Pricing
Priced per asset inspected, not per flight hour.
Each plan includes aircraft, docks, flight operations, defect analysis and inspector review. You pay for the coverage you need, and weather days are our risk, not yours.
Plans
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Pilot
Prove the programme on one region before committing.
$24,000 fixed fee 90-day programme · credited to your first annual plan- Up to 250 km of line or pipe, or 150 structures
- One asset class, in one region
- Kestrel or Condor aircraft, deployed by our crew
- Verified defect report within 72 hours
- Side-by-side review against your current method
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Operations
Recurring inspection of a regional network on your regulatory cycle.
$38 per km inspected Annual agreement · from 2,500 km per year- Docked aircraft on site, no field crews
- All four aircraft types, deployed as each job needs
- RGB, thermal and LiDAR vegetation clearance
- Verified report within 24 hours, urgent alerts within 2 hours
- SAP PM, Maximo and ArcGIS integrations
- Named programme manager
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Network
Network-wide coverage, sovereign hosting and dedicated capacity.
Custom multi-year Volume pricing from 20,000 km per year- Everything in Operations
- Dedicated fleet and docks, with surge capacity after storms
- Methane leak detection on gas assets
- Sovereign or private-cloud deployment
- 99.5% mission-availability SLA
Prices are in USD and exclude local taxes. Structure-based pricing is available for substations, wind and solar sites; ask us for a quote.
FAQ
Questions procurement usually asks.
Do we need to buy aircraft, docks or software licences?
No. Every plan includes the aircraft, docks, maintenance, insurance, flight operations and software. You receive inspection results; we own and operate the equipment.
Who holds the flight approvals and the liability?
Aerial is the operator of record. We hold the BVLOS waivers and SORA approvals, file airspace authorisations, and carry $10M of aviation liability cover. Your sites are named as additional insured on request.
What happens when weather stops a mission?
The flight is rescheduled automatically inside the inspection window you set. Weather delays are never billed. If we miss an agreed window, the affected kilometres are credited on Operations and Network plans.
Who owns the imagery and the findings?
You do. Raw imagery, point clouds and defect records can be exported at any time in open formats such as JPEG, GeoTIFF, LAS and CSV, during the contract and for 90 days after it ends.
How long until we have a programme running?
A Pilot flies within 3–4 weeks of signature. An Operations plan, including dock installation and integration with your maintenance system, typically goes live in 8–10 weeks.
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