Delair

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
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

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. "Trimble's Big Deal". Inside Unmanned Systems. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  2. Marcellin, Frances. "Why working with Intel is helping Delair's drones fly into new markets". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  3. "Delair launches c-drone data processing portal – The C-Drone Review". Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  4. Mawad, Marie (2019-06-03). "Thanks to Drones, French Wine Tastes Better". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  5. "UAV specialist in pursuit of constant improvement". www.powerengineeringint.com. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Stampede to Distribute Delair UX11 Drone". Suasnews.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.


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