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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...

Lloyd’s Register Guidance Notes For Safe UAV Inspections Case Studies

May 8, 2018

The following two case studies helped to support the development of Lloyd’s Register guidance notes for safe UAS inspections. CASE STUDY: Flare tip inspection, resulting in speedy delivery of high-quality data and specialist analysis. Inspection completed for lower...

Onshore Oil and Gas Drone Inspection Saves Client $4m in Egypt

May 5, 2018

Business Challenge A client with a petrochemicals plant based in Northern Egypt commissioned Sky-Futures to complete five live flare onshore drone inspections. The company had a requirement to understand the conditions of the flares to decide whether a shutdown was...

North Sea offshore structural drone inspections saved Oil & Gas client 80% cost

May 1, 2018

Business Challenge Sky-Futures were tasked with completing a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Inspection for a major oil and gas client’s large, shallow water oil platform in the UK North Sea such that they could make an informed decision with respect to the condition of...

Drones Training – Keeping Humans In The Loop

Mar 1, 2018

To borrow a military term, 'train hard, fight easy'. But that's often easier said than done. For a new technology like drones, which promise to radically disrupt enterprise and legacy inspection process, how exactly do you execute the drones training needed to exploit...

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