Multispectral, thermal, and RGB data capture for field science - flown by an operational team trusted by leading research institutions on three continents.
We support field campaigns for universities and research organisations working across ecology, climate science, agriculture, and livestock systems in East Africa.
Multispectral imagery for a pan-African eddy covariance and mobile lab project at Kapiti Research Station, in the Athi-Kapiti wildlife corridor.
Drone data capture supporting environmental field research campaigns in Kenya.
Aerial survey support for academic field studies in East African landscapes.
Imagery supporting livestock-systems and rangeland research with the International Livestock Research Institute.
Drone data and technical collaboration with one of Kenya's leading universities.
Field campaigns where our aircraft, pilots, and airspace clearances put world-class science in the air.
Supporting the University of Oslo, ILRI, NIBIO, and University of Milan at ILRI's Kapiti Research Station - the first drone quantification of ruminant methane in sub-Saharan Africa, including the first camel emissions ever measured in Africa. Published in Biogeosciences.
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Aerial data support for the Weizmann Institute's Biosphere–Atmosphere Research Mobile Lab campaign, measuring how land-use change is reshaping East Africa's carbon, water, and energy cycles - in one of the world's largest climate observation blind spots.
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From VTOL mapping campaigns to towed-sensor geophysical surveys, we deploy the right airframe and payload for each research question - with permits, pilots, and field logistics handled end to end.
Sensors and deliverables matched to your research question, processed to the standard your methods section demands.
NDVI, SAVI and custom vegetation indices, spectral classification, and phenology time series for ecosystem and agricultural studies.
Microclimate mapping, surface temperature datasets, and wildlife detection surveys.
Orthomosaics, site documentation, and change-over-time monitoring with repeatable flight plans.
GeoTIFF and cloud-optimised outputs with full metadata and processing notes - ready for QGIS, ArcGIS, R, or Python workflows.
Research schedules move with seasons, funding cycles, and field access. We plan campaigns around your research calendar, handle every permit and airspace clearance in-country, and stay flexible when the weather isn't.
Define the research question, sensors, resolution, and revisit schedule together.
Site assessment, flight windows, and all regulatory approvals.
Field campaigns flown to spec, with repeatable flight plans for time series.
Orthos, indices, and derived products processed to your methodology.
Analysis-ready data with metadata, plus support through to publication.
Talk to us at proposal stage - we'll help you scope and budget the drone component accurately.
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