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heliguy™ Receives UK's First DJI Dock

heliguy™ has conducted commission testing of the DJI Dock in the UK. heliguy™ will be exhibiting the Dock at upcoming shows and will be staging demonstration days. As a DJI Dock partner, heliguy™ will help organisations integrate it into their workflows.

Drone In A Box For Surveillance, Defence, And Perimeter Security

A drone in a box, like the DJI Dock, can benefit security, surveillance, and defence applications. Operate on-demand, cover large areas quickly, and conduct automated and persistent operations for real-time situational awareness and decision-making for enhanced incident response.

How Skippy Scout Drone App Benefits Precision Agriculture

Skippy Scout is an innovative and automated crop scouting app for DJI drones. Collect data 20x faster than traditional field walking and benefit from high-resolution leaf-level imagery and AI-generated insights to make real-time decisions to increase agricultural productivity and ROI.

Heliguy partners with Drone Ag to offer crop scouting app and DJI Agras drone spraying training

heliguy™ and Drone Ag partner to offer an end-to-end workflow for deploying drones for agriculture. The partnership includes the Skippy Scout platform for fast and accurate crop scouting and the delivery of a dedicated DJI Agras drone spraying course.

Drone in a box for the construction industry

A drone in a box, like the DJI Dock, can be a powerful solution for the construction industry and AEC sector. Conduct automated, round-the-clock missions to monitor site progress on-demand, feed real-time data into constantly evolving digital twins, and conduct perimeter security patrols.

Environment Agency Raises Drone Safety Standards With Ofqual Level 5 Award

Environment Agency drone pilot says TQUK Ofqual-regulated Level 5 UAS Operations Manager course is invaluable, as part of organisation's commitment to enhanced operating standards and flight safety. The course, delivered by heliguy™, helps UAS programmes with safety management systems, risk mitigation, and governance.

Drones for wind turbine inspection

Drones are a safe, efficient, accurate, and cost-effective tool for wind turbine inspections. Find out how drones compare to traditional methods, how they benefit data capture, and which drones are best for inspecting windfarms.

Drones For Education: heliguy™ Helping UK Colleges Adopt Drone Technology

    UK colleges are increasingly incorporating drones into their curriculums –and are turning to heliguy™ for consultancy, supply, and training. Find out how Oldham College and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) are introducing drones to help students working towards qualifications such as T Levels and HTQs.

Multispectral Drones: Benefits and Use Cases

In-depth guide to drone multispectral imagery. Find out how it benefits precision agriculture, land management, forestry, and environmental monitoring, and how drones, including the DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral, can increase the efficiency and accuracy of multispectral data collection.

Drones are changing the roof inspection industry

Drones for roof inspection have many advantages over traditional methods, offering a safer, more efficient and cost-effective data-capture solution. Find out how drones can improve roof inspections and the best drones to conduct roof surveys.

How drones can help the construction industry become carbon neutral

Drones can help the construction industry become carbon neutral and increase sustainability. Drones improve efficiency, reduce the need for transportation, and lower the carbon footprint of projects, helping the sector move towards a greener future.

2023 predictions for DJI and the drone industry

2023 is set to be another groundbreaking year for the drone industry. heliguy™ previews the year ahead, including the expected arrival in the UK of the DJI Dock drone in a box solution to empower remote monitoring and autonomous drone operations.

New Emlid Flow Mobile App For Land Surveying

Emlid has launched Emlid Flow, a mobile app for land surveying featuring new professional survey tools. It is an upgraded version of Emlid's ReachView 3 app, with enhanced features, and the new Emlid Flow 360 brings a cloud-based service to enable the remote management of survey data.

Heliguy partners with J.A.M.E.S to advance AME industry

heliguy™ Lab partners with J.A.M.E.S, to join and share expert knowledge into the first AME cloud-based platform focused exclusively on innovations in 3D printed electronics, merging technology, and redefining the electronics industry.

DJI Mini 3 Vs DJI Mini 3 Pro

DJI has launched the Mini 3 drone. It is a stripped-down version of the DJI Mini 3 Pro, but is a more cost-effective option. Find out the differences between both drones in this in-depth review to help you pick the right aircraft.

Heliguy Drone OSC Consultancy Helps Commercial Pilot Obtain Ambitious Extended Permissions For Competitive Edge

The heliguy™ OSC consultancy has helped a commercial drone pilot achieve ambitious extended permissions, giving him the competitive edge to land extra job contracts and capture better shots for film productions. Richard Elliott said the process saved him huge amounts of time and wasted effort and made the unmanageable, manageable.

DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral vs DJI Phantom 4 Multispectral

The Mavic 3M is DJI's new multispectral drone for agriculture, land management, and environmental monitoring. Find out how it compares to the DJI Phantom 4 Multispectral and how the Mavic 3M's key upgrades result in more efficient and detailed data collection to maximise yields, analyse crops, and monitor the natural world.

heliguy™ partners with Terrasolid as end of free trial looms

Drone surveying specialist heliguy™ partners with Terrasolid to offer the industry-leading point-cloud processing software. Terrasolid's free trial of the UAV bundle finishes this year, so current users are encouraged to upgrade now through heliguy™. Drone bundles are available and Terrasolid is especially effective for processing DJI Zenmuse L1 data.

DJI Launches Mavic 3 Multispectral Agriculture Drone

DJI has unveiled the Mavic 3 Multispectral, designed for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. The drone is equipped with a multispectral imaging system that quickly captures crop growth information to achieve more effective crop production.

UK Drone Open Category: Transitional Provisions Extended; Class Marks Removed

UK drone Transitional and Legacy provisions in the Open category will now be extended to 1 January 2026. EU class marks on drones will not be recognised in the UK from December 23, 2023.