Commercial systems desk · 11 mission lanes
Choose the client mission, assemble the smallest complete system, prove the handoff, then upgrade only when paid demand creates a requirement.
Mission selector
Selected mission
Build the FAA, state, pesticide, insurance, tender, and recordkeeping path before selecting the application aircraft.
The aircraft is one component of a regulated application business; it is not the first purchase.
Buyer
Growers, co-ops, crop consultants, and custom applicators
Accepted output
A legal, label-compliant application with an auditable as-applied record
Open the full mission guideMinimum viable system
Check an item only when the system meets its field acceptance test. Owning the object is not the same as being ready to sell the work.
System readiness
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Stored for this visit only. Verify requirements on every assignment.
Establish what can be applied, by whom, with which aircraft, and under which records
Why it earns a place
Part 107 alone does not authorize dispensing. Part 137, aircraft weight, exemptions, state credentials, label language, and insurance can all matter.
Ready when
Written FAA path, state credential review, label process, insurance confirmation, and operating limitations.
Define where treatment is intended and who owns the agronomic decision
Why it earns a place
An application map is only valid when it comes from a qualified treatment and label workflow.
Ready when
Correct field, crop, material, rate, exclusion zones, prescription owner, and version control.
Control material handling and keep refill operations from becoming the weak point
Why it earns a place
Throughput and safety depend on the ground system as much as the aircraft.
Ready when
Label-aligned PPE, clean water, spill response, containment, mix process, waste handling, and emergency plan.
Preserve operator, aircraft, material, rate, weather, field, time, and application evidence
Why it earns a place
The buyer and regulators may need a defensible record long after the flight.
Ready when
Required state and label fields plus aircraft, mission, maintenance, and source prescription retained.
Field pack
Label-specified PPE
Protect handlers and applicators according to the product and operation.
Spill kit and secondary containment
Control a mix, transfer, or transport failure.
Clean water and decontamination station
Support hygiene, emergency response, and equipment cleaning.
Weather instruments and documented source
Record conditions relevant to the label and application decision.
Tender spares and nozzles approved for the method
Keep the actual application system consistent and maintainable.
Procurement method
This page recommends capabilities and systems, not a universal shopping cart. Exact aircraft, payload, software, security, and approval requirements remain assignment-specific.
An orthomosaic, listing gallery, thermal dataset, search record, and cinema take are different products. Write the handoff before choosing hardware.
Cover aircraft, payload, power, field control, software, source custody, QA, and delivery. A drone by itself is not a working stack.
Run the complete workflow and test the output in the client's destination system before promising compatibility, accuracy, or turnaround.
Add RTK, thermal, LiDAR, zoom, FPV, or a larger aircraft only when a funded assignment creates a requirement the baseline cannot meet.
Continue the working path
Use the mission guide to learn the deliverable, the software desk to choose the production stack, the requirements checker to identify approvals, and the profit calculator to include processing, subscriptions, travel, insurance, and equipment reserve.
Source policy
Regulatory cautions link to FAA, EPA, USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other primary or official material. Product buttons route through Drone Authority's existing tracked catalog; Amazon links may earn a commission, while manufacturer options remain available when they are the useful source. Compatibility, prices, support, and rules can change.
Verify current FAA requirements