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Manufacturing Plant Blended Inspections – A Bureau Veritas Case Study

Oct 10, 2018

Everyday practice has shown that maintaining industrial plant facilities is by no mean an easy task. A complete inspection of a manufacturing site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery is often complex and challenging. Sky-Futures has joined forces with...

The Future of Industrial Inspection: Interview with Sky-Futures’ CEO

Oct 8, 2018

Earlier this year, Sky-Futures' CEO James Harrison was invited to speak at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe which took place on April 10-11, 2018, in Amsterdam. James took part in two workshops "Should your drone programme be in-house or outsourced" and "Newest...

[Webinar] Industrial Inspection Automation & AI-based Analysis – The Data Quality Imperative

Sep 18, 2018

Asset-intensive organisations are increasingly using new automation technologies such as drones but also smartphones and other means to automate the capture and aggregation of large volumes of visual, thermal and multi-spectral imagery. Especially when combined with...

Sky-Futures speak and exhibit at the Commercial UAV Show 2018

Sep 4, 2018

The Sky-Futures team will be attending the Commercial UAV Show on November 14-15, 2018 in Excel, London. At the conference, Sky-Futures' CRTO Nick Rogers will be speaking on "The future of UTM systems – How will we be controlling drones of the future?" on November 15,...

Sky-Futures in Bloomberg New Energy Finance Tech Radar

Aug 6, 2018

Sky-Futures is proud to be featured in Bloomberg New Energy Finance Technology Radar August 2018. Each month the Bloomberg Digital Industry team publish a review of projects, partnerships, product launches, policy and fundraising, scanning the technology industry for...

Azisa powers up asset management capabilities with Expanse – Case Study

Jul 20, 2018

AZISA Drone Company is committed to delivering the highest quality technology and productivity tools for their clients, and as such, they decided to enhance their asset management and reporting capabilities by using Sky-Futures’ Expanse inspection software. Business...

New partnership brings advanced UAV inspection services to energy sector

Jul 2, 2018

Global Energy Group (GEG), Scotland’s leading energy service company and Sky-Futures, world’s leading provider of drone-based inspection services announced today a strategic partnership to offer an end-to-end UAV inspection services to a wide range of industries...

[Webinar] How Artificial Intelligence can benefit the industrial inspection workflow

Jun 28, 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the industrial inspection market, helping improving asset performance, optimising the inspection process, and allowing cost-savings to be made for companies. Attend this webinar and learn how AI capabilities can deliver...

The future of UAV industry at Oxford’s first Robotic Skies Workshop

Jun 22, 2018

Sky-Futures’ CRTO Nick Rogers attended “The 1st Robotic Skies Workshop: The Role of Private Industry and Public Policy in Shaping the Drones Industry”, organised by University of Oxford on June 21st-22nd, 2018 at Rhodes House, Oxford. This event was the first in a...

RPAS drone training courses unveiled at partnership launch day with NATS

May 22, 2018

NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic control provider, and Sky-Futures, a world leader in drone-based industrial inspection services and training, have unveiled a ground-breaking new combined training course for commercial pilots at a launch event featuring hi-tech...

Has Artificial Intelligence (AI) really arrived in the commercial drone world?

May 17, 2018

There is chatter aplenty on Linkedin and other media sources about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its application in the drone-based inspection and data analysis market. The purpose of this blog is to dispel some of the myths and shine a bit of light on the...

Oil and Gas drone inspection prevents an unscheduled shutdown in Malaysia

May 10, 2018

Business Challenge A major oil and gas client in Malaysia had a requirement for a pre-shutdown drone inspection to establish the integrity and condition of two of their flare tips. The planned shutdown on the offshore platform was scheduled 8 weeks later. Solutions...

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