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Flying a drone for commercial operations such as aerial filming, terra photography, or property inspections allows you to enjoy flying in an amazing variety of places while earning a living at the same time. However, it is worth noting that you always need to be ready for any issues during or before flying your drone.

COPTRZ are excited to announce the availability of two new partner payloads, this news comes live from DJI at the Airworks conference in LA. The new payloads are the U10 UAV Based Laser Methane Leakage Detector and the Wingsland Z15 Gimbal Spotlight. U10 UAV Based Laser Methane Leakage Detector The U10 is a light-weight, high-sensitivity […]

How did it all begin and what have COPTRZ achieved. Here is the story of COPTRZ with founders Steve Coulson and Paul Luen. 

COPTRZ DDaaS – Drone Detection as a Service The use of drones has grown tremendously over the past 2 years, both in hobbyist and commercial aspects. With the increasing number of drones taking to the skies, naturally, there is a growing concern for public safety, air traffic safety and privacy. In response, DJI, in partnership […]

If you hadn’t already noticed, the ever-changing drone industry is facing a whole new beginning in terms of the rules and regulations. In light of the recent announcements by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), followed by the CAP 1789 document released by the CAA, we thought it was time to clear up some of […]

The drone market is booming and with every drone bought is the creation of a new drone pilot. Although lots of drone pilots are using drones for fun, COPTRZ does recommend a PfCO course to any pilot planning on flying a drone not just for the commercial reasons. A PfCO is a Permission for Commercial […]

Martek Drones Ltd Trading as Coptrz are delighted to announce that we have gained ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification from TUV UK Ltd with zero non-conformances. We are really proud to have achieved this as it reflects all the hard work we have put in. This will provide an invaluable benefit to the organisation, […]

Drones, Britains Next Air Disaster? Earlier this week BBC Two aired a Horizon special documentary, ‘Britains Next Air Disaster? Drones?‘. Some might say the documentary is biased and the content is very much anti-drone. It’s fair to say this along with Panorama‘s ‘The Gatwick Drone Attack’ struck a nerve with DJI. DJI has issued a […]

As the drone industry continues to expand at a rapid rate, it’s no surprise to see the number of commercial opportunities increase as well. This could be from drone enthusiasts, such as aerial photographers looking to make money from their flying skills, or for existing businesses, such as surveying and inspection teams looking to train […]

When DJI first announced the original Matrice 200 Series back in February 2017, it was seen as a clear commitment by the company towards the professional or ‘enterprise’ sector. We’d already seen the Matrice 600 which was clearly targeting the broadcast and filmmaking communities, but with the majority of DJI’s fleet still mostly within the […]

DJI has launched DJI Terra, a new software tool that enables drone data to be transformed into digital 3D models and maps for easy analysis and decision making. DJI Terra enables businesses and organizations using DJI drone technology to capture, visualize and analyze aerial images for a wide variety of applications across the public safety, […]

The COPTRZ team recently had the pleasure of catching up with Chris McGonigle, a previous COPTRZ CAA PfCO student and owner of PurpleBee Productions, a commercial drone services business. Read on to find out what Chris told us about what life is like as a commercial drone pilot and the success he’s already achieved since […]