Airscope

Airscope is a drone services company based in Dubai that serves creative production and industrial clients across the UAE. Its creative team provides drone filming, photography and live broadcast. Its industrial arm, Airscope Industrial, offers drone survey, inspection and thermography. The team has worked in the drone industry across the Middle East and Europe since 2012.

Creative and filming services

• Film production: up to 8K RAW and ProRes recording, with Full HD downlink and a 19-inch director's monitor with instant playback.
• Photography: drones carrying Canon, Nikon, Sony and Phase One cameras capable of up to 100 megapixels.
• Events and broadcast: zero-latency Full HD live transmission for broadcasters including Abu Dhabi Media, Dubai Media Inc. and Sharjah Media Corporation.
• Custom effects: drones adapted for product activations, including lights and fireworks.

Industrial services

Airscope Industrial offers drone survey and inspection to oil and gas, infrastructure and civil engineering, utilities and renewables, mining and agriculture, and it also provides construction drones. Remotely operated, self-charging drone stations support 24/7 monitoring. The site says its teams are certified by both the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, and that the company is a registered remotely piloted aircraft operator.

Virtual reality and value

The creative team also offers 8K 360 stereo virtual reality filming. The site says the team has combined decades of production experience, and it describes the industrial drones as an efficient, low-cost way to gain actionable insights.

Key facts

• Based in: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Products: DJI Inspire 2 with X7 camera, remotely operated self-charging drone stations
• Markets: Oil and gas, utilities, renewables, mining, agriculture and broadcast across the UAE and the wider region