Technology Alliance Program
Phase One cameras are integrated with complementing components in diverse aerial imaging systems. This page shares the experience gained by Phase One and other building block providers in generating an airborne photography system.
Technologies
Drone Payloads / UAVs
Acecore – Founded in 2013, Acecore Technologies is a leading developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for cinema and creative, industrial, and security markets. Based in The Netherlands, Acecore uses only locally sourced materials and OEM components. The Neo, Zoe and Noa are proudly designed as functional, safe, and beautiful European-built UAVs.
Aerialtronics, a Dronevolt Group Company, is an end-to-end solution developer that utilizes AO drones, artificial intelligence and IoT data to provide customers with augmented and actionable insights that create a perfect synergy between aerial applications and everyday operations.
ATI to provides UAS operators with a one stop shop and resource for their UAS needs.
Auterion’s easy, open standards software integration yields our range of drone solutions for scaled enterprise applications and future-proofs our offerings, de-risking your future investments.
Carbonix designs, manufactures and develops long-endurance fixed-wing UAVs with VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing). The airframes are made from prepreg carbon fibre derived from America’s Cup racing. They are fitted with custom avionics and controlled via bespoke software.
Censys Technologies is a US Manufacturer of medium to long endurance Vertical Take-off and Landing Fixed-wing sUAS, focused on making Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone flight common in the United States and around the world. With a focus on capability per dollar, Censys offers hot-swappable payloads on the same airframe ranging from thermal, multispectral, and 100MP sensors, to gimballed EO/IR payloads.
Cloud City Drones, Rhode Island’s first and only Pro Drone Store specializing in UAS for Public Safety, GIS, Inspection, Photography, and much more! We assist from the consulting phase to the planning, purchasing, and instruction.
Drone Nerds is at least 3x larger than any competitor in drone and accessory distribution in the U.S. Drone Nerds has decades of comprehensive knowledge from hardware platforms and sensors to software and integration options.
CopterSystems GmbH is manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles for different applications.
Winner of two Oscars®️ and one EMMY®️ Award, after pioneering Close Range Aerial Filming Service using Single Rotary Remotely Piloted Aircraft in 1988, FLYING-CAM is today the only company in the World having 100% proprietary technologies in the design and manufacturing of Unmanned Helicopter (between 25-150kg VTOL Category), with an unprecedented level of integration and flight performances to meet the 5V’s Big Data requirement: Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity, and Value.
Frontier Precision is an employee-owned company with over 33 years of experience serving survey, mapping, engineering, construction, GIS, drones/UAS, forensics, law enforcement, forestry, water resources, mosquito and vector control, and natural resources professionals throughout the western United States. The company has been leading the way in delivering innovative solutions — on land, air, and underwater with our Unmanned technology. Now, every place on earth is reachable — with our UAS/Drones, ROVs, Pipe Crawlers, and Utility Crawler solutions. We help you with the latest technology to get your job done efficiently while keeping your business profitable.
Germandrones develops and produces unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for professional purposes. Our UAS Songbird combines the efficiency, speed and long range of traditional aircraft with the vertical take-off and landing ability (VTOL) of modern multirotor drones.
GGS has two UAV systems, AeroSpector and AeroSpector-S for professional operations. Long duration and big payload enable combined missions with Lidar and aerial imaging for more than 40 minutes. GGS has its own smart Gimbal solutions.
As one of the leading DJI Enterprise Partners in Europe and the sole B2C distributor for the Austrian market, the mission of Globe Flight and its more than two dozen drone professionals is to provide customers with a comprehensive service around state-of-the-art UAV systems and applications. The company’s diverse portfolio includes drones, various complementary products as well as software solutions from the world’s leading supplier DJI. Additionally, Globe Flight customers have access to a range of products and systems from innovative brands around the world.
Gresco is your go-to Unmanned Aerial Systems expert for starting and maintaining industrial and commercial drone operations. We understand that you need more than just the right equipment to successfully and safely deploy drones in the field.
Harris Aerial is a drone manufacturer specializing in custom drones. Their UAVs are capable of carrying a multitude of payloads for numerous applications, including agricultural spraying, professional cinematography & aerial photography (photography drones), geo-spatial surveying (surveying drones), search and rescue, thermal and hyperspectral imaging, and emissions sensing.
Founded in 2010, JOUAV focuses on the research and development, production, sales and service of industrial UAV products, and is committed to providing customers with intelligent, platform-based, tool-based industrial UAV systems. JOUAV is one of the high-tech enterprises in the field of vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing industrial UAV in China.
Mena3D is a German company with offices across the Middle East, offers complete 3D measurement and Geospatial solutions for a broad range of applications. We provide solutions for reverse engineering, inspection, quality control and GD&T measurement, GPS, GIS, UAV, and 3D laser scanning, software, and accessories.
The mdMapper3000DµoG VHR combines the lifting power, resilience, and efficiency of the Microdrones md4-3000 aircraft platform, a perfectly integrated Phase One camera, and the power of direct georeferencing. This results in an unparalleled one pixel mapping accuracy from a drone flight height of 1000 ft.
Phoenix LiDAR Systems builds custom, survey-grade laser mapping systems, and automation software for flight planning, acquisition, and post-processing, enabling clients to collect detailed, 3D topographic information for a wide range of commercial and research applications, including engineering, construction, mining, and more.
