Rotterdam, 27th June 2024 There has been excellent coverage at Omroep West (Dutch) on how local authorities of Gemeente Den Haag (City of The Hague) work with professional drone operator DDC – Smart Inspections to perform building inspections. During this pilot, a drone sends live video streams to an online team, facilitating fast and efficient […]
Rotterdam, March 2024 – FlightOps.io, a global leader in advanced flight automation for the drone and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) market and Dutch Drone Company (DDC) a drone operator based in Rotterdam are thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the expansion of BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of […]
Rotterdam, March 2024 Opening of first BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) full operational corridor in The Netherlands. In the heart of the Port of Rotterdam and within the Controlled Airspace (CTR) of Rotterdam The Hague Airport. It is great to work with new solutions to make BVLOS flights safer by mitigating air- and ground […]
Rotterdam, 5 March 2024 During a sunny test day and somewhat rainy U-Space Demo Day organised by DronePort Rotterdam and Port of Rotterdam, DDC – Smart Inspections shot some video’s to share more use cases of heavier load carrying drones. A sight DDC can definitely get used to! U-space management solution Airwayz implemented by Port […]
DDC LBA approved Rotterdam, December 9th 2022. DDC has officially received approval from The German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) to perform Cross Border UAV operations in the Specific Category. This means that DDC can now also provide services across Germany in the Specific Category supporting our clients in further digitising inspection methods. By digitalising inspections our clients can […]
Rotterdam, October 10th 2022.DDC is granted acceptance from DNV (Det Norske Veritas) to operate as an Approved Service Provider in the maritime sector and perform survey using remote inspection techniques (RIT) as an alternative means for close-up survey of the structure of ships and mobile offshore units, in accordance with Class Programme DNVGL-CP-0484. Remote inspections allow […]
Rotterdam, Feb 2022 The John Frost Bridge is the road bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem, in the Netherlands. The bridge is named after Major-General John Dutton Frost (1912–1993), who commanded the British forces that reached and defended the bridge during the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. The bridge was featured in the […]
Rotterdam, 8 November 2021 Most people don’t think about it when they switch on their light in the morning, but the electrons that light up the lamp on their bedside table have already traveled hundreds of kilometers through high-voltage lines via countless lattice towers. Crucial infrastructure, which must be inspected regularly and thoroughly. Currently, a […]
Rotterdam, 01 September 2021 The abbreviation DDC, for Dutch Drone Company in the new logo was already being used by employees, clients, suppliers and other partners of the company. The font design has a subtle reference to UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) rotors. The digital world in the logo shows the worldwide industry trend of the […]
Rotterdam, 04 august 2021With the arrival of the Elios 2 from Flyability our teams will have more capacity to service the increased demand for inspections of hard- or dangerous places to inspect. For safe and cost efficient remote inspections DDC uses Elios 2 to provide thorough analyses so our clients can prevent unplanned maintenance, shorten downtime, […]