals for integration of camera payloads. Tor also customizes its Q-4 for specific client requirements. Commercial VulcanUAV [Mitcheldean, 1999]: Vulcan UAV builds drones under the brand names Black Widow, Raven, Airlift and Ranger. These are all quadcopters and are optimized for medium to heavy payload lifting. Vulcan UAV also provides UAV assembly and customization, as well as payload integration services. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 82. Drones Report, July201682 UAV Manufacturers (35/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Autonomous Technologies [London, 2013]: Autonomous Technologies designs and builds unmanned vehicles for aerial, ground, and aquatic use. Supported by the UK government's Innovate UK program, Autonomous Technologies designs unmanned autonomous systems with the objective of making them easy and quick for deployment in commercial and security applications. Commercial Remote Sense [Perth, 2013]: Remote Sense designs and builds unmanned aerial systems for applications such as aerial surveying and photogrammetry, with specific requirements such as heavy payloads and relatively long endurances. It also designs payloads and performs payload integrations. Its flagship drone is the Dingo. However, currently these are prototypes and the company only provides consultancy solutions. Commercial Arcturus UAV [Rohnert Park, 2004]: Arcturus UAV designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles, ground stations and payloads. It also offers integration services for non-standard payloads. Its UAVs are all long-endurance fixed-wing aircraft and it has both catapult-launch models and VTOL models. The company also builds ground control stations and command and control software for controlling drones and drone payloads. Its drones are meant for commercial and military applications. Commercial Neva Aero [Brighton, 2013]: Neva Aerospace is a consortium of five European companies that conducts research on and develops unmanned aerial vehicles for industrial applications. It focuses on VTOL-enabled linear flight aircraft and on heavy-payload delivery. Neva-Aerospace's member companies are based out of France, Germany, Lithuania and UK. It works on collision avoidance systems also and partners with SAP. It has received seed funding from a number of individual investors. Commercial Integrated Robotics Imaging Systems [Kenai, 2012]: Integrated Robotics Imaging Systems builds small to medium sized rotary-wing UAVs for aerial imaging. Its chief focus is on building accessories, mainly sensors, for UAVs. It released a drone-mounted radar in March 2016 towards its research on making autonomous drone systems. It created a division called IRISsensors for focusing on sensors. It aims to create solutions for a large number of applications, including commercial inspection, agriculture and aerial photography. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 83. Drones Report, July201683 UAV Manufacturers (36/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Drone America - Unmanned Systems [Reno, 2009]: Drone America manufactures unmanned aerial systems, chiefly for agricultural, environmental, disaster relief and humanitarian applications. It also offers flight services for these applications, including processing of gathered data. Drone America also offers flight training. Its product portfolio includes one VTOL drone, four fixed-wing UAS and one hybrid system. Mike Richards is the CEO and President. Commercial Dragonfly Pictures Inc. [Essington, 1992]: DPI manufactures small rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that have capabilities of self launch/land in unprepared terrain and have fully autonomous operation.The application of the UAVs is ideal for agriculture, forestry, wildfire life & safety, fisheries, geo-chemical discovery, precision photography, precision mapping, search and rescue (SAR), infrastructure assessment etc. DPI partnerships and customers include NASA, DARPA, Boeing, BAE, SAIC, L3, AAI, Northrop Grumman, Harris Corporation, Carnegie Mellon, Wintec etc. The company has been awarded twenty SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research grants), including a Phase 3 SBIR. Commercial Pohjonen Group Ltd [Karstula, 2013]: Pohjonen Group Ltd. manufactures unmanned systems (fixed-wing and multirotor) for commercial use and develops solutions required for UAS operations. The UAVs can be equipped with different kinds of sensor technology as per customer requirements of specific payload. Pohjonen Group also specializes in industrial automation. Some of its automation capabilities are Production line design and machine modernization,Logic controlled systems,3D-Modeling and part design etc.The company also provides training, support and life cycle services. Commercial Advanced UAV Technology [London, 2010]: Advanced UAV Technology (AUAVT) builds a range of seven unmanned helicopters for use in remote sensing. AUAVT claims that its helicopters are autonomous and run on pre-programmed flight paths and objectives. Its range of helicopters span light to heavy payloads, and low to long endurance. The chief applications of drones are in mapping and surveying, and in security and surveillance. Commercial UAV-America [Dover, 2013]: UAV America builds drones based on its Eagle XF aerial platform. UAVA claims that its Eagle XF quadcopter has a flight time of 60 minutes and a maximum payload capacity of 7 lbs. It can be fitted with various kinds of sensors for multiple applications such as inspection of infrastructure assets, mapping and surveying, precision agriculture and environmental monitoring, surveillance and security, etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 84. Drones Report, July201684 UAV Manufacturers (37/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial UAV Solutions [Jessup, 2006]: UAV Solutions is a contract designer and manufacturer of UAVs, based on customer specifications. It undertakes manufacturing tasks for fabless UAV design firms. It also manufactures its own line of drones. Its own drones include a number of fixed-wing aircraft and multicopters. The company also runs an online store for selling drones. Commercial BRAQ Aerospace [Tampa, 2016]: BRAQ Aerospace aims to build autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles based on a proprietary fixed-wing, ducted fan design, that they claim combines the aerodynamic stability of fixed-wing aircraft and the VTOL/STOL/hovering capabilities of rotor-lifted aircraft. The applications of its proposed aircraft are in various sectors, especially ones involving constrained environments, such as urban law enforcement and fire detection. The company also aims to build a personal aircraft based on the same technology, as well as a multi-mode manned aircraft. Commercial QQQ Tech [Dallas, 2015]: QQQ Tech manufactures the Lifeguard Drone for search and rescue over water. A wearable GPS beacon sends out SOS signals when the wearer is in distress. The Lifeguard Drone can be dispatched immediately. It can carry a variety of payloads including floatation devices, warmers, communication devices etc. These lifeguard drones can also be used for non-emergency patrolling over water. Commercial Nimble Aircraft [Lincolnshire, 2002]: Nimble Aircraft manufactures a fixed-wing and rotor hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle called the Nimble Drone. The drone has two ducted fans built into the single-wing design of its body. It is capable of vertical take-off and landing as well as fixed-wing flight. Nimble Aircraft pegs the range of the Nimble Drone between 50-200 miles and its payload capacity between 30-400 lbs. The company is also working on a parachute-based recovery system for the drone in case of any failure. Commercial Wingtra [Zurich, 2015]: Wingtra is a spin-off from the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH Zurich. It has developed a drone which flies like a plane, but takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter. Claims a primary use case for inspection in agriculture and a secondary use for inspection in mining and construction. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 85. Drones Report, July201685 UAV Manufacturers (38/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Flydeo [Jablonec nad Nisou, 2015]: Flydeo is a UAV manufacturer that builds a long-endurance waterproof multicopter called Y6, chiefly for commercial purposes. Flydeo also manufactures the Magnum ballistic on-board parachute for the Y6. This enables recovery of drones in case of system failure. The chief customers of Flydeo are professional aerial photographers. Commercial Tayzu [Fort Lauderdale, 2013]: Tayzu is an industrial robotics and science company that builds robotic solutions for automated manufacturing, provides scientific modelling and analysis services and builds aeronautical hardware and software systems. Tayzu builds two drones, the Titan X8 hexacopter for heavy payloads, and the Quadra line of waterproof quadcopters for use in marine and freshwater environments. The chief uses of its drones are in industrial inspection, maritime surveillance and precision agriculture. Commercial skysense [Stabroek, 2014]: SkySense Drones provides aerial imaging services. It builds its own drones, fitted with GoPro cameras and gimbals, to collect aerial data. Its drone range consists of one quadcopter (650), one hexacopter (680) and one octacopter (X8). SkySense provides services in precision agriculture, industrial inspections, aerial photography etc. SkySense also offers a web-based software for sharing maps and other videos. Commercial UCAL-JAP Systems Ltd. [Chennai, 2014]: UCAL-JAP offers drone manufacturing, drones for hire, drone-based services and drone maintenance. It performs aerial data acquisition missions including surveillance and pollution monitoring. The company also offers system integration services for custom-built UAVs. It also offers consulting and trading services, including sourcing parts globally for UAVs made in India. UCAL-JAP sells to multiple Indian research labs. Commercial ZALA Aero [Izhevsk, 2004]: ZALA Aero is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems, primarily for military, security and commercial purposes. It manufactures a large number of fixed-wing drones, multicopters, helicopters and balloons. It also builds payloads and ground control stations and control software for running on personal computers, tablets and smartphones. The company was founded by Aleksandr Zakharov. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 86. Drones Report, July201686 UAV Manufacturers (39/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Skyrobotic [ , 2013]: Skyrobotic is a UAV manufacturer that builds drones for emergency response, surveillance, precision agriculture, industrial inspection and aerial photography based on its multipurpose interchangeable- payload VTOL drone platform SF6. The SF6 is a hexacopter equipped with Skyrobotic's SR-5000 autopilot system. It works as Hunter for surveillance and disaster response including emergency deliveries, as Caboto for precision agriculture and mapping, and as Inspector for industrial and site inspection and monitoring. Skyrobotics' parent company Italeaf is publicly traded on the NASDAQ OMX First North Stockholm. Commercial Harris Aerial [Orlando, 2014]: Harris Aerial LLC builds custom UAVs, with a focus on heavy payloads for use in a number of applications. It modifies its base UAV model - called Stark Hx8 - according to requirements by specific clients and uses its 3D-printing capabilities to build unique drones. These rugged drones are then deployed for photography, thermal imaging, emissions sensing, etc. Harris Aerial also sells third-party drone hardware parts and peripherals on its website Commercial Aerial Power Ltd. [London, ]: Aerial Power's flagship product, SolarBrush is a brush-carrying drone that helps increase solar farm efficiency by making solar panel maintenance and dusting faster and less labour-intensive. It is optimized for stable hovering and can fly pre-programmed flight paths completely autonomously. Aerial Power is testing other applications of the technology, such as window and roof cleaning. Aerial Power is affiliated with hub:raum Accelerator. Hub:raum, Start-Up Chile Commercial ACSL [Chiba, 2013]: Spun off from Chiba University, Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL) manufactures the MINISURVEYOR drone. ACSL specializes in flight techniques in non-GPS situations using SLAM (Simultaneous Location and Mapping). Its software - X-Monitor and Y-Planner - are both used for running flights from ground stations and planning flight paths, while Z-Simulator is a training module for new pilots. The chief applications of MINISURVEYOR are in industrial inspection, agriculture, and construction and surveying. ACSL also offers pilot training services. ACSL is headed by Company President Kenzo Nonami - an ex-NASA expert in autonomous robotics. The University of Tokyo Edge Capital, http://global.rakuten.com/corp/ Commercial Wysper Drones [Manila, 2015]: Based in Philippines, Wysper is a drone technology company operating in stealth mode. It claimed to be focused on three products to improve and advance the drone market. The company is deadpooled as of Mar 2016. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 87. Drones Report, July201687 UAV Manufacturers (40/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Australian Unmanned Flight Operations [Cairns, ]: AUFO develops and manufactures drones for commercial applications such as precision agriculture, industrial inspection etc. The drones can also be used for delivery purposes i.e. pickup and carry equipment. The company also provides UAV services such as aerial photography, survey and inspection. The company is CASA Certified for its drone operations. Commercial ING Robotic Aviation [Ottawa, 2001]: ING Robotic Aviation delivers data-driven robotic aviation services with its robust aerial remote sensing solutions as comprehensive products and end-to-end services. Products includes Responder, a reliable & flexible aerial data gathering tool and Serenity, a tool for long range & persistent data acquisition. These drones have long range & are designed for payload capacities of 5-12 kgs. Commercial FLINT HILLS SOLUTIONS LLC [ , 2005]: Flint Hills Solutions is an aerial drone manufacturer and also a drone service provider. Its products are Small Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAS Helicopters (electric and gas).Also the company provides a broad range of services such as UAS Sensor Integration,Airspace Development, Flight Test Services,Payload Test Services,Training Services etc. Its UAVs are eqipped with Electro Optical (EO) and Thermal Imaging Infrared (IR) Cameras and enabled with ground based remote camera control.The company has partnered with Cloud Cap Technology and Fat Head Solutions for its products and services. Commercial AutoCopte Corp [Charlotte, 2009]: AutoCopter Corp designs and manufactures auto pilot RC helicopters and multicopters for Precision Agriculture and Aerial Inspections.Its inspections solutions include inspection of Transmission Wire, Wind Turbines, Bridges, Buildings, Pipelines etc and agricultural solutions include Field health report,Corp analysis etc. Its aircrafts are auto take-off, auto land and GPS enabled.The flight of the AutoCopter can be tracked on the ground control station and the live video link provides real time visuals.It is providing its solutions in US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Australia. The company has partnered with Nikon,DJI,GoPro,Pelican etc for its product portfolio. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 88. Drones Report, July201688 UAV Manufacturers (41/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Autonomous Avionics [Denver, 2014]: Autonomous Avionics designs and manufactures custom UAVs for commercial purposes.The company's line of commercial-class unmanned aerial systems is called the "SkyTractor".The drone can be used for aerial photography & video,inspection, surveillance etc. The company has a large on-line catalog of products available and dispatches the same as per customer order. Autonomous Avionics also sells and repairs UAVs from other major manufacturers, including 3D Robotics, DJI, and others. Commercial Drone Volt [Villepinte, 2011]: DRONEVOLT designs and manufactures drones for professional purposes. The company is present in France,Canada and Denmark.Its customers include customers include TF1, France TV, Bouygues, CNRS, Figaro, the Ministry of Defense, SPIE, RAID etc. DRONEVOLT is also a service provider of aerial photography by drone and is also present on many other fields such as security,inspection etc.The company is developing solutions specific drones adapted to many sectors television, cinema, architecture, engineering structure control etc. It also has an pilot training center for professional drone.It filed IPO in April 2015. Commercial UAS Europe AB [Linkoping, 2011]: UAS Europe specializes in manufacturing of unmanned aerial systems for agricultural, scientific research and surveillance applications.It also manufactures Autopilots and Ground Control Stations for unmanned vehicles. The company's drone systems are based on internationally accepted NATO STANAG 4686 UAV standard and its software quality assurance is according to ISO 90003 standard.Some of its customers are UMS Group,Thales,Boeing Research and Technology Europe,QinetiQ etc. The company is fully owned by Instrument Control Sweden AB. Commercial Cervi Robotics [Rzeszow, 2014]: Cervi Robotics designs and manufactures UAV as per customer requirement. Also the company builds software to analyze and process information in Microsoft Azure cloud and designs control system by which drones and gimbal can be controlled via GSM network. Its drones are useful for detection over large areas and transmission of video in real time, hence relevant for inspection,aerial photography,surveying and other purposes.The company also builds M2M communication systems, Computer vision systems etc for robotics. Commercial QuestUAV Ltd [Ambleside, 2012]: QuestUAV designs and manufactures small UAV and provides training and support , including custom UAV designs.The unmanned aircrafts weigh around 4 to 6 kg and are hand launched.It is operating across a number of markets both in UK and globally.The manufactured UAV can be used for precision agriculture,inspection,photography and other purposes.The company is the winner of the North East Business Innovation Award, accompanied at the same time by winner Newcomer of the Year Award, and Small business of the Year finalist. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 89. Drones Report, July201689 UAV Manufacturers (42/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Infinite Jib Inc [Schomberg, 2009]: Infinite Jib Inc. designs and manufactures Unmanned Aerial Systems for professional, commercial and industrial applications. Its drones are used in different fields such as surveying, agriculture, GIS, industrial inspection, construction,photography and mining. Infinite Jib Inc. uses remote sensing technology such as LIDAR, Hyper-spectral, Multispectral and Magnetometer.The company also provides service and up-gradation for the existing models. Also the company sells air-frames, platforms (collectively, the ââŹĹAerial RoboticsââŹâ˘), as well as components, parts, and other accessories. Commercial M3 CONSULTING GROUP LLC [ , 2012]: M3 CONSULTING GROUP specializes in the development and customization of drone to support the various goals of diverse work environments such as federal, state, academic, and corporate entities with the engineering and regulatory challenges. The company is also a service provider for agricultural, defence, aerial imaging and inspection applications using UAV.Till date the company has advised the United States Department of Agriculture, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and New Zealand Plant and Food Research Institute. Commercial DroneSeed [Portland, 2015]: DroneSeed automates tree-planting in an easy, three-step process.First, a piloted drone with sensors makes a detailed 3D map of the planting area (LiDAR, Hyperspectral, Video). Second, their team processes the data and creates a map of x-y coordinates to plant and monitor seeds. Called "micro sites", avoid planting in unsuitable areas, improving success rates. Lastly, an operator arrives on site with 15 drones carrying their pneumatic seed depositing system. The drones travel to the x-y coordinates autonomously and shoot seeds with a high pressure burst of air. The capsules are made of a biodegradable and water soluble plastic that dissolves in hours. The seeds are contained in a nutrient-rich gel that protects the seed and promotes rapid, healthy growth. Due to limits on drone flight time, the operator meets the drones at a pre- programmed landing site every 25 min and swaps the battery, seed magazine, and air canister. DroneSeed to assemble large data sets each year on tree growth (board feet growth per acre, per year) and utilize machine learning to create growth rate predictions based on variables such as soil or climate zone. Commercial JOUAV [Chengdu, 2010]: JOUAV is UAV manufacturer which can be used for commercial usage. Claims to provide military quality service. Some of its features are smart UAV flight control and navigation, onboard mission equipment, command and control systems, autopilot systems etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 90. Drones Report, July201690 UAV Manufacturers (43/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial ScientificAerospace [Perth, ]: ScientificAerospace is developing safe UAV's systems with advanced imaging systems. Its CyberQuad is a safe & relaible quadcopter certified by NASA & CASA for commercial aviation demonstration use in the Americas, Australia, and ICAO countries. CyberQuad is operational in 6 of the 7 continents and this VTOL UAV was operationally used in the Resources industry. Also developed 4Scight for the surveying purposes. Commercial Gigawick Aerial [Cedar Rapids, 2014]: Gigawick Aerial offers a wide array of hardware, application, and software for our end user commercial clients & public entities. Developed S.E.A.R.V (pronounced "SERVE"), a small unmanned aerial system, designed specifically for public safety, fire service, search and rescue, and emergency management missions. Commercial FlyTech [Krakow, 2013]: FlyTech Solutions specializes in design and manufacture of complete UAV systems, conduct training and offers services based on drones. Provides unmanned surveillance system Fenix, for surveying, agriculture, and energy saving tasks. Office is located in Krakow, and a production facility in Rzeszow in the Polish Aviation Valley. Akcelerator Innowacji NOT, ARP Venture Commercial Aermatica [Como, 2008]: Aermatica developes & manufactures small Remotely Piloted Aircrafts, sensors and equipment. Provides Anteos, an autonomous multirotor drone (available in 2 versions: Anteos Micro & Anteos Mini) & Timble UX5, a fixed wing drone for image acquisition activities like aerial surveying, mapping, photography & inspections. Offer sensor suits like, VIS suite, VIS-Thermal Radiometric Suite, Solar Suite, Air- quality suite, & Hyper-VIS suite. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 91. Drones Report, July201691 UAV Manufacturers (44/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Aerial Monitoring Solutions [Johannesburg, 2013]: Aerial Monitoring Solutions custom-design and custom- build multi-purpose robust and adaptable products for unmanned monitoring and surveillance. Products are completely programmable and designed for endurance flying both day and night and requires minimal training. The modular design of these products allows for easy transportation, individual customisation as well as minimisation of downtime during maintenance and repairs. Commercial XMobots [Sao Paulo, 2007]: XMobots specializes in development and manufacture of UAVs for commercial applications. Develops high-performance UAVs, which are characterized by long range, accuracy, structural strength, image resolution and ease of operation. One of the first companies to be certified by ANAC. XMobots currently has three models of Unmanned Aircraft: UAVs Nauru 500B, Echar 20 and Arator 5A, all of which are fixed wing aircrafts. Commercial Leptron [Denver, 2006]: Leptron Unmanned Aircraft Systems innovates, manufactures and distributes patented, unmanned technology which can be piloted remotely using advanced ground station products. Leptron's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are certified for airworthiness, manufactured in the USA, and include pilot training. Products includes Leptron RDASS 1000 Quadcopter, Avenger Unmanned Helicopter, MicaSense RedEdge (lightweight, multispectral, advanced camera). Commercial Centaurus Technology [Kuantan, 2009]: Centaurus Technology is an aeronautics and autonomous technology provider and consultant company. Developed products and services such as UAVs, flight simulators and flight simulator training, AI robots and holographic image projection. Commercial BradaTech [Ottawa, 1999]: Bradatech designs quadcopters, frames, flight controls & ground control station. Developed RX4-S Surveyor, a quadrotor that uses an automatic retracting landing gear system for an unobstructed camera view while offering a modular gimbal design. The arms are foldable and allow the unit to be transported easily without requiring propeller removal. Also developed PX-Lite Plus 450 Quadcopter, uses PX-IR Thermal Imaging Aerial System to provide viewing in the long-wave infrared (LWIR) spectrum using a genuine Lepton module from FLIR and the visible spectrum using GoPro. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 92. Drones Report, July201692 UAV Manufacturers (45/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial AerialX [Vancouver, 2013]: AerialX Drone Solutions offers a variety of aerial services using home developed, custom-built, high-end Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems. Work with commercial UAS as well as military- grade drones. Integrating new types of payloads and introducing new system architectures to improve the performance and reliability. Commercial AiDrones [Wildau, 2010]: AiDrones produces and develops aerial drones and unmanned surface vessels for remote sensing, inspection, surveying, security and surveillance purposes. Developed AiD-MC8, a multicopter system for applications in inspection, civil service, security & surveillance. Commercial SwissDrones [Sevelen, 2011]: SwissDrones specializes in the development and production of unmanned helicopters (VTOL UAVs) for civil purposes. Developed SDO 50V2, mini helicopter UAV, which provide a superior payload capacity, prolonged endurance, stable flight patterns and a high degree of safety features. An integrated autopilot system allows autonomous take-off and landing procedures as well as autonomous flight patterns following pre-set trajectories. Commercial Unmanned Aerial System [London, 2013]: Unmanned Aerial Systems provides product development for sophisticated unmanned aerial systems for a range of professional and defense based applications. Commercial Canard Drones [Madrid, 2014]: Canard provides AR UAVs that perform flight inspections, and support their platform to perform calibration of NavAids. Claims to reduce operational costs and downtime of closed runways, for the airport managers. Yet to launch their AR drones & platform as of Nov'15. Startupbootcamp UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 93. Drones Report, July201693 UAV Manufacturers (46/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial DroneUA [Kiev, 2013]: Drone.UA is a leading integrator of unmanned technologies in the Ukrainian market. The company operates in agriculture, energy and oil and gas industries as well as in the fields of geodesy and topography. Developed PD054 fixed wings autonomous aircraft for various industrial applications like precision agriculture, mining, etc. Also sales DJI's multirotor drones and all the required peripherals, sensors and software through its website. Focuses on development and implementation of industry-specific solutions based on the technology of drones, providing services using UAVs & processing of the obtained data. Commercial Om UAV Systems [Delhi, 2012]: Om UAV manufactures a variety of unmanned remotely controlled aerial surveillance vehicles like UAV mini and quadcopter and kits. They currently have 5 designs in production and also provide services such as flower shower and aerial photography. Commercial Rocketship Systems [Fort Collins, 2011]: Rocketship Systems Inc. (RSI) provides custom, precision components and complete airframes to the small unmanned aerial systems. Products includes Mercury, a quadcopter which is easy to use, rugged and weather resistant & Apollo, a fixed-wing sUAS reference designed to be an easy to use, rugged and sustainable UAV. Commercial Transition Robotics [Santa Cruz, 2011]: Transition Robotics, Inc. designs Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from novel, autopilot-assisted, VTOL, flying wing aircraft such as the Quadshot for the hobby market to fully autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions for professional aerial photography, infrastructure inspection, surveys and remote sensing, to autopilot electronic and software design and manufacturing. Transition Robotics is engaged in developing systems for a wide range of applications. Commercial Versadrones [Skibbereen, 2011]: Versadrones produces unmanned aerial systems for a wide range of different purposes. Provides quadcopter, hexacopter and octocopter systems that are perfect for aerial photography and video and able to carry camera payloads from GoPros. Products are currently used in TV and film production, surveying, conservation, agriculture, powerline inspection, and much more. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 94. Drones Report, July201694 UAV Manufacturers (47/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Smart Drone [Mexico City, 2011]: Smart Drone is involved in research, development and marketing of unmanned aircraft. Developed aviation technology for human welfare, prevent danger and improve the performance of critical activities for society. Their solutions focus on logistics and the generation and analysis of information. Provides, Hermis 196, a hexacopter which is the proprietary product of the company. Wayra Commercial Black Swift Tech [Boulder, 2011]: Black Swift Technologies is an engineering firm specializing in the development of small unmanned aircraft platforms and technologies. A suite of proprietary modular products have been optimized for rapid customization to meet customer requirements for any usage scenario. Provides innovative data gathering solutions to optimize process management in a host of end-user applications such as large scale agriculture, livestock ranching, and disaster relief. Developed a simple, cost-effective line of systems for sUAS. These can either be operated as a stand-alone system, or serve as the basis for design for complex solutions. Also developed high-performance autopilot, SwiftPilot, designed specifically for small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAV), both fixed-wing and VTOL (vertical take-off and landing), with expandable payload requirements. It is targeted at high-end research and industry requirements. Commercial SABRE Survey [Banchory, 2012]: Sabre Drone designs and develops full multirotor aircraft and mapping sensors for photography, Cinematography, surveying and surveillance applications. Specializes are Lidar and GNSS/IMU integration and the design and production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Commercial Hanseatic Aviation Solutions [Bremen, 2013]: Hanseatic Aviation Solutions develops and manufactures unmanned aerial systems and takes over the integration of various payloads such as cameras in the visible and infrared range, laser scanners and geo-magnetic sensors. There are two systems S180 (<5kg take-off weight) and S360 (<25 kg take-off weight) for a variety of missions. If required, the systems for individual missions can be adapted or new systems are being developed. The UAV will be supplemented in order to offer complete systems to be able to solutions for telemetry and ground stations. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 95. Drones Report, July201695 UAV Manufacturers (48/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Aero360 [Chennai, 2014]: Aero360 is a designer, developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Arial Vehicles for applications such as natural resource management, mapping, inspection, surveillance, disaster management and emergency response and aerial photography. Also building a platform for processing, storing and delivering high resolution images. Commercial Aeroxo [New York City, 2014]: Aeroxo ave developed a new generation long range UAV platform with unprecedented flight characteristics and data gathering capabilities compared to any other commercially available drone system. Developed uniquely designed quadcopter, ERA-100, based on tilt-rotor technology that enables the drone to combine VTOL capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft. I2BF Global Ventures Commercial NMotion UAS [Wichita, 2014]: NMotion UAS provides cutting edge unmanned aircraft systems & solutions for Public Safety professionals during emergencies. These systems are engineered for rapid deployment when seconds count and require minimal training and are easy to use in the field. Currently in early development is a system that utilizes secured pathways to stream UAV data in real-time to select worldwide viewers. Commercial Alpha Unmanned Systems [San Sebastian de los Reyes, 2014]: Alpha Unmanned Systems is a designer, developer and producer of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Holds expertise in enhanced technology integration, Flight Control Systems (FCS) and intelligent payloads for ISTAR missions and non-military tasks. Offers complete solutions including a completely integrated Ground Control Station (GCS), communications, control software and all accessories tailored to the client's requirements. Commercial Planck Aerosystems [San Diego, 2014]: Planck Aerosystems delivers fully autonomous unmanned aerial systems for maritime applications, such as commercial and industrial fishing, as well as situational awareness, security, counter-piracy, and search & rescue. Provides a vessel-based, fully autonomous drone system for commercial and industrial fishing operations offering aerial imagery and automatic object detection, resulting in a massive reduction of fuel consumption for fishing vessels of all sizes. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 96. Drones Report, July201696 UAV Manufacturers (49/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Altus UAS [Napier City, 2014]: Altus Unmanned Aerial Solutions is a manufacturer of professional UAS for wide- ranging applications. Their systems are of high specification with built in redundant systems, custom control interfaces and integrated emergency ballistic parachute. They build systems with class leading flight performance as well as all weather capabilities. Also perform photogrammetric processing for aerial survey and photography. Commercial Novelty RPAS [Gliwice, 2014]: Novelty RPAS company specializes in designing and production of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. The company is professional solutions manufacturer based on unmanned airplanes, rotor platforms and airships. Also offer their customers a range of services for application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems; provides consulting, training, delivery, implementation and maintenance of the unmanned systems. And also provides photogrammetric, surveillance and advertising services. Commercial UAS Technology Systems [Charleston, 2015]: UAS Technology Systems offers custom development and design of UAS as per the task. Offers a mini helicopter drone, Eagle R10 Rotary, with a flight time of 1 hr having payload bearing capabilities. Commercial Dronica [Bergamo, 2015]: The company provides, for companies and individuals, service of photogrammetry and aerial video shots with technology SAPR and organize courses of training for pilots for the use of aircraft. Have developed equipment professional for various applications, Map-1, a small, reclosable and easily transportable quadcopter for surveys; Sentinel MP, a fixed-wing autonomous drone equipped with two inertial platforms, compasses and various types of sensors; and Titan 130, a hexacopter designed for professional photography. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 97. Drones Report, July201697 UAV Manufacturers (50/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial AirView [Chicago, 2015]: AirView Corp is a startup that uses specialized UAVs for the placement of mobile sensors to structures for data gathering; by adding these mobile sensors to outdoor structures, significantly reduces the price for gathering data and expands structures. AirView is developing technology that allows for wireless charging of UAVs. Also developing UAV control technology that allows to have one UAV start a mission, then have another UAV continue the mission at the point the previous UAV stopped, either from a need to charge its batteries or a change in the mission. Since the technology handles this, there is no need for the operator to have to make these changes. Also offers Map-based GUI that will have an interface that emphasizes ease of use for the operator. All these technologies are being developed for smartphones to offer an ease to control the system. Commercial EnviroDrone [Windsor, 2015]: EnviroDrone is a complete unmanned aerial system including mission planning and flight planning software that runs on any standard laptop or mobile device. Using an intuitive interface user can outline the area to be surveyed, or plan an exact route for the drone. Unpacking the drone and getting ready for launch takes less than 2 minutes. When itââŹâ˘s time, just throw the drone into the air and begin working. When itââŹâ˘s time to land, the system gives an option to land in an assisted mode where the drone is guided manually for pinpoint landings. Immediately after landing, the photos and data from the flight are downloaded. Effectively analyze fields, forests, quarries and other environments down to astonishingly precise detail. Their products are underdevelopment and are expected to be out in February 2016. There is a quadcopter and a fixed-wing available for purchase, both of which are custom made, hence price will depend upon the quality of sensors used. Commercial RP Flight Systems [Austin, 2012]: RP Flight Systems designs & manufactures commercial fixed wing aircraft UAVs. Products includes Vigilant & Spectra UAV platforms. These drones serve the applications of mapping, surveillance, spying, FPV flying. RPFlight Systems has announced partnerships and mergers with John Smith of Asia Tech Drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 98. Drones Report, July201698 UAV Manufacturers (51/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Action Drone [Chula Vista, 2013]: Action Drone creates and manufactures custom made drones for recreational and professional use. Their products includes AD1, a multi-purpose drone that features a well designed and highly stable carbon fiber frame, front mounted 2 or 3 axis gimbal with a vibration dampening system and foldable arms that act as side impact cushions. It can go 60+ mph and produce stable videos at high speeds. Depending on the set up, it can fly 20-30 minutes per full battery charge. Flight range would be 2+ miles depending on components installed. They are seeking funding to launch a new AD2 line. Commercial Shenzhen Smart Drone [Shenzhen, 2014]: Shenzhen Smart Drone designs and manufactures industry grade multi rotor drones. Its products are primarily used for ecological environment protection, aerial photography, geographical mapping, mineral resources exploration, disaster monitoring, traffic patrolling, power line patrolling, security monitoring, etc. Northern Light Venture Capital, S.F Express Commercial Aerob [Moscow, 2011]: Aerob is a developer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that are fixed winged & and have long flight duration. Also offers aerial imagery services using drone to capture data and also provide analysis & reports using software. Has its own technical base, based on self-developed UAVs, as well as specialized hardware & software systems and qualified professionals to provide quality processing and data analysis. Commercial UAV Factory [Irvington, 2009]: UAV Factory designs subsystems, develops platforms, and manufactures airframes. Develops Penguin line of fixed wing UAVs which includes Penguin C, a low altitude long endurance UAV system with endurance of 20 hrs. Also provides ground control station, pneumatic catapult and automatic tracking antenna along with Penguin C. Penguin B, another drone in the Penguin line of drones, where system integrators can integrate their own guidance system or payload onto. It holds the world record on endurance in its class, 54.5h uninterrupted flight established in 2012. Commercial UASUSA [Longmont, 2010]: UASUSA designs, develops, and manufactures UAS platforms. Offer services from airframe manufacture to more complex and complete UAS development that are low in cost, efficient, rapid turnaround & mission ready platforms. Developed Tempest & Recon, fixed wing drones for the applications in surveying, mapping, emergency, agriculture etc. They developed Tempest specifically for the University of Colorado. They also develop autopilot for their drones and other sensors & software required for the development of drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 99. Drones Report, July201699 UAV Manufacturers (52/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Sree Sai Aerotech Innovations [Chennai, 2013]: Its flagship product "EasyPilot" is a drone controller which allows users to convert the drone into a user-friendly gadget and develop applications around it. Also helps eliminate some common problems associated with buying different components off-the-shelf and trying to integrate them into a separate drone. Uses a proprietary OS "Aileron" to enable integration of multiple sensors depending on the application needed. Although only one sensor can be running at a given time. Currently has 50+ beta users. Received a grant from Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries association and signed a MoU with NAL. Also offers common drones products for people to buy. Commercial Volt Aerial Robotics [ , 2011]: Volt Aerial Robotics is a drone OEM and consultancy that focuses on fixed wing and quadrotor airframes, as well as customizable payloads based on client-specific needs. Involved in development and sale of small autonomous aerial systems for academia, agriculture, environmental services and industry. The companyââŹâ˘s product offering includes two quadrotor systems, the Venture Outrider and the Venture Surveyor, and The Wave fixed wing system. Commercial Iron Drone [Tijuana, 2013]: Iron Drone is a Startup developing technology for UAV easy to use for drone applications and custom solutions focused in construction, remote security, delivery, remote presence, virtual travels, farming & filming. Design and develop different kind of drones and control systems . 500 Startups Commercial EasyUav [ , 2013]: EasyUAV is manufactures drones for commercial aerial photography, survey, inspection and mapping. Products include Jevelin x6 & Axis x4 multi-rotor drones which can be used for aerial photography, environmental measurements, security and patrols, precision farming, search and rescue. EasyUAV supplies UAV's and drones within South Africa and neighboring countries. Commercial Biocarbon Engineering [Oxford, 2014]: Biocarbon Engineering is developing drone technologies to combat industrial scale deforestation. Developed a prototype tree planting drone, which offer scalable remote sensing technology to automate industrial scale re-forestation. The system works in three stages to significantly increase the planting rate (10x) while simultaneously driving down the cost of planting. They aim to develop a platform to plant 1 Bn trees each year. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 100. Drones Report, July2016100 UAV Manufacturers (53/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Falcon Aerobotics [Scottsdale, 2015]: Falcon Aerobotics is developing unmanned aerial systems. They create aerial robotics solutions, as well as provide aerial imagery and data gathering services, Consultation services, and more. Commercial Airborne Robotics [Klagenfurt, 2006]: Airborne Robotics is focused on developing and manufacturing high performance drones for industrial applications, professional film, and broadcast from pioneers in drone technology. Their UAS are open systems and open programming allowing for a large variety of cameras, instruments, and other equipment to go airborne. Winner of the Austrian National Prize for best business film 2010 and the Carinthian Innovation & Research Prize 2013. Commercial Service-Drone [Berlin, 2011]: Service-Drone is a German manufacturer of industrial-grade UAS having over 500 of its robust, safe and reliable multirotor copters in operation across Europe and beyond. Has introduced 4th generation of models that are dual processor flight controller with a 'Black Box' to capture complete flight data and (optional) redundant flight control. The company has launched Recon One multirotor UAS, specifically developed for reliable, autonomous long-duration flights of up to 90 minutes, the Recon One is capable of carrying payloads of 500g and up under special configurations. Customers include film studios, professional photographers, television stations, public agencies and academia, industrial service providers such as building inspectors and surveyors, and engineering bureaus. Commercial Aerovel [White Salmon, 2006]: Aerovel Corporation develops long range robotic aircraft, their flagship product is the Flexrotor, which offers long range and endurance together with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). The drone carries an Electro Optical imaging turret and is helpful in various applications such as observation, situational awareness, surveillance, reconnaissance scientific data collection, security and search and rescue. The company is also developing the Aerosonde and ScanEagle aircraft series. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 101. Drones Report, July2016101 UAV Manufacturers (54/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Ascending Technologies [Krailling, 2007]: Ascending Technologies is manufacturer and innovator of Micro- UAVs such as the AscTec Falcon 8 for aerial imaging and the AscTec Firefly, the AscTec Hummingbird such as the AscTec Pelican for research and development. They help companies in Industrial Inspection, Mapping and Precision Agriculture reduce cost by integrating the UAV AscTec Falcon 8 into their workflows. Commercial Sentien Robotics [Fredericksburg, 2014]: Sentien Robotics develops ground and aerial robots for surveillance, environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, national security, etc. Develop scalable swarm intelligence software, fast sensor data processing algorithms, and robust robot hardware. Commercial XactSense [Providence, 2014]: XactSense produces the LIDAR mapping UAVs, sensor payloads and software for 3d modeling and mapping. Developed XactSense MAX-8 a utility drone with 48" 48ââŹÂł motor center to motor center and 17" propeller size having a flight time of 25mins and payload capacity of 20 pounds. Also provides gimble XactSense SSP-360 Stable Sensor Platform. Helped during Nepal disaster relief. Commercial Robosoft Systems [Mumbai, 2008]: Robosoft is a robotics startup which designs air duct inspection for air- conditioning companies and aerial crop inspection robots. Robosoft designs and manufacturers microcontroller development tools and small single-board computers that are used by electronic engineers and hobbyists. Robosoft also develops Robotics Labs for various engineering colleges and conducts workshops for students interested in Robotics. It has Blue Star, Indian Navy and IIT Bombay among its clients. Commercial Unmanned Systems [Izhevsk, 2012]: Unmanned Systems designs and manufactures UAVs for video surveillance and aerial photography. Also offers unmanned oil and gas pipelines surveillance services to fuel and energy companies and real-time mapping services using drones. The main production facilities are located in Izhevsk. Also have service centers and dealers in more than 20 cities and towns in Russia. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 102. Drones Report, July2016102 UAV Manufacturers (55/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial KMel Robotics [Philadelphia, 2011]: KMel Robotics expertise in designing drones. Known for their Dancing Drones, which performed the song 'Carol of Bells'. Design embedded hardware and software for unmanned aerial vehicles for consumer, research, entertainment, and marketing applications. Designed small, speedy drones for US Army. Founded by Aleksandr Kushleyev and Daniel Mellinger, graduates of the University of Pennsylvania. Acquired by Qualcomm Technologies on February 2nd, 2015. Commercial Sky front [San Diego, 2014]: Sky Front builds drones based on hybrid electric technology. Developed Tailwind, a drone with flight time of 4 hours, lightweight and efficient having a payload capacity of 2Kg. Commercial Aarav Unmanned Systems [Kanpur, 2013]: Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS) has developed and designed Nayan, a quadrotor for developers and researchers. It claims to be performing 3D mapping & Image Processing, precision agriculture, geographical mapping and survey, aerial photography, disaster/event management, and defence surveillance. Claims to have started in 2013 with a seed capital of INR 25 lakhs. Incubated by SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre, IIT Kanpur. Raised an undisclosed amount from StartupXseed Ventures, 3ONE4 Capital (a family fund of Mr Mohandas Pai), The Phoenix Fund and HNIs including, Ashok Atluri and Sanjay Jesrani in Feb 2016. Undisclose d The Phoenix Fund, Startupxseed Ventures Commercial Zero UAV [Beijing, 2009]: Zero UAV designs, develops, and manufactures unmanned intelligent systems and small UAV systems. Products include flight control and ground station systems for fixed wing, multi-rotor aircraft and helicopters, and UAV platform equipped with equipment for aerial mission. Mainly provides two drones: first id High One, a RTF quadcopter for narrow areas & field aerial photography and the second one is E-EPIC, an octa-copter with camera support to record high quality professional videos. Also provides various industry solutions, including fixed wing, multi-rotor, helicopter, intelligent control technology & ground management software that are suitable for various industrial applications, including defense, mapping, electricity, agriculture, maritime, transportation and video entertainment. Serves government departments, military, research institutes, and universities in China and internationally. In Jan 2016, it launched a consumer drone called Ying in partnership with Tencent that allows users to live stream videos on WeChat or QQ UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 103. Drones Report, July2016103 UAV Manufacturers (56/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Novadem [Paris, 2006]: Novadem offers professional and military grade drones. Their NX110m drone is intended for military market, and is specially designed to satisfy the dismounted solider operational requirements. The drone has IED location detector, which detects and identifies explosive devices. Commercial Atmos UAV [Delft, 2013]: Atmos UAV is a Dutch startup in the field of aerospace engineering, that is specialized in the development and production of unmanned aerial systems. Successfully performed an autonomous transition of a dual flight mode UAV. Won the Dutch aerospace award 2013. Currently in stealth mode. Commercial Symbiosys [Veltem-Beisem, 2014]: Symbiosys builds, customizes and maintains multicopter RPAS systems. Currently in stealth mode. Commercial AltiGator [Waterloo, 2010]: Aligator designs and sells professional drones which are equipped with the state-of- the-art automatic flight controllers. Has a series of 5 such drones, selling on their website and through retail partners. Offers a remote controller software for tablet/pc called 'Waypoint Navigation', which allows to plan the flight very accurately upstream. Commercial Allied Drones [Huntington Beach, 2012]: Allied Drones provides turnkey solutions, including advanced air vehicles, ground control stations, data-link systems, sensors, systems software, UAS trainers, maintenance and support from field to operational levels. In-house manufacturing means custom airframe, payload, and software services are available. The company has currently more than 10 clients. