INTELLIGENCE FOR SMART COMMUNITIES
Manufacturing and processing facilities—including chemical processing, materials production, and industrial fabrication—require regular inspection of equipment, structures, and environmental conditions. Drone-enabled inspection reduces the need for confined space entry, working at height, and equipment shutdown, improving both safety and inspection frequency. … Continued
Healthcare facilities—hospitals, health parks, and medical campuses—represent significant infrastructure investments that require ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and security. Large healthcare developments, such as the Drammen Helsepark project in Norway, involve multi-year construction phases followed by decades of operational life. Drone services … Continued
Airports—from major international hubs to remote regional airfields—present specific opportunities and challenges for drone-enabled services. Runway and taxiway inspection, perimeter security monitoring, wildlife management, foreign object debris (FOD) detection, and infrastructure condition assessment are all tasks where drone technology can … Continued
Smart city initiatives aim to improve urban services—transport, energy, safety, environmental quality—through the integration of digital technologies, data analytics, and connected infrastructure. Drone-enabled services are an emerging component of this urban technology landscape, offering aerial perspectives and rapid-response capabilities that … Continued
The SPADE project—Multi-purpose physical-cyber agri-forest drones ecosystem for governance and environmental observation—is a Horizon Europe funded initiative with 21 partners across 10 European countries. Running from 2022 with a four-year duration, SPADE addresses the use of drone technology in agriculture, … Continued
Offshore supply bases—such as those operated along the Norwegian coast—serve as the logistical link between onshore operations and offshore installations. These bases handle vessel traffic, cargo staging, equipment maintenance, and crew transfers in environments where weather, tidal conditions, and operational … Continued
Ports, offshore supply bases, and energy terminals handle high volumes of cargo, vessels, and personnel in complex operational environments. Safety, security, environmental compliance, and operational efficiency all depend on accurate situational awareness. Drone-enabled monitoring services address these requirements by providing … Continued
Ground-based IoT sensor networks—measuring temperature, humidity, vibration, air quality, water levels, structural strain, and dozens of other parameters—generate continuous streams of environmental and asset-condition data. Drones provide a complementary perspective: mobile, aerial, and visual. Combining these two data sources creates … Continued
The combination of drone platforms with computer vision and AI analytics transforms aerial data from raw imagery into operationally useful information. Detection, classification, and tracking algorithms process video and image feeds to identify objects, activities, and anomalies relevant to the … Continued
National road authorities—such as Statens vegvesen in Norway—manage extensive networks of roads, bridges, tunnels, and associated infrastructure. Inspection and condition assessment of these assets is a continuous requirement, driven by safety obligations, maintenance planning, and lifecycle management. Drone-enabled inspection offers … Continued