Top Companies in the Drone Industry

As per the analysis by IMARC Group, the global drones market size reached US$ 22.1 Billion in 2021. The top drone companies are focusing on customized and technologically advanced drone variants that can be modified to create minimal noise and pass through narrow and confined spaces for commercial applications. They are also using composite-based materials to construct critical components and parts of drones that would increase the capabilities of the drone platforms and escalate its rapid adoption across different industries. Moreover, several companies are developing advanced technology-integrated drone hardware and software solutions that reduce human effort in applications, such as construction, mining, and aerial mapping. For instance, in October 2019, Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) partnered with Air Canada and the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) to launch the world’s first airport-based drone delivery hub.  Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach US$ 43.4 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 12.56% during the forecast period (2022-2027).

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List of Top Drones Manufacturing Companies Worldwide:

3D Robotics

Establishment - 2007 
Headquarter – California, United States
Website - https://www.3dr.com/

3DR is an industry leader that makes hardware and software for data analysis for construction, engineering, and mining companies and government agencies. These products and services assist users in land mapping and site scanning, collecting accurate aerial data of the job site, converting drone photos into maps, models, and point clouds, and providing comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support, allowing clients to make better and more informed decisions about construction sites. The company also manufactures professional flight controllers intended for multi-rotor stabilization control of various platforms or heavy payloads in aerial photography, mapping, and personal enjoyment.

AeroVironment Inc

Establishment - 1971 
Headquarter – Virginia, United States
Website - https://www.avinc.com/

AeroVironment, Inc. is well known for developing a series of lightweight human-powered and solar-powered vehicles. It is the Pentagon’s top supplier of small drones, including the Raven, Wasp, and Puma models. The company combines advanced future defining technologies such as robotics, sensors, software analytics, and connectivity. This helps them generate meaningful information, and extend the reach and awareness of military and commercial customers to make wise decisions.

Birdseyeview Aerobotics Inc.

Establishment - 2011 
Headquarter – New Hampshire, United States
Website - http://www.birdseyeview.aero/

BirdsEyeView Aerobotics is a drone manufacturing company that offers various services, including mapping, agricultural, powerline, and pipeline monitoring. The company’s flagship product, the FireFLY6 PRO, is a long-range flying wing with powerful vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. Moreover, the FireFLY6 PRO can be launched quickly from anywhere and lands accurately and softly, thereby eliminating the crash-land pitfalls of pure fixed-wing platforms.

Delair SAS

Establishment - 2011 
Headquarter – Toulouse, France
Website - https://delair.aero/

Delair, formerly known as Delair-Tech, is a leading company that provides high-performance drone-based solutions, enabling companies and governments to obtain their specific drone project objectives. The company also offers fixed-wing drones and software analytics programs that can be used in the utilities, transportation, oil and gas, mining, agriculture, and emergency services industries. With over a decade of experience in designing and manufacturing several generations of professional drones, it offers ranges from deploying Delair UAV technology, executing technical studies, and developing drone systems and subsystems.

DroneDeploy Inc.

Establishment - 2013
Headquarter – California, United States
Website - https://www.dronedeploy.com/

DroneDeploy is the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones. It is transforming the way businesses leverage drones and aerial data across industries, including agriculture, construction, mining, inspection and surveying. The company enables professional-grade imagery and analysis, and 3D modelling from any drone on any device. These applications assist in minimizing the additional costs, simplify workflow management and enhance data security. As a result, they are widely used in inspection, agriculture, surveillance, construction, mining and quarries, and oil and gas industries to collect real-time data.

Intel Corporation

Establishment - 1968
Headquarter – California, United States
Website - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html

Intel Corporation is the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer company. The company entered the drone industry with the first Intel-branded commercial multirotor drone for the North American markets named the Intel® Falcon 8+ System, which had flight system redundancies built-in. Later on, Intel expanded its capabilities by acquiring MAVinci GmbH, a private fixed-wing company with best-in-class flight planning software. In addition, Intel also launched The Intel Shooting Star drone, which is the company’s first drone designed with a super-lightweight structure and virtually limitless color combinations for entertainment light shows.

Parrort SA

Establishment - 1994
Headquarter – Paris, France
Website - https://www.parrot.com/en

Parrort SA is a leading European group in the fast-growing industry of drones. It is a wireless products manufacturer company specializing in voice recognition and signal processing for embedded products and drones. It offers drones for inspection, first responders, firefighters, search-and-rescue teams, security agencies, and surveying professionals. The company also manufactures consumer drones, including mini, AR, and bebop drones. However, Parrort has spent the last few years shifting the focus of its core business to commercial drone solutions.

Precisionhawk Inc.

Establishment - 2010
Headquarter – North Carolina, United States
Website - https://www.precisionhawk.com/

PrecisionHawk is a commercial drone and data company that develops software for aerial data analysis (DataMapper) and drone safety systems (LATAS). It was one of the first commercial drone companies focused on agricultural aerial data. Presently, PrecisionHawk provides drone and UAV remote sensing applications and data processing services in energy, agriculture, and telecom. The sensors on the drones collect crop or livestock data; and upload it on PrecisionAnalytics Agriculture, which is an aerial mapping and analytics platform. This enables the users to capture high-resolution bands of light, near-infrared and radiometric thermal data.

SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. (iFlight Technology Co. Ltd.)

Establishment - 2006
Headquarter – Shenzhen, China
Website - https://www.dji.com/company

SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., popularly known as its trade name DJI, manufactures commercial drones for aerial photography and videography. It also designs and manufactures camera gimbals, action cameras, camera stabilizers, flight platforms, propulsion systems, and flight control systems. The company makes remote-controlled quadcopters and commercial drones for agriculture, forestry, aerial photography, and security applications. Its camera drone technology is widely used in the music, television, and film industries, and militaries and police forces.

Terra Drone Corporation

Establishment - 2016
Headquarter – Tokyo, Japan
Website - https://www.terra-drone.net/global/

Terra Drone is a leading commercial drone services company that provides innovative drone solutions such as aerial surveys, infrastructure inspection, thermal mapping, and UAV data processing. The company provides reliable drone services by leveraging sophisticated LiDAR and photogrammetric surveying methods and drone data processing techniques powered by machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The Boeing Company

Establishment - 1916
Headquarter – Chicago, United States
Website - https://www.boeing.com/

The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, telecommunications equipment, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.  The company also supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training.

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