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 104. Drones Report, July2016104 UAV Manufacturers (57/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Alliance LP Drones [Bangkok, 2012]: Alliance LP Drones offers high-tech drone platforms of small and medium size, vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles (VTOL UAVs). Their systems are designed to specifically target mission critical applications. Alliance supplies UAVs for Aerial, Terrestrial, and Naval applications. Has a series of 6 rotor drones. Has a subsidiary for consulting and contract manufacturing called Alliance Robotics Limited. Commercial Social Drones [Mumbai, 2013]: Designs and manufactures drones for social applications. Was deployed during landslide in Uttarakhand in 2013 to transport first aid kits to stranded victims. Commercial Everbots [Mexico City, 2014]: Everbots provides a software layer for user to incorporate drone technology in their business. Sells hardware, software and analyses data. Offers drones, cameras, flight control boards and spare parts. Developed EVE01 quadcoptor, an advanced, ready to use drone for transport as well as cinematography purposes. Also provides apps for the drone. Commercial Edall Systems [Bangalore, 2008]: Edall Systems designs and sells UAVs and home automation products along with providing Engineering Design & Manufacturing services. Its UAVs include fixed wing UAV Nayan, with an endurance of 2 hours, payloads of interchangeable CCD cameras and on board recording device; and EDS580, which is a quadcopter with High voltage lithium polymer flight packs and AC/DC power supply. Its home automation products include Wi-Touch which is a Wifi and RF technology enabled system, through which customers would be able to control all their home appliances with their smartphone. Also provides Aerospace training services like UAV design and engineering workshops. Customers include National Aerospace Labs and DRDO. As of Aug, 2014, the company is in talks with European drone makers for potential collaborations. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 105. Drones Report, July2016105 UAV Manufacturers (58/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Delta Drone [Grenoble, 2011]: Delta Drone is a designer and manufacturer of commercial and civilian drones. The company's products include Delta H, a quadrotor with a maximum flight speed of 65 kph and adapted to precision imaging. Delta Y is a plane typed UAV used for long-range missions. Delta Y is operated by a qualified telepilot to identify problematic areas to be examined by the Delta H. Delta Drone offers a range of payloads to fulfill operation requirements: Gyro Stabilized gimbals, power lighting systems, super lightweight fittings for sensors. orientation. Customers include large industrial groups, particularly in the mining & quarrying, agriculture and utility industries. Delta Drone offers packaged services including the provision of UAVââŹâ˘s: Delta H and Delta Y for data acquisition, pilot, processing and archiving of Cloud applications, technical and administrative assistance and after-sales service. Commercial FAE Drones [Bucharest, 2012]: FAE Drones designs and manufacturers standard and custom drones, camera mounts and other accessories. Provides complete UAV packs for aerial photogrammetry, surveillance and videography. FAE drones have autonomous navigation based on GPS waypoints on map.The drones can take off and land autonomously and can also be driven manually at any moment as a GPS failsafe precaution. Also provides services like training lessons and drone repair services. Commercial Aibotix [Kassel, 2011]: Aibotix GmbH develops and manufactures hexacopters. The company provides Aibot X6, an unmanned aerial multicopter. Its features include precise control, programmable routes, camera mount, control panel, auto start and auto-landing, position hold, UAV and camera control, and video broadcast. Aibot X6 is a vertical takeoff and landing UAV having applications in the fields of industrial inspection, aerial mapping, film, and science industries. The company also develops flight planning software, AiProFlight, through which the UAV can automatically navigate via waypoints in autonomous mode. Users can plan the routes on their PC, laptop or tablet PC. Its customers include utility companies such as RWE and APG as well as international construction and engineering groups such as Aecom. Acquired by Hexagon in Feb, 2014. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 106. Drones Report, July2016106 UAV Manufacturers (59/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial SteadiDrone [Knysna, 2012]: SteadiDrone develops, manufactures and exports small unmanned aerial systems for use in aerial photography, video, filming, security, surveillance, wildlife conservation etc. SteadiDrones can be modified on the website, outfitted with a selection of different controllers, motors, various batteries etc. Technical features include advanced GPS navigation capabilities, GoPro compatibility with folding arms, programmable radio systems and general durability. SteadiDrone has three models, ranging from US$500 to $15 000. The main differences between the models are the flight time and the payload that the drones are able to carry. It has won in the ICT category in "Step Up Technology Innovation Competition" and has secured 100k Rand as sponsorship. Has over R14m in turnover in its first financial year in 2013. The company has dealerships in South America, North America, Canada, UK, most of Europe, UAE, Australia and South Africa. Commercial Flite Evolution [Boulder, 2013]: Flite Evolution builds, sells and services custom unmanned aircraft platforms, as well as FPV gear and associated products. Flite Evolution focuses on premium custom built UAVs. It offers Ready-to-Fly radio control aircraft platforms, ground stations, equipment and services. Its systems are offered as line of site, FPV (First Person View) and fully autonomous which can be built to fit the customer's needs, flying style or missions. Flite Evolution's products are used in the civil, commercial and government industries for surveillance, search and rescue, terrain and resource mapping, and environmental and agricultural management. Commercial MadLabs Industries [Naperville, 2012]: Mad Lab Industries develops custom-built Quadcopters and Multi-rotor copters that are ready to fly. Its Quadcopters and Multi-Rotors come fully assembled, pre-tuned, and flight tested to customer specifications. Mad Lab Industries' aerial platforms include Aerial Mapping and survey systems, Emergency Response Systems etc. Mad Lab also builds custom aerial vehicles as per the client specifications. It also offers UAVs for educational, research, industrial and commercial purposes like Aerial Photography, Agricultural & Wildlife Surveying, Architectural Surveying, Supply Transportation & Deployment etc. Commercial Draganfly [Saskatoon, 1998]: Draganfly Innovations manufactures X series six rotor UAV made of carbon fibre capable of using still/video camera, infrared camera and low light camera all of which can be controlled from the ground. Has features such as three accelerometers, three gyroscopes, three magnetometers and a barometric pressure sensor, and the controller is based on an OLED touch screen. These features make the Draganfly drones capable of work on their own under any circumstances. These drones are used for Public Safety or Professional applications. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 107. Drones Report, July2016107 UAV Manufacturers (60/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial Marcus UAV [Tacoma, 2013]: Marcus UAV manufactures Zephyr drones with full GPS, Gimbal Camera and 2.4GHz video transmitter. It's main use is for aerial monitoring such as for weather, agriculture purposes and during building construction. Zephyr can be used to make contour maps as well for geological purposes. Commercial Aerialtronics [The Hague, 2011]: Aerialtronics develops unmanned aerial systems for a large variety of applications, such as securing national interests, performing safety inspections, crisis management, movie takes, film productions, commercials, television programs or news reporting. Their UAV Altura Zenith has a payload capacity of 3kg and can fly for 50 min continuous. It also has an integrated fail safe system. Commercial MicroDrones [Siegen, 2012]: Microdrones manufactures UAV for aerial video, aerial photography, aerial inspection services, aerial security, aerial surveillance, aerial GIS, aerial mapping, aerial search and rescue and aerial scientific research. Their latest product MD4-1000 is an efficient UAV in the 5.5 kg class with flight times of up to 88 min. and payloads up to 1.2 kg. Microdrones merged with Avon (its North American distributors). Commercial Lehman Aviation [Paris, 2001]: Lehmann Aviation designs and manufactures drones which are designed for users who want to perform aerial photography and/or mapping, but who have little or no previous experience with UAV. Previously users had to use a PC or laptop to program the flight path, however, users can now do so on a Windows Phone 8 smartphone or tablet. Has Wi-Fi module using which users can check the drone's progress and systems (including its battery level) in real time. Commercial SenseFly [Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, 2009]: SenseFly is a Swiss company with its main focus on design, development and commercialisation of small autonomous UAV for remote sensing, field surveying and mapping. SenseFly provides easy-to-use, turnkey solutions to professionals in need of up-to-date maps or geo-referenced data. At the core of these systems is an intelligent miniature autopilot that has been initially designed at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL, which is widely recognised for its innovative work in the field of miniature, bio-inspired and collective aerial robotics. Since 2012, SenseFly is a Parrot company which brought majority (57%) stack in 5 million Swiss francs. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 108. Drones Report, July2016108 UAV Manufacturers (61/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Delivery Matternet [Menlo Park, 2011]: Matternet develops drones for delivery tasks. Their first product, Matternet ONE, is a smart autonomous delivery drone which is light in weight and strong enough to transport 1 kg over 20 km on a single battery charge. It comes with a smartphone app to control it. The Matternet ONE can fly autonomously for beyond line-of-sight operations. $3M Andreessen Horowitz, Plug and Play Tech Center, Alchemist Accelerator, Ariadne Capital, http://qbvp.com/, Wamda Capital Commercial - Delivery DroneTerminus LLC [Boca Raton, 2015]: DroneTerminus builds a connected receptacle for receiving deliveries made by autonomous drones. The receptacle is designed to be connected to both the hub that dispatches the drone as well as to each other. The DroneTerminus device is also meant to function as a charging point for the incoming drone. The company intends to launch its product by early 2018. Commercial - Delivery Uvionix Aerospace Corporation [Rancho Cordova, 2014]: Uvionix builds drones for delivery purposes. Its nSky drone is specially adapted for delivering payloads from one location to another, and has been tested for coffee cup delivery. Its Alpha drone is multi-purpose and can be adapted to carry cameras and other sensors for use in commercial photography, inspection, security and surveying applications. Commercial - Delivery Galactic Bots [Buenos Aires, 2014]: Galactic Bots is working on solutions to emergency response, security, healthcare, agriculture and transportation, using drones. The first sector it has ventured into is healthcare. Its Futura series of drone prototypes (Futura +, Futura X and Futura H) have been shown to be effective in carrying basic first aid kits and even an automated external defibrillator. Commercial - Delivery Laminar Dynamics [Xian, 2016]: Laminar Dynamics manufactures drones for last-mile medicine, vaccine and blood deliveries. It has two solutions - a fixed-wing drone for large payloads and a hybrid drone for medium payloads. These are supported by a ground control station. Their chief customers are expected to be healthcare NGOs working in geographically remote regions. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 109. Drones Report, July2016109 UAV Manufacturers (62/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Delivery Airmada Inc. [Boston, 2015]: Airmada is a maritime logistics services provider, with additional surveying and inspection services offerings. It builds ground-based terminals at client locations that allow operators to launch drones for performing small OPL deliveries (upto 5 kg). The drones return autonomously and recharge at the ground station. Airmada was a participant in Y Combinator's Demo Day in March 2016. Airmada has received undisclosed amounts from Project11 Ventures and Dorm Room Fund. Commercial - Delivery Raven [Ashburn, 2014]: Raven is a commercial drone based delivery platform. The platform has been designed with the highest safety standards and usability features in mind. The concept is still in pre-production and will take some time to come to fruition Commercial - Delivery Mobile Recon Systems [ , 2015]: Mobile Recon Systems has developed a drone platform named KittyHawk which is a quadcopter drone platform capable of aerial imaging, delivery, terrain sensing etc. The firm offers 3 models within the platform namely Classic, Luxury and Supreme which can be employed for different situations. The KittyHawk HDX4 is capable of being operated in almost any weather making it ideal for commercial applications. The UAV can be pre-programmed to take a particular course or it can be operated by wearing the wireless tether called 'bandit'. Commercial - Delivery Wanhoo Aerospace [Beijing, 2014]: Wanhoo Aerospace specializes in UAVs and related product development, production, sales and service. The UAV specs include load capacity of 10kg to 130kg, a wingspan of 1.7m to 9m etc. It does complete aircraft production i.e. assembly and testing processes and has dedicated production lines for various types of UAVs. Xianfeng Evergreen Commercial - Delivery Dronamics [Sofia, 2014]: Dronamics is a Dutch-Bulgarian company developing advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems optimized for heavy payloads and long range, for use in commercial and special logistics missions. These unmanned cargo aircraft can carry up to 350 kg payloads across routes exceeding 2,000 km. Developing a prototype which will be the first drone that can carry such a payload for non-military use. Speedinvest, Eleven Accelerator Venture Fund UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 110. Drones Report, July2016110 UAV Manufacturers (63/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Delivery Letronium [Kyiv, 2014]: Letronium is building programmable delivery drones for last mile delivery purposes. The current prototype of the drone models are able to take up to 5 kg and deliver on 5-10 km. Also trying to build special charging stations around the territory where drones will fly. Commercial - Delivery Kray Technologies [Kyiv, 2015]: Kray Technologies are developing VTOL cargo drone with large delivery range. This is 2m in size & can carry 20kg up to 150km. It is having a lightweight hybrid power system with an optical navigation system with decimeter precision. Their product is under development and the minimum viable product can be expected by 2016. As they say, their goal is to create a drone taxi for the transportation of humans. FasterCapital Commercial - Delivery Vision Aerial [Bozeman, 2012]: Vision Aerial is a drones technology company that designs and manufactures multicopter drones for commercial delivery applications. Their products include SwitchBlade series of tricopters that are fully assembled & flight tested, having payload capacity of 2.1kg, and a flight range of 1000m manual & 8km in autonomous mode of flying. Commercial - Delivery DBX Drones [Madrid, 2015]: DBX Drones is developing autonomous drones for deliveries of heavy packages over long distances. Access to remote places and entire cities coverage. These drones are controlled using mobile phone application. Commercial - Delivery Verge Aero [Philadelphia, 2014]: Verge Aero is a drone automation company specializing in automation of drones for markets like drone delivery and drone choreography as well as developing enabling drone technologies. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 111. Drones Report, July2016111 UAV Manufacturers (64/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Delivery Techbaaz [Mumbai, 2014]: It is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) technology driven startup. They are popularly associated with 'India's first drone delivery of a pizza' as part of an advertisement for a local pizzeria for which they had received global accolades. They are focused on developing UAVs for commercial applications across various industry verticals. Their aim is to provide Autonomous UAV Technology along with data management services that would result in increasing efficiency, improving safety standards, cutting costs resulting in higher profits and widen flexibility to support variety of applications. Commercial - Delivery Hylio [Austin, 2015]: Hylio developed an multi-functional autonomous delivery drone, Pegasus. It is equipped with lightweight airframe and six powerful brushless motors to deliver heavy payloads, long flight times, and intelligent navigation. It is one of the few peer to peer delivery drones. Commercial - Delivery BlackProp Tree Robotics [ , 2012]: BlackProp Tree develops unmanned aerial security systems which enable public safety and commercial & industrial users to reliably collect high quality aerial imagery and data. Its reconnaissance UAV "Willow" streams real time video of the target area with HD quality within a range of 20 Kms. BlackProp Tree's aerial logistics UAV that can deliver goods and packages aerially is in testing phase. The website is not up till now. Commercial - Delivery Vayu [Ann Arbor, 2014]: Vayu builds affordable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for transport of vital goods over difficult terrain, designed for rural healthcare supply chain and post-disaster aid delivery. Their first UAV product is designed for the needs of customers, with a 60km range, 2kg payload, vertical take off and landing capability and autonomous flight. Have offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA and New Delhi, India. Commercial - Delivery AeroShip.it [Boston, 2013]: AeroShipit develops small automated aeroships to deliver parcels to the customer's doorstep. AeroShip.it uses automated aerial drones to deliver food, medicine and supplies to victims of natural disasters apart from parcel delivery. Aeroship.it claims that its drone transportation system is cheaper than helicopter operations and easily integrates into existing humanitarian supply chains. Founded by ex-employee of Apple and an alumnus of Middlebury College. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 112. Drones Report, July2016112 UAV Manufacturers (65/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Surveying & Mapping SmartPlanes AB [Skelleftea, 2005]: SmartPlanes manufactures drones and develops both control software and photogrammetric software. Its drones are fixed-wing and need to be thrown into the air after planning a flight on the ground control software. The collected data can be entered into the analysis software (Smart4D provided by partner company Pix4D) and orthophotos, DSMs, etc. can be made. $560K Partnerinvest Norr, Almi, Inlandsinnovation AB Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Insight Robotics [Hong Kong, 2009]: Insight Robotics develops robotics-based technology to provide industry data-driven insights to quantify risks. They provide wildfire detection, pipeline and electrical fault detection. They have developed a smart movable camera which acts as wildfire detection robot and uses disruptive robotics technology and works on artificial intelligence concepts to increase the range of thermal sensors. The firm has also developed, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for aerial mapping and plant counting. Fresco Capital Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Aeroscout GmbH [Horw, 2005]: Founded as a spinoff of the Institute of Dynamic Systems and Control of ETH Zurich, Aeroscout designs and manufactures a helicopter UAV system for use in surveillance and other remote sensing and imaging applications. Its B1-100 Scout drone can be fitted with Riegl's line of laser scanners for high- end survey data acquisition, or the AisaKESTREL 10 hyperspectral camers (manufactured by Specim). Aeroscout also offers various services such as payload integration, data analysis and flight training. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping AirRobot [Arnsberg, 2004]: AirRobot GmbH is a mini and micro UAV systems manufacturer. The company develops UAVs for aerial surveillance, survey and documentation. the product line includes AR100-B, a VTOL Micro-UAV-system; AR100-C, AR180 range of quadcopters; AR180 range of hexacopters. It also builds a portable ground control station. The company has both commercial and military applications. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Robota [Dallas, 2011]: Robota designs and builds a fixed-wing drone called Eclipse, chiefly for mapping and surveying functions. The drone can be hand-launched and has a flight time of approximately 50 minutes. The Eclipse is equipped with Robota's proprietary-built autopilot called Goose. The ground control station is called Robota GCS. Robota does not make its own sensors and integrates Sony and Micasense cameras. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 113. Drones Report, July2016113 UAV Manufacturers (66/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Surveying & Mapping VespaDrones [Rokycany, ]: VespaDrones manufactures a multi-purpose drone for multiple applications, chiefly surveying and mapping. The drone, called Xyris 6, is a hexacopter. The company integrates various components from third-party manufacturers such as thermography systems from Workswell, FPV systems from Amimon Connex, parachute from Galaxy GRS. The company also offers drone pilot training services. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Drone Dynamics [Pingtung, 2015]: Drone Dynamics designs and builds drones for use in commercial applications. Its SkyEye Sentinel X4 and SkyEye Ranger Y6 drones are both long-endurance UAVs. These drones are meant for multiple uses, including aerial photography and search and rescue operations. However, the chief application is in GIS data collection. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping GeoDrone [Jyvaskyla, 2015]: GeoDrone designs and builds drones for use in surveying and mapping purposes. GeoDrone's X4L drone is a quadcopter that is shipped along with a controller and a flight planning tool. It can carry optical, infrared and NDVI cameras. The drone is also a closed design and offers good water resistance. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Robonik Mekatronik [Ankara, 2010]: Robonik manufactures a range of unmanned aerial vehicles under the brand name TurkUAV for commercial purposes, chiefly surveying and mapping, as well as mining, agriculture, etc. It also partners with Pix4D to create the TurkUAV Mapper software for processing raw data gathered by drones to produce DSMs, point clouds etc. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping IDETEC Unmanned Systems [Santiago, 2005]: IDETEC Unmanned Systems designs and builds UAVs for commercial and law enforcement uses. IDETEC manufactures three fixed-wing drones, namely Sirol 110, Stardust and AG-Wing, and an octocopter called iMK-8. Its chief applications are in precision agriculture, mapping and surveying and in surveillance and law enforcement. It also provides a data processing cloud, powered by multiple image processing software tools. The company was founded by Juan Sainz. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 114. Drones Report, July2016114 UAV Manufacturers (67/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Pteryx [Grodzisko Dolne, 2006]: Pteryx is a drone for use in commercial mapping and surveying applications, manufactured by Trigger Composites. The Pteryx drone is a fixed-wing UAV. The Pteryx Groundstation allows users to plan missions and flight paths before take-off and also provides a flight control interface. The Pteryx stable also includes a smaller drone called EasyMap UAV. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping AWACS Geo Services [Krasnoyarsk, 2012]: AWACS Geo Services designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for use in commercial applications, chiefly surveying and mapping. Its drone portfolio includes two fixed-wing systems called Delta-M and Gamma. They are both fitted with multispectral sensor and have proprietary autopilot modules installed. The company also builds its own internal combustion engines for use in UAVs and small manned aircraft. The company also offers drone-based services to industries such as mining, construction and agriculture. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Aerogenix [Madrid, 2010]: Aerogenix manufactures a multicopter drone called Datum 1 for commercial applications, chiefly surveying and mapping. It has a partnership with Pix4D that enables it to integrate the latter's photogrammetry software tool for use in processing of gathered data. The company also offers drone maintenance and repair, payload integration and consulting services on drone commercial use. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping ATyges IngenierĂa [Malaga, 2011]: ATyges IngenierĂa is an engineering company that offers energy efficiency and structural engineering consulting, as well as builds UAVs for commercial applications. Its drone portfolio includes a hexacopter (RPAS FV6), an octocopter (RPAS FV8) and a fixed-wing UAV (RPAS FV1). These are fitted with sensors for use in surveying, mapping, precision agriculture, security monitoring, construction etc. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Trimble Navigation [Sunnyvale, 1978]: Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or locationââŹâincluding surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. As a part of Connected Construction Site Strategy, Trimble has started making acquisitions in BIM, architecture and construction fields from 2006. Some of the notable acquisitions include SketchUp, Tekla, Meridian Systems, Gehry Technologies, Manhattan Software and Vico Software. Claims that its products are being used in over 141 countries and has offices in over 30 countries. New Venture Partners UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 115. Drones Report, July2016115 UAV Manufacturers (68/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Surveying & Mapping FlyH2 Aerospace [Cape Town, 2009]: FlyH2 manufactures electric UAVs powered by Hydrogen fuel cells. Hydrogen fuel cells offer the benefits of electric propulsion with the endurance of internal combustion engines with an endurance of over 9 hours and a maximum altitude of 23000 feet. The UAV carries advanced sensors, processes the data on-the-fly and deploys it to an online GIS, providing solutions for geomagnetic survey, mapping, environmental survey, etc. At present the company is working with national and international partners to survey South Africa's strategic water source areas. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping MAVinci [Leimen, 2009]: MAVinci designs and manufactures unmanned aerial systems for aerial surveying & mapping. The company develops radio commanded small UAVs with payloads up to 10kg. Its drones are used for mapping & inspection of construction sites, disaster areas, survey of development areas, stone quarries, waste disposal sites and others. The company also offers aerial photography services to its customers. MAVinci was part of Start-Up Factory & ESA Business Incubation Program. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Aeromao [Mississauga, 2011]: Aeromao manufacture the Aeromapper family of unmanned aerial vehicles destined for image aqcisition for mapping and surveying applications. The Aeromappers are currently operating in more than 35 countries by many clients including government institutions, private companies, universities and research organizations in a wide variety of applications and tasks. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Quantum-Systems [Munich, 2014]: Quantum-Systems develops and manufactures small commercial unmanned aerial systems. Products includes Geo-X, an octa-copter; Quantum 2M & Quantum VRT, fixed wings drones; a sensors box, Sensorik; & a ground control system, Geo-Control. They develop their flight systems in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich. First runner-up of Drones For Good Award, Dubai 2015. Commercial - Surveying & Mapping Gatewing [Ghent, 2008]: Gatewing is a UAS designer and integrator for the civil surveying and mapping industry, focussing on light weight UAS solutions. Gatewing offers the X100, a rapid mapping system for creating high quality orthophoto maps and digital terrain models. GatewingââŹâ˘s Stretchout desktop software creates georeferenced orthophotos and accurate DSMs from the data acquired from the UAV. Users can upload images to GatewingââŹâ˘s cloud solution, which automatically processes the images based on the usersââŹâ˘ requirements. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 116. Drones Report, July2016116 UAV Manufacturers (69/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Cinematography AeroCine [New York City, 2014]: AeroCine/Aerobo designs & builds drones for aerial cinematography & provides services based on drones. Approved by FAA to commercially fly drones. Provides services for news, TV, sports, Advertising, cinema & inspection. Backed by Matt Levinson, an angel investor who invested $650k in the company at a valuation of $3M. $650k Commercial - Cinematography Blue Vigil [Harrisonburg, ]: Blue Vigil produces a tethered hovering platform for holding cameras and taking pictures and videos from heights. It has unlimited air time and its maximum height is 149 ft. It provides a static view from a height as opposed to traditional drone-based imaging. Its applications can be extended by using it to hold other equipment such as sensors and radios. Blue Vigil was created by InnovateTech in conjunction with individual investors and the James Madison University's Office of Technology Innovation and Economic Development. $250K Commercial - Cinematography Vortec UAV [Auckland, 2015]: Vortec UAV (founded as VorTech) designs and manufactures multicopter drones for professional and prosumer photography and cinematography applications. It claims that its proprietary thrust vectoring technology (using directional propellers) affords stability to its drones in windy conditions Vortec is developing two drone models - SkySlide and StormTamer. Its products are slated for release in the second half of 2016. Commercial - Cinematography SHOTOVER [Van Nuys, 2003]: Shotover is a technology company that builds camera stabilization platforms and drones for aerial cinematography purposes. It also manufactures other accessories for mounting cameras on stabilized platforms. Its U1 drone is a quadcopter that features retractable landing gear, and comes with the option of attaching a parachute. Commercial - Cinematography Argos IDI [Santander, 2009]: Argos IDI builds fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles for consumer and commercial applications, chiefly photography and videography, surveying and mapping, environmental monitoring and security and surveillance. It can be flown beyond line-of-sight. It claims to build a number of drones ranging from light-weight to heavy payload. It builds control systems for both mounting on ground vehicles and for putting on portable briefcases. The company also offers photography and videography services using its drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 117. Drones Report, July2016117 UAV Manufacturers (70/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Cinematography Intuitive Aerial [Linkoping, 2009]: Intuitive Aerial manufactures a suite of hardware products for high-end cinematography, filming, broadcast and commercial operations. It has three products - Aerigon, Dominion and Newton. Aerigon is a heavy-payload drone, Newton is a camera head and Dominion is a controller that can control both Aerigon and Newton. Intuitive Aerial was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in January 2015. Almi Commercial - Cinematography Acecore Technologies [The Hague, 2013]: Acecore Technologies is manufacturer, designer and developer of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Developed Neo drone that is lightweight, multipurpose RC UAS. It can carry a professional camera and hence can offer HD aerial shots for cinematography. Commercial - Cinematography CandyCam [Kansas City, 2012]: CandyCam creates and sells affordable multimedia robotics to filmmakers and indoor venues for unprecedented control in recording live-action events and scripted video sequences. They architect, design, and build hardware that empower filmmakers around the world by providing a cost-effective platform that moves in 3d space and and promises complete, freeform control. Commercial - Cinematography Freefly Systems [Woodinville, 2011]: Freefly Systems develops MoVI camera gimbals and aerial UAV solutions for motion, picture & video. Built of Cinestar series of remote control muti-rotor hexacopters and octocopters and camera gimbal mounts which allow smooth, stable and dynamic low-altitude aerials. They design and develop cinema products for film productions. Commercial - Cinematography Skyborne Technologies [Brisbane, 2015]: Skyborne is a Brisbane based tech start up that is innovating the capabilities of hybrid autonomous air vehicles. Developed Cerberus (an autonomous, three-rotor hybrid aircraft) and Chimera (hybrid UAV with high speed, high endurance, and wide range) to incorporate avant-garde athleticism providing quality photo and video capabilities. These crafts are deftly tailored to customers' requirements ranging from Real Estate photography and filming, to geospatial monitoring systems, to anti- poaching air support. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 118. Drones Report, July2016118 UAV Manufacturers (71/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Cinematography Droniris [Toulouse, 2014]: Droniris designs and builds drones (UAV) high performance for professional aerial imagery. Their first drone is a hexadrone named Fovea, made of carbon structure material to reduce weight for greater autonomy and rigidity. Equipped with 24V & 22Ah battery having a flight time of 20mins. Also offers Hybrid Stork Platform. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Airobotics [Tel Aviv, 2014]: Airobotics designs and builds a drone-based industrial inspection system. The system includes a drone called Optimus, a software system that allows clients to create and plan missions, and a ground station called Airbase. Its swappable batteries provide 30 minutes of flight time, and the Optimus drone can fly autonomously. The payloads are also swappable and include optical and IR sensors . $28.5M Charles River Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, UpWest Labs Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Flyability [Lausanne, 2014]: Flyability is developing Elios, a collision-tolerant drone. Elios can be flown indoors and in complex environments. It stays stable after collisions with obstacles due to its carbon-fiber protective shell. Their chief target markets will be industrial inspection, entertainment, law enforcement and domotics. Flyability won $1M in International Drones For Good competition, beating out 20+ other teams for the prize. $4.3M ETF Partners, Go Beyond, MKS (SWITZERLAND) SA Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring SkySpecs [Ann Arbor, 2012]: SkySpecs develops unmanned aerial vehicles for general purpose aerial data collection and infrastructure inspections for hard-to-reach structures, such as bridges and tall wind turbines. With a SkySpecs UAV, an inspector will arrive at a job site, equip the vehicle with a variety of sensors, and then hand-deploy it. During the inspection, they will provide high-level commands to inspect the structure, while advanced artificial intelligence handles complex tasks such as obstacle avoidance, stabilization, and three- dimensional localization. Once the inspection is complete, the data can be downloaded and reviewed later by the inspector. SkySpecs couples the hardware with an analytics dashboard to interpret and map the massive amount of data gathered during flight. The company won $50,000 from placing first in the Michigan Clean Energy Venture Challenge and won the third place award in the student portion of Accelerate Michigan. The four founders were part of the the MAAV team which was placed first in the International Aerial Robotics Competition. $3.5M Venture Investors, Accelerate Michigan, Huron River Ventures, Invest Detroit, Amherst Fund, IncWell, Detroit Innovate, MI-CEVC, Michigan Angel Fund, Invest Michigan UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 119. Drones Report, July2016119 UAV Manufacturers (72/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Avular [Eindhoven, 2014]: Avular BV specializes in the design, engineering and manufacturing of professional UAV systems. They have developed PrecisionScout, a UAV platform for industrial tasks, chiefly inspection. The PrecisionScout can also be used for precision agriculture. They also provide customized solution as per the client needs. Avular intends to become an end-to-end solutions provider, including analysis of the data collected by drones. $505.7k Startupbootcamp Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Sky Eye Innovations [Stockholm, 2013]: Sky Eye Innovations manufactures designs and builds drones for use in multiple commercial applications, chiefly industrial inspection and monitoring, search and rescue operations and film production. The company builds drones in four classes - OGI, T-series, A-series and Micro. The company also offers a drone pilot training course. Sky Eye Innovations is also called No Man Machine (NMM) Innovations. The company has entered into a partnership with Spacemetric, a data analytics platform provider, to offer an integrated aerial data gathering and analysis solution. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Inkonova [Stockholm, 2014]: Inkonova designs and manufactures drones for inspection of mines and tunnels. These inspection scenarios involve low-light conditions and constricted spaces and Inkonova's drones use laser scanning and other methods to gather data about the condition of mines and tunnels during and after construction. Inkonova's drones are based on tilt-rotor designs that it initially developed for racing drones that it now sells under the name TILT drones. Inkonova is incubated at Stockholm Innovation and Growth (STING). Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring ShadowView Foundation [Rotterdam, 2012]: ShadowView is a not-for-profit organization that designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for use in environmental and wildlife monitoring and poaching prevention. Its drones include one quadcopter, one hexacopter and three fixed-wing models. These drones can also be used for disaster relief and video production. The company conducts various conservation projects across the world. It also provides drone-based photography and data collection services. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Homeland Surveillance & Electronics LLC [Denver, 2009]: Homeland Surveillance & Electronics (HSE) designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for use in law enforcement and search and rescue operations. It has a large number of drones in its product range and produces both rotary and fixed-wing drones, with expertise in unmanned helicopters. Other applications of its drones are in construction, mining, etc. The company also builds image processing software, cameras and other accessories such as solar charging stations and wearable wrist screens. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 120. Drones Report, July2016120 UAV Manufacturers (73/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Intuitive Machines [Houston, 2013]: Intuitive Machines is a diversified technology company that builds systems for aerospace, energy and medical applications. Its current product portfolio includes unmanned aerial systems. Its Tiburon UAS is a fixed-wing drone that is designed for commercial uses such as precision agriculture and mining, construction and energy installations inspections. It also builds swarming solutions for UAVs and satellites. Its other offerings include a spacecraft optimized for re-entry, as well as sub-sea modeling and automated directional drilling applications. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Technidrone [Pamplona, 2014]: Technidrone manufactures drones for use in oil and gas and industrial inspection and monitoring, precision agriculture and other commercial applications. It builds one quadcopter called Aeris One and one fixed-wing drone called Mapker One. Technidrone also offers customization solutions and repair and maintenance services to its clients. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Drone Technology [Riga, 2011]: Drone Technology designs and builds drones for commercial purposes. Its hexacopter RPAS MCFLY - IR carries an IR sensor and is used for heat leak detection in buildings, and in surveillance. Its octocopter RPAS MCFLY - Helios is a heavy payload multipurpose drone and is equipped with a parachute that deploys automatically when the drone begins to fall. It also builds ground control station systems. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Droidika [Zapopan, 2013]: Droidika designs and builds drones for use in commercial applications, chiefly inspection and monitoring of power lines and construction sites, and precision agriculture. The drone called D- Wing is a fixed-wing model and has a modular payload bay for various payloads depending on mission requirements. An add-on kit also allows the D-Wing to be used as an FPV drone. The company also builds a multicopter called DX8 for remote sensing applications. Droidika also offers drone piloting and data processing services for various applications. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Airborne Concept SAS [Cugnaux, 2014]: Airborne Concept SAS designs and builds drones for various applications. Its Drop 'n Drone is a fixed wing model that can be airdropped from higher-flying aerial vehicles into active areas for performing monitoring and ISR functions. Its Octopus drone is a multicopter is optimized for carrying various payloads up to 4.5 kg and is used for disaster relief. Its Baroud'Air drone is a fixed-wing UAV capable of autonomous flight and is used for medium-endurance commercial inspection missions. The company also offers drone pilot training services. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 121. Drones Report, July2016121 UAV Manufacturers (74/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Xamen Technologies [Pau, 2012]: Xamen Technologies designs and manufactures rotary unmanned aerial vehicles for use in commercial applications and in security applications. It builds quadcopters and coaxial octocopters under the names LE 4-8X (with three variants), BE 4000 and TB A220. The LE 4-8X Dual ATEX variant is optimized for inspections in high explosion-risk areas. The company also offers drone flight training. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring VidiGuard [Austin, 2015]: VidiGuard manufactures drones for site patrolling. Its base station houses and recharges drones. These base stations also develop randomized flight paths for the patrol drones. Vidiguard's drones are equipped with both optical and thermal cameras, and the video feeds are sent to a central monitoring facility for inspection. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Carbon-Based Technology Inc. [Taichung, 2007]: Carbon-Based Technology manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles under the brand name UAVER. It builds five UAVs - Swallow, Accipiter, Besra, Avian and Catapult - and they are all fixed-wing drones. The chief uses for these drones are in aerial mapping and photography. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Next Automated Robots [Beirut, 2015]: Next Automated Robots (NAR) is a drone manufacturing company that focuses on building autonomous drones. NAR's first drone, FireTag is a VTOL quadcopter, chiefly used for inspecting wildfires. FireTag can fly autonomously and send real-time data back to its ground station. It also has a long endurance of nearly 2 hours. FireTag drones can also be flown as a swarm. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring FLoT Systems [Boulder, 2012]: Flot Systems manufactures beyond line-of-sight drones for commercial inspection and monitoring. Its product portfolio includes one STOL fixed wing drone called Arc 65 and one VTOL hexacopter called Prophex 50. According to Flot Systems, these drones can be used for a large range of inspection and monitoring applications, including thermal and RF sensing. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 122. Drones Report, July2016122 UAV Manufacturers (75/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Industrial SkyWorks [Toronto, 2013]: Industrial SkyWorks is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and data solutions company. They serve industrial and commercial markets worldwide, providing UAV data and image collection, technical analysis and advanced image modeling services. Industrial SkyWorks uses UAVs and data management applications to provide oil and gas companies with real-time inspection, monitoring, and diagnostics of oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure. Business Development Bank of Canada Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Pro-Drone [Porto Salvo, 2015]: Pro-Drone is developing technology to overhaul the ways to inspect large energy infrastructure (chiefly, wind turbine blades) by implementing autonomous flight control algorithms to enable distance control and precise environmental awareness to UAVs enabling them to carry out much more robust, safe and cost efficient inspections. Incubated at KIC Innoenergy and a graduate of the EDP Starter incubation program. It has started working on a pilot project with EDP Renewables as well. The company has won a number of awards including the ENEL Green Power EGP Innovation Competition. KIC InnoEnergy, EDP Starter Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Airborne Drones [Cape Town, 2014]: Airborne Drones is a manufacturer, developer & seller of commercial and industrial use long range FPV drones. It builds its drones under the name Sentinel and has a long-range FPV version as well. The company also builds the A2 delivery drone. The company's drones find applications chiefly in inspection and monitoring, but can also be used for surveying and mapping, security and surveillance, precision agriculture, etc. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Hawk Aerial [Los Angeles, 2014]: Hawk Aerial develops and operates commercial grade drone-based data acquisition systems. Developed HawkEye Carbon drone for industrial inspections. Also offers services for infrastructure inspection (pipelines, power lines, bridges, cell towers, stacks, etc.), aerial surveying, mapping, crop analysis, search and rescue, etc. Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Caspian Robotics [Berlin, 2015]: Caspian provides automated aerial inspection for industrial infrastructure. It has developed an autonomous flying drone that automatically recognizes a structure, makes a mission plan to inspect the structure and executes the flight. The Caspian drone detects obstacles and avoids it in mid-flight with real time re-planning of the trajectory. The gathered images are displayed on a tablet dashboard. