Asset Integrity & Inspection

For business operations with large warehouse and distribution centres, it is imperative that operations are running efficiently with minimal down-time. This means that regular inspections are required to ensure that faults are found quickly. These vast locations, often filled with miles of shelving packed with goods stacked right up to the ceiling, can be tricky […]

What is LIDAR? It’s a common question for those new to the more technological side of surveying operations, including the use of drones for aerial mapping and inspections. The short answer is that it’s much like radar and sonar for detecting the location of objects, only it fires out a laser. A slightly longer one […]

The Flyability ELIOS 2 is the ultimate drone for industrial inspection applications. Find out about the ELIOS 2 on these blogs: ELIOS 2 contributes to savings of £750,000 at Severn Trent Water ELIOS 2 inspects a Sewer System in Barcelona ELIOS 2 fault-finding in a Pilsner Brewery Recently our UAV strategist George Burne went live […]

Moonrock are the leading drone insurance provider in the UK and provide cost-effective, comprehensive insurance policies for commercial drone pilots. They won Insurance Product of The Year at the UK Drone Show and currently provide drone insurance policies for thousands of pilots. The business itself was founded by UAV Pilot and CEO Simon Ritterband after […]

For UK police forces, drone technology is now non-negotiable. Keeping drones out of the wrong hands and the wrong places is certainly a consideration, but drone technology also gives the police many advantages in their fight against crime. There is a range of police activities which drones are helping with, from taking photographs of crime […]

How are drones impacting industries and services that relied previously on extensive man-power? Rather than take over roles with a heavy human element, drones are empowering those in various professions to get the job done quickly and with much higher accuracy. This infographic explores just three of those industries with examples of how specialist drones […]

With recent sensational documentaries and news stories in the press, we thought it was time to point out just some of the positive impacts drones have had in the UK and the rest of the world!   1. When a man used his drone to save his children from a shark A Father taking aerial […]

Thinking of upgrading your current aircraft model to a WingtraOne Fixed Wing? Check out our Wingtra trade-in scheme and save up to £3,900 on a brand new drone. WingtraOne: The benefits of a high-quality fixed wing solution Although quadcopters might be considered the coolest kids on the block in the drone world, many professional operators […]

Parrot Anafi Thermal In years gone by even considering having a thermal team as part of your everyday inspection crew might have seemed like something of a luxury item. With expensive equipment coupled with the demand for specialist training, having access to this crucial data might have been considered too much of a stretch for […]

Flyability Elios 2 – To boldly go where no drone has gone before…   When you think of aerial inspections some of the most common applications that spring to mind might involve wide open spaces with plenty of room to manoeuvre, such as large buildings, power lines, solar farms, construction sites and so. However, there’s […]

Cheaper, Faster, Safer – Powerline Surveys with the Matrice 210 RTK By their very nature, power lines are hazardous and difficult to inspect. Up to 400 KV of electrical current running through millions of miles of cables at a height of around 55m, connecting communities and businesses around the world. Our reliance on electricity is […]

In a previous blog entry, we’d looked at some of the options available to anyone looking to introduce aerial thermal imaging into their work, such as the XT2 camera, FLIR Duo Pro and MicaSense RedEdge. However, while those are all extensions for an existing drone, with the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual, DJI has created a […]