Remote Vision is a specialist company for professional drone systems based in Switzerland. This includes flight operations, trading, repair, training, and advice. As an importer of DJI enterprise systems and software, Remote Vision offers the world’s leading devices in its product portfolio and direct access to the know-how and support of the global market leader. The DJI portfolio is supplemented by specific solutions for agriculture, BORS (authorities and organizations for rescue and security), surveying and inspection, and demanding photo and video projects.
Volatus Aerospace is a leading provider of integrated drone solutions. Operating a vast pilot network with offices throughout Canada, the United States, and South America, Volatus provides enterprise and industrial solutions, including training, equipment sales & support, imaging & inspection services, drone cargo solutions, design & manufacture, and research & development. With a rapidly expanding network of strategic partnerships and acquisitions, Volatus is driving the full potential of UAV technologies around the world and shaping the industry of tomorrow.
Flight Management Systems
AeroScientific – creates software and hardware for aerial surveyors from easy-to-use flight planning software to full turnkey flight management systems. Their Aviatrix system is an award-winning flight management and aerial camera control system which provides amazing image capturing accuracy and flight navigation. It is able to easily integrate with all leading GPS and IMU systems.
GGS AeroTopoL is a mission planning and Flight Management Software for corridor and topographic mapping including multi-sensor setups and DTM adjustment. Especially for powerlline monitoring with helicopters and UAVs. It’s the wavy line option is a very unique feature.
IGI Systems – IGI’s GPS based flight guidance system or Computer Controlled Navigation System (CCNS), a world-first for survey flights, coupled with IGI’s mission planning software offers a complete and comprehensive solution for mission planning, aircraft guidance, and sensor management.
Softnav Systems – Filanda Inc. specializes in software and hardware solutions for navigation, data recording, and other aeronautical applications. In addition to existing products, the company offers custom development for specific needs and projects.
TopoFlight – 3D flight planning and navigation
GNSS
Applanix – POS AV Engineered for aerial cameras, scanning lasers, imaging sensors, synthetic aperture radar, and LIDAR technology.
NovAtel – SPAN® technology tightly couples our OEM precision GNSS receivers with robust Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) to provide reliable, continuously available, position, velocity and altitude data – even through short periods of time when satellite signals are blocked or unavailable.
IGI Systems – AEROcontrol / TERRAcontrol is a GNSS/IMU navigation system for the precise determination of position and attitude of an airborne or mobile mapping solution. The AEC/TEC Compact systems are available with MEMS or FOG IMU’s to optimally support different flight levels or GNSS denied areas.
LiDAR
IGI Systems – Integrated Phase One Industrial cameras in combination with Riegl or Optech LiDAR sensors for a combined solution. IGI designs systems for a variety of aircraft, from large airplanes and helicopters to ultralight airplanes and gyroplanes or even remote piloted aircraft systems (RPAS, UAV). For a complete sensor suite hyperspectral or thermal sensors can be added as well.
Riegl – State-of-the-art hardware for terrestrial, industrial, mobile, airborne, bathymetric and UAV-based laser scanning with appropriate, equally innovative RIEGL software packages for data acquisition and processing.
Teledyneoptech – Advanced lidar and camera survey instruments for airborne, mobile and terrestrial mapping.
Processing Software
www.geocloud.work is a cloud-based platform providing remote access to a variety of professional desktop software on a pay-per-use or period subscription basis.
PCI Geomatics is the developer of Geomatica® – a complete and integrated desktop software that features tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, map production, mosaicking and more. Geomatica® software enables users to apply imagery in support of a wide range of applications such as the environment, agriculture, security and intelligence, defense, as well as in the oil and gas industries.
Pix4D – Pix4Dmapper Pro is a software for professional drone-based mapping, purely from images.
Scopito is a storage, (AI)analysis, and reporting platform for visual data. Whether you’re managing assets at scale or supplying insightful reports for asset owners, Scopito’s simple interface and powerful features are there to provide you with actionable insights from your visual data
SimActive‘s Correlator3D™ software is a patented end-to-end photogrammetry solution for the generation of high-quality geospatial data from satellite and aerial imagery, including UAVs.
Skyline is a leading provider of 3D earth visualization software and services that enables the creation and dissemination of interactive, photo-realistic 3D environments.
Trendspek – Know the exact condition of every millimetre of your physical assets through detailed 3D models with true-to-life resolution, all at your fingertips.
Trendspek takes all the image data on your assets and turns them into visual models along with the tools you need for inspections, workflow, planning and collaboration so you can make quick yet fully-informed decisions based on water-tight data.
Stabilizers
GGS integrates and supports systems for various aerial data acquisitions. Aerial cameras as single or multi-sensor setups, oblique imagers, thermal sensors, hyper-spectral scanners, and Lidar are the sensors in our portfolio.
GSS designs the most advanced and stable integrated gimbal camera solutions, utilizing latest INS and AR technology, to deliver exceptional systems for the production, broadcast, utility and surveillance markets. If you can dream it, you can do it with a GSS gimbal.
Somag – Compact Design Mechanical Gimbal System Independent Operation Leveling Option Digital Control System with integrated Electronics.