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 123. Drones Report, July2016123 UAV Manufacturers (76/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Inspection & Monitoring Radianx Robotics [Bangalore, 2009]: Radianx Robotics develops autonomous and human controlled robotic systems for Defence, Homeland security & Industry Inspection sectors. Radianx develops aerial robots like Micro UAVs (Unmanned Vehicles) and Mini UAVs, Vertical takeoff and landing(VTOL) UAVs. It acts as an outsourcing partner for R&D wings of various governments and MNCs to develop robotic platforms for specific client requirements. Commercial - Precision Agriculture SkySquirrel [Inverness County, 2012]: SkySquirrel develops technologies to support light-weight, close-range aerial search & rescue drones. Currently developing a robust, portable, unmanned aircraft platform capable of remote sensing through built-in visible, multispectral and thermal cameras. Their farming drone, the Patagium AP is optimized for demanding agricultural applications that can easily be customized to address crop-specific needs. This versatile farming drone assists farmers by providing remote sensing data, which can be used to reduce costs and increase production in high-yield crops. $1.2M Innovacorp, ecbc.ca Commercial - Precision Agriculture Wecan Industrial Corporation [Weifang, 2007]: Wecan Industrial Corporation manufactures farm and industrial equipment, including forklifts, cranes, excavators and unmanned aerial vehicles. It manufactures UAVs both for taking photographs (and surveying and mapping) as well as for spraying liquids (usually pesticides) from low altitudes. These UAVs are all rotary aircraft and Wecan has quadcopters, hexacopters and octocopters in its range. Commercial - Precision Agriculture Precision Drone [Indianapolis, 2013]: Precision Drone manufactures drones for use in agriculture. It builds two hexacopters called Pacesetter and Scout and one quadcopter called Onset. The company also develops a software solution called Precision Vision for processing raw sensor-gathered data to produce georeferenced orthophotos. Precision Drone's drones can also be used for insurance assessments and search and rescue and surveillance operations. Commercial - Precision Agriculture Foto AĂŠrea [Buenos Aires, 2009]: Foto AĂŠrea designs and builds drones for precision agriculture purposes. Its products include one quadcopter called Milano Agro and one fixed-wing UAV called Advisory/5. It integrates its drones with third-party sensors and third-party image processing software to provide drone solutions to customers. The company's solutions are also used in associated commercial uses such as forestry and environmental monitoring. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 124. Drones Report, July2016124 UAV Manufacturers (77/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Precision Agriculture Novadrone [Seville, 2012]: Novadrone is a Spanish drone manufacturing company which specializes in services catering to the agricultural industry. Their primary product, the Nomad, is a semi-autonomous drone equipped with various cameras to help in precision agriculture and soil monitoring purposes. They also provide training and maintenance services. Commercial - Precision Agriculture Aeronni Industrial Multicopters [ , 2015]: Aeronni manufactures aerial drones for agricultural applications like crop dusting. These drones are claimed to have 20-40 litre tanks of pesticides and cover 100 hectares per day. Apart from this, Aeronni provides aviation software . Commercial - Precision Agriculture SkyDrones [Porto Alegre, 2008]: SkyDrones manufactures drones for remote sensing and agricultural spraying applications. Its ZangĂÂŁo V fixed-wing drone can carry cameras and multispectral sensors for imaging, and can fly autonomously on pre-programmed flight paths without manual intervention. Its Pelicano hexacopter is used for spraying pesticides and larvicides on crops. The chief applications of the company's solutions are in agriculture, inspection and mining. Commercial - Precision Agriculture Skyware [Coimbatore, 2015]: Skyware is a UAV/drone system which can be used for operations such as 3D mapping, agriculture, mining, military etc. It captures data using optimized hardware & sophisticated onboard computers. The onboard telemetry systems send back valuable geo-data and high resolution 3D orthomosaic maps with ground sampling. Skyware also offers drone rentals and surveying services. Commercial - Precision Agriculture Aerial Precision Ag [Tempe, 2013]: Aerial Precision Ag is providing producers an easy to fly multirotor platform that captures HD video and photo images for use in precision agriculture operations. Products include Basic Scout Kit 2.0, an integrated video and photo platform to capture HD video and high-res photos for agricultural producers; and HEX 2.0, an aerial system for individuals that are interested in pursuing aerial precision agriculture efforts. Acquired by RoboFlight Systems. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 125. Drones Report, July2016125 UAV Manufacturers (78/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Precision Agriculture Airpod [Chennai, 2015]: Avere Consultancy has developed AirPod, an autonomous and intelligent UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) controlled through an android based tablet, solving the pressing agricultural issues in micro nutrients disbursement & crop protection. It is an integrated solution of hardware and software using sensors and big data, to deliver automation of key tasks, reducing dependency on farm labor and higher yield for the farmers. Commercial - Precision Agriculture GreenSight Agronomic [Boston, 2014]: GreenSight developed a drone enabled water and chemical management for reductions in water, pesticide, and fertilizer usage. GreenSightââŹâ˘s autonomous drone, custom imaging sensor, and proprietary cloud-based analysis software deliver actionable alerts about plant health. Suitable for golf courses and agriculture customers. Commercial - Solar Powered Sunlight Photonics [Edison, 2007]: Sunlight Photonics manufactures low through high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles, chiefly for functioning as wireless network hubs. The company offers UAV control and communication software, UAV designs and PV power systems for UAVs. It designs drones under the brand name Sunlink. $10.95M Morgenthaler, Venearth Group Commercial - Solar Powered DII LLC [Norman, 2006]: DII LLC designs and builds a long-endurance fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. The company's UAVs include solar-powered aircraft under the name Eturnas. DII focuses on power management and energy harvesting technologies for increasing the range and endurance of its drones. The company claims a clientele of government agencies and Fortune 100 and 500 companies. DII has also performed multiple research projects for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). i2E Commercial - Solar Powered Unmanned Cowboys [Stillwater, 2014]: Unmanned Cowboys developed a plug-and-adapt autonomy module (STABILIS) for unmanned vehicles, ATLAS an All Terrain Land & Air Sphere, and solar panel integration tripling the flight time for a prominent Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and for safe flight indoors and near people. Founded by two PhD candidates and two aerospace professors at Oklahoma State University, supported unmanned systems and aerospace projects for commercial, academic, and defense markets. i2E UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 126. Drones Report, July2016126 UAV Manufacturers (79/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Solar Powered Bye Aerospace [Englewood, 2007]: Bye Aerospace, a pioneer in the field of clean energy propulsion for aviation, develops solar-electric powered unmanned aerial vehicle that can stay aloft for 3+ weeks over 30,000 feet. The plane is built with light weight materials making it less expensive. This aircraft can be equipped with intelligence, surveillance, communications, and sensor equipment, depending on the mission. Also provide cost effective consulting to the aerospace industry with a full spectrum of engineering services ranging from conceptual development, preliminary design, prototype aircraft to optimizing technical processes, materials qualification and complex structural analysis. Currently working with Ascent Solar Technologies, a provider of lightweight, flexible photovoltaic (PV) solutions, to develop a unique aircraft to fill the gap between mapping and surveillance of Mars from orbital satellites and ground-based rovers. Commercial - Solar Powered Silent Falcon [Albuquerque, 2012]: Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, formerly Bye UAS, is a leading manufacturer of small unmanned aircraft systems sold to the global commercial, public safety, intelligence and defense markets. Produces the long endurance aerial data acquisition platform, the Silent Falcon Unmanned Aircraft System, and a variety of leading edge application specific sensors, including Mid Wave InfraRed, photogrammetric and high end high definition ISR EO/IR image and data payloads. Commercial - Solar Powered SunBirds [Toulouse, 2014]: Sunbirds designs, manufactures and markets ultra-long endurance solar UAS, mainly for industrial infrastructures monitoring, observation, agriculture and disasters management. By using solar energy, they offer lightweight, autonomous drones for aerial observation. Currently in stealth mode. Commercial - Solar Powered Titan Aerospace [Moriarty, 2012]: Titan Aerospace is in the business of high altitude drones, which cruise nearer the edge of the earthââŹâ˘s atmosphere and provide tech that could be integral to provide Internet connectivity to help bring remote areas online. It is building two types of solar-powered drones that can fly for years without any need to land and get any fuel. The companyââŹâ˘s drones also take high-quality images in real- time that could help with Maps initiatives, as well as contribute to disaster relief and addressing deforestation. Google acquired Titan Aerospace in April 2014. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 127. Drones Report, July2016127 UAV Manufacturers (80/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Security & Surveillance Drone Aviation Holding Corp [Jacksonville, 2009]: Drone Aviation Holding Corp. (DRNE) develops and manufactures aerial platforms including lighter-than-air aerostats and electric-powered drones to provide surveillance and communication solutions.Its target customers are government and commercial entities in US & abroad.Using a proprietary tether system,the company makes the drones for military, law enforcement and commercial and industrial applications. DRNE owns and operates Florida-based Lighter Than Air Systems Corp (LTAS), a developer and supplier of aerial solutions to the U.S. Government, State municipalities, and commercial entities. $3.73M Commercial - Security & Surveillance CybAero [Linkoping, 2003]: CybAero develops and manufactures unmanned helicopters, known as UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), for an international market. The company develops Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), consisting of remotely piloted helicopters, ground stations, sensors and data links. The systems can be adapted to the specific needs of each client and can be used for civilian applications, such as coastal and border surveillance and search and rescue missions, as well as for defense applications such as mapping. CybAero delivers its systems directly to end users or to strategic partners. $3M AeroVironment Commercial - Security & Surveillance Vidiscout [Austin, 2015]: Vidiscout offers a perimeter surveillance system based on drone technology. It manufactures a customizable autonomous drone platform that can be fitted with different kinds of sensors - including radiation and gas sensors, in addition to traditional optical and IR cameras. The company offers its surveillance drones on lease to clients. These clients are usually warehouses, port authorities, etc. Commercial - Security & Surveillance Hawkeye Innovations [San Francisco, 2016]: Hawkeye Innovations designs and builds a drone for use in indoor securiity. It is a quadcotper designed for use in both homes and commercial buildings, plants and warehouses. It is an autonomous drone that carries a camera and audio detectors. Its IR sensors can detect whether the source of a disturbance is human or an animal, and it has an in-built siren and strobe lights for alarms and scaring. Intrusion alerts are sent to connected smartphones. The company is currently running a crowdfunding campaign. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 128. Drones Report, July2016128 UAV Manufacturers (81/92) Company Details Funding Investors Commercial - Security & Surveillance Samhams Technologies [Nellore, ]: Samhams Technologies provides automatic flying crafts and services in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Also provide consultancy services to other drone designers and manufacturers. Commercial - Security & Surveillance Galileo [California, 2014]: Galileo is creating intelligent UAV systems that enhance human life and are accessible to people solving critical health, logistics, security, and entertainment challenges. Currently working on their products: UAV Systems, Jupiter OS and Apps for the Jupiter OS. Military Aeryon Labs Inc. [Waterloo, 2007]: Aeryon labs designs human-packable, autonomous hovering aerial systems that allow unskilled operators to capture high resolution imagery. It provides Aeryon Scout, a vertical take-off and landing micro unmanned aerial vehicle used for tactical and over-the-hill aerial intelligence. The scout features a touch-screen interface. Aeryon Labs' UAVs have a field interchangeable payload interface to support multiple payloads. All imaging payloads are stabilized and include high resolution stills, optical zoom video, thermal Imaging, HD video, and dual EO/IR video/still camera. Aeryon's Scout has been used in several high- profile operations by Libyan Rebels, US Coast Guard, British Petroleum etc. Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario invested $985,000 in Aeryon Labs in 2012. $46.89M Summit Partners, Feddev Ontario, Golden Triangle Angelnet, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, MaRS IAF Military CyPhy Works [Danvers, 2008]: CyPhy Works is a developer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). It has developed a technology platform of easy-to-operate flying robots for applications in the military, civil and commercial sectors. The company has so far announced two products on its platform: EASE (indoor hovering robot) and PARC (outdoor multicopter platform). It offers proprietary commercial grade ââŹËno-pilotââŹâ˘ hardware systems, autopilot and control software, uninterrupted HD and infrared imaging, laser measurement sensors and data management solutions. In addition to the traditional benefits of UAVs, the company also has developed a proprietary microfilament technology that can be used for persistent operation in the field. The company was awarded a $2.4 million research award from the U.S. Commerce DepartmentââŹâ˘s National Institute of Standards and Technology. Customers include Pentagon and the U.S. Army. $32M Bessemer Venture Partners, United Parcel Service, Felicis Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Motorola Solutions, Lux Capital, Draper Nexus, In-Q-Tel, National Institute of Standards and Technology UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 129. Drones Report, July2016129 UAV Manufacturers (82/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Prioria [Gainesville, 2003]: Prioria Robotics focuses on developing systems designed to perform sophisticated aerial security (military and civilian) or surveillance tasks. It currently offers the Maveric Unmanned Aircraft System and the Merlin embedded processing platform as well as engineering services to design custom offerings around both products. It also contains sensors for day, night or obscured hazy environmental reconnaissance work. Prioria also provides engineering solutions for industrial and ground robotics, medical device manufacturers, military and homeland security applications, and cutting-edge commercial products. Prioria Robotics has been awarded $4.5 million worth of contracts to produce 36 small unmanned aircrafts and 12 ground control stations for the U.S. Army in November 2013. $8M Advantage Capital Partners, Athenian Venture Partners, Florida Gulfshore Capital Military Sanswire [Fort Lauderdale, 2002]: Sanswire Corp. designs, develops and markets UAVs capable of carrying payloads. They provides persistent surveillance and security solutions at various altitudes. Its airships and auxiliary products provides applications in military and defense. Products includes airships, which provide a platform to transmit wireless capabilities from air to ground. Took a debt funding of $800k from Global Telesat in Dec, 2009. $425k Military Crescent UAV [New Orleans, 2011]: Crescent Unmanned Systems manufactures small multirotor and fixed wing UAS for law enforcement applications as well as civilian aerial photography and videography. Its flagship product "Bravo 300ââŹâ˘UAS provides law enforcement and governmental agencies with situation awareness capabilities. Bravo 300 comes with ground control systems and can be equipped with third party payloads like HD optical cameras, thermographic cameras, multispectral imaging systems, Laser imaging systems etc. $250k South Coast Angel Fund Military ideaForge [Mumbai, 2007]: Designs and develops compact, cost-effective Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for surveillance and security. Its first product, Netra is a man portable autonomous UAV for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of moving and fixed targets. Used by BSF, NDRF and state police departments. Earlier incubated at SINE, IIT Bombay and CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad. $125k Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 130. Drones Report, July2016130 UAV Manufacturers (83/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military CRON Systems [Delhi, 2015]: CRON Systems is a technology company that builds border and perimeter defence equipment. Its first product is a series of infrared and laser-based intrusion detection systems. It is currently working on building autonomous drones for border patrolling purposes, and on smart fencing solutions. Military Vanguard Defense Industries [Spring, 2007]: Vanguard Defense Industries (VDI) designs and manufactures an unmanned helicopter called ShadowHawk. The ShadowHawk is designed chiefly for military and law enforcement applications. It can also be used for commercial purposes such as industrial inspections. It currently works with the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) to bring UAV Technology to small businesses. Military PSI Tactical Robotics [Andover, 1973]: PSI Tactical Robotics designs and manufactures an unmanned aerial vehicle called InstantEye for military ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) use. The drone is a quadcopter and has three cameras for both FPV flying and wide optical range. PSI used biomimetic features to increase the stability of the drone. The drone can fly autonomously and can be used indoors. Military MMIST [Ottawa, 2000]: Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology (MMIST) manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for strategic delivery operations. Its SnowGoose and Sherpa precision delivery UAVs find applications chiefly in military operations and disaster relief. The SnowGoose UAV can be launched from both land and air, and flies autonomously. Payloads are attached to parachutes. The company also builds a mission-planning software system called LaunchPADS, and a navigation tool for human parachutists. The company also provides reconnaissance and communications services using its UAVs. Covington Funds Military AeroTargets International [Wilkes Barre, 2012]: AeroTargets International designs and manufactures target drones for training military personnel in anti-aircraft defense measures. The company's target drones are sold under four brands - Buzzard, Swift, Mosquito and Firefly. The company also builds the Ranger series of UAVs for military RDT&E purposes, as well as the Gnat Anti-UAV system. Its other product lines include an aerial vehicle management system, an autopilot system, payloads and launch systems. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 131. Drones Report, July2016131 UAV Manufacturers (84/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Odyssian [Mishawaka, 2002]: Odyssian Technology is a technology company that performs research, and development in smart systems, primarily smart piping systems with leak detection sensors, smart power control for load balancing, smart structures with embedded sensors, and remotely piloted vehicles (Talus and ArgusAS) The company's products are chiefly targeted at military installations, although also applicable to civilian uses. Military MSS Advanced Technologies [The Hague, 2010]: MSS Defence is a manufacturer of defence systems for military purposes. Its products are targetted at maritime security, local law enforcement agencies as well as civilian technologies. Its products include drones and Counter-Drone Systems technology, military optical systems, advanced protection materials, military communication technology, etc. Military Aero Surveillance Inc [Le Castellet, 1995]: Aero Surveillance offers UAV-based ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) solutions. It has four fixed-wing platforms (ASF 15, ASF 20, ASF 50, ASF 450) and four VTOL platforms (ASV 30, ASV 100, ASV 150, ASV 200). It also designs its own sensor packages under the name ARDENT (Airborne Real-time Detection and Notification). The company also builds a launcher that can be used for launching tear gas grenades etc which extends its applications beyond purely ISR. Military Suewon Unmanned Tech [Daejeon, 2001]: Suewon Unmanned Tech (SUT) designs and manufactures a fixed- wing drone called Scanner for use in military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It can be fitted with various sensors. The entire system, including the drone, ground control station and take-off launcher are moderately portable. Military Swallow Systems Site Designed [Vadodara, 2010]: Swallow Systems manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial and ISR (intelligencce, surveillance and reconnaissance) uses. Its first UAV system, called the Skimmer UAS, is a hand-launched fixed-wing UAV, along with a ground control station and a flight control computer with pre-loaded proprietary GCS (ground control software). It comes in two variants. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 132. Drones Report, July2016132 UAV Manufacturers (85/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military VDME Industries [Central, 2014]: VDME Industries has created a prototype of a multi role drone capable of 12+ hours of operating time.The application of the drone will be primarily in Military domain. The company is also working on a land-based and water based vehicle that is armored and has stealth capabilities. Its targeting customers are defense contracting companies(including government agencies). Military SkySapience [Yokneam Illit, 2010]: SkySapience builds tethered autonomous hovering drones for use in military and security purposes. Its flagship product is the Hovermast-100. It also builds a number of models based on the Hovermast-100 by adapting it to various specifications such as heavier payloads. Its Hovermast-C is adapted for civilian security use. The tethering cable also functions as the power source for the hovering drone and as a data link. Compass Ventures General Group Ltd Military Swarm Systems Ltd [London, 2007]: Swarm Systems is a UAV manufacturer that builds a small drone called Nano UAS for use in military applications. Nano UAS is highly portable and is equipped with both EO and IR cameras. It is fully autonomous and the company claims that it is very stable in air. Swarm Systems conducts research on drone swarms as well, although no products exist yet. Technology Strategy Board Military UMS SKELDAR LTD [Mohlin, 2015]: Founded as a joint venture between UMS Aero Group AG and Saab in 2015, UMS Skeldar AG is a military-grade UAV manufacturer. It also provides testing, training and maintenance, along with consultancy, managed services, finance options and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) courses. Its product portfolio includes two fixed-wing UAVs (UMS F-330 and UMS F-720) and two rotary VTOL UAVs (UMS R-350 and Skeldar V-200). It has two manufacturing units - one in Switzerland and one in Sweden. It is a registered share company with the shares owned by individual investors and the management. Military Schiebel Electronics [Vienna, 1951]: Schiebel develops commercial UAVs and drones for military applications called the Camcopter S-100 which are equipped with state-of-the-art mine detection and surveillance technology. The Camcopter S100 is capable of vertical takeoff and landing, hence, doing away the need to have a separate runway. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 133. Drones Report, July2016133 UAV Manufacturers (86/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Elbit Systems [Shefayim, 1965]: Elbit Systems develops, manufactures and integrates advanced, high- performance defense electronic and electro-optic systems for customers throughout the world. UAS they offers includes Hermes series & skylark series of fixed wing drones. They also perform upgrade programs for airborne, land and naval defense platforms, often as a prime contractor. Moreover, they develop and manufacture avionic and aerostructure products for the commercial aviation market. In addition, they provide a range of support services. Military Robinson Aeronautics [Fort Collins, 2012]: Robinson Aeronautics developed remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles as a custom platforms. These are claimed to be stable hovering platforms offering high-definition video for reconnaissance, can fly in adverse conditions & are autonomous drones with payload capabilities. Military Dronelabs [ , 2014]: DroneLabs design and manufacture advanced unmanned aircraft systems for civil, humanitarian and defence applications. Military C-Astral [Ajdovscina, 2008]: C-Astral is an aerospace enterprise and solution provider. Operates a software and hardware laboratory for aerodynamics and systems integration work and a prototyping CAD/CAM workshop facility for composite and metal materials work, modeling and systems integration. The founders of C-ASTRAL have been active in renewable energy systems integration and habitats work since 1994 and in aerospace since 1999 and are responsible for the first Slovenian Unmanned Aircraft System test flight in 2005 with the Spectral System platform. Military UMS Aero [Baar, ]: UMS AERO Group is unique in offering Unmanned Systems (UAS, RPAS) that cover the domains of land & maritime with both fixed and rotary wing aircraft solutions. Offers both fixed and rotary wing products; fixed wing models includes F-330 and larger F-720 & rotary wing aircraft includes R-350, utilise self- designed and built avionics, software. Also carries out training of Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 134. Drones Report, July2016134 UAV Manufacturers (87/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Bluebird Aero System [Kadima, 2002]: BlueBird Aero Systems specializes in the design, development and production of Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and peripheral equipment. Delivers unique, unprecedented, combat proven solutions to meet the challenges and needs of the Military, Homeland Security and Civilian UAS markets. Products includes MicroB, SpyLite, WanderB, Spy-i &ThunderB. Military Sky-Watch [Stovring, 2009]: Sky-Watch designs, develops and manufacture advanced professional remote controlled quadcopters equipped with high-resolution digital cameras & thermal IR cameras capable of streaming live video feed during flight. If needed, these UAVs can be equipped with chemical detection sensors as well. The UAVââŹâ˘s is steered from the ground through an encrypted data connection, but each vehicle is equipped with an advanced autopilot. Military Drono.io [London, 2015]: Drono.io is manufacturing autonomous drones for search & rescue purposes. Utilizing advanced ultrasonic, radar, and laser technologies, Drono sniffs out humans that are trapped, buried, or injured in the aftermath of a natural disaster or emergency situation. Drono efficiently flies around affected areas by autonomously identifying collapsed buildings and debris using computer vision and lidar technology. Military Invisdrone [Austin, 2015]: Invisdrone is developing invisible drone, that is a low visibility drone for aerial video recording for stealth purposes. The target industries includes homeland security, personal security, police and law enforcement, military applications, commercial video/photography and recreational use for stealth missions. Military Area-I [Kennesaw, 2008]: Area-I develops fixed wing aircrafts for aerospace and research purposes.Offers low- cost flight test platforms, UAS collision avoidance systems, atmospheric energy harvesting guidance systems, and highly capable flight computing and data acquisition systems. Currently involved in research programs with NASA, the US Army, ONR, and AFRL. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 135. Drones Report, July2016135 UAV Manufacturers (88/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Aerodreams [Buenos Aires, 2001]: Aerodreams is engaged in developing & manufacturing manned & unmanned aircraft for applications in the areas of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and agriculture. Developed the Chi-7 helicopter & Strix project for the Argentine Air Force along with various other UAVs for military & non-military purposes, Petrel, Nancu, ADS-401 & Guardian. The company's CEO is RaĂÂşl FernĂÂĄndez. Military Unmanned Systems [North Las Vegas, 2003]: Unmanned Systems, Incorporated (USI) develops low cost fixed winged drones with applications in military & defense sectors. The products utilize Longshot control system & drones are made of carbon fibers to make in weigh lesser. Main business is providing the Department of Defense with developmental and operational test & evaluation support for the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, Predator C, and other UAS in development. Has developed the Sandstorm family of sUAS through its Independent Research and Development (IR&D) program with other aircraft in side-branches of design and production. Military Asteria [Bangalore, 2011]: Aerospace based private organization developing products and offering services to the global aerospace defense and civilian markets. Offers ATOM autopilot system that enables autonomous flights for fixed wing UAVs. Its CYGNUS A10 is a mini Unmanned Aerial System designed from the ground up for military and civilian surveillance applications. Military VersaTOL [Atlanta, 2013]: VersaTOL is a manufacturer of high performance unmanned helicopter systems for military & defense purposes. Products includes Venom 10ET, Viking 75 & Viper 290 drones. Customers include U.S. Department of Defense. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 136. Drones Report, July2016136 UAV Manufacturers (89/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Martin UAV [Kilgore, 2015]: Martin UAV research, development, manufacture, and operation of solutions for UAS hardware. The company also provides aerial imaging services, turnkey UAV systems and components, UAV flight, Training, and consulting services. Its flagship products include the BAT platforms, which includes DA-50 Super BAT UAS, equipped with military & commercial grade gimbal camera(s) for live video streaming, dual wing-tip HD cameras, and an incredible 30 lb payload on the BAT-4 Series workhorse aircraft. Its products are useful in georeferenced imagery, fully autonomous missions, small system footprint, operations from unimproved areas, agricultural and wildlife mapping, aerial mapping, VTOL launch and recovery. Military Desert Wolf [Pretoria, 1994]: Desert Wolf is a leading innovation and technology company that produces relaible mobile solutions. It manufactures and supplies a wide range of trailers and complete military and commercial mobile surveillance solutions. Also produces tactical unmanned aerial and ground vehicles based on latest technology. Its UAV products include Skunk riot control-copter, Bat surveillance drones & Wasp aerial system. Military General Atomics Aeronautical [Poway, 1993]: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, an affiliate of General Atomics, provides unmanned aerial vehicles and radar solutions for the U.S. military and commercial applications worldwide. Offers high resolution surveillance and radar imaging systems, including the Predator UAV series and the Lynx SAR/GMTI sensor system. The company provides comprehensive solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide and is committed to providing immediately deployable, transformational technology for military operation and weapons systems, as well as civil missions. Military Boeing [Chicago, 1916]: Boeing designs, develops, manufactures, and sales commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. It is the worldââŹâ˘s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Developer of long-distance flight UAVs for defense, space and security. Military Northrop Grumman [Falls Church, 1939]: Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures military aircraft, defense electronics, precision weapons, commercial and military aero-structures. Also designs and develops Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-5B Hunter are combat UAV and Remotec ANDROS fleet of hazardous duty unmanned vehicles. Customers include United States Government, principally the Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence community. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 137. Drones Report, July2016137 UAV Manufacturers (90/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Lockheed Martin [Bethesda, 1995]: Lockheed Martin provides security services for space, telecommunications, electronics, information and services, aeronautics, energy, and systems integration industries. Designs and manufactures air and ground unmanned systems for security and defense applications. Their Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (IRL) researches in robotics to develop capabilities for robots with a focus to on the development of unmanned systems. Military Guided Systems [Stockbridge, 1994]: Guided Systems Technologies, Inc. (GST) is an established UAV technology company with a focus on the design, automation and practical application of vertical take-off & landing unmanned aerial systems (VTOL UAS). Develops flying drones for military,rescue & response and commercial operations. Offers a complete line of fully autonomous VTOL UAVs designed to cover a large number of payload, range and endurance requirements. Customers includes a long list of army, aerospace and research institutes (worldwide) like US Army, Navy, Air Force, GergiaTech, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, NASA Langley, Virginia Tech, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and many more. Military Drone Systems [New Albany, 2012]: Drone Systems is a distributor of unmanned aerial vehicles serving the Public Safety and Defense industries in the United States. Provides Scout UAS, a small-unmanned-aircraft, that offers aerial footage during emergency situations and a wide variety of payload imaging and durability in inclement weather making it an essential tool for cutting-edge disaster and emergency response. The company also develops and provide high-quality, high-impact training solutions for UAV operators across multiple sectors of the public safety community. Military Adaptive Flight [Marietta, 2005]: Adaptive Flight designs and develops advanced flight control systems for fixed-wing and vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft vehicles. AFI also manufactures the Hornet series of unmanned helicopter systems, ranging from the 3 lb. Hornet Micro up to the 280 lb. Hornet Magnum helicopter UAVs. The helicopters provide real-time video surveillance for law enforcement, public safety and military personnel operating in high-risk urban terrain. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 138. Drones Report, July2016138 UAV Manufacturers (91/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military Kadet [Kolkata, 2007]: Kadet Defence Systems, has started out creating an aerial target for the Indian army but has later branched out into manufacturing unmanned systems, producing and selling unmanned aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It was awarded a long-term contract from the Indian Ministry of Defence for its JX2 Radio Controlled Aerial Target (RCAT) System. The company has also been supporting state- owned weapon developmental agencies, including Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) with its Aerial Targets. It is the first Indian company to win a defence ministry contract for aerial targets. Military Aurora Integrated Systems [Bangalore, ]: Aurora Integrated Systems is an Indian company developing indigenous technology, manufacturing and integrating airborne systems with a focus on small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The startup is also working on applications in civilian space such as Geo-Information Systems, Agriculture and Disaster Management. The company is started by IIT K graduates and has raised Series B funding from Tata group. Mainly finds its applications in the military industry. Their systems are tailored to meet requirements ranging from wartime operations to counter-terrorism and anti-insurgency operations. Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) has acquired majority stake in the company. Tata Advanced Systems Military Virtual Robotix [Bergamo, 2013]: Virtual Robotix manufactures UAVs, autopilot systems, gimbals and other UAV accessories. Its flagship product "Black Ops Drone" is a drone developed mainly for recreational use. It is loaded with an optional thermal camera that can help to detect hidden enemies.Its drones can be used in aerial filming, video inspections, mapping, photogrammetry, authonomous digital bathymetry etc. Also provides services for aerial photography and runs an academy for teaching unmanned aerial flight. Incubated at MpxLab. Military Prox Dynamics [Oslo, 2007]: Prox Dynamics produces micro-drones for reconnaissance, search and rescue operations to customers in military and law enforcement fields. Their product Black Hornet Nano can fly for up to 30 minutes with a top speed of 22 mph, or a range of about one half-mile. So far 3000 nano's have been sold by the company, averaging $125k per drone. The company also offers UAV accessories like external antenna, handheld display etc and also software for managing the drones. Customers include British and US Armies. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 139. Drones Report, July2016139 UAV Manufacturers (92/92) Company Details Funding Investors Military AeroVironment [Simi Valley, ]: AeroVironment designs, develops, produces and supports a portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), supplied to organizations within the United States Department of Defense, charging systems for electric vehicle batteries and power cycling and test systems supplied to commercial and government customers. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems business segment focuses primarily on the design, development, production and support of UAS. The Efficient Energy Systems business segment focuses on the design, development, production and support of electric energy systems, which addresses the demand for clean transportation. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 140. Drones Report, July2016140 Software (1/23) Company Details Funding Investors Software MyROZ [Jacksonville, 2015]: MyROZ develops an online social network for drone pilots. It allows pilots to share their flight plans with each other to reduce airspace crowding. It also shows no-fly zones on a map. MyROZ attempts to create a self-regulating mechanism for drone flying. The company also intends to become a pilot marketplace in the future. Software UAVIA [Evry, 2015]: UAVIA provides a cloud-based software platform for controlling commercial drones remotely via an internet-connected computer. The computer sends control information to a ground station that is in close proximity to the drone. According to UAVIA, this could be applicable to any current use case of drones, including surveillance, inspection and monitoring, surveying and mapping, precision agriculture, etc. The company is accelerated at Telecom and Management SudParis. Ancillary Software Spectr [Toronto, 2016]: Spectr is a drone rental platform. Users can connect to drone owners in geographic proximity to rent drones. The Spectr platform is a mobile application. Currently, the application is only a discovery tool. However, it intends to expand its solution by introducing in-app payment, drone law libraries etc. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Skyward [Portland, 2012]: Skyward is a venture-backed tech startup which offers a drone fleet management solution. Their software connects UAS operators with regulators and insurers, enabling insurable and legal flights. Provides digital system of record and real-time information exchange to connect the aerial robotics network. Cloud-based tools include administrative dashboards for managers and mobile apps for operators, all connected in real time. Formerly known as Rising Tide Innovations and changed its name to Skyward IO in July 2014. $5.6M Norwest Venture Partners, Techstars, Founders Co-op, Voyager Capital, Moment Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Draper Associates UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 141. Drones Report, July2016141 Software (2/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Proxy Technologies [Reston, 2005]: Proxy Technologies Inc. designs, develops, and supplies optionally piloted aircraft and multi-aircraft cooperative flight control systems for the U.S. government and the commercial sector. The companyââŹâ˘s systems include Virtual Pilot/Virtual Operator, a rules-based software system; Universal Distributed Management System, which enables integration with existing ground stations and communications networks; Cooperative Control, a virtual pilot/virtual operator that allows individual platforms to share messages with each other; and SkyRaider, a heavy payload unmanned aircraft. Its systems are used in various applications, such as homeland security, coastal surveillance, counter terrorism, drug interdiction, national disasters, humanitarian relief, border patrols, and aerial mapping. $3.23M Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Archon Dronics [Modena, 2014]: Archon software is a multi-drone mission planner used for to design the automatic flights of the drones between recharging stations in a fixed geographical area. It also aggregates the acquired images/video to produce the data that the customer wants. $40k Start-Up Chile Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Flock [London, ]: Flock is building an automatic flight planning software for drones. It requires a takeoff spot and a landing spot to be identified by the user. It uses citizen and traffic movement data to map all possible flight paths and assign a Flight Impact Level (FIL) number to each. The path with the least FIL will cause the least disruption to people, other drones and aircraft, and is therefore, chosen as the flight path for the drone. The chief use of Flock is in drone-based delivery. Flock is composed of flockGuard (fleet management interface), flockPerch (delivery to windows), flockPerch app (for controlling the perch) and flockBrain (for the flight path calculations and flight control). Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Complier Enterprise [Kiama, 2016]: Complier Enterprise, founded as a merger between US company VDOS LLC and Australian company RPAS Training and Solutions, develops a mobile application for drone pilots called Drone Complier to ensure that they fly legally. It displays no-fly zones and notifies drone pilots of all NOTAMs (notice to airmen) in the area of operation. The application is available on both Android and iOS. There is also a cloud solution available now. The software also allows operators to manage their drone projects. Drone Complier also provides drone-based services such as aerial photography and videography, and intends to roll out UAS insurance as well. The company has operations in Australia, USA and South Africa. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 142. Drones Report, July2016142 Software (3/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Fleet Management UniFly [Antwerp, 2015]: Unifly is a spinoff from VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) that develops an unmanned traffic management system (UTMS) called SkyBridge. Its software helps pilots integrate their drones with the air traffic management system in their areas of operation. Its chief focus is in ensuring safe simultaneous operation of manned and unmanned aircraft in the same airspace. Qbic Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Airscout [London, 2016]: Airscout is a stealth mode startup that develops software to enable drone pilots to manage their drone fleets. The software covers flight planning, maintenance tracking and pre-flight checklists. The software is made chiefly for drone pilots that offer their services on pilot marketplaces. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management dronego [Beaverton, 2012]: DroneGo builds autopilot systems. Its autopilot modules called droneGo Flyers are on-board modules that are integrated into unmanned aerial vehicles. The droneGo Commander iPad application can, then, be used for management of fleets of drones that carry the droneGo Flyer module. It has office in both the US and in Australia. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Skymesh [Austin, 2016]: Skymesh builds swarming software for drones in order to enable collision avoidance when multiple drones are flying in the same airspace. This swarming can also be used for fleet management. The software works by building P2P decentralized networks among drones flying in each others' vicinity. The decentralized nature of the networks allows it to function even in the absence of any pre-existing network, such as cell towers or WiFi. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management DroneGrid [Leuven, 2016]: DroneGrid is a stealth mode startup that is currently working on building fleet management software for drones. The software allows users to control fleets from a tablet interface. DroneGrid is also building smart docks for drone recharging. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 143. Drones Report, July2016143 Software (4/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Fleet Management SwarmX [Singapore, 2015]: Based in Singapore, SwarmX builds hardware and software for the complete automation and fleet management of drones, including its charging, data processing, data transfer, protection and deployment. Hive and HiveMind are its two products as of Dec 2015. Hive is a dock or a bee hive for drones. Drones land into the hives utilizing infrared technology where they get charged and transfer data in the mean time which is being processed in the Hive & compressed from gigabytes to some hundreds in megabytes. SwarmX's other product HiveMind is a software that performs the tasks of managing hives, data transfer from hives through secured platform, live feed from drones and create missions for each drones. Raised undisclosed funding from Mohandas Pai in July 2016. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Synairgy [Modiin, 2014]: Synairgy develops an automated air traffic control system for commercial use of drones, ensuring safety, efficiency and compliance with regulatory mandates. Some of the features offered by the system includes fleet management which allows a single operator to control multiple drones, mission planning & controlling in real time, task distribution to divide a task in multiple drone systems operating in the airspace of that region. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management vHive [Jerusalem, 2015]: vHive offers software for management of fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles. vHive's software platform creates flight path plans, drone allocations and data sampling points from the requirements that are entered by customers. The collected data can be processed into 3D models and orthoimages. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Drone Bevy [Bristol, 2015]: Drone Bevy is a cloud based platform for mission planning, drone fleet management and data processing. Provides an easy to use interface for configuring drone from browser and allows recording & sharing of videos & achievements, creating statistical information from flight controller sensors or any other sensors attached to drone. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 144. Drones Report, July2016144 Software (5/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Queen B Robotics [Berkeley, 2015]: Queen B Robotics is an app-based software developer for multi-vehicle management. Built swarm based software for search and rescue, wildlife surveillance and monitoring, security systems for properties, real-time data acquisition from remote locations, in-flight interaction software and 3D mapping. The company has also built a drone called Exo360 for capturing aerial UHD 360-degree videos. Ancillary Software - Fleet Management PixiePath [Santa Barbara, 2014]: PixiePath is building a cloud-based drone fleet management platform. Its software handles drone movement in real time, and itââŹâ˘s all browser-based so it can be accessed from any connected device. It also helps pilots monitor their dronesââŹâ˘ battery levels, locations and tasks. Currently in beta mode. SK Ventures Ancillary Software - Fleet Management Garuda [Singapore, 2013]: Garuda Robotics is building a platform to enable the next generation of drone services and applications. Their platform enables users to control these mixed fleets without the expense of building and maintaining custom software and hardware. Their drones are used by businesses such as Land Survey and Environmental Management, Agriculture, Fisheries, Oil and Natural Gas. Garuda provides a dashboard for fleet management, and its own cloud storage. Their extensive library of built-in behaviour modules makes it possible for developers to build drone apps. Garuda Cloud API allows qualified drone systems to connect to their platform. Has raised $1M in funding from unnamed angel investors. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Hivemapper [Palo Alto, 2014]: Hivemapper is a real-time community-edited map, built for drones. They have built a cross drone platform community edited mapping tool. This allows users to capture and share new waypoints and builds safe roads and highways for drones by connecting waypoints together. $3M Spark Capital, Founder Collective, Spark Capital, GV, Harrison Metal, Accelerator Ventures, Homebrew Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Pix4D [Lausanne, 2011]: Pix4D is a cloud based solution for advanced image processing of standard aerial pictures taken by UAVs and aircrafts. Pix4D's Pix4UAV is a software package that converts thousands of standard pictures taken by drones into a professional geo-referenced image and a highly accurate 3D model. Pix4UAV is available both as a cloud service and as a desktop client. $2.4M Parrot UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 145. Drones Report, July2016145 Software (6/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping MotionDSP [Burlingame, 2005]: MotionDSP is an image processing and computer vision software for forensic and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) applications in the government and commercial markets.It uses technologies to improve the quality of image & video captured from a wide range of sources from surveillance cameras to drones and manned surveillance aircraft in commercial, law enforcement, commercial security and military applications. The company has provided its service to a variety of organizations such as NCIS, US Special Operations, Scotland Yard,Boeing etc. $1.79M Lowercase Capital, In-Q-Tel, In-Q-Tel, Nvidia Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Propeller Aerobotics [Sydney, 2014]: Propeller develops and provides a cloud platform that processes and manages photos from a drone into 3D mapping, modelling, and inspection data. It enables the data to be available in business systems or streamed online in near-real time. In addition, it collects data with third party drone services, as well as provides the data formats and integration points for mapping and survey data. $1M Blackbird Ventures Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Sensilize [Haifa, 2013]: Sensilize offers an image processing software tool for processing aerial data taken from drones. Sensilize's software - Robin Mind - utilizes multispectral data to perform its analysis and enables customers to gain insight into their farmland (bio-physical characteristics, mainly soil parameters) and crop health. The company claims that its processing algorithms enable more than simple NDVI analysis. Sensilize manufactures its own multispectral sensor called Robin for data collection. Blue Equity Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping MosaicMill [Vantaa, 2009]: MosaicMill offers imaging and image processing services for data gathered from unmanned or manned aerial vehicles. It gathers data captured from aerial imaging systems and runs it through the EnsoMOSAIC image processing software for use in surveying, mapping, precision agriculture and a number of other commercial applications. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Fotomapy [Grodzisko Dolne, 2012]: Fotomapy is a photogrammetry software developer. Its software tool, also called Fotomapy, processes data gathered from drones to create orthophotos, digital surface models, etc. for use in surveying, mapping and precision agriculture. The company also drone flying services for gathering the raw data. Fotomapy is a member of the Aviation Valley Association in Poland. InnoFund UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 146. Drones Report, July2016146 Software (7/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Agisoft PhotoScan [St. Petersburg, 2006]: Agisoft PhotoScan develops and provides an image processing software tool of the same name. The tool uses computer vision algorithms to enable users to perform photogrammetric processing of images, gathered from drones or satellites, for use in GIS applications, volumetric analysis, etc. Another application of the tool is heritage site documentation. The company also conducts research in computer vision to aid analysis of gathered images. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Everest Innovation Technology [Hong Kong, 2015]: Everest Innovation Technology has developed an online software tool called Altizure for converting low-altitude aerial images taken using drones into 3D models and for processing images. It also allows users to share images and 3D models and collaborate on them. The Altizure mobile application can also be used to control drones. Altizure is aimed at both commercial and consumer applications. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Aerie Works [Bozeman, 2013]: Aerie Works is developing an automated cloud processing solution for UAV operators. The user has to upload images to the cloud servers and the cloud will crunch the data for photo mapping, a 3D landscape model, & crop stress map. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Drone Mapper [Cedaredge, 2012]: DroneMapper is a web based service that produces geo-referenced orthomosaics and 3-D digital elevation models from a set of 2-D images obtained from an aerial platform. Orthomosaics are generated by tying and blending the various digital images into a contiguous scene of the area surveyed. They operate a Software as a Service (SaaS) system that allows users to upload and manage their imagery processing through this web based interface. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping TerraPan [San Diego, 2008]: TerraPan provides 3D mapping software, APS (Aerial Photo Survey), a photogrammetric processing tools for UAVs and small manned systems with large data set processing capabilities, automatic workflow, and intuitive user interface. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 147. Drones Report, July2016147 Software (8/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Stratis Imaging [Seattle, 2015]: Stratis Imaging provides software solutions to the UAV industry, enabling businesses to get to the valuable data faster. Their software is based on cloud-based computing, image processing, computer vision, and software design. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping DRONE INDUSTRIES [Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2015]: DroneLabs developed software for survey & mapping applications using Unmanned Aerial Systems. Produce high resolution, interactive mapping applications rendered in 3D on desktop, mobile & tablet computers. Data is stored in cloud where the user can view orthomosaic maps of the data captured in browser & can share the data among themselves. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping SeeByte [Edinburgh, 2001]: SeeByte develops advanced software to enhance the capabilities of underwater sensors, vehicles and systems in the Military and Oil & Gas sectors. Its customers include BP, Chevron, BAE Systems, Sub-sea 7, SMD, the U.S. Navy, the Royal Navy, the Royal Netherlands Navy and VideoRay. The company's capabilities are Signal and image processing, Sub-sea navigation,Command and control software, Autonomous solutions for sub-sea industries etc. In 2013, the company was acquired by Bluefin Robotics, a subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute. Innovative UK, Technology Strategy Board, NERC,UK, DSTL,UK Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Citadelta [Zapopan, 2015]: Citadelta is a drone based software platform for creating and maintaining inventories and counting objects from aerial mapping data. This software allows user to have a log of number of objects present in the mapped area by using aerial mapping data and image processing algorithms. Ancillary Software - Image Processing & 3D Mapping Melown [Prague, 2013]: Melown offers Melown Maps, a global 3d mapping software to map areas using aerial imagery. Founded by Ivo Lukacovic, a serial entrepreneur and an aviator. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 148. Drones Report, July2016148 Software (9/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Data Management HUVR [Austin, 2014]: HUVR is cloud based data analytics company that collects aerial imaging using drones and provides its services to energy infrastructure inspections (wind / solar / oil / gas) and precision agriculture. FAA approved to fly drones and provide service across USA. $2M CTAN, Houston Angel Network, Texas Halo Fund Ancillary Software - Data Management Propeller Aerobotics [Eveleigh, 2014]: Propeller Aerobotics provides a cloud platform for post-flight data management for drone-collected data. The Propeller Aero cloud platform enables post-processing of data, as well as sharing it. It also provides various collaboration features. The target market for Propeller Aero includes both commercial drone operators and enterprises that use drone-based data and services. The company is a Startmate Accelerator graduate. $704.225k Blackbird Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Ancillary Software - Data Management Botlink LLC [Fargo, 2014]: Botlink develops software applications and cloud-services platform for drone. Its software is a cloud-connected platform that helps in collecting & processing relevant FAA data for easy reference. This includes nearby manned and unmanned aircraft, along with controlled airspace information and regulation compliance. The company also manufactures UAV hardware includes a cellular telemetry device to control drone beyond line of sight and to transmit data also. It is also developing motors and solar options to keep the UAV in the air longer. $500k Ancillary Software - Data Management Kittyhawk.io [San Francisco, 2015]: Kittyhawk is the platform of record for drones. Gives pilots the ability to document their flights and experience, while enabling businesses to manage their fleets. Developing new features for web and iOS apps focusing on providing intelligence, such as weather and flight airspace restrictions so that Kittyhawk pilots are always flying safe and aware. $300k Ancillary Software - Data Management DroneData [Dallas, 2014]: DroneData provides data center infrastructure specifically for data collected by drones. The company provides computing and data transfer solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles. DroneData claims that its solutions addresses an upcoming need with drones producing more and more data. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 149. Drones Report, July2016149 Software (10/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Data Management ConnecDrone [Urla, 2015]: ConnecDrone is a cloud-based data platform for data collected by drones. The software tool enables clients to plan missions and manage drone fleets, as well as to store and analyze data gathered using drones (such as IR images) and arrive at actionable insights. The company also claims to offer a drone pilot marketplace. Ancillary Software - Data Management Drox [Singapore, 2014]: Drox provides SaaS platform and open source flight data recorder for tracking and managing drone fleet. Its products are Drox app - which is a SaaS platform to manage fleet, Drone box - which tracks the flying data, Data Marketplace - Insights into the data of all the drone flight data. It also uses Data and analytics from multiple sources to inform decisions on liability and policy for Insurers. Ancillary Software - Data Management Gettrik [London, 2014]: Gettrik is a drone data capture and analytics company. It helps UAV pilots capture and manage their drone-sourced data, chiefly inspection data, and to perform analytics and drones. Trik also allows users to automate data processing. The company is working on UAV control interfaces. Ancillary Software - Data Management DivviMap [Lincoln, 2015]: DivviMap is a platform for drone companies to sell drone maps and data, chiefly agricultural maps such as NDVI, to farmers, who can access these maps on a smartphone. The Lincoln-based accelerator NMotion selected DivviMap as one of its Summer 2016 startups. Ancillary Software - Data Management VirtualAirBoss [Grand Forks, 2014]: VirtualAirBoss provides end-to-end data management platform through its operations software that helps to streamline the commercial drone operations throughout the life-cycle i.e. schedule,plan,report,managing assets,certifications,maintenance and costs. The primary features of the software include Fleet scheduling,Fleet Route Mapping & Planning, Digital logbook,Certifications,Checklists & Safety procedures etc.Some of its specialties include checking the DUAT flight scheduling and authorization & NASA UTM Notification in scheduling stage, pre-flight data checking such as weather, route, NOTAMs, TFRs, etc.,maintaining COA reporting & Log reports etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 150. Drones Report, July2016150 Software (11/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Data Management DroneThunder [Barcelona, 2015]: DroneThunder is a drones solutions company focuses on automatic security surveillance. Use sensors, big data and video analytics to provide a state-of-the-art solution which gives the possibility to collect and manage data from indoor and hard to access places. Ancillary Software - Data Management Altitude Angel [Reading, 2014]: Altitude Angel is building solutions for automated Air Traffic Control for UAS, accessible via standard APIs to support any vendor, any drone. Provide enhanced capabilities and route- planning, as well as full plan-to-avoid capabilities for macro-scale automated avoidance. Their cloud platform knows all about local laws, about NOTAMs, about manned aviation in the USA, UK and Spain, about weather conditions globally, and have a full terrain model of the world. Customers too send their UAS telemetry data in real-time, and if detected a scenario that needs corrective action to avoid a collision, they send targeted waypoint or turn rate instructions directly to the UAS. The cloud platform accurately performs collision avoidance and conflict resolution (including predictive analysis) before sending the most appropriate instructions to all UAS involved in a conflict situation. Ancillary Software - Data Management ASCENDR [Boston, 2015]: Ascendr is transforming logistics for commercial drone services by offering a premier equipment management solution for unmanned platforms. This cloud software makes it very easy for businesses to control their UAS logistics data in order to extend the life of their assets, reduce maintenance costs, and scale their operational cadence without added complexity Ancillary Software - Data Management Clue [Tokyo, 2015]: CLUE is developing drone OS platform and drone data management solutions. Provides Drone Cloud, a data management cloud service for the drones that offers businesses a centralized management for projects & acquired data. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 151. Drones Report, July2016151 Software (12/23) Company Details Funding Investors Ancillary Software - Data Management dataerion [Sofia, 2014]: Dataerion simplify the aerial intelligence process by focusing on the last mile survey result emphasizing the data collection methodology, analysis and interpretation. Developed Skyglyph, an aerial scouting cloud platform that simplifies the scouting process and management of flight control, asset mapping, site monitoring, data transfer and visual result interpretation. Enabling Software - Operating System Airware [San Francisco, 2011]: Airware is a technology company specializing in the development of autopilots for unmanned aircraft systems. The company provides an enterprise solution for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) autopilots that combines hardware, flexible software architecture and an API for customization and expansion. Its development platform enables entrepreneurs, educators and enthusiasts to create unmanned aerial systems for specific applications while maintaining their own intellectual property. This allows users to create a fully functional unmanned aircraft by integrating an autopilot. Airware Aerial Information Platform seamlessly connects airframes, actuators, sensors, payloads, and application specific-software. $70.42M Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Next World Capital, KPCB, Felicis Ventures, Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, GV, Promus Ventures, RRE Ventures, Firelake Capital, GE Ventures Enabling Software - Operating System DroneDeploy [San Francisco, 2013]: DroneDeploy is a smart drone management platform built to be simple, safe and powerful, controlling multiple drones, from anywhere, on any device. It builds a dynamic flight path (for task described to it) that avoids other aircraft, airports, and even urban areas following the local laws. Offers aerial mapping and 3D modelling solutions for agriculture, construction and mining. $11M Redpoint Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, DFJ Venture, SoftTech VC, Data Collective, AngelPad Enabling Software - Operating System DreamHammer [Los Angeles, 2012]: DreamHammer Products is a Software Products Company that is an affiliate of DreamHammer Inc. DreamHammer's Ballista is an intelligent control platform that integrates unrelated unmanned drones and robots from different manufacturers into one system. Ballista can be used to link multiple drones into one master system controlled by a single person. Ballista is built on an open software platform which allows for autonomous and simultaneous control of multiple unmanned vehicles across various domains like space, air, sea and land and can be run from any computer including a tablet or a phone. Ballista also includes an easy to use, robust software development kit (SDK) that can be licensed by developers to integrate their drones, robots and third party apps. DreamHammer has been licensing the software and providing support services to U.S. military and intelligence customers since August 2011. $2.9M UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 152. Drones Report, July2016152 Software (13/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Operating System American Aerospace [Radnor, 2002]: American Aerospaceâ⢠is an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) company that integrates and operates long endurance UAS to provide actionable data and information to commercial public entity customers. Since 2009, the company has provided FAA-approved beyond line of sight UAS systems and flight services in civilian airspace for oil and gas, energy infrastructure, and emergency management applications. It is backed by Ben Franklin Technology Partners $500k Ben Franklin Technology Partners Enabling Software - Operating System Botlink [Fargo, 2014]: Botlink develops flight control systems and software for drones. Its platform includes a hardware module called XRD for data transmission via LTE networks. The Botlink flight control software enables clients to control drone flights, plan flights, and transmit data directly to third-party tools for data processing. $500k Enabling Software - Operating System NVdrones [Pasadena, 2014]: NVDrones provides NV platform, that is an universal app development & distribution platform meant to simplify & consolidate UAV technologies. This comes with affordable hardware that is plug-n-play compatible with top UAV systems (DJI, 3DR, etc). This offers a painless & flexible development experience to developers who can develop variety of applications using the API provided by the company. Also offers a marketplace for apps, where developers can utilize the work of community to offer software solutions on multiple platforms at once. Users can then instantly download drones apps directly to the mobile through their app store. Was incubated at USC Viterbi Startup Garage. Raised $75,000 of angel funding. Looking to raise a Seed round. $75k Enabling Software - Operating System NavStik Labs [Pune, 2011]: Provides a powerful low-cost Drone Application Platform called Flyt which consists of a flight computer (FlytPOD) and operating system (FlytOS), that allows drone-makers to build custom applications for variety of commercial use-cases. Also offers a micro navigation and control module, NavStik, with a weight of under 10 grams. It can be used as an autopilot with an ability to integrated with any type of air frame and can also be combined with a variety of payloads. It can be used for aerial delivery, agriculture, inspection, film making, surveying, mapping, medical applications and relief operations. It claims to be funded by Venture Center in Jan 2015. Venture Center UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 153. Drones Report, July2016153 Software (14/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Operating System Flyver [Sofia, 2013]: Flyver is Ă° drone software company providing solutions for aerial video surveillance and security using a fleet of autonomous drones. Their product Flyver Eye, offered as Software as a Service (SaaS), is the cloud based aerial surveillance platform, featuring live streaming, fleet management, and can autonomously control a fleet of drones. Offers Flyver SDK for developers to develop their own app using android smartphone and the SDK. Aims to build a developer ecosystem by providing development framework, IDE, drone simulator and market place. Launchub Enabling Software - Operating System Bontix [Santo Domingo, 2013]: Bontix is a Development Platform for Automatic pilot systems. Bontix creates specialized hardware that is scalable to accommodate and communicate with sensors. Bontix provides users with an admin dashboard for monitoring and an Operations Center for tracking, controlling and commanding the drone/UAV. Also creates API for the programming software of Drones/UAVs. Features of Bontix include remote recording, real-time streaming, battery usage, flight time information etc. Enabling Software - Autopilot Skydio [San Francisco, 2014]: Skydio is developing true computer vision for drones which will help them navigate without GPS and based on what they 'see'. The algorithm tries to deduce 3D from 2D images. As such. Skydio is trying to solve the intrinsic problem with drones, in terms of obstacle avoidance. The firm also plans to introduce gesture based handling of drones to make the usability part easier - so that anyone can fly drones without knowing the actual flight mechanics. The drones can be controlled by simply pointing a smart phone at them and gesturing to move accordingly. $3M Accel, Andreessen Horowitz Enabling Software - Autopilot Shield AI [San Diego, 2015]: Shield AI develops autonomy and navigation software for robots and unmanned aerial vehicles. The chief focus of the company is to enable unmanned aerial vehicles to sense conditions in, and navigate through, dangerous environments such as war zones and disaster zones without the need for a human pilot. The company works towards making collaboration software for drones $2.65M Founder Collective, Homebrew, Bloomberg Beta Enabling Software - Autopilot Augmented Pixels [Palo Alto, 2010]: Augmented Pixels (formerly AR23D) offers products based on Augmented reality technology for sales increase and ROI. Their solutions target retail, real estate, marketing and media. For retail they can engage customers by offering custom content overlays for products. Created a platform for indoor drone navigation that significantly reduces accident rates and minimizes human requirement. They can also make games (usually for toys), where users gain a small discount on the featured product if they win. Pnp accelerator alumni. Clients include National Geographic, KOHLS, Flagshipro, Jayman, Harkus, Paladone. $2.5M The Hive, Plug and Play Tech Center, AVentures Capital, Plug and Play Accelerator UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 154. Drones Report, July2016154 Software (15/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Autopilot Dronomy [Tel Aviv, 2015]: Dronomy develops sense-and-avoid technology that will allow drones to fly autonomously among obstacles. The team consists of IsraelââŹâ˘s elite intelligence and air force units with decades of combined experience in Israeli high-tech companies. The company also mentions applications in construction sites and other commercial applications. $1.5M Battery Ventures, Lool Ventures, Oryzn Capital Enabling Software - Autopilot Arbe Robotics [Tel Aviv, 2015]: Arbe Robotics designs and builds a radar-based collision avoidance system for drones. Its system includes both hardware and software components. The company claims that its system can also be used for piloting fleets of drones by defining constraints and assigning tasks to individual drones or the fleet. Arbe Robotics won the first prize at TechCrunch Meetup and Pitch-Off in Tel Aviv 2016. $1M Enabling Software - Autopilot Percepto [Tel Aviv, 2014]: Percepto is a tiny black box ââŹâšthat consists of a Tegra K1 based processing unit and a camera which easily connects to almost any drone, enabling users to create, upload and use existing apps from Percepto Marketplace. Provides hardware and SDK for developers to develop mobile apps which can interact with the camera and different applications can be achieved. Raised $101.5k on a successful campaign on Indiegogo. $1M Elevator Fund, Emerge Funds Enabling Software - Autopilot Neurala [Cambridge, 2006]: Neurala uses ââŹĹdeep learning algorithmsââŹâ˘to make robots learn more like humans do, with the goal of creating software that enables people to tell a robot what to do, and not how to do it. The result is autonomous robotic behavior that eliminates the need to drive the robot by remote control. Potential applications include collision avoidance systems for drones on Earth, and autonomous navigation systems for robots on Mars. Has contracts from NASA and the US Air Force to develop smart learning systems. Part of the TechStars Boston start-up accelerator for the Spring 2013 class. Tim Draper of DFJ participated in the seed round. $868k Techstars, Orkos Capital, SK Ventures, Robolution Capital Enabling Software - Autopilot Iris Automation [Vancouver, 2015]: Iris Automation is trying to develop new ways for drones to see and navigate. Their technology is built upon a combination of camera, computer and a smart software. The sensing technology allows for robust sensing of objects while flying or at ground. The sensor use very low power so as to save much needed battery power on drones. It is made in a modular fashion, so it can fixed onto majority of drones. The company aims to sell it to robots used in industrial scenarios. $500k Y Combinator, Bee Partners UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 155. Drones Report, July2016155 Software (16/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Autopilot RAN Systems [Gdynia, 2016]: RAN Systems designs and builds a Radar-based obstacle detection and collision avoidance system for drones. The company claims that it performs both the electronics design and the algorithms that enable sense-and-avoid capabilities. The radar system is low-power and the signal-processing algorithms use AI techniques. Enabling Software - Autopilot Straight Up Algorithms [Amsterdam, 2014]: Straight Up Algorithms develops technical and mathematical software for Drones/UAV, Space and Robotics. Straight Up Algorithms provides three key services:Situation Analysis, Algorithm Design and Implementations. Its domain of expertise is in the development of C/C++ source code for platforms such as industrial pc's and embedded microcontrollers. At present the company is developing stereo cameras that will help in autonomous navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Drones. The company is also assisting Thales in the development of their vehicle communication platform SOTAS. Enabling Software - Autopilot Nocta Tech [Ankara, 2012]: Nocta Technologies develops technology that it calls Kuzgun Swarm AI, for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles. It creates an interface where a single operator can control multiple UAVs in the air from a single terminal, with most of the flying functions being carried out autonomously. The company also builds software for following and target detection. Enabling Software - Autopilot Asgard Aerospace [Melbourne, 2014]: Asgard Aerospace develops an integrated software system called Waakoor for using drones for monitoring wildlife poaching activity. Its Waakoor system includes a flight planning and management tool (with in-built manual override), autopilot computer vision software for detecting suspicious activity. Enabling Software - Autopilot ALAS UAS [Singapore, 2016]: ALAS UAS (Airspace Localization and Avoidance System) develops collision avoidance software for unmanned aerial vehicles. The company is in stealth mode and its technology and offering are both unclear. The company's offering is aimed at both professional and consumer drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 156. Drones Report, July2016156 Software (17/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Autopilot SkyTrails [Tel Aviv, 2014]: SkyTrails is developing object tracking software and intuitive user interfaces through computer vision to enable semi-autonomous flight for the drone industry. SkyTrailsââŹâ˘ semi-autonomous flight solution allows easy piloting and professional-level filming. Currently in stealth mode. Enabling Software - Autopilot Vigilant Aerospace [Oklahoma City, 2015]: Vigilant Aerospace licenses NASA sense-and-avoid technology for manned and unmanned aircraft manufacturers. They also claim to be working on developing their proprietary flight safety systems. They have an avionic software platform called FlightHorizon which provides cockpit views and other flight management functions. Cimarron Capital Partners Enabling Software - Autopilot MicroPilot [Stony Mountain, 1994]: MicroPilot builds autopilot modules for unmanned aerial vehicles, both fixed-wing and rotary. It builds triple redundant autopilot modules, as well as autopilot simulators and ground control software. It builds a software developer's kit called XTENDER as well. In addition, the company offers training services for XTENDER as well as testing facilities. Enabling Software - Autopilot R2 Robotronics [Delhi, 2016]: Drone specialized payloads services startup. Services include self-navigating guidance system for military applications, cloud based navigation solutions for commercial drones and agri- based end-to-end solutions e.g. crop dusting, monitoring, etc. Enabling Software - Autopilot AerialGuard [Haifa, 2015]: AerialGuard builds navigation solutions for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. Sensors and processors on-board are integrated with an operator-controlled ground station to enable autonomous navigation with manual control, when needed. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 157. Drones Report, July2016157 Software (18/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Autopilot AvioniCS Control Systems [ , ]: AvioniCS Control Systems develops and builds an autopilot system called Hermes, along with companion ground station software. It also manufactures a number of sensors for use on drones in multiple applications, chiefly precision agriculture. It is also developing a heavy-payload agriculture drone for spraying fields with pesticides. The company was incubated at ESA BIC. AvioniCS is part of the Wings for Aid project. Enabling Software - Autopilot Pilot AI Labs [Sunnyvale, 2015]: Pilot AI Labs develops algorithms and software to enable autonomously controlled drones to perform subject tracking, even when the subject makes multiple quick movements or is occluded behind obstacles. Its deep-learning algorithms allow drones to navigate without GPS and avoid obstacles, using only input from the drone camera itself. Pilot AI Labs' subject-tracking also works well in very low-light conditions. Plug and Play Tech Center, Danhua Capital Enabling Software - Autopilot Communis Tech [Vancouver, 2012]: Communis Tech is a platform for proprietary iOS App development and contract software engineering services. The company offers services in iOS application design and development, Automated Build & Test Systems, Software Architecture etc. It develops in-house products including apps for control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones). The apps are Find My Drone and MAV Pilot. MAV Pilot allows for autonomous flight control & Find My Drone helps to find drone location for small UAVs. It also offer services for developing iOS apps with expertise in connecting to Internet Of Things devices. Enabling Software - Autopilot Nevada Dynamics [Reno, 2014]: Nevada Dynamics has developed a system that can be installed on a drone using Android or Linux PC (using Totem app) - hence connecting the drone to the internet. The firm has strategic partnerships with cellular network providers which enables them to provide seamless connectivity in-flight. The Totem app acts as a control client which can then be run from any web browser, or mobile. The app controls the movement of the drones and allows them to be sent anywhere with a click without flouting regulations. Enabling Software - Autopilot ArduPilot [San Diego, 2009]: 3D Robotics provides open source autopilot, ArduPilot for drones. This multi- platform autopilot consists of hardware, software and firmware (to configure hardware according to the type of drone being used). 3D Robotics designs and manufactures small unmanned aerial vehicles, especially known for its consumer drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 158. Drones Report, July2016158 Software (19/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Autopilot FreeSkies [San Francisco, 2015]: FreeSkies provides autonomous software solution in a form mobile application that controls all aspects of drone, allowing user to focus on other aspect of creating video. Offer improved stability and control through a gesture based interface, a 10x improvement on GPS navigation using local referencing (visual inertia odometry), seamless obstacle avoidance, and robust autonomous control. Enabling Software - Autopilot OpenPilot Foundation [Brea, 2010]: OpenPilot Foundation is an Open Source community project aimed at developing low-cost, powerful stabilization and autopilot platforms. Developed OpenPilot ControlCopter Platform, that can fly any airframe from fixed wing to an octocopter and is configured and monitored using the OpenPilot Ground Control Station (GCS) software; and OpenPilot Revolution board, Revo, an autopilot using the STM32F4 Micro-controller containing a hardware floating point unit (FPU) and 32bit. Enabling Software - Autopilot PX4 Autopilot [Zurich, 2009]: Pixhawk Autopilot is an open source autopilot platform (hardware+software) designed by PX4 autopilot project and manufactured by 3D Robotics. It features advanced processor and sensor technology from ST Microelectronics and a NuttX real-time operating system, delivering incredible performance, flexibility, and reliability for controlling any autonomous vehicle. Available for purchase on 3D Robotics store at $200. This open source community autopilot development platform partners with Computer Vision and Geometry Lab and DroneCode and industry partner is 3D Robotics Enabling Software - Autopilot Qelzal [San Diego, 2014]: Qelzal builds an obstacle avoidance system called Qelsafe for small commercial drones. The Qelsafe on-board package consists of sensors and a processing unit. Qelzal is incubated at EvoNexus and is a part of the Lightspeed Innovations Aerospace Accelerator. Enabling Software - Autopilot SkyCircuits [London, 2008]: SkyCircuits designs and markets autopilot and ground station systems for unmanned aircraft. All products are created in-house. Provides definitive knowledge and support of their systems. Specialises in civilian applications and understand the needs of non-specialist operators, use of custom payloads and varied mission requirements. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 159. Drones Report, July2016159 Software (20/23) Company Details Funding Investors Enabling Software - Autopilot Sky-drones [Moscow, 2011]: Sky-drones develops the SmartAP Autopilot flight control system for multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles capable of fully autonomous flight. It has a powerful microcontroller STM32F4 from STMicroelectronics, 9-axis Inertial Measurement Unit and the latest GPS receiver from UBlox integrated onboard. SmartAP supports any type of multirotor UAV with outstanding navigation and control precision. Others AirMap [Santa Monica, 2014]: AirMap builds airspace maps to help drone pilots map their flight paths, for collision avoidance and legal compliance. It provides airspace information to drone operators, including restrictions. It also works with drone maufacturers and developers to provide built-in mapping. It works with governments to include legal constraints in their maps. AirMap is a member of the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program. $17.6M Semil Shah, General Catalyst Partners, Bullpen Capital, Pritzker Group, Lux Capital, TenOneTen, Legend Holdings, Space Angels Network, Bullpen Capital, Social Capital Others Vertical AI [Mountain View, 2014]: Vertical AI is bringing the capabilities of computer vision guided robotics to cinematography. Their first product is a vision-guided camera motion control platform to enable filmmakers to capture high speed precision tracking shots when filming dynamic subjects. The camera-person simply selects the subject of interest and the platform tracks, stabilizes and frames the subject in motion. The system is called Sense 1 kit will retail for $1250 in 2015 end which includes an on-board unit, base station, Futaba RC receiver/ transmitter, and an Android or iOS companion app. It needs a camera with an HDMI output and a gimbal with an sBUS control input to operate. $120k Y Combinator, FundersClub, Communitech, Creative Destruction Lab, Version One Ventures Others Drone App Lab [Donegal, 2015]: Drone App Lab develops mobile applications for drones. These applications are designed for search and rescue, tourism and sport. Each of these applications enable drones to perform specific actions, such as the Golf FlyThrough application which helps drones take aerial videos of golf courses. Others ANT Global [Boston, 2015]: ANT Global develops software tools and provides services to help users pilot drones and other unmanned systems. It builds tools that provide airspace information and no-fly zones alerts, anti- hacking tools, and tools for connecting unmanned vehicles to other networked devices. ANT also undertakes custom UAV projects for its clients. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 160. Drones Report, July2016160 Software (21/23) Company Details Funding Investors Others Flyte [Belfast, 2016]: Flyte develops flight planning software for UAV pilots. The software responds to NOTAMS (Notice to airmen), and plots out flight paths taking ground hazards and legal airspaces into account. Flyte helps pilots make initial assessments of sites and identifies potential obstacles in their flight paths. This process helps pilots ensure that their flights are legal and safe. Others Avian Robotics [Burnaby, 2014]: Avian Robotics develops a real-time video streaming platform. Drones equipped with this functionality can be applied to Aerial Photography, Search & Rescue and Insurance & Inspection. So, besides photography, this system is useful for public safety and security applications.The company uses 3D printing technology, making it easy for the drone to suit the need of any specific application. Venture Connection Others SKYRAILS [Tel Aviv, 2014]: Sky-Rails has developed an automated and inter-operable air traffic control system for drones that manages airspace in real time. This will allow type diversified drones to fly safely in the current urban environment. Skyrail's platform has algorithms that take care of various types of risks and regulatory factors. The patented platform is cloud based and integrates real time info on terrain, regulations, privacy standards etc. to chart the path of the drones. It can in real time, automatically manage an entire drone traffic, optimizing the safety and efficiency. Others FlyNex [Hamburg, 2015]: Flynex intends to connect aviation agencies, pilots, government to make information flow easier and make drone flying more accessible. As such, the platform will integrate every aspect of drone aviation such as project planning, approval and regulatory compliance and manage project taxes incurred, if any. The platform shall act as a marketplace containing all the networks and enabling full control to the parties concerned. Others SecuDrones [Montesson, 2011]: SecuDrones designs and develops exploitation software for micro and mini UAVs which includes ground control station with 3D cartography and video/image processing software for mission planning, monitoring and replay. These micro/mini UAVs and exploitation tools are suitable for applications in Civil Security and Protection, Defence, Industry and Environment. In addition they also provide various services such as leasing, training and R&D studies for their customers. Also sale micro UAVs VTOL type. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 161. Drones Report, July2016161 Software (22/23) Company Details Funding Investors Others RCFlyMaps [Gig Harbor, 2014]: RC FlyMaps is an application that helps RC Flyers locate safe places to fly. Others DroneScan [Durban, 2014]: DroneScan develops software for drone based inventory scanning for large warehouses. Developed DroneScan Airborne data collection system that uses the latest drone platforms, hardware, software, scanning and communications technology to provide robotic scanning solutions to capture and process data of high shelves in large uniform warehouses. The system focuses on intelligent indoor navigation and interface to multiple devices and systems. Uses barcode or RFID reader equiped drones with on- board sensors to keep them within optimal scanning range from the racks and pallets in the warehouse while they scan the item and shelf barcodes. Others FloNew [Orlando, 2015]: FloNew is building a mobile app that provides automated drone-delivery using beacons. User just has to open the app and see via Esri his location as well as those of the Gimbal beacons it reads, using Nexmo then click the location on the app and the drone will go to the desired beacon. By this drone can be send from beacon to beacon through the app with ease, hosted on Atlantic.net's cloud servers. Cool thing here is that Smith and Velez (founders) used Node.js to build its code. They presented this prototype at Disrupt NY Hackathon. Fleet Management Avision Robotics [Santa Monica, 2014]: Avision Robotics system enables autonomous operation of drones and UAV fleet management. Platform is comprised of Air Traffic Control (ATC) software, drone built-in hardware components, and integration API. Their patent pending cloud-based ATC system allows user to manage any number of drones with business applications ranging from entertainment to enterprise logistics (expedited delivery). ATC is designed to automatically regulate traffic for all UAVs connected to the platform. Smart drones powered by Avision autopilot, sensors and vision controls can fly and act safely (follow optimal routes, avoid collision in the air, land securely to protect individuals and property on the ground). Operators can plugin their drone or fleet of drones through the standard API, built waypoints manually or allow system to manage routing automatically, and complete their mission safely and collision-free. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 162. Drones Report, July2016162 Software (23/23) Company Details Funding Investors Fleet Management SPH Engineering [Riga, 2013]: SPH Engineering is developing Universal Ground Control Software (U[g]CS) to control whole fleet of drones. They are developing this single software as a central management of all types of unmanned vehicles. It supports multiple drones of different types and from different manufactures, having same autopilot. Autopilots it supports are MikroKopter, Ardupilot APM/Pixhawk, DJI Naza-M(Phantom 2)/Wookong-M/A2, ARDrone, Microdrones. Available for purchase for manufacturers and professionals from their website. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 163. Drones Report, July2016163 End-To-End Solution Providers (1/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers Skycatch [San Francisco, 2013]: Skycatch allows its users to deploy flying autonomous drones with real-time HD imagery and video from the sky. Drone can be easily managed using SkycatchââŹâ˘s website & apps and build custom drone apps using the Skycatch Drone API. Provides a Dashboard tailored to meet the organizational needs of each client individually. The company has many clients including Bechtel, Bouygues, First Solar, Solar City and Rio Tinto. Investors include ffVC and Google Ventures. Raised $3.17M in Convertible Note in May 2014. $38.4M Amplify Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, FF Venture Capital, GV, Sherpalo Ventures, Google Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Entree Capital, SK Ventures, Bee Partners, SierraMaya360, SierraMaya360, Amino Capital, ROOT, Amino Capital, VTF Capital End-To-End Solution Providers Sentera [Minneapolis, 2014]: Sentera is a designer, developer and manufacturer of drones, sensors and software for the agriculture, infrastructure and public safety industries. Developed Phoenix drone, a fixed wing drone with 60 minutes of flight time, interchangeable payloads and high durability. Software solutions include OnTop & AgVault. OnTop platform provides desktop and mobile applications for the cellular and broadcast tower industry to manage big data associated with inspection imagery. AgVault is a data driven platform to harvest field & crop information, field scouting and diagnosis. $8.05M End-To-End Solution Providers EagleEye Intelligence [Boca Raton, 2015]: EagleEye Intelligence aims to create an emergency response system - called the Strax platform - for urban areas based on data collected from ground-based sensors and sensors mounted on low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles, and integrated with a data analytics platform. EagleEye aims to create M2M networks for these sensors, in order to automate data collection and analysis. $4.5M End-To-End Solution Providers Airphrame [San Francisco, 2012]: Airphrame is a service that uses a network of ââŹĹremote sensing devicesââŹâ˘it calls Airphrames to provide people with aerial data ââŹâ including digital images, orthographic maps, 3D models, and visual analysis. The company focuses primarily on the engineering and insurance sectors right now. According to the website, the company has developed a fleet of drones, at a 10x cost reduction from comparable systems. It is also led by Hao Chen, who is in charge of flight systems and computer vision, and Graham Gibbons, lead software engineer. $4.2M Floodgate, August Capital UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 164. Drones Report, July2016164 End-To-End Solution Providers (2/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers SharperShape [Palo Alto, 2013]: SharperShape is an end-to-end inspections solutions provider for infrastructure assets. Its NextEagle system conducts drone flights over infrastructure such as powerlines, oil and gas pipelines, farms etc and gathers data using LIDAR sensors. The data is sent to the SharperShape cloud where it is analysed using proprietary software and recommendations are generated. These recommendations minimize maintenance cost of the infrastructure assets. $3.25M VisionPlus Fund, Straightforward End-To-End Solution Providers Identified Tech [Pittsburgh, 2013]: The company has developed a mapping drone system which allows to send a quadcopter around a job site to create a topographical map of the situation. It is completely autonomous, and the batteries can be hot-swapped as the drone maps. The system comes with a base station where the drone comes to roost when its done. All the data is being uploaded to a cloud platform which offers analytics tools for further processing of data. The company claims to be profitable with a number of contracts in Pennsylvania with a heavy focus in the Marcellus Shale region. Company's founder, Zhang, claims that the company has experienced consistent growth every month & has forecast a 10x growth in deployments and revenue over the course of the year 2015. The system is costly, hence, they can offer subscription and paid services for using the tool, as Zhang said. $3.14M Innovation Works, Birchmere Ventures End-To-End Solution Providers Event 38 [Akron, 2011]: Event 38 Unmanned Systems designs and manufactures drones, specialized optical sensors, and a Drone Data Management System for Construction, Environmental Conservation, Mining, Surveying and Precision Agriculture. Current products include an autonomous fixed wing aircraft for on demand mapping and a multi-rotor for aerial photography and inspection. $40k Start-Up Chile End-To-End Solution Providers HiveUAV [ , 2014]: HiveUAV combines unmanned aerial vehicles and automated docking stations to help agriculture, industry and emergency services monitor remote locations from the air. Hive is a solution that will enable automated take-off, landing, data transfer and charging that can be located just about anywhere. HiveUAV solution can enable UAVs to fly autonomously and complete missions on a large scale. Also provides Honeycomb, a software that utilises the technology and functionality provided by the UAV and the Hive. Honeycomb is the main access point for the user to the system to determine status of UAV missions, future scheduled and planned missions, mission flight information, access to live imagery and captured imagery. $30k UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 165. Drones Report, July2016165 End-To-End Solution Providers (3/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers Valmie [Houston, 2014]: Valmie Resources offers drone hardware and software solutions. The company's drone hardware is provided by Vertitek, a drone company that it acquired in 2015. Valmie builds its own software platform AIMD for managing individual drones and fleets. The company also offers custom drone solutions to clients. End-To-End Solution Providers Bushnell Aviation [Las Vegas, 2013]: Bushnell Aviation designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial purposes. Its flying wing design Stingray is made of composites and Bushnell claims that it is almost bullet-proof, making it ideal for gathering aerial photographs in conflict zones. It is also applicable to other commercial applications such as precision agriculture, etc. The company provides drone-based services as well. End-To-End Solution Providers Kuwait Aerospace Technologies [Kuwait City, 2013]: Kuwait Aerospace Technologies (KAT) designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for multiple commercial purposes. Its line includes two fixed-wing models - Houbara KAT 520 and KAT 800. It also performs payload integrations and modifications of existing drones to fit various applications. KAT also designs ground control stations, with a focus on portable GCS. The company also offers drone pilot training through its subsidiary Kuwait Flight Academy and it offers aerial photography and videography services. End-To-End Solution Providers GeoMapper [Bawtry, 2015]: Geo-Mapper provides end-to-end solutions for drone-based surveying and mapping. It designs and builds fixed-wing drones, including the Mini Mapper and the 1900 UAV. These drones can fly autonomously and can carry various sensors. Geo-Mapper also develops its own mission planning software. The company provides surveying, mapping, inspection and photography services using these drones, as well as drone pilot training courses. End-To-End Solution Providers Skylift Global Inc [San Marcos, 2015]: Skylift designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles for lifting and transporting heavy payloads. Skylift claims that its Atlas drone can carry 4 times its own weight as payload, and still maintain its maneuverability and stability. The company intends to provide these drones on an on-demand basis. