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
Start from the asset taxonomy and acceptance standard. Match RGB, zoom, or thermal capability to the reviewer rather than buying a payload first.
The aircraft collects evidence; the asset owner and qualified reviewer define the defect and action.
Buyer
Utilities, solar owners, telecom firms, and infrastructure operators
Accepted output
Complete asset coverage, traceable findings, and reviewer-ready visual or thermal data
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
0/4
Stored for this visit only. Verify requirements on every assignment.
Repeatable overview, component, label, connection, and condition views
Why it earns a place
The right baseline is the smallest supported system that meets standoff, detail, wind, access, and site requirements.
Ready when
Buyer-approved image detail, complete asset index, controlled standoff, and a safe contingency path.
Tie every source file to site, asset, component, orientation, and capture requirement
Why it earns a place
Unindexed imagery creates review labor and makes missed components difficult to detect.
Ready when
Asset IDs, required views, sequence, exclusions, and completion status visible in the field.
Integrate with energized assets, substations, rooftops, towers, rail, traffic, or industrial hazards
Why it earns a place
An aviation plan does not replace asset-owner rules, qualified escorts, clearances, or emergency procedures.
Ready when
Site induction, hazard boundaries, owner contact, PPE, communications, and stop-work authority.
Preserve image quality and turn observations into traceable review records
Why it earns a place
The reviewer needs source data, asset context, conditions, and consistent finding identifiers.
Ready when
Original files, file index, capture conditions, annotations, reviewer status, and final export.
Field pack
Site-specific PPE and arc/industrial controls
Meet the asset owner's actual hazard program.
Radio and qualified-site contact
Coordinate switching, access, traffic, lifts, and emergency actions.
Weather and thermal-condition record
Preserve the context needed to interpret temperature data.
Offline asset index and spare media
Complete coverage even when site connectivity is restricted.
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