Vision Aerial FlightOps
Data Acquisition Flight Services
Vision Aerial drones are proudly made in America.
Professional Drone Flight Services
You may be aware of the benefits of using drones, but might not be ready to start a drone program within your organization. Our experienced team can help you develop a proof of concept, gather the data you need, and provide actionable insights. Furthermore, we can help you develop a drone program or provide customized training when the time is right.
Industry Applications
FlightOps’ specialties include thermal inspections, thermal mapping, and low-accuracy photogrammetry. Our data acquisition services cover the following applications:
Electric Utility
- Transmission & Distribution (T&D) inspections
- Asset management (location updates)
- Vegetation encroachment analysis
- Solar panel inspections
- Wind turbine inspections
Oil & Gas
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) leak detection
- Underground pipe leak detection
- Safety compliance surveys
Roofing
- Visual/thermal roof inspections
- Residential/commercial
- Leak detection
- Measurements for material estimates
Environmental
- Water sampling
- Environmental monitoring
- Wildlife conservation (population counts)
- Land management
- Endangered plant survey
Agriculture
- Crop counting
- Pest/disease control
- Crop health analysis
- Seed spreading
Search & Rescue
- Thermal scouting
Forestry
- High fire risk scouting
- Firebreak planning
- Tree counting
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Our Team
With roots in aviation, GIS, and data acquisition services, our team of FAA Part 107 pilots strictly adheres to industry-standard operating procedures and checklists to ensure safety.
Chris Jackson
sUAS Pilot, Head of Data Acquisition, and Trainer
- Over 700 successful missions and 300+ commercial flight hours
- BA in Unmanned Systems
Our Process
Every project is unique, so the first step is an in-depth consultation. Then we build a project plan with custom SOPs and checklists to ensure all your requirements are met. In the field, a step-by-step quality control process ensures the flights are completed as accurately and efficiently as possible. During post-processing, our quality assurance program ensures accuracy by cross-checking the data acquired with known coordinates.
High-Quality Equipment
FlightOps employs the highest quality equipment to ensure your end results are exceptional. As technology changes, the team adapts new payloads and techniques to keep in step with industry expectations.
- Vision Aerial drones
- Workswell WIRIS Pro EO/IR sensor (thermal/RGB)
- MicaSense multispectral sensors
- High-resolution, Sony RGB cameras
- Flir/Workswell GIS-320 Optical Gas Imaging sensor
- RTK positioning system
Superior Outputs
Based on your needs, there are a variety of supported file formats we can provide. For example, if you want to import the final outputs into CAD software, we can provide the data in .dxf format. Some examples of the files types we can provide include: .tiff, .shp, .dxf, .obj, and .las.
In addition to high-resolution images tagged with geodata, FlightOps can provide:
- Orthomosaics
- 3D Point Clouds
- 3D Textured Meshes
- Digital Elevation Models
- Digital Terrain Models
- Digital Surface Models
- Contours
- Volumetric Stockpile Analysis
FlightOps Consulting
Creating a drone program from scratch can be a daunting task. Our experienced team can help you put a team together, define roles and responsibilities, create processes, workflows, checklists, select equipment, recommend post-processing software, and develop a quality assurance program.
FlightOps also offers custom training programs. Basic flight training, payload operations, mission planning, or train-the-trainer curriculums can be customized to your particular needs.