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 166. Drones Report, July2016166 End-To-End Solution Providers (4/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers Radai [Oulu, 2013]: Radai offers geophysical surveying and environmental monitoring services using a fleet of proprietary unmanned aerial vehicles. Its product range includes fixed-wing, flying wing and rotary aircraft. Its solutions have applications chiefly in scientific research and include magnetic field measurements, air quality measurements etc. End-To-End Solution Providers Air Real [Bungay, 2012]: Air-Real offers drone-based aerial photography and inspection solutions. Its solutions are applicable to property inspection and marketing, event coverage, construction site inspections, etc. The company uses a custom-built hexacopter for all its aerial work, with an integrated single controller for both the drone and the camera. End-To-End Solution Providers USENSE [Hasselt, 2013]: Usense offers remote sensing and surveying and mapping solutions using drones. It builds a drone called USENSE X-8 with a flying wing design, using open-source hardware and software components. The company's solution is applicable to a number of industries, including agriculture, archaeology, etc. End-To-End Solution Providers X1 Aeronautics [Kelowna, 2012]: X1 Aeronautics offers photogrammetry and surveying solutions. It uses proprietary multicopter drones to collect data. The raw data is then processed through photogrammetry software and converted into orthophotos, DSMs etc, for agricultural, forestry, environmental, mining and other applications. End-To-End Solution Providers CATUAV [Moia, 2003]: CAT UAV provides remote sensing data using unmanned aerial vehicles. It uses proprietary fixed-wing drones (under the Atmos name) to collect land data. It uses the data for photogrammetric analysis on its proprietary image processing software and produces thermographs, orthophotos etc. It also builds custom UAVs for specific client requirements as well. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 167. Drones Report, July2016167 End-To-End Solution Providers (5/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers Videodrone [Jyvaskyla, 2012]: Videodrone designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles. Its product is a multicopter called the X8. The company also manufactures and sells accessories such as IR cameras, etc. It also provides drone-based services, chiefly aerial photography, videography and surveying. End-To-End Solution Providers Monarch Inc. [Ridgecrest, 2014]: Monarch designs and manufactures quadcopter drones for use in commercial applications, chiefly precision agriculture, but also for surveying and monitoring. Monarch's drones include the Monarch LS and the Monarch AG. It also offers drone-based services using its proprietary drones. In addition, Monarch builds custom drones for clients, and offers repair and maintenance services. End-To-End Solution Providers DroneMetrex [Adelaide, 2012]: DroneMetrex designs and builds commercial drones for surveying and mapping purposes, as well as photogrammetric software for analysis of gathered data. It builds two fixed-wing models, namely the TopoDrone-100 and the TopoDrone-500. These are fitted with various sensors and feature a proprietary stabilization system called Dynamic Stabilized Active Mount (DSAM). These can both fly pre- programmed flight paths autonomously, with manual overrides. The company also builds a ducted fan quadcopter called the TopoDrone-4Scight. DroneMetrex also provides mapping and photogrammetry services. End-To-End Solution Providers UAS Development [Boston, 2014]: UAS Development is a technology company that works on developing unmanned aerial vehicle systems, with a special focus on heavy-payload lifting. Its UAVs are meant for use in commercial and industrial applications. It also offers inspection, monitoring and aerial filming, surveying and mapping services using proprietary drones. End-To-End Solution Providers Avian Aerospace [Chennai, 2011]: Avian Aerospace manufactures unmanned systems for both aerial and ground applications. It conducts research in a broad range of unmanned vehicle components such as sensors and sensor integration, autopilot and navigation modules, photogrammetry software, etc. It also offers drone- based services such as multispectral imaging, industrial inspections, precision agriculture, surveying etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 168. Drones Report, July2016168 End-To-End Solution Providers (6/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers AeroTekniikka [Hankasalmi, 2011]: Aerotekniikka UAV offers aerial photography and imaging services using a proprietary drone. It provides services for 3D modeling and mapping of areas. It also has applications in disaster response and agricultural and air quality research. In addition, the company offers pilot training services. Photo production services are offered by its sister company MaaIlmasta. End-To-End Solution Providers Maavan Aeronautics Pvt Ltd [Chennai, 2014]: Maavan Aeronautics offers UAV development and piloting training services. It also builds drones for research purposes, under the name brand name MX. It also offers aerial filming, survey and inspection services for applications in adventure sports cinematography, agriculture, pipeline inspections and volumetric analysis End-To-End Solution Providers Theiss UAV Solutions [Youngstown, 1991]: Theiss UAV manufactures customized UAV solutions for clients based on requirements. These solutions include UAV design and manufacture, drone pilot training services, and drone-based services. It also offers consultation services. Theiss UAV also builds an anti-drone netting device called the EXCIPIO. Theiss UAV is a contractor for the US Department of Defense. Theiss UAV was acquired by Lauren International in 2015. End-To-End Solution Providers Charlotte UAV [Charlotte, 2015]: Charlotte UAV builds and customizes drones for commercial purposes. It also offers drone-based inspection and aerial imaging services and software platforms and services for analysis of the acquired aerial data. Its flagship products are the LSX8 Lancer, a heavy-payload quadcopter and the RF-70, a fixed-wing aircraft. Charlotte UAV is owned and operated by Lappert Smith Technologies LLC. End-To-End Solution Providers Atomic Aerial [Texas City, 2015]: Atomic Aerial provides aerial cinematography, photography and other imaging solutions for a number of industries such as Media, Real estate, Oil & Gas, Utility and others. Its solutions include 2D & 3D site mapping, Orthomosaic analysis, Asset inspection, Oil & Gas pipeline monitoring etc. The company uses DJI S800, SkyJib 8, DJI Inspire and MĂ â˘VI M5MR drones for its services based on client requirement. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 169. Drones Report, July2016169 End-To-End Solution Providers (7/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers Skyquest [Santiago, 2015]: Skyquest provides aerial imaging & surveying services for a number of sectors such as Agriculture, Mining and Construction, Utility etc. The company uses fixed wing drone that has three landing options offered (linear automatic, automatic, circular manual). The drone can cover large areas with a single flight (up to 1,000 hectares per hour) for precision agriculture and can identify biomass health, water stress, nutritional stress and other important parameters. For surveying, the captured topography is useful for sizing stock piles, audit work, monitoring extraction and others. End-To-End Solution Providers AWM Drone Services [Fredericton, 2015]: AWM provides aerial inspection and mapping services for a number of industries such as agriculture, forestry, mining, power, telecommunications and tourism. It offers Structure inspections services for power lines, towers, buildings & others, Agriculture field inspections and mapping services and thermal inspection services. The company also provides volumetric tools for various types of materials. Also it provides aerial photo and video service for Real Estate sector. End-To-End Solution Providers Soaring Sky, LLC [Fort Myers, 2015]: Soaring Sky provides a number of commercial services from cinematography and aerial photography to inspections and surveying. The company is FAA approved for its drone services. Soaring Sky caters to a number of industries Media,Real estate, Agriculture etc. It specializes in low altitude 4K aerial cinematography and high-resolution for aerial photography.In precision agriculture,Soaring sky uses Thermal Imagery,NDVI Imagery etc technologies.The company uses Progressional Site Imaging, 3D Point Clouds,Digital Surface Models etc. for mapping & surveying. End-To-End Solution Providers Techdrone [ , 2015]: Techdrone provides solutions for aerial photography & video, thermographic inspections, industrial maintenance and emergency & rescue operations for commercial applications. Its customers are from civil, government and military sectors. The company uses Rotary Wing drones for its operations. End-To-End Solution Providers Traceair [Moscow, 2015]: TraceAir operates a drone based construction management platform. The platform helps construction companies to collect the construction site data and compare the data with the actual plan. The platform also provides tools for Discrepancies detection, Reports and forecasting etc. Based on the data analysis the companies can track the project progress, access the quality of the construction and manage the cost of construction. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 170. Drones Report, July2016170 End-To-End Solution Providers (8/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers aiblob [Bangalore, 2015]: AIBLOB is a specialised unmanned aerial systems company offering offering drone development for industrial uses such as GIS Mapping, oil and gas Industry, Survey, Agriculture, Inspection and Education. Has already developed itââŹâ˘s own UAV - Silver Bee - for mapping and remote sensing needs and is in the process of developing a rotary wing aircraft capable of performing LiDAR based surveys. Claims to be the first Indian UAS photogrammetric mapping solution specifically designed for surveyors and geospatial professionals. Operates three business models - BYD (build your drone- customize and sell a drone based on end application), OPYD (Operate and process drone data for customers), BOPYD (build, operate and process drone data). End-To-End Solution Providers Aerobotika Aerial Intelligence [Coquitlam, 2013]: Aerobotika Aerial Intelligence is a developer and operator of remotely piloted aircraft systems (UAV/UAS) for aerial imaging and remote sensing.The company specializes in Geomatics i.e Survey, Mapping & 3D Modelling and in precision agriculture,providing farmers with professional imagery, mapping & crop analytics. Also the company provides UAV consulting for Start-up assistance,Compliant operator certificate etc and conducts training program for drone technician & pilot. It uses both short range multirotor and long range fixed wing aircraft for its services. End-To-End Solution Providers ZXY-Builders [Amsterdam, 2015]: ZXY-Builders is a technology-based company that develops, integrates and operates small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for remote sensing applications. They offer services and assistance to customers in setting up a complete end-to-end UAV operating and sensor data processing solution. Develops the DroneLapse platform for capturing aerial data using autonomous drones. DroneLapse scans sites on a daily basis and sends the data to a secure cloud portal for immediate use. DroneLapse is used in construction, energy, utilities and governmental applications. End-To-End Solution Providers M-CADOR [Paris, 2012]: M-CADOR is an innovative startup powering commercial drones for the enterprise, provides global services, from the flight of the drone to the restitution of the data in an augmented way. Developing different technologies, swarm, interface, cloud, sensors that enable a wide variety of integrated solutions. Offers solutions for precision agriculture, mapping, defense & security & custom solutions. Created powerful drone apps & solutions for a large variety of industries including agriculture, insurance, utilities, governments, oil & gas. They integrate flight operations and aerial data with existing software & business processes and geographic information systems & turn these data into decisions. Honored by lots of distinctions in the agricultural industry. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 171. Drones Report, July2016171 End-To-End Solution Providers (9/10) Company Details Funding Investors End-To-End Solution Providers HoverX [Hyderabad, 2014]: Developer of technology solutions and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles. Developed docking system for MAVs to enable fully autonomous operation, collision avoidance system. Products find their applications in filming, surveillance, integration of GIS with UAVs for mapping purposes, security forces along with search-rescue operations. The firm works with the Indian Army. Precision Agriculture PrecisionHawk [Indianapolis, 2011]: Precision Hawk is a civil unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company. PrecisionHawk's Plug-and-Play platform comes with a fully integrated Sensor Suite. PrecisionHawkââŹâ˘s UAV platform, the Lancaster Hawkeye Mk III, provides users with fast and accurate data acquisition that is then processed and delivered to clients in relevant and usable formats. The team is comprised of professionals with backgrounds in remote sensing, unmanned aircraft operations, software development, data processing and GIS systems development. $30M Intel Capital, Millennium Technology Value Partners, USAA, NTT Docomo Ventures, Innovate Indiana Fund, Verizon Ventures, YMVSV Precision Agriculture Gamaya [Lausanne, 2014]: Gamaya uses HSI (Hyperspectral Imaging) technology deployed using small unmanned aircraft systems to remote sensing and high resolution imagery. This imagery can be used to diagnose crop diseases, proliferation of invasive species and environmental stresses. Winner of IMD Startup competition. $4.03M Sandoz, VI Partners, Seed4equity Precision Agriculture AIRINOV [Paris, 2010]: Airinov manufactures drones that enable farmers to gather data on the overall vegetation growth on their farms and analyse it and make decisions regarding deployment of fertilizers and irrigation. The drones can map the vegetation's reflected colors in 4 bands and based on these the system can analyse parameters like biomass, LAI (leaf density), CAB (chlorophyll rate), seed sampling (claims accuracy of 5cm per pixel) and other agronomic parameters. Claims that 5000 farmers are using its services and products are available through various resellers across France. $2.2M Parrot Precision Agriculture HoneyComb [Wilsonville, 2012]: HoneyComb provides drone-based aerial imaging solutions for precision agriculture. Provides AgDrone system having a fixed wing drone that offers access to high resolution aerial information using a cloud-based data service to maintain and evaluate information, such as crop management, yield forecasting, land surveying, and insurance monitoring. The company also provides service and repair to its product. It sells its product through dealers. $315.87k Portland Seed Fund, Keiretsu Forum, Keiretsu Forum, New Ground Ventures, CLI Ventures UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 172. Drones Report, July2016172 End-To-End Solution Providers (10/10) Company Details Funding Investors Precision Agriculture GeoBlu Services [Phoenix, 2012]: GeoBlu Services designs, builds and operates unmanned aerial vehicles for precision agriculture purposes. The company's drones are multicopters, and they include both video screen and FPV output for visual inspection of farms. Other sensors are also mounted for NDVI analysis of crops. The company's drone platforms can also be used for other commercial applications such as inspection and monitoring, emergency response, etc. Precision Agriculture CI Agriculture [Jakarta, 2014]: CI Agriculture (Collective Intelligent Agriculture) uses data collected by drone- mounted sensors and ground sensors to enable farmers to get better returns from their farms. The company also provides a software platform that collects crowdsourced agriculture data, and allows users to integrate that with sensor-gathered data to create crop risk profiles, and provide farm intelligence. Precision Agriculture AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. [Neodesha, 2013]: AgEagle Canada sells unmanned aerial vehicle systems specifically meant for use in agriculture. Provides AgEagle RAPID, a crop scouting drone for precision agriculture installed with NDVI camera, it provides georefenced imagery for crop scouting. Precision Agriculture AgPixel [Johnston, 2011]: AgPixel offers drones, sensors and data processing software packages for the collecting & analysis of data. The software provides orthomosaic maps, vegetation health reports & agricultural data reports. User may upload/draw a boundary file on the software platform & schedule the next flight. Data is then gathered using a drone & their proprietary flight planning & camera-control software. Using AgPixel Uploader, flight images are sent for processing which are then processed and made available to the user by the next business day. Acquired by RoboFlight Systems in 2014, after which AgPixel has been operating name under which the product & services are being offered. Precision Agriculture Agribotix [Boulder, 2013]: Agribotix is a drone-enabled software company that provides imaging and analysis for precision agriculture. It offers Agribotix Hornet Drone, a drone airframe, and Agribotix Infrared and Thermal Sensors, which are thermal cameras that collect images over fields of interest. It also offers Agribotix Image Processing Services, a software solution that delivers georeferenced aerial images. Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 173. Drones Report, July2016173 Service Providers (1/57) Company Details Funding Investors Service Providers UAV Galicia [Santiago de Compostela, 2015]: UAV Galicia offers drone-based aerial photography, videography, surveying and inspection services. These services include videography for film production and marketing, architectural surveying, volumetric computations, and inspection of wind turbines, utilities and buildings. The company also offers drone use consulting services to clients. Service Providers Sky Capture [Houston, 2013]: SkyCapture is a drone company which uses industrial-grade, small UAVs to conduct aerial industrial inspections, surveys, mapping, and more. They deploy a homemade drone having camera with 4k quality video capturing capabilities, return to home feature & gyro-stabilized camera gimbal. Service Providers SkyTec LLC [Soddy-Daisy, 2015]: SkyTec offers aerial mapping and surveying, inspection and monitoring, and photography services. In addition, it also offers 3D modeling and visualization services, as well as spatial and volumetric analysis. SkyTec also builds custom dashboards for client projects. The company also helps clients integrate gathered data into existing information systems. Service Providers CharmingDrones [San Francisco, 2014]: Charming Drones rents out drones for consumer photography purposes. Its fleet currently includes the Matrix Quadcopter and the DJI Phantom 2. It gives users the option to get their rented drone delivered or to pick it up by themselves. It is currently available only in the San Francisco Bay area. Service Providers Eye In The Sky [Avon Park, 2015]: Eye In The Sky Rentals is an online drone rental company. It rents out drones for chiefly consumer usage. Its fleet includes drones manufactured by DJI, 3DR and Yuneec, and it is available in the US. It also offers a drone pilots-for-hire service, via partnerships with Soaring Sky and Orlando Aerial in Florida and Coast to Coast Drones in California. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 174. Drones Report, July2016174 Service Providers (2/57) Company Details Funding Investors Service Providers Blue Skies Drone Rental [Snohomish, 2014]: Blue Skies Drone Rental offers online drone rentals for consumer and commercial usage. It also offers new and used drones for sale and has a drone repair business as well. The drones available for rent or sale are currently all DJI drones. The company also performs drone operator registration with the FAA for clients. Service Providers Aerocamaras [Pontevedra, 2007]: Aerocamaras specializes in drone solutions (manufacturing,training & professional services) for civil aviation pilots,engineers,programmers and audiovisual professionals.Its services include aerial video & photography for Film,TV & Advertising,inspection of infrastructure & power lines,precision agriculture etc.The company is certified by EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency).Some of its customers are Atresmedia, Pemex, FRS, COPASA etc.The company also provides pilot training in collaboration with Royal Aero Club.The company primarily uses fixed wing multi-rotor aircrafts for its services. Aerial Photography & Surveying Cape [Redwood City, 2014]: Cape Productions deploys self developed drone/UAV, mobile, and cloud technology to capture incredible aerial video footage for action sports like skiing and snowboarding. Team consists of Stanford graduate degree holders & Google[x] alumni. It works with ski resorts to offer skiers a drone programmed to follow and film them for a portion of their day. It plans to spread drone-based photography services to ski resorts and other vacation spots. $10M NEA, XSeed Capital, Madrona Venture Group, S Cubed Capital, Commercial Drone Fund Aerial Photography & Surveying AeroDron [Parma, 2012]: AeroDron provides professional aerial photography at a low altitude and high accuracy to support analysis, surveying and variety of applications to assist in environmental protection and disaster prevention. Provide these services to governmental bodies that operate in the area of environmental protection and management. Backed by Buongiorno SpA and BLOMASA. $543k BLOMASA, Buongiorno Aerial Photography & Surveying fluttrbox [Montreal, 2013]: Fluttrbox delivers a real-time experience for Infrastructure Management and Marketing. Using small aerobotics (UAVs), they aggregate data on your infrastructure and deliver this data back to you through their platform which will enable to stay focused on making critical decisions on your infrastructure. $40k Global Insurance Accelerator, VTF Capital UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 175. Drones Report, July2016175 Service Providers (3/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying ViewPoint Aviation [Charleston, 2012]: ViewPoint Aviation provides aerial photography and videography services, for multiple applications, including marketing, real estate tours, and construction inspections. ViewPoint claims to have multiple US Departments as its clients. Aerial Photography & Surveying Hummingbird Drone Solutions [Toowoomba, 2014]: Hummingbird Drone Solutions provides aerial drone-based services. These services include aerial filming for media production, aerial videography for real estate tours, agricultural surveys, construction and mining inspection, etc. The company uses both fixed-wing and rotary drones for conducting its operations. Aerial Photography & Surveying Airfilms Productions [The Hague, 2010]: Airfilms Productions offers drone-based filming services. Its services include filming for production crews, as well as for corporate videos and marketing material. Airfilms also provides live event coverage and a live video feed to broadcast frequencies. It claims to have worked with marquee names such as Nike, Sony, Ford and FIFA. Aerial Photography & Surveying Applied Drone Systems [North, 2014]: Applied Drone Systems provides aerial surveying and mapping services using low-altitude drones. Its services include site-planning surveys, construction progress maps, environmental monitoring, volumetric computations, etc. The company also provides 3D reconstruction services of sites and terrain. Aerial Photography & Surveying DroneScope [Wadebridge, 2012]: Dronescope is a UK-based provider of aerial photography and videography services, using low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles. Its chief customers are film production companies. It also provides aerial surveying services, along with photogrammetric processing of acquired data. Dronescope also offers inspection services for buildings. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 176. Drones Report, July2016176 Service Providers (4/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying TSO Imaging [England, 2013]: TSO Imaging performs aerial photography and videography work, using drones. Its services are chiefly targeted at real estate agents and filming crews for creating real estate tour videos and other videos. The company also offers roof and building inspection services. It is a member of the Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (ARPAS) of the UK. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aerial-Drones [ , 2012]: Aerial Drones creates aerial films and photography using one of its specialist remote piloted Aircraft . Its main aircraft is a heavy-lift OctoCopter (eight rotors) that features a full gyroscopically stabilised camera gimbal. The company provides its services to commercial and private clients in the South East of England.Aerial Drones also offers design and construction capabilities to the customers and can build a UAV to meet customer's exact needs. Aerial Photography & Surveying Skyshot Pte Ltd [Singapore, 2011]: SKYSHOT specializes in aerial cinematography and its pilots are approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). SKYSHOT has completed over 50 projects covering 15 different industries and business sectors in 7 countries.It provides services to Media industry(short films, documentaries & music videos), ship-owners & marine engineering companies(mega ship launches, oil-rigs & shipyards),infrastructure owners, developers & government bodies.Some of its clients are Samsung,Hyundai,Sembcorp etc.The company also offers consultancy for Media Industry services such as drone set-up, maintenance, management & training. Aerial Photography & Surveying Neo-Robotix [Paris, 2015]: Neo-Robotix provides consulting services in connection with drones and data acquisition using civil drones.The company's expertise is in Inspection, 3D reconstruction, GIS & 2D measurements, Disaster Management & Insurance etc. It helps businesses to integrate the drone in the value- chain and to monitor the overall system to transform business.It also provides consulting service to create a prototype and develop drones as per customer requirement. Aerial Photography & Surveying ORBIT MEDIA LTD. [Sheffield, 2015]: Orbit Media specializes in aerial filming and photography and provides its service for both civil & commercial purposes in UK.Its services include 360 degree aerial view of any object or event, inspections,birds-eye view for farmers to check their crops & fields etc. So, the company's target clients are Real Estate industry, Architects, Insurance industry, Agriculture industry etc.Its pilots are fully certified by the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) and with fully comprehensive ĂÂŁ2 million public liability insurance. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 177. Drones Report, July2016177 Service Providers (5/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Zenith Drones [Zaragoza, 2015]: Zenith drones offers drone based recording & inspection services. They have developed their own drone that is an octacopter. They offer services for infrastructure inspection, air topography, precision farming & audiovisual. Aerial Photography & Surveying Smart Drone [ , 2015]: The company specializes in air operations to capture data & images by using UAV. The company offers aerial photography,precision farming & inspection services to its clients. Smart Drones's pilots are certified by Approved Training Organizations(ATOs) by the State Aviation Safety Agency, serving all legal requirements to operate this type of aircraft in Spain. Smart Drone has the capability to take thermographic data, multispectral and visible images of high resolution spectrum tools. Aerial Photography & Surveying TerraCam [Germiston, 2011]: TerraCam offers aerial photography, surveying and inspections services to the mining and agricultural sectors. It helps clients select appropriate UAVs, flies them and processes the gathered data using COTS software. The company's services also have applications in security, construction, etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying UAV Geomatics (Australia) [Ulladulla, 2012]: UAV Geomatics offers mapping and surveying services using fixed- wing unmanned aerial vehicles. Its drones carry customized gimbals and cameras for photogrammetric accuracy. It creates geo-referenced orthophotos, point clouds, DEMs, and also has applications in agricultural, environmental and other custom mapping services. Aerial Photography & Surveying GeoDrone [Reykjavik, 2014]: GeoDrone provides remote sensing services using drones, chiefly for geothermal research. It collects data to facilitate mineral mapping, gas seepage analysis, etc. Data gathered by drones is uploaded to a cloud where it is analyzed and presented to customers. It also offers drone-based advertising services, and photography and videography services. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 178. Drones Report, July2016178 Service Providers (6/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Lunar Aerial Imaging [Bollington, 2015]: Lunar Aerial offers aerial photography and videography services using drones. Its applications are in event coverage, advertising and TV filming and in real estate tours, infrastructure asset inspection, disaster assessment, etc. It also has expertise in over-water drone use. Aerial Photography & Surveying iAbove [Palmerston North, ]: iAbove is an aerial photography and videography services company that uses third-party drones for gathering data. It also provides mapping and analysis services using COTS software. Its focus is on agricultural field mapping including 3D modeling. Its other applications are in adventure sport filming, emergency and disaster response and real estate tours. Aerial Photography & Surveying SweScan [Helsingborg, 2013]: SweScan offers a broad range of mapping, remote sensing and surveying services using drones. Its drones gather data using multispectral sensors. It then processes the raw data for creating orthomosaics, 3D models, DSMs, etc. Its applications are in mining, construction, energy, architecture, wildlife monitoring, etc. The company also provides users access to a 3D model viewer and editor software. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aerial Drone System [Labege, 2014]: Aerial Drone System offers aerial imaging and videography services using unmanned aerial vehicles. Its chief applications are in real estate tours and in imaging heritage buildings and sites for production of virtual tours. It offers thermal imaging services for inspection of building defects and disaster assessments. Aerial Photography & Surveying Drone Tour Experience [Malaga, 2015]: Drone Tour Experience is a drone-based aerial photography and videography company. It covers four types of videography - golf, hotel, nature and tours of cities, monuments, etc. - and records in 4K quality. Its chief clients are tourism and hotel operators who want to use aerial tours of their facilities for advertising purposes. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 179. Drones Report, July2016179 Service Providers (7/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying DroneTex [Austin, 2014]: DroneTex offers drones on rent. It also offers aerial photography and videography services using drones, as well as drone pilot training services. Only DJI Phantom drones are available for rental. The photography and videography services are supplemented by post-processing services also. Aerial Photography & Surveying Quidich [Noida, 2013]: Quidich provides aerial photography and videography services using drones. Its services include aerial filming, geo-tagging, 3D terrain mapping and interactive panoramas. It also performs disaster impact assessments, covers events, and precision agriculture data collection. Aerial Photography & Surveying Drone Africa [Pretoria, 2013]: Drone Africa offers aerial photography and videography services. It specializes in wildlife monitoring, and also performs mining inspections, aerial consumer and commercial photography, etc. Drone Africa also processes raw acquired data and provides orthomosaics, DSMs etc. for use in construction planning, agriculture etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Visual Drones [Granada, 2015]: Visual Drones is a provider of aerial photography and videography services for a number of applications including advertisement filming, site inspections, events coverage, security surveillance and livestock tracking. It also offers drone piloting training courses in collaboration with U-Drone, Model Aircraft Club Granada and Yuneec. Visual Drones was founded by Jose M. Garcia Morante, a commerical pilot with a diploma in business studies. Aerial Photography & Surveying Music City Aerial [Nashville, 2015]: Music City Aerial offers photography and videography services for a number of applications, mainly real estate aerial tours, and event videography and coverage, including corporate videos, music videos and advertisement filming. They also offer aerial construction-site inspection services, including footage and 3D mapping. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 180. Drones Report, July2016180 Service Providers (8/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Hummingbird Creative Media [State College, 2015]: Hummingbird Creative Media provides aerial photography and videography services, chiefly for real estate and landscape aerial photography applications. It also offers aerial mapping services with area, volume and elevation measurements. Hummingbird was founded by Holly and Jesse Brown. Aerial Photography & Surveying SkyTech [ , 2015]: SkyTech provides aerial photography and videography services, along with post-production services such as editing. Its chief applications are in making advertising videos for local businesses. The company also provides event coverage services using drones and makes instructional videos that require aerial footage. Aerial Photography & Surveying RC Aerial Cam [Firth, 2009]: RC Aerial Cam offers close-range aerial photography and videography services along with video editing services. It uses a range of unmanned helicopters and drones to capture aerial footage. The chief applications of its services are in film and corporate video production, and in filming advertisements. Aerial Photography & Surveying Snaproll Media [Franklin, 2004]: Snaproll provides aerial photography and videography services, chiefly for film production and corporate videos. It uses DJI and Freefly drones. It provides services worldwide and claims to have worked with large clients such as Ferrari, Porsche, National Geographic, HBO etc. It was founded by Spencer Valdez and Preston Ryan. Aerial Photography & Surveying Above Summit [Somerville, 2013]: Above Summit provides end-to-end aerial photography and videography services, including taking low-altitude aerial footage and providing multimedia production and editing services. Its chief applications are in film production and sports coverage. Its service offerings also include real estate tours and corporate video production. The company offers ground cinematography services as well. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 181. Drones Report, July2016181 Service Providers (9/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying DroneCLT [Charlotte, ]: DroneCLT provides aerial videography services using drones for real estate agents, tourism departments, event managers etc. It captures videos and edits them as per the client's requirements. Aerial Photography & Surveying Astraeus Aerial [Los Angeles, ]: Astraeus Aerial provides aerial cinematography services for high-end motion picture industry productions. Astraeus has a proprietary piloting system that affords greater control of drones to its pilots. They claim to differentiate from other aerial photography/videography providers on the quality of their camera operators. Astraeus Aerial is an FAA-approved drone operator. Astraeus provides its services worldwide. Astraeus is led by CEO David Wagreich. Aerial Photography & Surveying PIXOBOT [Lincoln, 2012]: Pixobot is an aerial imaging company that uses custom-developed drones to perform aerial imaging. It specializes in agricultural imaging using infrared and near-infrared sensors. It provides surveying and inspection for estates. It also provides HVAC efficiency testing for buildings using thermal imaging. Aerial Photography & Surveying M7Aerial [Chester, 2014]: M7 Aerial provides professional aerial filming and photography services primarily in UK. It services are used for films, television documentaries, commercials and leading advertising campaigns. The company is CAA approved for its drone operations. M7Aerial is a part of M7 Digital Group. Aerial Photography & Surveying Drones Unlimited [Fort Walton Beach, 2015]: Drones Unlimited provides aerial photography and video primarily to the greater Fort Walton/ Destin area.The company is FAA approved for its flight operations.Its aerial photography adds value to a growing number of industries,including real estate, events, utility inspections and agriculture. The company is the recipient of the 'Florida Young Entrepreneur' Award(Gulf Power Symposium, 2015) and mentored for 12 weeks coordinated by entrepreneur educational company Venture Hive. Venture Hive Veterans Accelerator UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 182. Drones Report, July2016182 Service Providers (10/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Access UAV [Nottingham, 2013]: Access UAV Ltd specialises in aerial filming and photography using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVââŹâ˘s). The company has CAA permission to fly certificate, BNUC-S qualification and public liability insurance. It uses Zenmuse Z15 camera gimbal mounted with a Sony NEX 5n camera for its services. Access UAV Ltd works with Film and Video Production companies, Survey teams,Emergency Services,Property and land retailers etc.The company also provides a full production service for online marketing and promotional videos as well as a Sports Video Analysis service. Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce Aerial Photography & Surveying Alt Aerial [Atlanta, 2015]: Alt Aerial offers aerial video & photography service using UAV. The company uses DJI Phantom 3 Professional Drone that can shoot 4K & HD up to 60 frames a second. Alt Aerial's services are useful for Live event coverage, Video production, The company is a division of BlackGreen Gold, a video production company. Aerial Photography & Surveying Menet Aero [Milwaukee, 2015]: Menet Aero provides commercial drone services to a number of industries. Its services are Precision Agriculture, Structural Inspection, Geological Survey etc. The company is FAA Section 333 Exempted for its drone operations. Aerial Photography & Surveying Atomair [Norwich, 2003]: Atomair is an UK based aerial filming and photography service provider. The company uses miniature remote controlled model helicopters for its services. Its services can be used for Surveying, Construction/Civil Engineering, Advertising, Film Making and other purposes. The company is CAA licensed for its drone operations. Some of its customers are Indigo, Sowerbys, Savills etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Oneguy [London, 2015]: Oneguy provides drone based aerial filming and photography services that include HD 4K film footage (both raw and edited) and DSLR photography. Its services are used for commercial promotions, survey & inspection work and other purposes. The company uses DJI S1000 drone and Panasonic GH4 camera for its services. Its company is CAA approved and its pilots are BNUC-S and EuroUSC qualified for drone operations. Some of its clients are Emcor, Merrell, Wattbike etc. The company provides it services primarily in UK. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 183. Drones Report, July2016183 Service Providers (11/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying American Drone Media [Cleveland, 2015]: American Drone Media is a drone based aerial photography and video service provider. The company provides its services primarily in greater Cleveland area. Its service offerings are Land Surveys, Building Inspections, Footage for commercials, Coverage of events etc. The company charges its clients per hour basis. It also provides 1 hour free consultation that include a demonstration of the drone (weather permitting) and videos & photos. Aerial Photography & Surveying Monterey Drone [Monterey, 2014]: Monterey Drone offers aerial video and photography services. The company primarily uses DJI S1000 drone for its services and the video can be recorded in full HD at 4K resolution @ 60fps. It also provides "real-time" video uplink capabilities for network broadcasts or closed circuit broadcasting. The video can be used for websites or HD television broadcasts and commercial uses (stills can also be extracted from the video). The company also uses another drone Phantom 2 for its services. Its drones are registered with FAA and the company has been granted an exemption (No.99) from the FAA. Aerial Photography & Surveying Sky Hover Video [Norwich, 2014]: Sky Hover provides aerial photography & video service in UK. The company's offerings are Precision agriculture(NDVI images of crops), Aerial photography and Surveying & Inspection. It uses DJI S1000 for its drone operations and uses Canon 6D with a variety of lenses for maximum scope of angles. Its service offering prices start at ĂÂŁ250. The company is CAA approved for drone based aerial applications. Aerial Photography & Surveying Eye in the Sky [ , 2015]: Eye in the Sky provides drone based photography services. Its services are Live Event Recording, Land Surveying, Real Estate inspection etc. The company's photos and videos are shot in 4k resolution. The company primarily provides its services in US only. Aerial Photography & Surveying Flypod Aerial Imagery [Holt, 2014]: Flypod provides aerial cinematography to a wide range of industries and applications. Its services are 2D aerial mapping, 3D topographical surveys, Aerial video up to 4K resolution and 16MP resolution aerial photography. The company uses custom-built hexcopter with a Panasonic GH4 DSLR camera for its operations and operates two other Sub-7KG drones for congested areas, operating indoors or in confined spaces. Flypod is CAA approved for its drone operations. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 184. Drones Report, July2016184 Service Providers (12/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Norfolk Drones [Dereham, 2015]: Norfolk Drones provides aerial photography & video services primarily in UK. The company uses DJI Inspire 1 UAV that can capture 12mp still images and ultra Hi Definition 4k video. Its services are useful for aerial surveys, crop surveys, roof inspections, estate agency, promotional videos and other purposes. The company is CAA approved for its drone operations and its pilots are BNUC-S Qualified. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aerialair [Mumbai, 2014]: Aerialair specializes in aerial photography and up-to 4K, 2K, 1440p, 1080p HD aerial video shoot for commercial and Real estate & construction companies, movie and commercial production, government organizations and others. Its offerings are Aerial Photography & Video, Aerial Survey & Mapping, Aerial Inspection & Monitoring etc. The company uses its customized built Drones for its services. Some of its clients are Ambuja Cement, WSJ, DB Realty, HDFC etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying 901Drones [Memphis, 2015]: 901Drones is a drone based aerial video and photography service provider. Its services are Inspections, Real Estate surveying, 3D Mapping, Precision Agriculture, Emergency Response Support etc. The company is conducting R&D in Sensor Testing, Safety & Reliability of drone operations and also provides Drone Fleet Management & Drone pilot training programs. The company is FAA Authorized for Commercial Drone Operation with 333 Exemption and its drones are FAA Registered. It is also an authorized dealer of a number of drone manufacturers such as DJI, Yuneec etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Cromar Image and Video [Greenock, 2015]: Cromar Image and Video specializes in aerial video and photography. The company uses DJI aircraft and can shoot 4k video. Its services include Structure surveys, Agriculture analysis, Personal photography, Land mapping etc. The company's pilots are BNUC-S qualified and it is CAA approved for drone operations. The company can deliver aerial work up to 400ft at ground level and also provide First Person View from the air, enabling the Pilot , Cameraman, Client and others full control over production. Aerial Photography & Surveying Sky Iris [Bexhill, 2015]: Sky Iris provides aerial filming services using drones. The company offers end-to-end solution for the aerial filming i.e. pre-shoot analysis of the site, capturing of the video and Post Production services including Editing and Motion Graphics. Its services can be used for Filming & Video production, Site Surveying & Event Planning etc. The company is CAA licensed and insured for its commercial operation. Sky Iris has already completed 10+ projects for its clients. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 185. Drones Report, July2016185 Service Providers (13/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Sora Imaging [Silverton, 2015]: Sora Imaging specializes in aerial video and image services. Its aerial video services cater to Agricultural surveys, Promotional events, Construction site progress monitoring, Environmental impact survey and other applications. The company's image service is useful for Property Inspection, Site Planning, Crop studies and other purposes. The company also offers video editing services and conducts flight instruction courses for drone pilots. Aerial Photography & Surveying Mothership Imaging [Los Angeles, 2015]: Mothership Imaging provides aerial cinematography for a number of industries such as Media, Real Estate and others. The company offers end-to-end service by conceptualizing the cinematography, capturing videos/images and providing the final edited version. It employs Sound Mixers, Editors and Aerial Specialists for its services. Aerial Photography & Surveying Shutter Pilots [Bismarck, 2014]: Shutter Pilots specializes in low-altitude photography, cinematography and 2D/3D visualization services using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs). Its offerings are Access to a stock image library, Easy-to-order standardized packages and Customized projects based on the client needs. The company is FAA approved for its commercial operations. Its customers are advertising agencies, engineering firms, government municipalities, corporate clients, and other organizations. Aerial Photography & Surveying Digital Aviation [Manchester, 2012]: Digital Aviation provides aerial filming and photography services to a number of industries such as Real Estate, Construction Industry, Agriculture and others. The company is C.A.A licensed for commercial operations. It uses remote-controlled multi-rotor UAVs and its equipment is capable of full HD and 4k camera resolution. Digital Aviation provides a direct video downlink to its clients during its drone operations, enabling the clients to observe the aerial footage in real-time. The company is a part of Torrance Consultancy, UK based security consultancy firm. Aerial Photography & Surveying Steady Hawk [Bristol, 2015]: Steady Hawk provides aerial imaging and inspection services primarily in UK. The company can shoot video in 4K UHD at 25fps and 1080p at 60fps. Its drones can also capture 12MP photos in RAW and JPEG formats. The company uses DJI Inspire 1 and DJI Phantom 2 for its operations. Steady Hawk is CAA licensed for its commercial drone operations. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 186. Drones Report, July2016186 Service Providers (14/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Altispire [Buckingham, 2015]: Altispire provides aerial imaging services for engineering, agriculture, security, emergency management, conservation and other applications. Its T12 platform is used for thermal imaging and can identify problems linked to system failures, bird droppings or surface damage. The company uses the dual screen controller enabling views from both visible & thermal sensors and FLIR TAU2 thermal camera for precise images in all light levels. Altispire charges its clients per day basis (10 hours on site). Aerial Photography & Surveying Uplift Imaging [Brighton, 2015]: Uplift Imaging provides drone based aerial photography and filming services. It offers services to Media, Estate agency, Construction industry, Events Organizars and other sectors. The company holds a CAA Permission for Aerial Work and is fully insured. Uplift Imaging can film in 4K resolution and also provides Inspection & Surveying services. Aerial Photography & Surveying Media Hog Productions [London, 2014]: Media Hog Productions specializes in professional filming and photographic services for music videos, real estate promotions, commercial video productions, event coverage and other purposes. The company uses Phantom 3 Professional Drone and DJI S900 Drone for its services. The company has drone pilots' license (BNUQ-S) provided by Euro USC and is approved for Aerial Work by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). It also specializes in Timelapse & Hyperlapse Photography. Some of its clients are BBC, Malcolm Sanders, Will Pearson etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying ITG Specialist Video [Sheffield, 2015]: ITG provides aerial imaging and mapping services primarily in UK. It offers 4K HD services for aerial imaging and delivers mapping solutions to a wide audience ranging from Surveyors, Planning and GIS Developers. The company is CAA licensed for its commercial drone operations. Aerial Photography & Surveying Monster Aerial [Penrith, 2013]: Monster Aerial specializes in aerial filming, photography and surveying using Unmanned Aerial Systems. It has Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) permission for UAS aerial work in UK and its pilots are BNUC-S certified. For Surveying, the company has a number of tools for Topographical Analysis, Volume calculation, Distance & Area measurement etc. Some of its clients are Castrol, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Tesco, Stobart etc. The company is a part of Mulholland Media Ltd. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 187. Drones Report, July2016187 Service Providers (15/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying AUAV [Victoria Park, 2013]: Australian UAV provides aerial video & photography, inspection and monitoring services for a number of industries such as Construction, Mining, Forestry, Quarrying etc. The company is certified by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority for its drone operations. It completed 1800+ flights for its services. The company provides its services throughout Australia and the Pacific. Aerial Photography & Surveying Flyfilm [Brisbane, 2015]: Flyfilm provides cinematography & photography services for TV, Feature film, Commercial and Industrial applications. Some of its customers are Cathay Pacific, RedBull, Evolution Mining, Wagners etc. The company is CASA approved for its UAV operation and uses MoVI gimbals for better shots. