Company:Delair

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Short description: French manufacturer of UAVs


Delair
FormerlyDelair-Tech
Founded2011
FounderMichaël de Lagarde
Benjamin Benharrosh
Benjamin Michel
Bastien Mancini
Headquarters
Toulouse
,
France
ProductsUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Number of employees
120
Websitehttps://delair.aero/
Footnotes / references
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Delair, formerly known as Delair-Tech,[1] is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and an asset-management company based in Toulouse, France.[2][3][4] It has offices in Singapore, Beijing, Los Angeles , Toulouse, Paris[2][3] and Ghent.[5]

Delair manufactures fixed-wing UAVs or drones and software analytics programs.[2] They are used in the utilities, transportation, oil and gas, mining, agriculture, and emergency services industries.[2][3] Delair was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in June 2018.[2]

History

Delair was founded by Michaël de Lagarde, Benjamin Benharrosh, Benjamin Michel, and Bastien Mancini in 2011.[2][5] One year later in 2012, the company's DT18 drone was certified as the first UAV for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) communications in France.[1][2]

In 2018, Delair purchased the assets of former competitor Airware.[2][3] In acquiring Airware, Delair also acquired Redbird, a French data mining company.[3] The company purchased rival Gatewing from Trimble in 2016.[1][2]

In 2018, Intel Corporation partnered with Delair to implement its technology into Intel's Insights drone platform.[6] Intel also invested in the company as part of the agreement.[7] On 6 December, 2019, it was announced that Stampede would distribute the Delair UX11 drone. Stampede will serve as the U.S. distribution partner for the company.[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Trimble's Big Deal" (in en-US). 2016-10-30. http://insideunmannedsystems.com/trimbles-big-deal/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Marcellin, Frances. "Why working with Intel is helping Delair's drones fly into new markets" (in en). https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-working-with-intel-is-helping-delairs-drones-fly-into-new-markets/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Delair launches c-drone data processing portal – The C-Drone Review" (in en-US). https://c-drone-review.news/en/2019/02/08/delair-launches-c-drone-data-processing-portal/. 
  4. Mawad, Marie (2019-06-03). "Thanks to Drones, French Wine Tastes Better". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/thanks-to-drones-french-wine-tastes-better. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "UAV specialist in pursuit of constant improvement". https://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2018/03/uav-specialist-in-pursuit-of-constant-improvement.html. 
  6. Antunes, João (2017-09-11). "Intel Insight Set to Help the Commercial Drone Industry Evolve" (in en-US). https://www.expouav.com/news/latest/intel-insight-commercial-drone-industry/. 
  7. O'Brien, Chris (13 September 2018). "Intel Capital invests in Delair to help French drone maker expand its software platform". https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/12/intel-capital-invests-in-delair-to-help-french-drone-maker-to-expand-its-software-platform/. Retrieved 12 December 2019. 
  8. "Stampede to Distribute Delair UX11 Drone". 6 December 2019. https://www.suasnews.com/2019/12/stampede-to-distribute-delair-ux11-drone/. Retrieved 13 December 2019.