Delair
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| Formerly | Delair-Tech |
|---|---|
| Industry | aircraft and space construction  |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Michaël de Lagarde Benjamin Benharrosh Benjamin Michel Bastien Mancini |
| Headquarters | , France |
| Products | Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) |
Number of employees | 120 |
| Website | https://delair.aero/ |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
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
[edit]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]
In 2023 Delair supplied 150 UAV drones to Kyiv.[9] [10] Later, in 2024 France announced an order of 2000 UX11 "Colibri" suicide drones of which 100 will be sent to the front in Ukraine. [10] These drones offer the advantage of a 5 minute deployment time and a payload of up to 500g.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Trimble's Big Deal". Inside Unmanned Systems. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Marcellin, Frances. "Why working with Intel is helping Delair's drones fly into new markets". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ a b c d e "Delair launches c-drone data processing portal – The C-Drone Review". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ Mawad, Marie (2019-06-03). "Thanks to Drones, French Wine Tastes Better". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ a b "UAV specialist in pursuit of constant improvement". www.powerengineeringint.com. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ Antunes, João (2017-09-11). "Intel Insight Set to Help the Commercial Drone Industry Evolve". Commercial UAV News. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ O'Brien, Chris (13 September 2018). "Intel Capital invests in Delair to help French drone maker expand its software platform". VentureBeat. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Stampede to Distribute Delair UX11 Drone". Suasnews.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ stephane (2023-09-08). "Delair envoie 150 drones aux forces ukrainiennes - Delair". Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b Brahy, Jérôme. "France's Delair to deliver first batch of UX11 kamikaze drones to France and Ukraine". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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