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aerial Applications [Newtown Square, 2014]: Aerial Applications provides aerial photography, inspection & surveying services for businesses. Its target sectors are Real Estate, Film & Media, Construction & others. The company provides both the drone & pilot for its services. Users can set a date and specify the requirements based on the business needs. Based on the requirement the company schedules the Flight and delivers the files to the client. The company follows Subscription and On Demand Pricing model for its revenue. Aerial Photography & Surveying Precision [Fort Lauderdale, 2015]: Precision works with the clients to understand their aviation requirements. Based on the analysis of the requirements, the company supplies the manpower and the logistic support to execute the operation. Precision handles the regulatory requirement,maintains the client's UAS requirement and takes the field decisions for the drone operation. Besides contract management, it also conducts aerial videography and aerial surveys. Aerial Photography & Surveying Great Lakes Aerial Video [Detroit, 2010]: Great Lakes Aerial Video provides aerial photography & video services using drones. The company follows guidelines recommended by the AMA, FAA, and NTSB. Its customers are from Real Estate, Energy, Law Enforcement and other sectors. Some of its clients are Channel 4 News, Freedom Hill, Freelin MX etc. The company also offers certification courses for Multicopter operations. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 188. Drones Report, July2016188 Service Providers (16/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Central Alberta Aerial [ , 2015]: The company provides services for aerial photography, video and Thermal IR for both civil & commercial purposes.It follows Transport Canada regulations and permits for its services. For commercial purpose it is focusing on Real Estate industry and its services can be useful to stop energy wasting leaks ,missing insulation or damages from storms/wind. The company also provides UAV training on various aspects such as UAV regulations,Safe operation etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Horizon Drones [East Yorkshire, 2015]: Horizon Drones provides aerial photography & video using drone primarily in UK. The pilots of the company are EuroUSC BNUC-S and UK CAA certified. For videography the company uses 4K camera mounted on the Inspire 1 Quadcopter and its flim partner is NDEFilms.For photography it uses a 12 megapixel camera, mounted on the Inspire 1 Quadcopter.The target customers of the company can be from Construction industry,Sports industry etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying sulcisdrone [Rome, ]: Sulcisdrone provides aerial services by drone for environment and tourism sector.The company provides services for Aerial video & photography, Industry applications, Security & Surveillance and Software services. In case of Industry applications, its services are Gas pipeline inspections,Solar installation inspections, Cooling tower inspections etc. For Security & Surveillance,SulcisDrone provides thermal imaging and monitor accident sites using drone. Its FlyingNose project, in JV with Airgloss, detects the hazard in the air with miniature array sensor and aereal Counter-Drone Systems. Aerial Photography & Surveying AirVu [ , 2013]: AirVu provides aerial imaging,surveying and inspection solutions to a broad range of industries from Real Estate,Media to Commercial & Government enterprises.The company provides primarily two types of services Video Production and Safety & Security.Its safety & security solution includes Border Patrol,Ground Station operations, Prison surveillance etc and video production solution includes aerial HD photography & video.Also the company offers a range of services such as Consulting, System Integration etc.AirVu is CAA licensed SUA Operator.AirVu also owns the sub-brand "CoDe Websites" which provides Web Design / Development, Logo Design, SEO, Social Media Management etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 189. Drones Report, July2016189 Service Providers (17/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Flying Bots Pte Ltd [Singapore, 2015]: Flying bots provides aerial images using small Unmanned Aerial Systems(sUAS) for enterprises. It can customize single and multirotor aerial solutions for commercial applications.Its services can be used for mapping, surveying, environmental management, infrastructure inspection, construction progress, conservation purposes, real estate marketing and aerial image & videography. The company has dedicated hardware and software partners to deliver its services.It can also build, test and deploy drone related solutions for its customers. Aerial Photography & Surveying Sentinel Air LLC [Alamogordo, 2013]: Sentinel Air has built an hybrid drone platform that helps the company to operate anywhere, without FAA prior clearance.This hybrid allows legal, safe, large UAV technology to be available years before FAA rules permit their commercially use.Sentinel Air is providing aerial support services to a number of customers:Law Enforcement agencies,Public Safety & Emergency services,Environmental inspection,Media entities etc.It is working with the aircraft manufacturer Magnaghi to work towards becoming a full UAV company.Sentinel air offers short term, short notice contracts and long term, enduring contracts on its aircraft and can also arrange sale of these platforms to any approved agency, domestic and foreign. The company also provides training and consultancy for all aspects of operating with both manned and unmanned (UAV) aircraft. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aeromatic Unmanned Aerial Solutions [Albury, 2004]: Aeromatic is CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) certified UAS (drone) operator based in the region with its head office in Albury and satellite office in Wagga Wagga. Its services are Remote sensing solutions,Aerial filming and Survey solutions. Aeromatic UAV systems provide stabilized films and HD platforms for its clients.Its remote sensing and survey solutions include 3D mapping,IR solutions etc and thus useful for Oil & gas industry,Infrastructure, Utilities industry etc. Also the company conducts drone training programs. Aerial Photography & Surveying Atlas Drones [London, 2014]: Atlas Drones Limited is a specialist photograhy and video recording company that utilizes Drones (UAVââŹâ˘s) to capture aerial footage.Some of its clients are NIKE,Peters Johns foundation,Letchworth Golf Club etc.Its aerial photography services is primarily for media companies and aerial video services is to suit projects from property and land sales to large scale commercial construction sites. It captures aerial videos such a way that surveyors and project managers can work out key details from the footage.The company has also a list of trusted contractors such as charted Ecologists, commercial Arborists, Track Matting specialists, Fencing Contractors and Asset Management companies that can analyze the video footage and can estimate costs for the Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 190. Drones Report, July2016190 Service Providers (18/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Media Wing LLC [Portsmouth, 2015]: Media Wing is a media production company primarily focusing on providing aerial photography and video services using drone.The company also provides service for 3D Mapping & Land surveying, Utilities inspection, Civil infrastructure inspection etc. It is FAA approved for its commercial drone operations. It has worked with DartDrone,Eagle XF,Kurgo,Mount Washington etc. The company also develops video marketing for corporate communication and its inspection services are useful for civil structures, bridges,buildings, remotely located wind farms etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Birds Eye Production [Phoenix, 2012]: Birds Eye Production specializes in Aerial Photography and Videography. Its target clients are from real estate, feature films, commercials, surveying, panoramic pictures and inspections industries.The company has worked with Showtime Network, Marriott Resorts, Ford and others.It uses remotely controlled aerial camera platform that allows its drones to fly as close as 5ft from a subject to a couple hundred of feet away. The company is FAA certified for its services. Birds Eye Production is now renting the FreeFly Systems MoVI. The MoVI is a technology that allows to create shots that are not possible with the traditional steadycam systems. Aerial Photography & Surveying Airnest Ltd [ , 2014]: Airnest develops mobile solutions (the drone's camera can be controlled by panning and tilting the iOS device) for aerial imagery and data analysis for the commercial drone industry.The company builds custom, context-based applications to support specific industry needs.The software solutions provided by the company can be used for Real Estate Industry for ariel photography of high end homes,Insurance industry to inspect damages in hard to reach area,Agriculture to survey land etc. Airnest closely works with DJI. Ben Franklin Technology Partners Aerial Photography & Surveying Sussex Air Imaging [Bexhill, ]: Sussex Air Imaging provides drone based 4K aerial photography and videography services. The firm has CAA licensed aerial pilots specialized in photography and capturing video footage using UAVs. Their services find application in property marketing, TV and Film coverage of events, weddings etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying AireFilm [Faro, ]: AireFilm provides drone based photography/video services targeted towards consumers. The services find application in real estate promotion, marketing and coverage of events. The firm also provides digital marketing and website design services in addition to the drone based offerings. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 191. Drones Report, July2016191 Service Providers (19/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying VizionAir [ , 2015]: VizionAir provides drone based aerial photography/video for various applications such as real estate promotions or property insurance, inspections of construction sites etc. The firm also provides drone flight lessons for beginners. Apart from these applications, the drone services also find application in Utility infrastructure inspection, precision agriculture and mining. Aerial Photography & Surveying Elite Drone ServicesProtected Tweets [Clermont, ]: Elite Drone Services provides aerial videography solutions and surveillance, search and rescue operations using drones. The services can be availed for real estate promotions or for covering events. Aerial Photography & Surveying Smart Drone [ , 2015]: Smart Drone incorporates the use of drones in industrial processes, agriculture, observation, aerial shots, surveying etc. The firm's drones are equipped with the necessary sensors to capture thermographic data, multispectral and visible images in high resolution. Apart the applications in survey, the drones are also capable of being employed for video coverage of events, tourism promotion, sports coverage, precision farming etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Drone2GIS [ , 2014]: Drone2GIS provides 3D mapping, surveying and GIS services using drones. The provide the whole spectrum of activities covered in surveying and data collection. Some of the services offered are creating urban 3D models, GIS & visualization, Mining survey, agriculture survey, industrial inspections, construction and earthways etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Zade Aerial [Rugby, 2015]: Zade Aerial provides aerial videography and photography services using DJI drones. The firm currently offers only photography, videography and inspection services. They are CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) certified and also have permission for conducting aerial work. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 192. Drones Report, July2016192 Service Providers (20/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Drone Foto [Drammen, 2015]: DroneFotos is an aerial videography services provider which uses Airdog and DJI drones coupled with GoPro cams for the content creation. They cater to real estate marketing, covering sports events and surveying. Aerial Photography & Surveying Orbit Media [Sheffield, 2015]: OrbitMedia provides aerial photography and videography solutions using drones. The firm's pilots are CAA certified and the firm is insured against any untoward instances. Their services find application in property filming, covering events, weddings, construction inspection etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Ikopta [Norwich, 2015]: iKopta is a privately held aerial videography services firm using drones for videography. The firm provides services for photography and videography only currently. Aerial Photography & Surveying Drone818 [Los Angeles, 2015]: Drone818 provides drone based videography and cinematography services. The firms key differentiator is the fact that both the owners are experienced cinematographers from Hollywood and carry many years of experience. They primarily use DJI drones coupled with a GoPro or camera rig to perform the shooting. They provide services for capturing film, events or real estate promotion. Aerial Photography & Surveying Flytime Aerial [Washington, 2015]: Flytime Aerial provides aerial photography and cinematography services using DJI Inspire drone and 3DR Solo. Apart from the videography applications, the drone can also be used for building and construction inspections, search and rescue etc. The firm is a member of United States Association of Aerial Videographers. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 193. Drones Report, July2016193 Service Providers (21/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Aeroviews [Cardiff, 2012]: Aeroviews provides drone based aerial filming and photography services for businesses. The firm is CAA approved for drone aviation and provide 4K quality video capture capabilities. Some of the applications of the drones could be in the field of marketing, building development, construction, surveys, planning, making short films etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying LA Drones [Los Angeles, 2014]: LA Drones specializes in creating marketing content and video production services for businesses using drones. Some of the areas they are active in are coverage of events, sports, campus, real estate promotion, hospitality promotion etc. Some big names such as Pepsi, Intel, BestBuy, Absolut have utilized the services of this firm. Aerial Photography & Surveying Phantom Aerial Productions [Santa Monica, 2015]: Phantom Aerial provides aerial (drone based) video production services and photography for customers. They primarily focus on covering events, developing promotional material or coverage of particular festivals. They employ DJI drones for aviation. Aerial Photography & Surveying Innovair Limited [Aberdeen, 2015]: Innovair provides drone based videography services in UK. Their drones are capable of 4K recording and can be effectively employed for surveying, inspection, agricultural operations, environmental conservation & filmography etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying Demolition Drones [London, 2015]: Demolition Drones offers videography of demolition projects in UK using drones. The firm does the sourcing of drone pilots and takes care of the necessary CAA permits. They perform an onsite pre-flight risk assessment for a project and other legal formalities to be completed for a drone based engagement. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 194. Drones Report, July2016194 Service Providers (22/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Platinum Aerial Contracting, LLC [ , 2015]: Platinum Aerial Contracting or PAC Drones provides aerial cinematography services in Georgia, using drones. Some applications of the aerial videography are in the areas of real estate, construction, golf course, commercial property inspection, mapping and search and rescue etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying NorthLand SkyCam [Platte City, 2015]: Northland Skycam provides aerial imagery and building inspection solutions using drones. Various applications for the aerial inspection can be in agriculture, sports events, mapping, construction, or for building inspections - for finding leaks in roofs using IR sensors; limited applications have also been seen in delivery of lightweight items in emergency situations. Aerial Photography & Surveying Cyclone Aerial [England, 2014]: Cyclone Aerial provides end to end videography services using drones and robotics for movie production or for 3D mapping, inspections etc. The firm provides variety of options for filming of a location ranging from small nimble X rotor drones to Y6 heavy lift drone which can carry heavier camera equipment. Apart from videographic applications, the firm also caters to industrial needs, such as aerial inspection, site surveying, mapping etc. Brushless gimbal is used to achieve camera stabilization. The founder Darren Simon is a professional camera operator and video director. Aerial Photography & Surveying Skycision [Pittsburgh, 2015]: Skycision provides aerial survey and mapping services targeted towards agriculture. Their platform integrates and analyses the data collected to arrive at the right step to counter that. The firm uses robots provided by DJI-which are equipped with imaging sensors which then help crop health and elevation maps to estimate yield. The data is then processed and overlaid on the maps to give a picture of the actual situation. Acceleprise Ventures Aerial Photography & Surveying Jam Aviation [Houston, 2012]: JAM Aviation provides aerial videography and production services for video production houses. The video production services find application across real estate, television production, fire- rescue, oil and chemical industries. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 195. Drones Report, July2016195 Service Providers (23/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying RadFlight Inc. [Long, 2012]: RadFlight is a professional drone builder and operator specifically targeting the media segment. They provide drone based solutions in a turn-key manner. Apart from the application in media production, the drones are equipped to handle aerial survey situations such as search and rescue missions, 3D mapping, infrastructure inspection etc. The drone is equipped with IR sensors which make it useful for search and rescue. Multitude of such drones can be employed in swarms to cover more acreage in a given time. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aspect Robotics [Denver, 2014]: Aspect Robotics provides aerial imagery solutions using its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs can be used for gathering aerial intelligence on crop patterns, and predict problems and crop yields at a broad level. Other areas where the service can be employed is the field of construction, wildlife management, flood management, insurance etc. Aerial Photography & Surveying UAS Unmanned Systems Consulting [Makati, 2014]: Based in Philippines, UAS Unmanned Systems Consulting is a company that develops, integrates and operates small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVââŹâ˘s) for Aerial Mapping, Aerial Photography and Scientific-related applications. Aerial Photography & Surveying Aerosight Professional Drone Aerial Filming [Redhill, 2012]: Aerosight is among the first professional drone filming company to be authorized by CAA to perform commercial drone delivery. It is famous for making pizza delivering drone. They are drone developers as well, who has develop their drone to use them for professional commercial aerial filming. They are a trusted crew who work with the UK Broadcast Industry. They offer leading aerial film shooting for cinema, commercials, showreels, independent documentaries and music video. Aerial Photography & Surveying SkyPan [Chicago, 2006]: SkyPan provides 360-degrees panaromic view using their own proprietary technology. SkyPan's patented, Remote Piloted Vehicles are actually camera-equipped, mini-helicopters. They use their proprietary technology, patented, Remote Piloted Vehicles are actually camera-equipped, mini-helicopters. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 196. Drones Report, July2016196 Service Providers (24/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying HexCam [Norwich, 2012]: HexCam use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to obtain aerial photography and video for a range of applications. Applications include construction, property marketing, events, weddings, environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, drama, aerial mapping, surveying and wind turbine inspection. Approved by the Civil Aviation Authority to use aircraft throughout UK. Can operate from ground level to 400 feet with a versatility. Aerial Photography & Surveying Neptune Aerial Works [Liverpool, 2015]: Neptune Aerial Works is a multi disciplined aerial surveying, photography and video production company using state-of-the-art remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA). They have developed their own drone named Flo that is a GPS stabilised octacopter that can be mounted with a DJI Zenmuse Z15 gimbal for 360Ă° viewing capabilities and a professional camera and lens combination. They are a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Approved Operator and are members of the Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems UK (ARPAS-UK). Aerial Photography & Surveying WeDoSky [Delhi, 2014]: WeDoSky, part of Meissa Technologies, is a provider of aerial photography services using their in-house manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles. Their drones can mount a variety of recording and measuring devices ranging from GoPro, Black Magic to Canon 5D and finds their applications in capturing stable footage of concerts, sports events and for movie making. Aerial Photography & Surveying Drona Aviation [Mumbai, 2014]: SINE IIT Bombay incubated robotics company designing and manufacturing products and providing services in aerospace domain. Working on few projects such as self-charging drones, advertising drones, crowd-monitoring drones, life guardrone and aerial cinematography. Incubated by SINE IIT Bombay. Aerial Photography & Surveying SkyWatch [ , 2015]: SkyWatch is a stealth mode venture which is working on an elegant methodology to manage large residential or commercial properties. P39 Capital UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 197. Drones Report, July2016197 Service Providers (25/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying Dronevlieger [Amsterdam, 2012]: Dronevlieger offers experience in both filming from the air, from the ground and letting drones. Create 4K quality videos and offers rental drone services for professional videography. Aerial Photography & Surveying BB Stratus [ , 2013]: The company provides aerial photography services, having a professionally trained crew of their own using UAVs developed in home to perform the task. Builds bespoke air systems to the client's specific requirements. Also offers training on all systems built by BB Stratus & others. Aerial Photography & Surveying KinoFly [San Diego, 2015]: KinoFly creates professional aerial and ground-based cinematography using state of the art camera stabilization systems. Aerial Photography & Surveying Elevated Element [Baltimore, 2010]: Elevated Element designs and builds civilian UAVs used for aerial photography & cinematography. Other than this they also provides aerial photography and 3D photogrammetry. Also engages in software development. Aerial Photography & Surveying Skylark Drones [Bangalore, 2014]: Skylark Drones offers drone based photography & videography services for various verticals. Its services include DroneVision (an aerial photography and videography service), surface mapping (accurate topographical data about terrains) and Drone sensing ( temperature, and remote are sensing using drones). Also offers a DropBot (based on its proprietary "STRAPDROP" technology) which allows users to drop things accurately in a localized region. Claims to have completed 50+ projects. Winner of the NASA Systems Award for developing the best Systems Engineering for developing UAVs. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 198. Drones Report, July2016198 Service Providers (26/57) Company Details Funding Investors Aerial Photography & Surveying CineDrones [Orlando, 2013]: CineDrones provides professional RC Aerial cinematography and photography services using radio controlled helicopters capable of flying high-definition digital DSLR and Cinema cameras. It also offers full service custom builds based on the customer's camera. CineDrones provides its services for sporting events, concerts, Live TV, film, agriculture, B-roll, etc. Industrial Inspections Sky-Futures [Hayes, 2009]: Sky-Futures specializes in oil and gas offshore and onshore UAV inspection. HD video, stills and thermal imagery data collected by the UAV is fed into its proprietary data platform, analysed and delivered to the client as a technical report. Has a highly qualified and experienced in-house team of global industry experts in flare systems and structural engineering who checks data before delivering it. Has a footprint of 35 clients globally, and works in over 10 countries across five regions of the world. $9.52M MMC Ventures, Bristow Group Inc, Commercial Drone Fund Industrial Inspections Cyberhawk [Livingston, 2008]: Cyberhawk Innovations provides aerial inspection and surveying using Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (ROAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The company's services include close visual inspection of a live flare stack, flare tip, live transmission tower or topographic land survey from the air. The company's clients are oil, gas, petrochemical and utility companies, both onshore and offshore, in the UK, Europe, Middle East and around the globe. $4.77M Scottish Equity Partners, Clydesdale Bank Industrial Inspections 3DroneMapping [Pinetown, 2014]: 3DroneMapping provides aerial services using low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles.The applications are chiefly in construction inspection and aerial surveying. The services comprise of both data acquisition and data processing, such as orthorectification and development of DSM and point clouds. Although based in South Africa, the company claims to offer its services all over Africa. Industrial Inspections Doheny Drones [Northville, 2014]: Doheny Drones provides drone rentals for aerial inspection and land survey. The company provides custom-built drone equipped emergency response units for police and fire departments. The company provides short to long term drone rentals and drone services in the U.S. Applications of the services provided by the company is also in the oil and gas industry for flare stack inspections, offshore oil platform inspections, gas emissions and monitoring, tailings pond inspections, and oil pipeline inspections. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 199. Drones Report, July2016199 Service Providers (27/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections Ventus Wind [Dallas, 2009]: Ventus provides drone-based inspection services to industrial sectors. Ventus's chief target customers are large oil and gas companies and energy companies. Ventus uses both optical and IR sensor systems for acquiring aerial data and creates custom reports based on the acquired data. It has competency in drone-based inspection of wind turbine blades and solar farms. The company also provides aerial videography services to real estate firms and land developers. The company partners with Renew to offer integrated wind turbine inspection and repair services. Industrial Inspections Aerial Photography Specialists [Adelaide, 2005]: Aerial Photography Specialists provides industrial inspection services using drones. Its chief applications are in inspection of oil and gas rigs, utilities inspection, environmental monitoring, surveying and mapping, etc. The company uses drones manufactured by Microdrone. Industrial Inspections Skeye B.V. [Leiderdorp, 2013]: Skeye B.V. provides aerial industrial services using unmanned aerial vehicles. These services include inspection projects for the oil and gas and utilities industries, as well as aerial mapping and surveying, volume computations, orthophoto generation, aerial photography, etc. The company uses third- party drones - both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft - for delivering its services. The company partners with Bureau Veritas, Deep B.V. and Aerial Robotix. Industrial Inspections Eagle Eye Innovations [Nottingham, 2013]: Eagle Eye Innovations is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations Company that specializes in industrial inspections such as oil refineries and filming promotional material for the leisure industry such as Golf Courses. The company also offers precision agriculture services. Industrial Inspections Skydrone UAV Services [Osoyoos, 2014]: Skydrone UAVS provides drone-based inspection and monitoring services for commercial purposes. In addition, the company also provides consultancy for clients that want to use drones for commercial purposes. Skydrone UAVS also provides drone pilot training services UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 200. Drones Report, July2016200 Service Providers (28/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections Drone SmartX [Kissimmee, 2015]: Drone Smart X offers drone-enabled inventory tracking and management services to businesses. Its drones are equipped with sensors that can read smart identifiers such as RFID tags/Bluetooth 4.0 on inventory units and send back data to a cloud based analytics platform called UAV Smart Hub, that works along with a proprietary application called X-Tower for flight planning. Drone SmartX also provides inspection services for other applications such as real estate monitoring, oil and gas inspections, HAZMAT surveys etc. Industrial Inspections AirX3 [Vouvry, 2014]: AirX3 offers a range of industrial inspection, surveying and mapping services using drones. Its applications include inspections of wind turbine blades, solar panels, structures, power line infrastructure, as well as surveying and photogrammetry services for mines, structures and farms. AirX3 also offers filming solutions. Industrial Inspections DokuAir [Osnabruck, 2014]: DokuAir provides aerial industrial inspection and surveying services using thermal and optical sensors on-board drones. It also offers 3D modeling and volumetric analysis services, as well as documentation services. Its applications include damage assessments on buildings, structure assessments, thermographic inspections, 3D modeling, etc. Markus KrĂÂśger Industrial Inspections Aerial Drone Solutions [Brisbane, 2013]: Aerial Drone Solutions is an aerial photography and videography and remote sensing company. The company's chief applications are in agriculture, mining and construction inspection and monitoring, environmental and geographic surveying, event coverage, filming for TV and advertising, and real estate tours. Industrial Inspections Lift Tech [Chicago, 2015]: Lift offers aerial photography, mapping, surveying and inspection services using UAVs. Its services span utility, infrastructure, real estate and energy installations inspections as well as inspections for insurance and financial services. Lift also builds a dashboard and communication platform for the gathered data called Insight. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 201. Drones Report, July2016201 Service Providers (29/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections Verascan Inc. [Las Vegas, 2014]: Verascan Inc. is an aerial imaging and data analysis company. It uses unmanned (both fixed-wing and multicopters) aerial vehicles, manned aircraft and satellite imaging to acquire aerial data for farms, construction sites, mines and oil and gas installations. Its data analysis and viewing cloud platform allows it to stitch and analyse acquired data and allows clients to view and manage their maps and other information. Industrial Inspections Remote Intelligence [Wellsboro, 2013]: Remote Intelligence provides aerial imaging, surveying and mapping services using drones. Remote Intelligence also provides search and rescue services. It is also a reseller of Prioria Robotics' Maveric drone. Industrial Inspections WindSpect [Houston, 2015]: Windspect is a partnership between Air Fusion Inc. and Strat-Aero that combines the image recognition expertise of the former with the aerospace expertise of the latter to provide quick and deep inspection services for wind turbines and farms. Windspect uses UAVs to collect aerial visual data from wind turbine blades and runs it through Air Fusion's image recognition software to discover problems. It also provides a dashboard to control blade testing schedules and manage maintenance. Industrial Inspections DroneLAB [Petange, 2013]: DroneLAB offers aerial imaging, scientific inspection and monitoring services using drones. Its chief applications are in environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, site inspections and filming. It also offers processing services such as thermography, photogrammetry, etc. DroneLAB claims to also customize drones for specific requirements. Industrial Inspections Nordic Unmanned [Sandnes, 2015]: Nordic Unmanned is a reseller of commercial unmanned aerial, underwater and ground vehicles. It also provides a large range of unmanned vehicle-based services, such as inspection, search and rescue, surveillance, mapping, etc. Its Virtual Cockpit ground control station has 3D mapping to help UAV pilots fly drone more safely and reliably. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 202. Drones Report, July2016202 Service Providers (30/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections SkyEye Inc. [Quezon City, 2015]: SkyEye Inc., is a provider of aerial surveying, property visualization and precision agriculture services using drones. It uses COTS equipment on custom-made drones to capture aerial data. Its proprietary VEDA data management system allows customers to view and manage data. As a member of the UN Community of Practice (UN COP), SkyEye works as first-response in disaster zones to plan out evacuation paths, and in planning prevention and mitigation methods. www.impacthub.ph, www.lbcexpress.com Industrial Inspections General Drones [Valencia, ]: General Drones provides emergency response services using drones under its brand Auxdron. Auxdron designs and builds the entire search and rescue ecosystem, namely a surveillance drone, a rescue drone and a ground station for controlling the drones. Its other offerings include aerial photography and videography including 360Ă° video recording, as well as inspection services to the construction, agriculture and oil and gas sectors. Industrial Inspections Global Air Media [Baltimore, 2015]: Global Air Media provides aerial inspection, surveying and monitoring services. It also offers analytics of data collected by optical and thermal sensors to build different kinds of maps such as DSMs and orthomosaics. Additionally, Global Air Media also offers services in other applications such as agriculture and real estate surveys. Industrial Inspections Teraflight [Mumbai, 2015]: Terflight offers analytics solutions for GIS Land Survey & Mapping, EPC progress monitoring, inventory stockpile estimation and operations and maintenance for the solar power generation industry. Teraflight builds tools to filter and analyze drone image data to provide meaningful business insights. Industrial Inspections Akkar [London, 2013]: Akkar Solutions is a part of Akkar group of companies offering inspection services for energy & engineering sectors. They offer manpower according to the project requirement & customer request. They offer services for oil & gas inspections, wind turbine inspections, petrochemical inspections, as well as inspections for utilities, solar, civil and other industrial needs. Also offers surveys for onshore pipelines, powerlines, geographic & plots. They also create 3D models, thermal inspections & industrial inspection reports. Clients include Environment Agency, Siemens, OMV, Gamesa, Ineos and many more. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 203. Drones Report, July2016203 Service Providers (31/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections Airfilms Productions [The Hague, 2010]: Airfilms Inspections offers innovative aerial inspection solutions using Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (RAOVs).It offers detailed aerial inspection reports containing the highest quality DSLR or IR images.The company has a EURO-USC BNUC-s class I certification. Airfilm's expertise lies in Structural inspections,Pipeline inspections,Wind turbine inspections,Power line inspections etc.The company's clients are Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and utility companies such as BP,Shell,Exxon Mobil etc. Industrial Inspections UM Inspections [Fort Worth, 2015]: UMI provides un-manned Inspection and Surveying service for Midstream and Upstream Oil and Gas Companies. UMI provides solutions for LDAR Inspection services,GIS Services & Consulting, Right-of-way planning and routing services,Design and management construction 3D Models near Real-time etc.,allowing for real time evaluation of infrastructure and project progress. The solution can detect leaks across the Oil and Gas industry value chain i.e.from the oil and gas production field through the distribution network to the end consumer. Industrial Inspections Aetos Group Inc [Houston, 2010]: Aetos group is a consultant and service provider of UAS and robotics technologies into the petrochemical and oil and gas industry.Its services include infrastructure inspection, environmental monitoring, and disaster relief solutions. Aetos Group primarily uses Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) multi-rotor aircraft for its services. Aetos Group has an FAA Section 333 Exemption to operate UAS in the petrochemical industry. It has also created a platform for many non-destructive testing (NDT) methods for industrial applications. Industrial Inspections Aero Enterprise [Linz, 2013]: Aero Enterprise GmbH develops fully automated UAV drones for aerial inspection. The UAVs find application in inspection of wind turbines, industrial sites for defects and mechanical fractures etc. The data collected is analysed using 'AERO-lyse' software which creates a detailed report about the damage status. They also apply analytics to track defects over a course of time and use it for scheduling preventive maintenance. Industrial Inspections Future Aerial [London, 2014]: Future Aerial specialize in UAV Inspection services, UAV aerial surveys, UAV aerial filming, Mapping and Drone Surveying in the UK. The employ a fleet of drones (fixed as well as rotary wings) for the application of aerial imagery & further map & process the data before providing it to the client along with analysis & expert opinions. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 204. Drones Report, July2016204 Service Providers (32/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections Aeroinspect [Bandung, 2015]: Aeroinspect is an unmanned aerial solution specializing in oil & gas inspection. They provide services in aerial inspection & aerial mapping. They are used for activities such as pipeline monitoring for cracks or leaks and facility inspection and security, Industrial Inspections Dronotec [Maisons-Alfort, ]: Dronotec is a network of UAV pilot specialised in surveying and inspection that offer companies a drone inspection service & thermography, cost effective and eco-friendly solution, and helps in making right decisions in management of the missions, disastrous situations, climate-events. Industrial Inspections Captura [Godalming, 2015]: Captura specializes in surveying and inspection utilizing latest inspection techniques and UAS technologies. Offers field asset surveys & inspections for infrastructure, hydrant & street furnitures; non-destructive testing for various industries like telecom & electricity; Unmanned Aerial Services for wind turbine & solar farm. Customers includes OLH & Polecam. Industrial Inspections Indymo [Delft, 2015]: Indymo develops technology to monitor water quality and ecology by using underwater drones. By providing improved knowledge of water systems, Indymo is set to contribute for a positive impact in the management of water resources. Industrial Inspections OpenSky Drones [Coral Springs, 2014]: OpenSky Drones engages in the management and deployment of Unmanned Aerial Systems specializing in data collection through imaging, remote sensing and evaluation. Missions deployment include data gathering for Civil and Environmental industries, Industrial and structural Inspections, Power Grid condition inventories, RF and Cellular tower signal mapping and creating of a rapidly deployable mobile aerial cellular network for equipment location tracking and jamming. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 205. Drones Report, July2016205 Service Providers (33/57) Company Details Funding Investors Industrial Inspections DroneFlow [Berkeley, 2013]: DroneFlow provides aerial infrastructure inspections. Offers maintenance imagery of tall, difficult-to access equipment such as radio and cell towers, bridges, cranes, dams, elevated highways and train tracks, wind farms, and construction sites. Video and still images services can be obtained on periodical basis as per the schedule. Industrial Inspections Aerial Vision Africa [Pretoria, 2015]: Aerial Vision Africa specializes in providing Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) solutions. Offers solutions for tower inspection and corona discharge detection. Horizontal Talon Aerolytics [West Point, 2015]: Talon Aerolytics is an ITC Capital Partners Company. They utilize emerging Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) technologies to capture high resolution imaging data for the cellular, industrial, commercial, and agriculture industries. FAA approved pilotââŹâ˘s, policies, and procedures to ensure quality, sanctioned flights of their UAS platforms with varying sensor payloads to satisfy customer needs. $10.5M Kinetic Ventures Horizontal Redbird [Paris, 2013]: Redbird offers data capture & analytic services using a fleet of long endurance, fixed wing and rotary wing UAS. Offers UAS for industrial and institutional clients, for single-shot or recurring missions with reproducibility needed. Its UAS are provided with digital acquisition sensors such as RGB photo and video, infrared, multispectral and other sensors. The company provides data analyses in accordance to customerââŹâ˘s needs with all data being georeferenced. It is among the first civilian UAS operators in France authorized by the DGAC to operate long endurance UAS since April, 2013. The company has a strategic partnership with Monnoyeur Group, a French distributor of construction machinery and services. $2.15M BERGERAT MONNOYEUR, Engie, Commercial Drone Fund Horizontal GeoVantage [Peabody, 1998]: Geovantage captures high resolution imagery and processes it to deliver GIS- ready imagery. Operated in projects in more than 15 countries. Acquired by John Deere in 2005. GeoVantage founders and investors relaunched GeoVantage as an independent company in 2008. They primarily serve the agriculture, forestry and oil & gas markets. $1.11M UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 206. Drones Report, July2016206 Service Providers (34/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Mountain Drones [Denver, 2013]: Mountain Drones Inc. provides Unmanned Aerial System solutions uniquely purposed for environmental monitoring. Developing technology capable of gathering valuable environmental data (including snow-water-equivalent). Business relationships have been developed with key hydrology, environmental, and snow science customers. Revenue growth will be driven by recurring service contracts and equipment sales. $25k TellurideAccelerator Horizontal Unmanned Systems SAPI de CV [Guadalajara, 2010]: Unmanned Systems owns and operates multiple drone services brands. These include Helidroid, Drone Academy, Drone Films, Droneshop and Drones Usados. These brands provide various services such as aerial imaging, drone pilot training, third-party drone retail, etc. Lightcone Horizontal FlyTerra [New York City, 2012]: Flyterra offers multiple services using unmanned aerial vehicles (both rotary and fixed-wing). Its services are divided into five solutions - mining management (including volume computations and monitoring), precision agriculture, utilities and infrastructure inspection, disaster response (only monitoring and imaging), and wildlife and environmental monitoring. For very large areas, Flyterra uses satellite imagery as well. Flyterra's imaging services also include processing services (such as NDVI analysis for precision agriculture, orthorectification for site surveys, etc.) It also offers drones and software to clients wishing to perform their own flights and processing. Horizontal Drone Marketing [Estella-Lizarra, 2016]: DroneMarketing offers drone-based marketing services, which primarily include filming marketing videos using drones, post-production of videos and displaying advertisements on drones in sports stadiums, cultural festivals and on busy streets. The company also intends to provide services in other related areas such as urban surveillance and building inspections. Horizontal The Sky Guys [Oakville, 2015]: The Sky Guys provides aerial photography and videography, and data acquisition services. Its offerings are divided into industrial applications such as inspection services for oil and gas, utilities, construction sites, mapping and surveying, etc. and commercial applications for event coverage, film production, real estate tours etc. The company also offers consulting services. The Sky Guys completed a $350k private placement by issuing 3.5M common shares. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 207. Drones Report, July2016207 Service Providers (35/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Drone Fleet [Los Angeles, 2014]: Drone Fleet offers consultancy, fleet management, asset lifecycle management and operations services for drones. It offers drone rentals as well as piloting services for multiple applications such as aerial cinematography, surveying and mapping, inspection and monitoring, etc. Its fleet management and lifecycle management services are suitable for enterprises with a large number of drones. Horizontal UAS Innovations [Abuja, 2014]: UAS Innovations and Solutions is a drone solutions company. It distributes and customizes drones, and offers drone maintenance and drone-based services to customers in Nigeria. Its drone- based services include aerial mapping and surveying, search and rescue, commercial inspection, event coverage, precision agriculture and aerial advertising. It also offers drone pilot training. Horizontal Drone Van Java [Bandung, 2015]: Based in Indonesia, Drone Van Java provides drones and related solutions for various services such as agriculture, mining, inspection and documentation. They have their own fleet of drones specific for different purposes. Horizontal Veritas Air Services [Wolfheze, 2014]: Uses drones for services in high quality images and HD footage from heights for commercial projects and inspections. It aims to provide all the services that drones can deliver. Horizontal Skymount [Vancouver, 2013]: Skymount provides Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services for a wide variety of applications and industries. Currently providing services of aerial photography, video, cinematography, aerial inspection and aerial mapping using their own developed drones. Also developing low cost, fully modular multirotor drones & fixed wings drones for purchase. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 208. Drones Report, July2016208 Service Providers (36/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Measure [Washington D.C., 2015]: Measure offers drone as a service. Having Federal Aviation Administration approval to fly more than 300 different types of drones for a broad range of commercial applications. Provide solutions to acquire, process, and deliver cost-effective, actionable aerial data to enterprise customers. Use a fleet of home developed drone to capture data. Offers AirLift program for data capturing. Horizontal Terrestrial Imaging [ , 2015]: Terrestrial Imaging, LLC is bringing high-quality aerial photography, aerial imaging, aerial mapping and aerial inspection services to the masses using FAA licensed pilots flying unmanned aerial vehicles with high resolution cameras. Offers services for real estate, agriculture,insurance, construction. mapping & events. Horizontal Eye Sky [Barnstaple, 2014]: Eye Sky Group provide professional low cost aerial imagery and filming of residential and non-residential (commercial) properties up to 400ft in the air with advanced unmanned aerial vehicles. Aims to establish the largest fleet of privately owned drones in the UK. The companyââŹâ˘s primary target market is the UK residential and holiday property market, appealing directly to homeowners. Also provide additional services in and to surveying, emergency services and emergency response, oil and gas pipeline inspection, education, coast guard rescue and marine disaster management. Working throughout UK, India, South Africa and UAE. Horizontal Gofor [Scottsdale, 2014]: Gofor provides drones on demand. Using their mobile app, user can task a drone to complete a variety of helpful tasks. Depending on the task, drones either operate autonomously or are flown by skilled operators. Provides services for location scouting, HD documentation, personal security, telepresence, internet range extension, etc. Horizontal Sparrow Vision [ , 2012]: Sparrow Vision combines drones (UAV) and quality data processing for cost-saving inspections of precision agriculture, solar farms, wind turbines, and insurance industry. Their high-definition aerial imaging technology provides customers with a bird's-eye view of their operations. They use advanced UAV equipment and ground systems to deliver aerial inspections to produce a precise picture of business-critical information to help to increase efficiency and reduce downtime. Provides services for precision agriculture, energy & insurance industries. