Commercial Drones FM

Commercial Drones FM


Latest Episodes

#090 - AirMap with David Hose, CEO
June 09, 2019

AirMap is a California-based startup that has raised $43.6M to help companies coordinate and scale drone operations in ever-changing airspace conditions. David Hose is AirMap's current CEO. Ian and David discuss: AirMap's history and current...

#089 - Indoor Drone Inspections with Patrick Thevoz
May 22, 2019

Indoor drone inspections have become an enormous ROI booster for energy companies who own and operate industrial assets. Patrick Thevoz is CEO of Flyability, a Swiss company who specializes in building indoor inspection drones. Their latest drone,...

#088 - Commercial UAV Expo
May 09, 2019

You’re about to hear an in-the-field, or rather, “around-the-pool” compilation of quick-take interviews with people with different backgrounds from 15 drone companies at 2018. The UAV Expo it’s a great place to be in October and perfectly...

#087 - DroneDeploy's Drone Mapping Software with Jono Millin
March 28, 2019

Jono Millin is co-founder and Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at DroneDeploy, a software company that specializes in building solutions for mapping business assets with drones. Jono goes in-depth into how DroneDeploy is leveraging computer vision,...

#086 - Flying Cars & eVTOL Aircraft
February 20, 2019

Can you imagine yourself buzzing around the urban landscape in a flying car in 2025? Bell—and companies such as Uber and Airbus—really want you to be. Whether you call it a flying taxi, a flying car, eVTOL aircraft, passenger drone, or air taxi,...

#085 - Drone Insurance with Brandon Packman of SkyWatch.AI
January 31, 2019

All about on-demand, risk-based drone insurance, featuring Brandon Packman, Head of Business Development at SkyWatch.AI. SkyWatch.AI is an innovative startup offering customers a new twist on drone insurance.

#084 - Drones At Skyward, A Verizon Company with Mariah Scott
January 11, 2019

Why did Verizon, a $30+ billion telecommunications company, acquire Skyward, a 4-year-old drone startup out of Portland? Mariah Scott, President of Skyward, joins Ian to discuss exactly that—the decision behind the Verizon acquisition, her thoughts...

#083 - CNN Air with Greg Agvent
December 18, 2018

Ian is joined by Greg Agvent, the Senior Director of CNN's Aerial Imagery and Reporting Unit—known as CNN Air. When evaluating drones for business, it's easy to think of all the things they can replace. For aerial journalism and newsgathering,...

#082 - Kespry Drones & Software with CEO George Mathew
November 15, 2018

Join Kespry's CEO, George Mathew, and host, Ian Smith, for a deep dive into Kespry's enterprise drone hardware and software offerings and outlook on where the industrial use of drones is heading. And would you like to know what the CEO of...

#081 - 2018 Drone Market Trends And Analysis with Colin Snow
October 25, 2018

Colin Snow, AKA "The Drone Analyst", joins the podcast for the 3rd year in a row to talk about his company, Skylogic Research's, annual report on the drone industry for 2018. Colin and Ian dive into five topics and key insights: • DJI's complete...