Yes. Commercial drone work in the UAE needs an approved operator, a licensed pilot and permission for the specific flight. AirTech is a registered RPAS operator across all seven emirates with DCAA and GCAA certified pilots, and the permit work is part of the job (our consultancy team handles it) — including filming approvals over public areas and occupied buildings, and the NOC a restricted site requires. You do not apply for anything yourself.
Allow two to three weeks from the point we have received the NOCs we need from you. We prepare and submit the rest, so the clock starts as soon as those are in hand.
Our pilots are DCAA and GCAA certified and we carry USD 5 million public liability. We can provide the documentation for your project or main contractor’s records before we mobilise.
Yes. We fly across all seven emirates.
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the size and location of the site, how often it is flown and what you need delivered. Tell us about the project and we will come back with a quote.
Our drone surveys capture at 3 cm ground resolution as standard and set marked ground control targets, so the output is tied to real coordinates rather than floating. Achievable accuracy depends on the control network and flight height — if your project works to a specific tolerance, tell us and we will confirm what we can hold.
Roughly 45 square kilometres per drone per day at standard capture settings. On larger sites we run concurrent teams so the whole area is captured as one consistent snapshot, rather than a set of different dates stitched together.
Monthly suits most progress reporting, and it is the rhythm most of our construction clients run on. Projects moving quickly, or feeding a payment application or a claim, often want it more frequently.
A survey is a measurable record of the whole site on one date — you can take dimensions and volumes off it. A time-lapse camera is fixed in one position and shoots a 6000 × 4000 frame every 15 to 30 minutes through daylight hours, which gives you continuity between surveys and a film at the end. Plenty of projects run both.
As little as an hour per camera. Each time-lapse camera is self-contained with a built-in solar panel, so it needs no mains power or cabling.
Yes. Every capture lands in the AirTech Portal, where you can measure on the image, compare any two dates, and put the design surface underneath to see what was actually built.
Yes. Every elevation can be captured from the air for facade inspection, and the roof the same way for roof inspection, so you are not erecting access purely to look at something. Thermal and visual capture are both available where the defect you are chasing is not visible in daylight.
You do. We reserve the right to show footage for marketing purposes once the project has completed.
It depends on the service. Surveys deliver orthomosaics and 3D models you can measure against. Filming delivers finished, graded video up to 6K, or the ungraded 10-bit rushes if your own editor wants the material. Stills come off a 100 megapixel sensor, which holds up for print, hoarding and press.