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 209. Drones Report, July2016209 Service Providers (37/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal DroneView Technologies [New York City, 2014]: DroneView Technologies is a provider of aerial imaging solutions and drone pilot training. Offer services (drones equipment with trained equipment) for precision agriculture and farming, utility and industrial inspection, real estate, construction, public safety, search and rescue, movie and TV production, action sports, wildlife and environmental. Their drones are equipped with special sensors and cameras specific to the project. Received $2M in seed funding from Stephen Polk, a private investor and former Chairman and CEO of R.L. Polk & Co. Horizontal Aeroview [Stavanger, 2011]: Aeroview AS provides a wide range of Aerial Services by remote piloted aerial systems (RPAS).Provides pilots, maintenance technicians, film and multimedia specialists, radio and telecommunication as well as ROV and subsea expertise. Specialize in aerial photography and video production, and Aerial Inspection Technique using RPAS technology(Remotely Piloted Aircraft System). Horizontal Global Unmanned Systems [Hamilton, 2012]: Global Unmanned Systems specializes in providing UAV based services and applications to oil & gas industry, both on and off shore. Provides a safe, cost effective, rapidly deployable and higher resolution alternative to conventional satellite and manned aviation systems. Also specialize in orthophoto and digital elevation model acquisition for the mining and exploration industries. Horizontal Flyspan Systems [Irvine, 2013]: Flyspan Systems provides analytics solutions platform for businesses that use drones with powerful customizable analytics for their industry. Works with Oil & Gas, Logistics, Transportation, Medical, NGOââŹâ˘s, SecurityFilm & Television, Energy, Precision Agriculture, & Governments. Horizontal Omni-Drones [Assen, 2013]: The company uses own manufactured drone, to offer services for oil & gas, energy companies, factories, construction, urban development,railways, government, police etc. They also sell their drone, Summit MR8 and its propellers through its website. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 210. Drones Report, July2016210 Service Providers (38/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Cloud9Drones [Austin, 2013]: Aerial data solutions company deploying drones in various industries such as telecom, energy, construction, real-estate, oil and gas, marketing and film. Offers tower inspections for cell tower & transmission lines; Asset management, 3D mapping, surveying for land & constructions; and aerial imagery for film & real estate sectors. Horizontal HardDrones [Santiago, 2014]: HardDrones is a company dedicated to the capture and analysis of aerial data automatically using drones. Capture and analyze aerial spectral images of crops, and the results are delivered online so that farmers can optimize the resources of water, fertilizers and pesticides. Also offers services of aerial photography, safety & security, and search & rescue. Instituto 3IE USM Horizontal Peek Drones [London, ]: Peek Drones specialise in providing imaging & cinematography, thermography, NDVI (normalised difference vegetation index), Inspections & surveys using unmanned aerial vehicles to companies in the commercial, industrial, agricultural and infrastructure space. Horizontal Swift Aero [Las Vegas, 2014]: SWIFT AERO is an unmanned aerial and subsea company that offers a variety of services ranging from cinematic videography, aerial advertising aerial and subsea inspections and monitoring and most recently researching swarm technology for special events. Their unmanned aircraft systems offer the oil & gas industry valuable capabilities that can reduce operational cost and risk, while improving safety and efficiency. SWIFT aero can conduct up close inspections, Thermal Imaging along with Photography and Cinematic Video . Horizontal M Waypoint [Singapore, 2015]: SM Waypoint is a flight services company providing remote sensing solutions utilising team of certified pilots and fleet of professional unmanned aircraft in Asia-Pacific region. Digital Satellite Services, UAS Flight Services, Advanced Analytics are a few of the services being offered by the company. SM Waypoint is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices throughout SouthEast Asia. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 211. Drones Report, July2016211 Service Providers (39/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Starscream Aerial Services [Red Deer, 2015]: UAV drone company in Alberta that provides imaging services to the Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Construction and Insurance industries. Services they offer includes inspection services using high resolution imagery and modelling software, Geo-referenced ground survey, 3D Interactive Digital Terrain Models with Point Cloud referencing for every data set, Thermal Imaging with IR, Gas Leak Detection, Normalized Difference Vegetation Indexing for Crop Analysis and Yield Predictions throughout year , Oil and Gas lease life cycle imaging and logistical packages, Consultation with UAV Ops and purchasing & Surveillance. Horizontal Skydronics [Townsville, 2014]: Skydronics provides safe, affordable and high quality aerial imaging solutions using UAS. Their pilots are certified to operate UAV aircraft and qualified to hold ââŹËUAV ControllerââŹâ˘ certificates issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). They offer services for variety of industries like cinematography, precision agriculture, land surveying etc. Horizontal Corvis Aerial [Toronto, 2015]: Corvis Aerial specializes providing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles based service to collect high-quality, high-resolution imagery and video, and provide analysis of this imagery. They work with clients from start to finish to develop a strategy for each aerial survey, ensure operations are conducted safely and properly, and analyze the collected data efficiently so the client receives exactly what they need. Horizontal DroneTech [Gdynia, 2015]: DroneTech is a aerial service provider based in Poland. They offer services for inspection, aerial imagery, delivery, marketing & monitoring. They also sale drones through their website. Horizontal Pidrones [Mendoza, 2015]: Pidrones is a developer of customized unmanned aerial systems. Their offers drones services to fly, take pictures and deliver goods. Applications served includes aerial photography, videography, surveying, delivery etc. These drones can be adapted to customer needs with different types of sensors, rgb spectrum, speakers, ultrasound, infrared, cameras, etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 212. Drones Report, July2016212 Service Providers (40/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Avetics [Singapore, 2011]: Avetics offers technology specialized in (marine & land) aerial photography & video, mapping and color & thermal inspections. Provide survey quality scanning with in-house built drones and develop their own web platform, Exmaps.com (currently in Beta phase) that manages UAVs & flight logs, analyze flight trends and provides sharing features. Their client database is full with names like, Shell, Posh Terasea, ST Marine, YTC Group of companies, East Marine, ASL and many more. Quest Ventures Horizontal SKYCAP [London, 2014]: Skycap delivers a complete end-to-end service to clients, offering a full suite of UAS platforms, sensors and data processing in order to deliver the optimal solution to specific user requirements. Skycap has successfully executed a range of missions for prestigious clients in Europe, Africa, East Asia and the USA. Winner of the ââŹËMost Innovative StartupââŹâ˘ award by SME Netherlands in 2014 Horizontal Aerial Solution [Wilrijk, 2013]: Aerial Solutions is a drone service provider based in Belgium. Provide drones that support camera for inspection and other activities. Also offers services for industrial inspection, crop monitoring and fire fighting. Horizontal UAVONIC [Bratislava, 2014]: UAVONIC provides customised service for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) according to specific customer needs. Provides range of aerial work services aerial photography/cinematography, mapping, survey, inspections, training etc. Their UAS are equipped with wide range of sensors such as thermo, IR, multi-spectral and of course high-definition visible cameras are fast and accurate aerial data acquisition, in real life used by police and fire, agriculture, industrial, oil, gas and cellular, inspections, search & rescue purposes and documentations. Their platforms such as multicopters or fixed-wing can be used for aerial work and can provide aerial support for police, firefighters, military or SAR. Horizontal Rectrix AS [Stockton-on-Tees, 2015]: RectrixAS provides industrial imagery and inspection related services using UAVs. Services offered includes safety & inspection, building inspection, agriculture, sport & recreation, film & television and real estate & properties. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 213. Drones Report, July2016213 Service Providers (41/57) Company Details Funding Investors Horizontal Airpix [Mumbai, 2006]: AIRPIX provides aerial data collection & processing services to industries like real estate, GIS, industrial inspections, mining, agriculture and surveying using UAVs. Offers inspection and monitoring services, aerial survey and remote sensing services and aerial cinematography. Horizontal Unmanned Services [Lexington, 2011]: ââŹâšUnmanned Services provides high resolution picture, video and mapping support services utilizing the capabilities of remotely operated aircraft to many industrial sectors. Horizontal SwarmUAV [Melbourne, 2013]: Swarm UAV offers aerial imagery services for personal, professional and industrial purposes. Offers aerial cinematography services for filming, social contents, events and corporate videos; commercial content for marketing and project videos for industries including real estate, marine, mining and construction; and other services like aerial inspection, aerial surveys and aerial photography for commercial purposes. Horizontal CopterOptics [Berkeley, 2012]: CopterOptics offers aerial photography services through a fleet of remote controlled drones. Horizontal HaloDrop [Moffett Field, 2015]: Halo Drop delivers high definition live videos using UAVs, for extended periods, in austere environments. Offers services for crisis response, federal response and Analysis & Fusion. Offered their services in Nepal Earthquake Crisis Response by mapping the area in order to give an analysis of destruction happened and focused on critical points. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 214. Drones Report, July2016214 Service Providers (42/57) Company Details Funding Investors Marketing DroneCast [Philadelphia, 2014]: DroneCast offers drone-based aerial advertising and promotional solution provider. Offers patented platform to fly banners displaying messages up to 2' wide, and 6' long for indoor and outdoor advertising. Also launched 'DroneCast Partnership Program' which gives people a chance to become pilots with DroneCast and then fly ads for them on a freelance basis and can earn up to $500/hour. $1M Marketing Launchboxx [Fargo, 2015]: Launchboxx is a full-service advertising and marketing team that specializes in the quickly evolving Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) industry. Provides creative and technical expertise and knowledge of the UAS industry & also develop powerful marketing initiatives to the customers. Marketing Hoovy [Santa Monica, 2014]: Hoovy provides drones based marketing platform to promote brand awareness.They attach professionally made banners to our drones and fly them in front of the public. Provides services in India & United States. Marketing UP Drone Marketing [Quito, 2015]: Up provides drone-based marketing & advertising solutions. Offers drones as an effective communication tactics, from Marketing and BTL campaigns, support present in indoor and outdoor events, aerial commercial production or for weddings and social gatherings. Provides customized solutions based on the needs of customer. They not only execute or rent drones but also provides unique, value- added solutions. Precision Agriculture Hummingbird Aerial Surveys [Kelowna, 2015]: Hummingbird Aerial Surveys offers aerial services using unmanned aerial vehicles. Its services include surveying and mapping (for industrial and precision agriculture purposes), filming and industrial inspections. The company also performs post-processing of the data captured by the drones, including photogrammetric corrections to survey data and NDVI analysis of precison agriculture data. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 215. Drones Report, July2016215 Service Providers (43/57) Company Details Funding Investors Precision Agriculture Aerial Agriculture [St. Louis, 2015]: Aerial Agriculture is a precision agriculture company. It uses a proprietary fixed-wing drone called Aerialone fitted with hyperspectral sensors to gather agricultural data. It uses machine learning/AI in its analysis package to ensure better analysis for every additional pass over the same farm. The prescriptions for farms and fields that are obtained after analysis are delivered to farmers on a tablet-based interface for guiding them to problem areas and taking action. Precision Agriculture Ninox Robotics [Sydney, 2014]: Ninox Robotics provides pest detection and management services using drones. It also offers inspection and monitoring services for other agricultural applications, infrastructure and assets, bio-security and conservation, emergency response and security. Ninox uses tactical-grade drones from BlueBird Aero Systems. Ninox provides services in Australia. Precision Agriculture WineFlight [Los Angeles, 2014]: WineFlight offers drone based precision agriculture services. The services include on-demand farm data collection through drone sensing, and analysis of farm imagery, and generation of reports. It also provides mobile application tools that can enable the farmers to access the farm imagery along with all the analysed data and collaborate with farm workers anywhere on the field. Precision Agriculture Intelescope [Kiryat Ono, 2009]: Intelescope Solutions is a global provider of forest analytics services for revolutionizing forest decision making, improving asset management and yields. Use patented software to analyze and leverage drone, satellite and aerial imagery data. Offer services for planting, survivability, inventory and harvesting, to acquisition and due diligence. Headquartered in Israel with offices in the US and Brazil Precision Agriculture Unmanned Sensing Systems (US2) [Philadelphia, 2014]: US2 is developing a complete offering for assessing and optimizing the growth and management of crops via aerial data obtained from UAS. Other than precision agriculture (which is their main area of expertise), also offer services for Solar/clean, construction, aerial sensing and survey. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 216. Drones Report, July2016216 Service Providers (44/57) Company Details Funding Investors Precision Agriculture Pravia [Niceville, 2013]: Pravia provides precision aerial imaging solutions and data processing services. Services include NDVI, multi-spectral, thermal and visual spectrum imagery capture and analysis for precision agriculture and other applications. Current services include data analysis and NDVI data extraction from aerial imagery, data storage and hosting and NDVI report generation. Also provide calibrated aerial NDVI imagery and analysis to provide change detection over time for a variety of precision agriculture applications. Has the capability to analyze individual plots over large areas and extract relevant data from each plot with sub-5cm accuracy or greater. Precision Agriculture Airwood [Chennai, 2013]: Airwood offers services of precision agriculture using UAV developed by them. Its UAVs, retrofitted with multispectral cameras, fly around the farms monitoring sensitive parameters like seed growth, vigour, stress levels due to diseases, etc. This is supplemented by its on field experts who test soil, monitor weather, and other critical parameters. The data is combined and analysed and is presented to farm managers to help them take decisions regarding farm inputs and process to better the crop yield. Raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from StartupXseed Ventures in May 2016. Startupxseed Ventures Precision Agriculture TartanSense [Bangalore, 2015]: TartanSense is a UAV based technology startup and provides image analytics based on ultra high resolution aerial and Near Infra Red (NIR) images acquired by UAVs. For the agriculture sector, NIR sensors enables the drones to distinguish between plants that exhibit stress versus plants that are healthy by analysing aerial images, with a coverage area of upto 700 hectares a day. This data enables farmers to make precise decisions on where to irrigate & fertilize. The analytical tools developed by the company are currently used for tree counting across large areas and assessing the health of plants. TartanSense is currently partnered with Agribotix , an agri drone company based in Boulder, USA. The company plans to develop prescriptive reports for irrigation recommendation, fertilizer and pesticide recommendation, optimal road and bridge building and land clearing recommendation for new plantations. Precision Agriculture TerrAvion [San Leandro, 2013]: TerrAvion delivers drone a service which allows farmers to increase yield of specialty crops, like grapes. The information they collect help farmers to have a measurement of every plant, every week, in order to optimize interventions like irrigation, pruning, or chemicals to maximize their crop yield. Incubated by Y Combinator, FundersClub UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 217. Drones Report, July2016217 Service Providers (45/57) Company Details Funding Investors Precision Agriculture Ceres Imaging [San Francisco, 2014]: Ceres Imaging, offers data as a service by providing farmers with spectral data to optimize water and nitrogen application. They use UAVs/ aerial photography and spectral image processing to monitor crop variables like, nutrient status & water stress. Provides actionable insights & reports and send it over the cloud to farmers. They deliver data periodically in exchange for recurring revenue. Incubated by Lemon Labs. LaunchCapital, Silicon Badia, Accelerator Tech Precision Agriculture URSULA Agriculture [Aberystwyth, 2013]: URSULA Agriculture is a data analytic company for precision agriculture using drones. They provide state of the crop intelligence to directly inform agricultural decision making and intervention. Their advanced analysis algorithms combine remote sensing and analysis to deliver ââŹËstate of the crop intelligenceââŹâ˘ across the sector. Precision Agriculture Aerobotics [Cape Town, 2014]: Aerobotics develops autonomous UAVs aimed primarily at agricultural applications. Developed precision agriculture solution that captures data and thereafter a combination of machine learning and image processing is used to automatically analyse the data and identify potential problem areas. Also provides solutions for remote census (game counting service), mining and property surveys using image processing and machine learning algorithms. Delivery Zipline [San Francisco, 2014]: Zipline is a drone delivery company that focuses on delivering medical supplies to remote areas. Zipline uses its proprietary fixed-wing drone - called Zip - for delivering payloads up to 3 lbs attached to a paper parachute. When a health worker sends an order for vaccines, medicines, blood etc, a worker at a central distribution center loads the supplies on the drone and launches the drone, which follows a pre-programmed path at speeds of up to 100 kmph. The path may be modified at all times via a tablet application. Its first country of service is Rwanda. Microsoft's Paul Allen and Yahoo's Jerry Wang have invested in Zipline. $18M Stanford University, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, GV, Subtraction Capital Delivery Tridain [Houston, 2015]: Tridain offer drones as a delivery solution. Developed a proprietary (patent pending) network in which drones can operate safely and effectively. $50k UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 218. Drones Report, July2016218 Service Providers (46/57) Company Details Funding Investors Delivery Aerolift eXpress [Houston, 2016]: Aerolift eXpress provides long-distance delivery services using drones. It uses the Latitude hybrid VTOL fixed-wing liquid-fueled aircraft for conducting deliveries of payloads up to 14 lbs. It is also working on building its own drones. The company's delivery service is currently deployed in the Gulf of Mexico. Delivery DropDrone [Dubai, 2014]: DropDrone is a drone-based delivery service for last-mile deliveries. An operator needs to load the item onto the drone and manually fly it to the destination. At the destination, another operator needs to unload the item and make the delivery. The DropDrone project was piloted for the Jumeirah Lake Towers in Dubai. The company intends to lease these drones to restaurants close to the building. The company is incubated at AstroLabs. Delivery TacoCopter [San Francisco, 2012]: TacoCopter is developing drone delivery system for delivering drones in SF Bay Area. Customers can order tacos on their smartphone and also read the GPS location information. The order and location are transmitted to an unmanned drone helicopter (grounded, near the kitchen where the tacos are made), and the tacocopter is then sent out to deliver. Delivery Copter Express [Moscow, 2013]: Copter Express provides aerial delivery service using drones. It manages all the required software & hardware, system maintenance and staff training for the delivery. The company follows subscription based revenue model for its delivery services. It can provide delivery within 3 km but can extend delivery distance to 5 km. The company also offers a range of UAV related services such as drone testing, site monitoring, aerial advertising etc. It also sells ready-made multicopters and components. Delivery XDrone [Los Angeles, 2014]: XDrone is a drone delivery service to deliver the goods right to the door. XDrone's patent pending drone delivery system can get just about anything from the local grocery store or pharmacy delivery by drone in under 15 minutes for just $1. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 219. Drones Report, July2016219 Service Providers (47/57) Company Details Funding Investors Delivery SpaceLeap [Vienna, 2013]: A B2B Drone Platform that allows automatic 24/7 operations without ground personnel. They are developing the platform, automating drone operations in the air and on the ground to offer a turn key system that requires no pilots or no ground crew. Delivery BLKTATU [Townsville, 2014]: BLKTATU is a drone delivery system that allows drones to deliver to anyone without the need for a yard. This drone delivery system is made up of two parts, first is the drone delivery caddy, and second part is the net with lockable container attached to the premises. The drone will fly to the provided GPS co-ordinates. From there it will peer down and look for reflectors on the net. These reflectors will be used as reference points allowing the drone to guide itself with centimeter accuracy to just above the net and complete the delivery. Delivery Volans-i [San Francisco, 2015]: Volans-i is designing and building a fully autonomous, battery powered unmanned aerial vehicle capable of transporting a payload (up to 10lbs) between two locations at fast speeds (up to 400mi/h). They are into providing an on demand delivery service for time sensitive critical shipments, such as human organs. The applications for this service range from high-tech to medical to industrial transportation services. Delivery Connect Robotics [Porto, 2015]: Connect Robotics develops a system for deliveries using drones. Its hardware- agnostic platform enables clients to connect drones in a network to achieve last-mile delivery objectives. Its autonomous system enables drones to avoid collisions with obstacles and other drones. The company claims to have received support from ESA BIC and FIWARE. Building Global Innovators Delivery Skycart [Newark, 2013]: Skycart offers P2P drone delivery service, location independent, 24/7 operation on 365 days and claims to deliver in 30mins using autonomous drones. The technology is eco-friendly, taking less time and is offered and affordable prices. The solution can be suitable for restaurants and shops. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 220. Drones Report, July2016220 Service Providers (48/57) Company Details Funding Investors Delivery QuiQui [Francisco, 2014]: Quiqui provides delivery of pharmaceutical products using drones. It works with local pharmacies to offer prescription delivery. They offer services 24hrs a day, with a delivery time less than 15min and delivery charges $1.00. Delivery Flirtey [Sydney, 2013]: Flirtey offers drones as a service for last mile delivery. Its delivery drone is a hexacopter constructed from carbon fibre, aluminium and 3D printed components. Is a lightweight, autonomous and electrically-driven unmanned aerial vehicle having a range of over 10 miles return and lowers its cargo via tether. Has built-in safety features such as low battery return to safe location and auto-return home in case of low GPS signal or communication loss. The company is known to have made history by delivering first 'legal' package in US. It has teamed up with NASA to conduct a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved exercise to deliver medical supplies to a rural area of Wise County, Virginia by drones in July, 2015. Partech Ventures, Space Angels Network, Danhua Capital, Amasia, CLI Ventures Pilot Marketplace DroneBase [Santa Monica, 2014]: DroneBase is a marketplace for commercial drone services that provides enterprise customers with on-demand imagery, video, and maps of worksites. They offer on-demand services for real estate, construction and mining. Received an undisclosed amount of funding in April, 2015 led by Union Square Ventures. SkyFund, a fund dedicated to drones startups and backed by DJI and Accel, has also made an undisclosed amount of investment in Dronebase in 2015. $7.08M Y Combinator, SV Angel, Union Square Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, Launchpad LA Pilot Marketplace BetterView [San Francisco, 2014]: Utilizes a network of drones throughout the United States to inspect properties for potential problems. Using UAVs is cheaper, safer, and faster way to survey buildings, especially their roofs. BetterView provides aerial services for a variety of needs across insurance, construction, and real estate. Insurance companies can better price the home insurance products. $1.55M Metamorphic Ventures, 500 Startups, Haystack, Router Ventures, MetaProp NYC, Arena Ventures Pilot Marketplace Airstoc [Sheffield, 2014]: Airstoc is a dedicated marketplace for professional drone industry, connecting customers with operators around the world. Built a simple platform to enable customers to book bespoke work, from initial quote to confirmation, for any industry and in various location across the globe. Their operators are equipped to carry out a wide range of jobs and are currently spread across 68 countries services of photography, full video production, aerial mapping or cinematic filming etc. They showcase and sell exclusive aerial stock footage, showing new perspectives and angles. $700k Point Nine Capital, Launchub UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 221. Drones Report, July2016221 Service Providers (49/57) Company Details Funding Investors Pilot Marketplace Skytango [Dublin, 2015]: Skytango builds a drone pilot marketplace. It allows drone pilots to list themselves and their aerial photography and videography work on its platform and it allows content buyers to discover pilots from whom they want to buy pre-existing work or photography services. $32.96K NDRC Pilot Marketplace DroneSnap [Pretoria, 2015]: DroneSnap is a marketplace for drone pilots. Customers need to post a drone project brief on the DroneSnap platform and the platform connects clients to suitable drone pilots in geographical proximity. Drone pilots need to get themselves registered on the DroneSnap platform. The services on offer include aerial photography and videography for events, volume measurements, real estate tours, mapping etc. DroneSnap is a graduate of the ignitor accelerator. Pilot Marketplace FairFleet [Munich, 2015]: FairFleet is the pilot-to-business marketplace, facilitating UAV based surveying, inspection and media production services. Customers can make orders through a fast and easy online interface. Pilots provide their services according to clientsââŹâ˘ equipment, experience, and location requirements.The company is providing its services to architecture, engineering, construction and real estate businesses. FairFleet is supported by Allianz Digital Accelerator GmbH. Allianz Digital Accelerator GmbH Pilot Marketplace DroneLancer [Sydney, 2015]: DroneLancer is a drone pilot marketplace that connects drone pilots and customers who need drone-based aerial photography, cinematography, surveying, mapping, remote sensing services. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 222. Drones Report, July2016222 Service Providers (50/57) Company Details Funding Investors Pilot Marketplace Aerial Connect [ , 2014]: Aerial Connect is a directory for discovering and connecting with drone pilots. Clients needing one-time drone-based services, such as real estate agents requiring a low-altitude aerial video of a property, can post a brief of their requirements. Interested drone pilots can send quotes to the client. Pilot Marketplace Drone Squad [Los Angeles, 2015]: Drone Squad develops and provides a smartphone application that enables amateur and expert drone pilots to meet together and fly their drones. It allows users to coordinate their flying as well as help each other with viewing drones mid-flight. It also helps users organize and run drone races as well. The application is available for iOS and Android. Pilot Marketplace Aviator [Frankfurt Am Main, 2015]: Aviator is a drone pilot marketplace. It connects people or organizations that need drone services (such as aerial videography, mapping, surveying, agricultural inspections, etc.) to drone pilots available locally. The company qualifies the drone pilots to ensure minimum quality and legal compliance. The company was founded by Matt Hagemann. Pilot Marketplace SnapBird [Paris, 2016]: SnapBird is a drone pilot marketplace. It allows users to discover pilots and contract them for aerial photography and videography jobs. The customer interface is a map in which they can mark the area where they need the drone operation performed. All pilots who work in that area are informed of the request. When a pilot accepts the job, the integrated messaging tool can be used by the customer and the pilot for communication. Pilot Marketplace Droning About [West Chester, 2016]: Droning About is a marketplace for drone pilots. It allows drone pilots to list themselves on the platform and it allows customers to discover them. The customer interface is a map that shows available pilots nearby. Droning About charges a monthly listing fee from pilots as well as a commission from pilots for every booking made via the website. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 223. Drones Report, July2016223 Service Providers (51/57) Company Details Funding Investors Pilot Marketplace Drone2Work [Paris, 2015]: Drone2Work is a marketplace that connects drone pilots to customers that need drone services. The customer give a project brief to the Drone2Work team. Using the brief and the customer's location, a list of drone pilots is given to the customer who then chooses a drone pilot. Drone2Work also functions as a marketplace for other drone services such as drone consulting and drone training services. Its services are available in Australia, France, Canada, UK and US. Pilot Marketplace ArcadiaSky [Melbourne, 2015]: ArcadiaSky is a marketplace for drone pilots. Customers need to create a guided brief about their required drone project. The drone pilots on the marketplace can quote a price for the project, and the customer can choose a pilot. ArcadiaSky is available in Australia, the UK and the US. Pilot Marketplace DroneRockstar [Poole, 2015]: DroneRockstar is a platform to find & discover local drone operators. It helps to promote one's drone business and allow customers to find out what services they need.Submitting a listing using DoneRockstar requires monthly subscription pricing.Once an entity is listed, the DoneRockstar team will validate the listing and provide help and support to ensure that the company gets the most form the listing. The listed entities can show best aerial photographs, company information and provide contact details for customers to get in touch with them directly. Currently, the firm provides listed operators for aerial inspections, photography, coverage of events, film & TV, live broadcast etc. Pilot Marketplace Fly4.me [Cambridge, 2014]: Fly4me has developed a marketplace which bring together drone pilots and drone services consumer. The marketplace also has a platform that stores data about drone flight path, real time drone tracking and analyzing the data collected by the drone. Fly4me inducts drone pilots on its platform and consumers can list their specific needs to solicit the pilots. The marketplace offers services such as capturing private events, real estate photography, mapping and inspections. The marketplace provides greater comfort for the consumer by taking away the need to check security compliance of the drone operators individually. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 224. Drones Report, July2016224 Service Providers (52/57) Company Details Funding Investors Pilot Marketplace HoverStat [Austin, 2014]: HoverStat provides drone based roof mapping services on demand for insurance applications. When the insurance rep arrives at a house with a storm damaged roof, all they have to do is set down the charged drone and push a button on HoverStat's app. The drone rises above the roof, avoiding tree cover and other obstacles, and lands back at the feet of the insurance agent after capturing a thorough video. This video is then converted into an aerial CAD of the roof with measurements. At this point, all the insurance adjuster has to do is look through the estimate to make sure it is correct and then print it out for the homeowner, producing a full estimate in minutes. Pilot Marketplace Shootly [Los Angeles, 2015]: Shootly is an on-demand photography service that connects customers with professional photographers and experienced drone pilots through an iPhone app. Known for the quality and depth in portfolio, & professionalism. Building a platform to make it fast and easy for booking photo shoot. Pilot Marketplace Drone Finder [Kansas City, 2015]: Drone Finder is a free platform for drone operators to find new clients and jobs. Clients can create a free drone request, and drone operators can view requests, send info, samples, and pricing. Clients pay the operator through our secure system, and the payment is held until the operator delivers the media and the client confirms their satisfaction. The payment is then released to the drone operator, minus the Drone Finder Fee. Pilot Marketplace DroneLilly [Toronto, 2015]: DroneLily provides a search platform for drone pilots & editors database. User can search for different pilots & editors, view their profile and compare them in order to find the best suit operator for their needs. Pilot Marketplace Flystro [Montreal, 2015]: Flystro is an online marketplace connecting drone operators and clients all over the world. Using Flystro, clients can easily find operators and be sure theyââŹâ˘re receiving the best price and product. The platform makes billing and mission management easy for operators, so they can concentrate on spending more time flying. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 225. Drones Report, July2016225 Service Providers (53/57) Company Details Funding Investors Pilot Marketplace Book A Drone [London, 2014]: Book-a-drone is an on-demand marketplace model for professional drone services which allows user to book a drone along with pilot on rent for various drone-based services like aerial photography, 3D surveying, inspections, etc. It provides a listing of all the registered and certified drone operators on it page along with company data and booking options. Pilot Marketplace Drone Hire [Brisbane, 2015]: Drone Hire connects commercial drone operators with clients for services such as aerial photography, video, precision agriculture, surveying, mapping and real estate photography. Pilot Marketplace Droners.io [ , 2015]: Droners.io is a marketplace that connects local, professional drone pilots to the public. These pilots specializes in services like filming wedding, real estate, surf session, anything. User can read reviews, compare prices and hire the pilot that best fits his needs and budget. Hospitality Infinium Robotics [Singapore, 2013]: Infinium Robotics is engaged in making drones which can be used in confined spaces like restaurants and cafes. To make the drone work autonomously in confined spaces, special arrangements, like sonar, infrared guidance to avoid collision, special design for blades and reduced noise, were introduced into the drones. The company claims to introduce its drone Infinium-Serve by the end of 2015 into Singapore restaurants. Also developed proprietary flight controller on board the UAVs & in-house trajectory planning and model predictive control (MPC) algorithms, for Intelligent Robotic Swarming, an autonomous collision-free multiple UAV deployment technology. The company is also providing outdoor service like Monitoring of water/gas pipelines and sewage system, aerial light displays & industrial aerial security & surveillance. $750k SPRING Singapore UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 226. Drones Report, July2016226 Service Providers (54/57) Company Details Funding Investors Others Atmosoar.io [Hong Kong, ]: Atmosoar develops software solutions to help users extend the range and endurance of their drones by using weather data and creating optimized route maps. Others FlyMotion [Tampa, 2014]: FlyMotion develops ground control stations for controlling drones (including multiple drones in the air at the same time), and integrates drones into video-gathering solutions. These GCS are integrated into vehicles to increase mobility, and have applications in drone deployments for large area surveys, news gathering in unstable environments such as warzones and disaster areas. Its two integration models are called Maverick and Trident. Others Trumbull Unmanned [Houston, 2013]: Trumbull Unmanned provides UAV usage and integration consultancy services. It also provides UAV piloting and data processing services, using proprietary computer vision algorithms. Its chief clients are oil and gas companies and governments for routine and special inspection projects. Others Vidrona Ltd [Didcot, 2015]: Vidrona is a drone data analytics company. It develops computer vision algorithms and other analysis methods to provide data analysis services to organizations collecting drone data or to third- party drone operators. The applications include renewable energy, infrastructure and construction, precision agriculture, oil and gas and power lines. It is incubated at European Space Agency's Business Incubation Centre. Others Verifly [New York City, 2015]: Verifly is building a database of global drone traffic in order to develop rules and regulations for flying drones safely and securely. They are also developing verification and control systems for drones. Their system claims to be safe for commercial and private use. Technology includes: flight and activity management; a secure, global identification registry for pilots and drones; a secure, global registry of drone and operator activity. Frontline Ventures, Graph Ventures UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 227. Drones Report, July2016227 Service Providers (55/57) Company Details Funding Investors Others Flying Academy [Brno, 2004]: Flying Academy offers drone pilot training services. It was founded as a training school for manned aircraft pilots. It offers courses tailored for students wishing to become commercially certified. The company also provides aerial photography and videography services for a range of applications including filming, event coverage and security and surveillance. Others The UAV Academy [Gloucester, 2014]: The UAV Academy offers drone pilot training services. Its courses range from beginners' courses to professional pilot certification courses. It also offers skill development courses to certified pilots. The company assesses the prior skill and knowledge level of each student and offers tailored theory and practical lessons in drone piloting. Others UAVAir [Cambridge, 2014]: UAV Air offers drone pilot training services. It offers an Unmanned Aircraft Qualification (UAQ) certification, and is CAA-certified Nationally Qualified Entity for Small Unmanned Aircraft below 20 kgs. It also offers a video production course. Others fluttrbox [Montreal, 2013]: Fluttrbox provides on-demand aerial remote sensing services. It collects data from real estate locations using drones and performs analysis on it, thus producing multiple layers of information on a map of the area for use in property assessments, marketing and insurance claims assessments. Fluttrbox is a graduate of the seed accelerator The Mill, and the Global Insurance Accelerator. Others ArkUAV [Little Rock, 2014]: ArkUAV offers UAV customization services. It augments COTS drones by integrating hardware parts in existing designs. It also designs and builds its own drones. ArkUAV also offers introductory drone piloting classes. Its customization work usually includes adding sensor packages, such as multispectral, thermal, LIDAR and magnetometers, to drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 228. Drones Report, July2016228 Service Providers (56/57) Company Details Funding Investors Others The Aerodrome [Henderson, 2015]: Aerodrome is a drone pilot training company that offers multiple courses. It offers both attendee and distance learning programs. Aerodrome has created specific courses for niche applications such as emergency response. It owns and operates drone flight training airports. Aerodrome is a limited liability company established by Base 11 and Praxis Aerospace Concepts International (PACI). Aerodrome has teaching facilities in Detroit and Henderson. Others Unmanned Systems Australia Pty Ltd [Brisbane, 2008]: Unmanned Systems Australia provides Consulting and Training Services for Unmanned Systems (Air, Ground, Sea and Sub-surface). It is CASA approved for UAV operations. Also the company is developing long endurance small UAS, sensors and software packages for precision agriculture and Industrial inspection & monitoring purposes. Others AVO Drones [Las Vegas, 2015]: AVO drones provides test and review services for drones used in commercial applications. The company has worked with drones having different applications such as Racing, Aerial image capturing, Wildlife protection etc. Its customers are Law Enforcement agencies, mining operations and tourism companies. Others Robotic Skies [Albuquerque, 2013]: Robotic Skies provides a network of service centers that provide certification and maintenance services for the commercial drone fleet.The company has a worldwide network of over 100 repair stations throughout North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Asia, The Middle East & South Afric and its repair stations are FAA-certified. Robotic Skies maintains cloud-based maintenance documentation and record keeping system to provide the health report for an individual drone. Others The Drone Consulting Group [Madrid, 2014]: The Drone Consulting Group (DroneCG) provides professional consulting services to public and private sectors clients that are interested in integrating unmanned areal vehicles (UAV) technologies into their business practices. Its priority sectors are Energy,Safety & Security, Telecommunications, Construction, Agriculture, Research,Courier Service etc.The company's primary target market is USA but it is also focusing on in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It uses 5 step methodologies for its consulting:Discovery,Analysis,Pilot,Evaluation & Financing and Implementation & management UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 229. Drones Report, July2016229 Service Providers (57/57) Company Details Funding Investors Others DARTdrones [Woburn, 2014]: DARTdrones is a national drone flight school offering certification courses to corporations, government, and recreational users.Its target customers are police departments, fire departments,lifeguards etc. DARTdrones is FAA Certified for the commercial use of drones. At present it is teaching in 20+ states across the US. Its training courses include Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety, location checklist and equipment considerations,flight modes & vision positioning, calibration considerations, emergency procedures etc. The company primarily uses DJI drones for its training. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 230. Drones Report, July2016230 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (1/19) Company Details Funding Investors Hardware Parts & Peripherals Airelectronics [Pozuelo de Alarcon, 2011]: Airelectronics manufactures autopilot and other flight systems for UAVs. Its U-Pilot autopilot system is its flagship product, with variants for rotorcraft and fixed-wing UAVs. It also manufactures payloads such as sensors and payload integration hardware such as gimbals. The company also builds a drone simulator for pilot training. Its modules have been integrated in various third-party UAVs. Hardware Parts & Peripherals UAV Vision Pty Ltd [Port Macquarie, 2004]: UAV Vision manufactures gimbals, sensors and communication modules for unmanned and manned aircraft. Its datalinks can function over large distances and are customized for long, medium, short ranges and for tethered drones. The company also builds software for controlling drones using tablets. Hardware Parts & Peripherals Cloud Cap Tech [Hood River, 1999]: Cloud Cap Technology specializes in stabilized camera gimbals for both unmanned and manned applications. Small inertial measurement sensors support robotics applications. Products are Tactical ISR Solutions, their TASE Imaging Systems provide superior image quality and offer the lowest size, weight and power (SWaP) requirement in the industry. Claimed to be proven in the harshest environments these payloads are useful in military operations, public safety missions and commercial surveillance projects. Their Piccolo Flight Management System provides complete solution in autopilot, navigation, flight management, and ground control. Hardware Parts & Peripherals Third Eye Systems [Herzliya, 2010]: Third Eye Systems is developing Artificial Intelligence based, aEye, for drones to detect humans & suspicious objects on a pre-defined path. This pug-n-play device can be easily integrated serially and give robots/drones the ability to identify a human presence in the vicinity of its route. It records at the quality of 1080p & also features thermal camera. Hardware Parts & Peripherals DSLRPros [Oakland, 2013]: DSLRPros sells drone filmmaking kits. The company carries out modifications to the standard quadcopters - they modified the motors for better lift and stability -- and attaches the camera with a transmitter that lets user see what's being shot from below. They also installed the GoPro to a gimbal to eliminate vibrations. The company also provides service installations and repair on machines. Has customers like Google, Amazon, NASA, SpaceX and Sony. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 231. Drones Report, July2016231 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (2/19) Company Details Funding Investors Navigation Swift Navigation [San Francisco, 2012]: Swift Navigations's product Piksi is a low-cost, high-performance GPS receiver with Real Time Kinematics functionality for centimetre level relative positioning accuracy. Its small form factor, fast position solution update rate, and low power consumption make Piksi ideal for integration into variety of applications like agriculture, drones and construction and autonomous transportation. Piksi's open source firmware allows it to be easily customized to the particular demands of end users' applications, easing system integration and reducing host system overhead. Raised $166k on Kickstarter. Sold more about 1,000 modules to more than 300 customers. $13.6M First Round Capital, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Promus Ventures, VegasTechFund, Lemnos Labs, Fall Line Capital, VTF Capital Navigation Skysense AB [Stockholm, 2016]: Skysense AB builds an Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) OUT device called BCON1 for use on drones. The ADS-B board transmits information about the drone's location periodically allowing it to be tracked. Skysense claims that its ADS-B boards are the lightest, smallest and most power-efficient ones in the world, thus making them suitable for use in UAVs. Navigation Airobot [Hasselt, 2014]: Airobot manufactures a drone-mounted radar system called Ranger for use in measuring distances. This has applications in close-range flying and collision avoidance. The company also claims to manufacture other safety products for drones. The company has been supported by the European Space Agency, iMinds, Vlaams Accelerator Platform, Droneport and Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology. Navigation IR-LOCK [Savannah, 2014]: IR Lock has developed an IR based beacon named Mark One. It works in conjunction with Pixy IR sensor and helps in mobility and navigation in robots. For implementation in robots, it requires an Arduino board to be integrated with Pixy sensor. The sensor and beacon can also be implemented in drones for control under even GPS denied navigation. The sensor and beacon combo help the UAV in locating and landing at a certain location. Navigation Tersus [Neuchatel, 2014]: Tersus manufactures GNSS navigation modules for integration with unmanned and manned aerial vehicles for surveying, mapping, precision agriculture etc. It builds GNSS boards under the name Precis. Precis navigation modules can work with GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou satellite systems. