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Powerline & Infrastructure Inspection
Keep your grid reliable without outages, bucket trucks, or tower climbs. Our FAA-certified drone teams deliver high-resolution visual, zoom, and radiometric thermal inspections of energized transmission and distribution assets — structure by structure or across entire corridors. You get prioritized, actionable defect data your maintenance crews can dispatch on, typically in days instead of weeks.
Deliverables
What's included
- Per-structure visual and zoom imagery documenting insulators, connectors, hardware, corrosion, and storm or lightning damage
- Radiometric thermal scans that flag hotspots from loose connections and overloaded components before they fail
- Corridor sweeps for vegetation encroachment, clearance, and line-sag assessment (LiDAR 3D modeling available)
- A comprehensive report with defect maps, thermal anomaly findings, and priority maintenance recommendations, formatted for your asset-management system
- Fully insured, Part 107-certified pilots operating on energized lines - no outage or line crew required
How it works
The mission, step by step
STEP 1Scope and plan: we review your structure list or corridor miles, define visual/thermal/LiDAR requirements, and file any needed airspace authorizations
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STEP 2Fly: crews capture per-structure imagery and corridor data on energized lines, covering on the order of 14 line-miles per day per team
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STEP 3Analyze: imagery and thermal data are reviewed (with AI-assisted defect detection) and anomalies are classified by severity
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STEP 4Deliver: you receive a prioritized defect report and data package, with a walkthrough to plan repair dispatch
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Questions we hear
FAQ
Do we need to de-energize lines or schedule an outage?No. Drones inspect energized lines at safe standoff distances using zoom and thermal optics, so there is no outage and no climbing required.
Are you insured and certified for utility work?Yes. All pilots hold FAA Part 107 certificates, and we carry aviation-specific liability coverage at the $5M level utilities typically require, with hull and payload coverage and your utility named as additional insured on request.
What do we actually receive after the flight?A structure-by-structure defect report with severity rankings, thermal anomaly findings, and full-resolution imagery, delivered in formats that drop into your asset-management or GIS system.
Can you cover long corridors beyond visual line of sight?Today, BVLOS corridor work runs under FAA waivers; the FAA's Part 108 rule, finalized in 2026, is standardizing routine BVLOS powerline inspection, and we plan corridor programs around it.
Pricing
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Scoped per pole / tower / corridor mile after a site consultation.
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