From agriculture to surveillance and mapping: The rise of custom-built drones for commercial applications

Custom Drones in Industry

With the numbers of applications and use cases for drones constantly increasing it is common that new applications needs something slightly different from what is available off the shelf. There is frequently a need to find a machine that can operate within quite specific operational parameters, in unusual ways or very particular circumstances. In some cases there is a need to carry experimental or prototype payloads, or even sensor packages that were never designed to operate in the air.

Currently the vast majority of our work involves some kind of system customisation. This may be something as simple as specifying a particular set of components to optimise performance, but can often involve more. Making changes to an airframe to enable the use of different sensors, fit unusual antennas, attach non-standard payloads, integrate power systems for payloads, customise landing gear, or customised functionality are commonplace. In some cases an entirely bespoke aircraft specifically designed for the particular application may be the only solution.

With our long history of building unusual VTOL flying machines, and our ability to manufacture many parts either in house or through our carefully chosen manufacturing partners, we are able to work with our customers to produce bespoke or customised systems that most closely fulfil their specific requirements.

Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss your project, we are happy to sign an NDA if required and you may be surprised how inexpensive a custom solution can be.