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 232. Drones Report, July2016232 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (3/19) Company Details Funding Investors Navigation QuadNav [San Diego, 2011]: QuadNav builds a navigation module, called tinyRADAR, for use in collision avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles. The low-power tinyRADAR chip can be carried on-board drones and can detect obstacles up to 20 metres away. This allows the drone to react accordingly and avoid hitting the obstacle. Navigation ImSAR, LLC [Springville, 2004]: ImSAR manufactures lightweight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems for mounting on unmanned aerial vehicles. The SAR can be used for both remote sensing using drones and for collision avoidance for the drone itself. The company's SAR system is called NanoSAR and it can be integrated via its NSP-3, NSP-5 and NSP-8D configuration platforms. ImSAR also builds a ground control station software called the Lisa GS that also includes its Lisa 3D processing software. Navigation Artemis Inc. [Hauppauge, 2000]: Artemis builds lightweight radio imaging systems for deployment on unmanned aerial vehicles. It builds two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems - SlimSAR and MicroASAR. The imaging radars are flexible enough to be used on low-altitude and high-altitude aerial systems, and function on multiple frequencies. Navigation Zubax Robotics [Tallinn, 2014]: Zubax Robotics designs and manufactures flight controller chips and navigation modules (GPS/GLONASS) for use in drones. The navigation module includes a GPS receiver, a barometric altimeter and a compass. The company's electronic speed controller chip is called Orel 20, and similar to the GNSS 2.0, it also is based on a CAN bus architecture. Zubax's design specifications are open source. Zubax has been a member of the DroneCode Project since 2015. Navigation UAV Navigation [San Sebastian de los Reyes, 2004]: UAV Navigation develops autopilot, navigation and ground control hardware and software for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its flight control systems are used in unmanned fixed-wing and rotor-lifted aircraft. It builds end-to-end solutions for flight control including datalinks to ground control stations. Bullnet Capital UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 233. Drones Report, July2016233 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (4/19) Company Details Funding Investors Navigation ANRA Technologies [Chantilly, 2015]: ANRA Technologies builds hardware and software to enable unmanned systems flying at low altitudes to communicate more securely and beyond line-of-sight. This improves both navigation and control of the drone and live data delivery to the ground station. The formal launch of the product is slated for Q2 of 2016. TEDCO Navigation V-Map [ , 2008]: V-Map is a product of Micro Aerial Projects and is a platform independent GPS receiver for UAVs. The V-Map product reduces the reliance on ground control owing to its superior GPS positioning accuracy. The sensor may find application in precise 3D modelling, construction precision agriculture and precise geo-referencing. Navigation Panoptes [Cambridge, 2014]: Panoptes is developing collision free techniques for drones to enable the commercial applications. Developed eBumper4, a collision avoidance system for drones which provides the user with better control over the drone & carefree about collisions. It is a spin-off from Aurora Flight Sciences. Navigation Skybotix [Zurich, 2009]: Skybotix is a developer of autonomously navigating Miniature Aerial Vehicles. It manufactures VI-Sensor. The VI-Sensor is a light-weight, fully-calibrated and time-synchronized hardware platform for visual-inertial odometry applications, e.g. for UAV navigation in cluttered environments. It features a high-quality global shutter HDR stereoscopic camera and an industrial-grade inertial measurement system. Navigation Whirlybird [Mumbai, 2004]: Whirlybird is a developer of technology products in the field of unmanned aerial/ground vehicles. The categories of products it manufactures include navigation systems, telemetry & control. Applications of Inertial measurement unit include 3D navigation & positioning, short range projectile guidance etc. Application industries in which the products are used include robotics, defense, monitoring of harmful places in industries etc. The company was seed funded and incubated by SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Center of IIT Kanpur. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 234. Drones Report, July2016234 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (5/19) Company Details Funding Investors Charging Station & Batteries Skysense [San Diego, 2013]: Skysense provides remote-controlled battery charging stations and pads for commercial drones. Offers Skysense Droneport, a remote-controlled enclosure to hold a charging pad and drone while charging and stationing; and syncs sensor data to the cloud and connectivity within their Skysense Droneport network. The companyââŹâ˘s products enable users to remotely manage their flight missions in the areas of agriculture, inspection, mining and energy, and security. $120k Qualcomm, Techstars Charging Station & Batteries Fly Right Systems [Las Vegas, 2015]: Fly Right Systems has invented green renewable batteryless energy source that will help small UAVs to stay in the air for 2+ hours.The new drone will be ideal for commercial, military/defense, law enforcement and first responder uses. The drone tracking and notification system that the company has invented can be used on aircraft, at airports and other secure locations like military bases, hospitals and prisons. The tracking & reporting technology can also be used for civil purposes in future. Charging Station & Batteries Airogistic [Austin, 2006]: Airogistic is a UAV infrastructure and hardware manufacturer. Its Fleet Stand is a docking station for UAVs, which can perform pre-launch diagnostics, battery recharging, etc. It also manufactures a mobile version of FleetStand called MobiStand for use on ground vehicles. Its Drone Dome allows hobbyists, learner pilots and commercial manufacturers to launch, land and perform other tests on UAVs in a controlled safe environment. In addition, the company 3D prints drones under the brand name AiroKopter. The company also develops a mobile application called FleetNET for managing docking stations. Charging Station & Batteries LaserMotive [Seattle, 2007]: LaserMotive is developing wireless power delivery systems using laser beams to transmit electricity without wires, for applications. They have developed a two part hardware system, consisting of a transmitter and a receiver. The mobile transmitter is capable of delivering tens to thousands of watts of DC power to electric drones (fixed wing or VTOL), over a distance of hundreds of feet to miles away. This ground- to-air recharging will both power the drone and charge the on-board battery while in flight. The transmitter may be based in an SUV, van or other mobile platform or on a static platform or building. The receiver is mounted on the drone and tied into its power system. Winner of 2009 NASA-sponsored Power Beaming competition. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space Angels Network Charging Station & Batteries Dronoco [Amherst, 2015]: Dronoco builds and manages city-wide networks of standardized, fully automated, battery exchange stations for use by all commercial grade multirotor UAV's/Drones, thereby providing unlimited flight distance and duration. These re-fueling stations are fully automated, thus reducing dependencies as well as TAT for refueling. Dronoco charges a small amount of money for the battery swapping. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 235. Drones Report, July2016235 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (6/19) Company Details Funding Investors Charging Station & Batteries Tattu Uav Battery [Provo, 2013]: Tattu is a professional UAV battery company designing,developing and manufacturing smart battery solutions for UAVs which can be used in military drones,security,survey and aerial filming. These batteries go withmajority of products from famous companies like DJI, Cinestar, Droidworx, Parrot and other UAV drones. Designed Tattu plus, an intelligent battery management system (BMS), which smartly manages battery. Its smart functions icludes self balancing, alarm, capacity gauge, protecting battery from over charge and over discharge, self discharge to storage condition, & battery life cycle check. Charging Station & Batteries Elistair [Lyon, 2014]: Elistair has developed SAFE-T, a smart tethered station for civilian drones, offering extended possibilities to operators and drone users. Its micro-tether provides unlimited power and high speed data transfer which enables large access to a global aerial vision, in real time and in a secure manner. SAFE-T is a solution for multiple applications like surveillance, inspection, telecommunications and TV broadcast. Designed to be easily transportable and deployable on any type of terrain, SAFE-T is compact, lightweight and operational in seconds. Sensors Moog Crossbow [Milpitas, 1995]: The company develops smart-sensor technology for military programs and high-value, asset-tracking operations. CrossbowââŹâ˘s product lines include GPS-aided inertial measurements units (IMU), attitude heading reference systems (AHRS), vertical gyroscopes, and digital inclinometer/tilt sensors. The products can be used in both manned and unmanned vehicles. The company uses MEMS and fiber optic gyro (FOG) sensor technology for its products. Some of its customers are Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, EADS and Israel Aerospace Industries and other global-logistics and shipping companies. Moog acquired Crossbow Technologies $12M Cisco, Morgenthaler, Intel Capital, Paladin Capital Group, The Cambria Group Sensors Pixel Velocity [Ann Arbor, 2001]: Pixel Velocity provides configurable software solutions and sensor systems for different operational environments. The company builds imagery and data analytic tools that protect customerââŹâ˘s safety, security and environment from both internal & external threats. Its product portfolio includes Site protection system, Image processing sensors,Leak detection sensors etc. Pixel's industry focus is on Energy industry and National Security. The mentioned solutions helps to maintain safety, improve operational efficiency and enable informed decision making for the business. $11.04M Draper Triangle, Draper Triangle UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 236. Drones Report, July2016236 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (7/19) Company Details Funding Investors Sensors MicaSense [Seattle, 2013]: MicaSense develops technologies that enhance the capabilities of robotic platforms, delivering integrated solutions for data gathering and processing. Develops sensor technologies for unmanned aircraft systems and associated data processing and management services. Products includes RedEdge, an advanced, lightweight, multispectral camera optimized for use drones that provides accurate multi-band data for agricultural remote sensing applications. ATLAS is a powerful data service for storage, processing, analysis, and presentation of multispectral data. Using a secure cloud-based server, raw data is processed into actionable information that can be accessed from any internet-connected device. $9.4M Parrot Sensors SlantRange [San Diego, 2013]: SLANTRANGE manufactures sensors for use in drone-based remote sensing. Its sensor packages are built for a range of unmanned aerial vehicles, starting from small multicopters and including large fixed-wing drones. It also develops software for processing the gathered data at the point of collection. This allows users to access processed data with very low network bandwidth. $5M The Investor Group Sensors Vision Technologies, Inc [Bentonville, 1998]: Vision Technologies manufactures a full product line of Military Standard (MIL-STD) certified and Commercial (non-MIL-STD) Electro Optic (EO) and Forward Looking Infra-Red (IR) fixed and pan and tilt sensor, controllers and supporting hardware and software.The products are designed specifically for the maritime and ground combat environment, heavy industrial applications and fixed and mobile site surveillance in remote environments. Its imaging systems are certified under MIL-STD 901D Grade "A" Shock (Lightweight table and barge), MIL-STD 810F, MIL-STD 461/464, MIL-STD 167, MIL-STD 720, MIL- HDBK-2036, MIL-STD-1399 etc. The company also manufactures NEMESiS UAV is a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) system and can be carried and deployed easily.Vision has also developed and patented a number of engineering methods to ruggedize commercial off the shelf (COTS) components to withstand sever shock, vibration, and extreme environmental conditions found in the Military and Heavy Industrial environments. $1.5M Sensors Mavrx [San Francisco, 2012]: Offers Mavrx sensor that can operate as a handheld tool, fly on a plane or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or mount on a tractor or 4-wheeler for in-field plant health, fruit maturity mapping or land and resource analysis. The sensors are outfitted with GPS orientation, lighting and weather sensors that work with WiFi. Also provides an easy-to-use web platform for farmers to get a real-time management dashboard for their entire field without having to physically walk the farm. Seed investors include Dave Morin, Founder of Path Inc. and Kevin Colleran, Partner at General Catalyst VC. Was incubated at Entrepreneur First, London. $80k Slow Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Aslanoba Capital, Maiden Lane, Visionnaire Ventures, Drone.VC UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 237. Drones Report, July2016237 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (8/19) Company Details Funding Investors Sensors Air Spectral [Nantes, 2015]: Air Spectral manufactures hyperspectral cameras, mainly for use on aerial platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles for surveying, mapping, and precision agriculture purposes. The company is currently at the prototyping stage and do not have any products listed as of June 2016. Sensors Workswell [Prague, 2010]: Workswell manufactures thermal imaging cameras for drones under the name Workswell Thermal Vision Pro. The system allows users to take optical, IR and radiometric photos. The company also builds non-contact imaging temperature measurement systems for other applications such as industrial pyrometers for food, chemical industries, etc. Sensors Itres Research Limited [Calgary, 1979]: Itres manufactures hyperspectral and thermal imaging sensors for use in aerial remote sensing using both manned and unmanned aerial systems. The imaging systems all have GNSS compatibility for georeferencing. The company also offers surveying services. Sensors Tritech International Limited [Aberdeen, 1991]: Tritech specializes in the design and production of acoustic sensors, sonars, video cameras and mechanical tooling equipment. Tritech operates in different underwater markets including Defence, Energy, Engineering, Survey and Underwater Vehicles. Tritech is assigned a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code #7ER79 and is now registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), permitting it to trade directly with the US Federal Government. Sensors Scanse [Santa Barbara, 2014]: Formerly known as Scannable, Scanse manufactures a small LIDAR device called Sweep for consumer applications, chiefly for use in unmanned aerial vehicles. Sweep has a 360Ă° field of view and a rotation rate of up to 10 rotations per second. Its uses are in obstacle avoidance, mapping environments, and in dimensions measurements. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 238. Drones Report, July2016238 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (9/19) Company Details Funding Investors Sensors Agile Sensor Technologies Inc [St. Johns, 2014]: Agile Sensor Technologies manufactures sensors and actuators for unmanned aerial, undersea and ground vehicles. Agile's three main products are AGIL Pose (intelligent camera system, chiefly for underwater performance), AGIL Moto (speed controller for UAVs) and AGIL Motion (actuators). Agile also makes a power-efficient quadcopter called AGIL Copter, for use in inspection applications. Agile claims that their Parallel Kinematic Mechanism allows path-breaking movement for cameras on drones. Agile was spun off from the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). The research team received funding of $3.6M while part of MUN from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador. Gaitech Sensors Tetracam [Chatsworth, ]: Tetracam manufactures a wide range of multispectral cameras and sensors for agricultural remote sensing. It has two lines of products - the Agricultural Digital Camera (ADC), which are single cameras and the Multiple Camera Array (MCA) which are arrays of four, six or twelve synchronized cameras. Tetracam is an OEM to multiple UAV manufacturers. Sensors VairDo Inc [San Jose, 2015]: VAIRDO designs and manufactures both custom and pre-configured miniaturized computing, control and sensing platforms for industries from smart weapons, compact drone sensors & controls, video monitoring and deployable sensors, Robotics, Unmanned systems, consumer electronics. The company's flagship products are sensor,electronics and control systems being used in applications involving computer vision, wireless telemetry and smart computing/sensing. Its target markets are Military, R&D, consumer electronics and B2B solutions. Sensors heurlabs [ , 2010]: Heuristic Labs designs 3D sensors by building modular 3D sensing hardware to enable perceptual computing. The application of these sensors is in 3D perception techniques for automated object detection and scene understanding. Heuristic LabsââŹâ˘ first product is SLIDAR, a combining techniques from Stereo Vision and LIDAR. The SLIDAR 3D Sensing platform provides improved size weight and power (SWaP) over current off the shelf solutions. One of the application of this sensor in UAV can be addressing several safety concerns during the flight or landing of UAV. The sensor will help UAV to see its environment to prevent collision accidents, ensuring a standard safety feature. There is no update from the company about its products for a long period UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 239. Drones Report, July2016239 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (10/19) Company Details Funding Investors Sensors Reality Analytics [New York City, 2015]: Reality Analytics enables devices to understand reality in image, sound, acceleration, vibration and other sensor inputs. The technology is based on patented, advanced artificial intelligence techniques optimized for sensor inputs that can get results often unattainable with other tools. Plug and Play Tech Center Sensors RunCam [Toronto, 2013]: RunCam specialises in FPV cameras and camcorders development & manufacturing. Provides a variety of cameras, transmitters & receivers, & combo packs at low prices. Sensors IR Distro [Burton, 2014]: IR Distro provides Infrared and Thermal Imaging Solutions for a variety of applications. The firm specializes in developing cost effective platform IR/ Thermal solutions for Hand-Held, FPV, and drone platforms. The firm intends to develop and market IR imaging thermal cores at an affordable cost, so it can be used in various industries. Controller EMR Laboratories Inc. [Waterloo, 2005]: EMR Laboratories Inc. manufactures 3D cameras and joystick controls with force feedback for drones. These allow human operators on the ground to experience the flying environment better than they would with 2D visual feedback alone on a controller. The company's 3D cameras have an in-built AR engine that stitches feeds together to create AR experiences for the operator. EMR Labs demonstrated their technology at AUVSI 2015. Controller Digital Micro Devices [Museros, 1997]: Digital Micro Devices (DMD) designs and builds radio controllers for controlling unmanned aerial, ground and surface vehicles, over long ranges. It also builds instrumentation displays and wireless hardware, such as ethernet antennas. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 240. Drones Report, July2016240 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (11/19) Company Details Funding Investors Controller Metron Force [San Francisco, 2012]: Metron Force builds a wearable wrist band called mForce that can be used for controlling devices by hand gestures. Its chief use is in controlling drones, as well as other recreational robots. A single wristband can be used to control multiple devices. A chip called Metron Force brain, with its own battery, needs to be included in the device to be controlled. Controller Dronesmith Technologies [Henderson, 2014]: Dronesmith provides UAV development kits to drone builders, engineers and DIY hobbyists. Its offerings include a programmable flight controller called Luci and a quadcopter airframe called QK-2 controlled by a Luci flight controller. It is also in the process of releasing a development suite. Controller ARA Robotique [Montreal, 2014]: ARA Robotique manufactures flight control systems for drones. Its Skymate line of products can be attached to drones for high-quality radio links, flight data recording, power monitoring and autopiloting. ARA Robotique also provides custom UAV solutions to businesses, including software development and consulting. CDPQ Controller LikeAbird S.L. [Adeje, 2015]: LikeAbird S.L. develops and manufactures avionic and electronic equipment used in the unmanned systems industry.Its product portfolio includes avionic and electronic equipment systems including flight control systems, data links, navigation, ground control stations, payload and mission controller, and customized systems to perform individual functions. LikeAbird 's systems and equipment are targeted to a wide range of applications for agriculture, public safety, photography & videography, industrial inspection, geo- mapping, and search & rescue work worldwide.The company is also an operator of comprehensive services in the unmanned and robotic market segments. Controller JIYI UAV [Shanghai, 2014]: JIYI UAV provides technology tools to users to build their own UAV drones. Their payloads integrate hardware and software into an aerial information platform for the user's application. It provides with flight control, PTZ, optical flow etc. The applications in UAV include aerial photography, industry inspection, precision agriculture (like crop scouting, field mapping, farm surveillance, livestock monitoring, herbicide spray, etc.) UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 241. Drones Report, July2016241 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (12/19) Company Details Funding Investors Controller IronShield [Arlington, 2013]: IronShield (IS) develops portable ground control stations (GCS) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Its Iron Shield Mission Planning System (ISMPS) is an Android-based portable Ground Control Station (GCS) consisting of HW/SW to control a broad range of micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The product allows the user to actively plan and complete missions while in the field without requiring network connectivity. The capabilities include analysis of data collected during a mission, along with the ability to directly control the UAV. The system allows for ease of expansion and can support an array of HW/SW combinations. Controller Fighting Walrus [Brisbane, 2013]: Fighting Walrus Radio is an iOS accessory that uses a 900 MHz link to give the user up to a 1-mile range for controlling the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0. The system can report UAV's critical flight systems and log flight data within a one mile range, and it's compatible with all MAVLink drones. For the device to work, the pilot has to connect a radio receiver to the drone, which will allow it to operate outside of Wi-Fi range and will allow it to communicate directly with the Fighting Walrus device. The team also plans on selling ready-to-fly drones with the device already installed. Raised $23k on Indiegogo. Controller UAVx [Santa Monica, 2014]: UAVX drone controller 'Gravity' is a 7 inch touchscreen with Google Maps Navigation, 2 channels of live HD video, real-time telemetry and Google Glass Heads-Up Display. Integrated telemetry provides altitude, heading, battery voltage, GPS status, and airspeed. The company is currently in the development phase. Frames Mid-Atlantic Multirotor Inc [Pittsburgh, 2013]: Mid-Atlantic Multirotor Inc manufactures and markets quadcopter airframes and airframe parts for use in building drones for commercial and educational purposes under the names X8 and Quadzilla, respectively. The company also sells drone parts, peripherals and accessories on its online store. Frames AIMDROIX [Dublin, 2013]: Aimdroix builds airframes for unmanned aerial vehicles. It builds the Evo line of airframes, under the names One, One Y6, Blackbird 250 and Blazer 180, optimized for various drone functions such as aerial videography and FPV racing. Aimdroix also sells third-party drone parts and peripherals on its online store. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 242. Drones Report, July2016242 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (13/19) Company Details Funding Investors Frames Xray Airframe Design and Development LLC [Portland, ]: Xray Air FrameDesign and Development LLC manufactures multicopter airframes and sells them on its online store. Its main target is the hobbyist and DIY market. Xray manufactures its airframes in various materials starting from low-cost foam to higher-cost aluminium. The company also manufactures custom-ordered parts such as landing gear, gimbals, motors etc. Frames Space One FPV [California, 2014]: Space One FPV designs first-person view (FPV) drones for use in racing and hobby flying. It also sells third-party drone parts, such as motors, ESCs, flight controllers, and hardware replacement parts such as airframes and propellers. Frames Coptercraft [Newbury, 2010]: Coptercraft builds UAV airframes and UAV parts for commercial and military use. It builds parts for fixed-wing drones, multicopters and helicopters. It also provides payload integration services and customizes drones built by other manufacturers. Coptercraft also offers drone maintenance and repair services. Frames Syndrones [Boulevard, 2012]: Syndrones designs and manufactures multi-rotor frames for drones as per customer requirements.Its main product categories are Airframes, Standard frames,Heavy Lift frames and other accessories.Its frames are made from carbon-fibre and its products are Syn-6, Syn-6 Heavy Lift Syn-X8 etc. The accessories include Mount Plate,Adapter Plate,Rail Gimbalplate etc. The company delivers products over more than 5 countries and its customers include Birds Eye Productions,Active Ice Aerial Cum,Sardinia Multirotors, Burgcopters etc. Frames Lumenier [Sarasota, 2013]: Lumenier designs and manufacturers fine FPV multi-rotor frames and other gear. Products include QAV400, QAV500, and QAV540G FPV airframes. Earlier these products had been branded under FPV Manuals but with the creation of Lumenier, these products were consolidated under the Lumenier brand. Also provides motors, cameras, lipos, accessories, airframes, and more. The company innovates in the field of FPV, and work closely with its sister companies, fpvmanuals.com and its distributor GetFPV.com. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 243. Drones Report, July2016243 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (14/19) Company Details Funding Investors Frames QuadRevo [Santa Clara, 2014]: QuadRevo is created by multirotor FPV enthusiasts. They provide variety of multirotor frames. All designing and prototyping is done in a garage in sunny California. Frames are made in USA. They provide frames in a price range of $50-$75. Frames Gryphon Dynamics [Daegu, 2009]: Gryphon Dynamics designs, manufacture & sale body-frames for drones. Offers 4 different types of body frames: Dodeca, 12 winged frame; Octa, 8 winged fram; Hexa, 6 winged body frame; & X8, quadcopter body frame. They also offers propeller wings, motors, and other parts required for developing a drone. Frames QUATERNIUM [Valencia, 2011]: Quaternium develops and manufactures drone base frames under 'Spidex' series and camera stabilizers. Spidex series includes Spidex micro, frame designed for FPV mounting; Spidex V3, frame with GroPro stabilizing base; Spidex Pro, folding base but low load capacity; & Q800, 6 rotor base for multicopters. The company provides frames for video and photography drone development to individuals and organizations. These frames are available to be purchased from their website. Frames DroneKraft [New York City, 2013]: DroneKraft offers high-performance FPV quadcopter frames. 3mm carbon fiber throughout makes the frame lightweight and impact resistant. Extended arm set accommodates up to 7ââŹâ˘ propellers. Three separate vibration dampening systems work together for super-responsive flight and smooth video transmission and recording. The company is currently in beta mode, will soon start selling frames through partner retailers. Professional Cases Camera Vault [Huntington Beach, 2010]: Camera Vault produces and sells drone and camera cases. Its cases contain foam for impact absorption and also contain moisture absorption packs to keep drones, cameras, batteries and other accessories in good working order. Camera Vault's cases are available for large brands such as DJI, 3DR, Nikon, GoPro etc. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 244. Drones Report, July2016244 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (15/19) Company Details Funding Investors Professional Cases Go Professional Cases, Inc [San Diego, 2012]: GPC designs unique cases to fit any and all organizational and protective needs for UAV systems & Drones.The company relies on precision waterjet technologies for the high- end case manufacturing.The hard cases are also completely watertight with an automatic ambient pressure equalization valve, and resistant to UV rays, corrosion and fungus. GPC partners with 3DR, EZDrone,Drones Made Easy etc for its product portfolio. Gimbal Camera ACR Systems [Jozefow, 2015]: Advanced Cinema Robotic (ACR) System designs and builds a gimbal system for use in filming production using cranes and drones. Its Beast Gimbal is a 3-axis gimbal weighing 6.5 lbs. The Beast gimbal can be carried only on medium- or heavy-payload drones. The company also builds a device called Link that allows remote control of the gimbal. Gimbal Camera Viooa [Vancouver, 2015]: Viooa manufactures 360Ă° cameras for unmanned aerial vehicles. It also manufactures virtualized stabilization gimbals and offers an image processing software. The company claims that it can be used for multiple applications without needing to change payloads. It offers geo-tagging of photographs and 3D-modeling from gathered data. Gimbal Camera Sky Drone [Hong Kong, 2012]: Sky Drone manufactures an FPV solution for use in multicopters and fixed-wing drones. It manufactures a hardware module that is meant for fitting on drones, and builds ground station software for low-latency HD video streaming from the drone. Its hardware capabilities also include building lenses for on-board cameras. It also supports gimbal control by head-tracking via the Oculus VR device. Others Skycat Parachutes [Forssa, 2014]: Skycat manufactures parachutes launchers for drones. Its FUSE parachute trigger assembly uses an electrical current to deploy the parachute. Skycat's line of parachute launchers - XS, X48, X55, X68 and XL - covers drones from 1-23 kg, and can be deployed on both multicopters and fixed-wing drones. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 245. Drones Report, July2016245 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (16/19) Company Details Funding Investors Others CKT Engineering Ltd [Tiverton, 2000]: CKT Aero Engineering manufactures exhaust systems for light manned aircraft and for fuel-fired unmanned aerial vehicles. Its expertise is in silencing technologies. Its products are sold in the European, North American and Middle East markets. Others Xoar [Arcadia, 2004]: Xoar Propellers designs and manufactures propellers for RC aircraft and consumer and commercial drones. It builds a broad range of propellers for various classes of rotary aircraft. It also offers a custom propeller building service. The company also builds spinners and propeller covers. The company only sells its products on wholesale. Others Fruity Chutes [Los Gatos, 2007]: Fruity Chutes manufactures parachutes for drones. Its main parachute line is called Iris, and it has variants for multirotor and fixed-wing drones. Its carbon dioxide-based ballistic parachute deployment system is called Peregrine. The company also manufactures parachute accessories such as shock cords and harnesses. Others turncircles [Bremen, ]: Turncircles is a technology company that designs drone components with the objective to remove endurance, speed and range. The company's chief innovation is an axial flux flat motor. Turncircles also develops weight-saving technology for drones, commercial aircraft and electric bicycles and wheelchairs. The company also has an entry in the Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge. Startupbootcamp Others Dragon Circuits [Grand Prairie, 1978]: Dragon Circuits is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, and also designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles. It also offers design consultancy and manufacturing services to individuals and SMEs that want to produce their own drones. Its PCBs are used by clients such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and NASA. The company merged with EPC Inc in early 2016. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 246. Drones Report, July2016246 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (17/19) Company Details Funding Investors Others Fatshark [Thornhill, 2008]: Fatshark manufactures FPV headsets and cameras for use in drones and RC-aircraft. Its line of FPV goggles incorporates head-tracking, and also includes provisions for optical inserts for consumers with less than perfect vision. The company also sells its head-tracking chip and radio receiver chip separately. Others Zanzottera Technologies Srl [Como, 1982]: Zanzottera Technologies designs and builds lightweight engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. It has five engines in its product line - 498H, 498Hs, 305H, 305Hs and 630H. All the engines are air-cooled and are boxer-type. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified for quality. Others International Halter Group [Sisteron, 1982]: International Halter Group designs and manufactures propellers for unmanned aerial vehicles. It works with clients to define specific requirements and designs propellers on proprietary software. The company works through three subsidiaries in three countries - Helices Halter (France), Propellers Design (Switzerland) and Halter Israel Propellers (Israel). The company was founded by the Late Saul Halter. Others Currawong Engineering [Kingston Beach, 2005]: Currawong Engineering builds small engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. It also builds fuel injection systems, engine control units, electronic speed controllers, and avionics. The company also builds ignition systems. It partners with Cloud Cap technologies, HFE International and Cobra Aero. Others Power4Flight [Hood River, 2014]: Power4Flight manufactures a range of sub-30hp engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. It also develops fuel injection systems, electronic speed controllers, sensors, etc. The company claims that its engines have high power-to-weight ratios and low acoustic footprints. Power4Flight also builds ignition systems. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 247. Drones Report, July2016247 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (18/19) Company Details Funding Investors Others Aero Telemetry [Los Angeles, 1994]: Aero Telemetry builds unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic components for drones. Its technology also includes wireless communication systems for UAVs, including video, voice and data communication links. The company also builds flyable model planes for use in movie-making. Its communication modules are in use with the US Military for low-cost and low priority missions. Others UAV Engines [Lichfield, 2012]: UAV Engines manufactures lightweight engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its engines come in both air-cooled and water-cooled variants. These engines are optimized for using on tactical drones, target (single-use) drones, chiefly military drones. The company also provides engine integration services. Others North UAV [San Francisco, 2015]: North UAV manufactures and sells hardware parts for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its chief product is called Mayday and is a drone parachute system. The parachute system consists of a chip that senses free fall and deploys the parachute. It also sells other hardware parts and its chief clients are UAV manufacturers and drone DIY hobbyists. Others UAV Turbines [Miami, 2014]: UAV Turbines builds gas-fired microturbine engines for unmanned aerial vehicles. It claims quieter performance than internal combustion engines and lower fuel consumption than other microturbines. These microturbine propulsion systems are built for use in military drones, specifically Class 3 and Class 4 drones of the US military. Others Reebeez [Austin, 2014]: Reebeez designs and builds solid-state microengines for drones. This is designed as a replacement for the lithium ion battery and electric motor combination that most drones use. Reebeez claims that its microengines can increase the endurance of drones by a factor of 6-8. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 248. Drones Report, July2016248 Hardware Parts & Peripherals (19/19) Company Details Funding Investors Others Tiger Motors [Fremont, 2009]: T-motor Brushless motor develops & provides components and systems for the Aerial photograph, some Industry and commercial application in the precision drive technology sector. They mainly offers variety of motors & propellers for drones along with various other components. Others Stereolabs [San Francisco, 2008]: Stereolabs offers stereoscopic 3D depth sensing devices for entertainment and industrial markets which can be utilized in drones, robots & cars to provide an 'understanding' of depth. Their primary product is ZED Stereo Camera, a lightweight depth sensor based on passive stereovision. Available for order through their website at $449. Others Sagetech Corp [Hood River, 1998]: Sagetech Corporation designs and manufacturers superior electronic subsystems for the unmanned and manned aviation industries. Including Mode S Transponders and Clarity ADS- B receivers. Also provides XP series of transponders that are small, light weight, plug and play components and requires low energy consumption. Flight Computational Partners includes Cloud Cap Technologies, UAV Navigation & Airware. Clients include NASA, Northrop Grumman, Insitu, University of Florida and many others. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 249. Drones Report, July2016249 Counter-Drone Systems (1/5) Company Details Funding Investors Counter-Drone Systems DroneShield [Herndon, 2014]: DroneShield develops technologies to identify unauthorized drones based on real-time alerts generated by patent-pending acoustic detection technology. Its products can also sense drones that are invisible to radar or that lack radio-frequency links. The offerings are omni-directional Sensor for broad full range drone detection Systems, Long-range sensor for far-reaching drone detection Systems and Droneshield User Interface for online monitoring of local drone activity. The solutions are used for Government entities, Airports, Critical Infrastructure protection, Prisons etc. Its solutions can also store data from alerts for use as digital evidence in legal proceedings. $26.23M Counter-Drone Systems Aveillant [Cambridge, 2011]: Aveillant is a radar technology company that specializes in 3D holographic radar. Unlike traditional radar, 3D holographic radar scans the sky all the time. Its Gamekeeper 16U system is a Drone DetectionSystems solution. Aveillant claims that Gamekeeper 16U can detect and track multiple and even very small consumer drones. Its other radar systems are used for wind farm mitigation and other general surveillance applications. $22.94M DFJ Venture, dfjesprit, Cambridge Consultants, esbhomes.com, Draper Esprit Counter-Drone Systems Dedrone [Kassel, 2014]: Dedrone has developed a technical solution named "DroneTracker" to protect usersââŹâ˘ airspace from airborne threats. DroneTracker utilizes an array of sensors to detect drones in real time. Based on multiple parameters such as noise, shape, movement patterns etc, DroneTracker can detect different types of drones. The built-in camera saves images and videos to provide crucial evidence of the threat intrusion. Its solution is suited for Industrial & Government facilities, Nuclear power plants, Private buildings etc. $12.9M Menlo Ventures, Target Partners Counter-Drone Systems SkySafe [San Diego, 2015]: SkySafe offers airspace security with detailed event history (reference for future legal proceedings, if any) and real-time notifications. The security system can take control of a drone without using jamming technology and can safely land it. Its solution is in testing phase and will be launched in the second half of 2016. $3M Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Founder Collective, BoxGroup UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 250. Drones Report, July2016250 Counter-Drone Systems (2/5) Company Details Funding Investors Counter-Drone Systems Drone Defence [ , 2016]: Drone Defence builds Counter-Drone Systems and disabling technologies. It builds a detection system called Drone Tracker, using audio, visual and near-optical IR sensing. Its disabling technology, called Net Gun X1 is a hand-held tool that can be used to project a net for capturing drones up to 15 metres away. The company also provides consultancy on counter-drone measures to enterprises. Counter-Drone Systems Kelvin Hughes [Enfield, 1800]: Kelvin Hughes is a radar technology company that uses a base radar module called SharpEye SxV to offer tailored security and surveillance solutions for airports, ports, estates, wildlife preserves, etc., including battlefield radar surveillance. Its also offers a range of maritime radar solutions. Its display and interface software is called CxEye. Its Counter-Drone Systems system can be integrated with optical cameras and deployed on a single mast solution. The system is limited to Counter-Drone Systems and does not offer any disabling methods. Counter-Drone Systems Netvision Drone Detector [Greenville, 2015]: Netvision Drone Detector develops Counter-Drone Systems systems for critical infrastructure installations such as airports, nuclear installations, etc, large estates, prisons and commercial venues. The Netvision Drone Detector uses audio and RF detection to locate drones and their operators. It claims that its algorithms ensure almost zero false positives The company is a division of Netvision 360 Security Group. Counter-Drone Systems Domestic Drone CounterMeasures [Oregon City, 2014]: Domestic Drone CounterMeasures (DDC) develops a Counter-Drone Systems system for consumer use, in homes. The system works by creating a wireless mesh network between a Primary Command and Control Module and two Detection Sensor Nodes, and triangulating the position of other moving transmitters within the network. The company also offers a commercial solution on specific request. Counter-Drone Systems Aaronia [Bonn, 2003]: Aaronia is a manufacturer of radio-frequency based products including, RF spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, magnetic and RF shielding materials and devices, RF probes and antennae, RF Counter-Drone Systems systems, etc. It also builds software for its spectrum analyzer hardware. Its Counter- Drone Systems system can be used standalone or can be connected together to detect drone intrusions into large areas. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 251. Drones Report, July2016251 Counter-Drone Systems (3/5) Company Details Funding Investors Counter-Drone Systems Robin Radar [The Hague, 2010]: Robin Radar Systems designs and manufactures radar systems for detecting small flying objects such as birds, bats and drones. Its Counter-Drone Systems system is called Elvira. It can detect drones in crowded urban environments that, and is optimized for differentiating between birds and drones. It can also locate multiple drones in the sky to provide protection against drone swarms. Mainport Inno Fund Counter-Drone Systems SensoFusion [Vantaa, 2014]: SensoFusion designs and builds a Counter-Drone Systems and disabling system called AIRFENCE. AIRFENCE uses RF detection to discover intruding drones and takes control of them. SensoFusion claims AIRFENCE to be effective in a radius of 10 km, and to be completely autonomous, with a manual option. AIRFENCE can also be used to locate the operator of an intruding drone. SensoFusion works with agencies such as the Finnish Defence Forces, NATO and the US FAA. Counter-Drone Systems Department 13 [Columbia, 2010]: Department 13 (D13) is a mobile and wireless technology company. Its first product is a Counter-Drone Systems and disabling product called Mesmer. Mesmer is a software solution that detects radio-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles and disables drones using a method that it calls protocol manipulation. Mesmer can function autonomously as well as with a human controller. D13 has a partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton. Counter-Drone Systems OpenWorks Engineering [Ridingmill, 2015]: OpenWorks Engineering is an engineering firm that aims to develop product-based solutions for the rail, defense, energy, security, agriculture and industrial sectors. The chief area of focus for OpenWorks is security and counter-terrorism. Its flagship product Skywall is an anti-drone gun that can be used by an operator to shoot a net at a target drone (static or moving), using a compressed gas-powered launcher and a projectile that includes a net and other components, such as a parachute for intact recovery of the target drone, or a radio jamming device to prevent possible remote detonation of the target drone by hostiles. Counter-Drone Systems Delft Dynamics [The Hague, 2006]: Delft Dynamics manufactures DroneCatcher - a drone system that captures other drones by firing a net mid-air. The net is fitted with a parachute to ensure that the captured drone is not destroyed on impact with the ground. The DroneCatcher project was approved by the Dutch government as part of an SBIR tender, "Protection against unmanned mobile systems". Delft Dynamics manufactures three models - RH2 'Stern', RH3 'Swift' and RH4 'Spyder'. Delft Dynamics also conducts research projects and has built image processing tools for use with drone-captured images. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 252. Drones Report, July2016252 Counter-Drone Systems (4/5) Company Details Funding Investors Counter-Drone Systems DroneLabs LLC [Austin, 2014]: Drone Labs secures people and property from unwanted drone intrusions. The flagship product of the company is Drone Detector. Drone Detector warns when drones are in the area through a proprietary process and sends alerts that can integrate with existing security protocols. Additionally, the data collected by Drone Detector can be used in the apprehension and prosecution of violators through real-time warnings and digital evidence collection. The system can alert for air, ground, and water-based threats. Counter-Drone Systems Blighter Surveillance Systems Limited [Cambridge, 2013]: Blighter develops radar and sensor solutions primarily for security & surveillance purposes. The Blighter family of radars can scan area up to 32 km in range and are targeted to defence, national border security, critical infrastructure protection and coastal security. Its UAV Defence System named "Blighter AUDS" is designed to neutralise small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Blighter AUDS is a smart-sensor system and uses radio frequency signal to detect unwanted drones. The system can be used both in remote or urban areas. Counter-Drone Systems Orelia [Paris, 2013]: Drone Detector is a product offered by the ORELIA company. It is a device (also called acoustic sensor) that can detect different types of civilian drones. ORELIA maintains a software platform to manage this device. The platform can receive alarms, record data and send necessary information to these sensors. Drone-Detectors use Jammer technology to automatically stop any unwanted flying object within the designated area. Counter-Drone Systems Gryphon Sensors [Syracuse, 2014]: Gryphon Sensors develops ground-based UAS radar to detect/track small drones. It uses radar technology along with additional sensors such as IR cameras, acoustic and other sensors for its tracking. Electronic support systems are employed to receive and locate radio frequency signals from the intruder. Its solution is also effective in adverse weather condition. The company operates as a fully owned subsidiary of SRC, Inc. Counter-Drone Systems HGH Infrared Systems [Igny, 1982]: HGH Infrared Systems develops optronic systems primarily for security, safety & testing purposes for civil, industrial & defense applications. Its flagship product is SPYNEL series that is 360 degree thermal imaging camera system. SPNEL series has 5 different types models based on detection range and zoom capability. The cameras uses infrared sensors and has the highest detection range of 8 km. The company's other products are Blackbodies for test & measurement and KILNSCAN scanners & PYROSCAN cameras for industrial Thermography solutions. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
- 253. Drones Report, July2016253 Counter-Drone Systems (5/5) Company Details Funding Investors Counter-Drone Systems DeTect Inc [Panama City, 2003]: DeTect develops radar remote sensing technology solutions for security & surveillance, aviation safety and other purposes. The company offers a range of radar systems specific to particular industry/purpose. Its solution for drone and small UAV intrusion detection is HARRIER line of radars. HARRIER can function upto 20,000 feet above the ground and can detect in both air and marine. These radars can act standalone and also can be programmed based on the required parameters. Using HARRIER Visual Warning System, the radar can detect and block any unwanted flying object within its operating area. The company claims to have installed 280+ radar systems across the globe. Counter-Drone Systems CerbAir [Orsay, 2015]: Cerbair develops civilian Counter-Drone Systems system named "DroneWatch" that uses stereovision technologies and advanced algorithms. DroneWatch is able to detect, track and identify any flying threat in real-time and in any environment. Its automatic warning system can identify the violators through real- time alerts and digital evidence collection. Its solution can be used in Defense sector, Government organizations, Office & Public areas, Airports etc. The company has been quoted in several media channels such as Le Point, La Tribune, Silicon, La Croix etc. CerbAir is a subsidiary of Technofounders. Counter-Drone Systems StarRiver [Toronto, 2015]: StarRiver specializes in analyzing, testing and development of detection, response technologies and systems to establish a defense solution to encounter threats from unmanned systems or drones. ââŹâš Its solution for drone security is still in development phase and has four stages i.e. Deterrence, Detection, Delay and Response.The solution will counter the threats in air, on the ground, and under water. UAV Manufacturers Software End-to-end Solution Providers Service Providers Hardware Parts & Peripherals Counter-Drone Systems
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- 255. Drones Report, July2016255 Team Anupam Das Senior Analyst, Technology Global Vijaya Bhaskar Rao Lead Analyst, Technology Global