Independent Drone-Program Consulting
Custom-BuiltDroneProgramsthatareSafe,Compliant,andDesignedtoCutCosts
Independent consulting from commercial drone pilots who actually fly missions in your industry. We build programs on the ground with your team, focused on capturing the data that actually pays off.
FIELD-TESTED IN HEAVY INDUSTRIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
From recent missions
The Problem
Most industrial drone programs fail before they fly.
Money sunk into the wrong aircraft, sensors, and software.
Slick vendor demos. Six-figure quotes. Thousands of dollars of drones gathering dust because nobody on the ground can actually use them.
Pilots certified, but not trained to industry specific missions.
Flights happen, but engineers don't get usable readings. The drone isn't the value. The data is. And capturing it right takes more than a pilot certificate.
SOPs that don't plug into your existing safety frameworks.
Permit offices, site safety, and aviation departments stall the work because nobody's integrated the drone program with how your site actually runs.
You don't need another drone vendor. You need someone who's been in the field and knows where programs break.
The Offer
What you get from a single conversation.
In 30 minutes, free, you'll walk away with:
- A go / no-go read on where drones can cut your costs on your site
- An honest read on what your current program is doing, and where it's stuck
- Vendor-neutral answers on aircraft, payloads, and software
- A one-page next-step roadmap you can act on
No pitch. No obligation.
No Sales Pressure
Just a working session with pilots who fly real missions. If we aren't right for your site, we'll tell you on the call.
Field-Proven Advice
Built from real commercial flight hours on industrial sites across Western Canada. