July 2024 – ChangeAerial was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase-1 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant is designed to fund high-risk, high reward research, adding to ChangeAerial’s already novel and innovative N-SUITE software tools. The project title is “Integrating deep learning algorithms for UAS-based infrastructure inspection: Path to fully…
ChangeAerial, an Esri partner, is hosting a booth at the 2024 Esri User Conference in San Diego, CA. ChangeAerial’s booth is located in the Esri Startup Zone (SUZ), Booth no. Z11. Stop by to learn about ChangeAerial’s flight planning and image analytics software products (collectively N-SUITE), and integrations with ArcGIS and FlytBase enterprise platforms. The…
April 2024 ChangeAerial & FlytBase have partnered to provide end-to-end workflows that transition end users from inspection to regular monitoring. Combined, the solution enables pinpoint and targeted imaging, high-frequency automated drone flights, and advanced change and anomaly detection to provide next-generation defect detection … all via Flinks! Visit the FlytBase landing page to request a…
November 2022 Following a thorough and selective intake process, ChangeAerial was admitted as a member of the Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN, see https://cleantechsandiego.org/scein/). SCEIN is a free program for startups that are developing solutions to help California meet its energy goals. The program provides access to the resources and facilities of a number of…
February 7, 2022 The Esri Startup program helps early-stage startups to leverage and integrate Esri’s world-leading GIS and other geospatial software tools into their products and services. ChangeAerial was recently selected by Esri to become a Startup partner and will leverage existing Esri software to enhance its geospatial tool suite, including N-PLANNER and N-SPECT. Customers…
September 2021 Building on ChangeAerial’s (ChA) existing prototype tools and intellectual property, ChangeAerial received funding from San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Pilot Innovation Fund (PIF) to adapt image processing/machine learning routines and advance automated solutions for rapid electric power inspection. ChangeAerial’s solution will reduce the risk of wildfire in vulnerable areas and promote more frequent,…
November 2021 ChangeAerial recently completed a phase-2 project with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The project was titled “Minimal Yet Optimal UAS Inspections.” The general objective of the project was to determine minimal yet optimal (MYO) requirements for inspection of transmission and distribution structures, with the goal of laying the foundation for future automated…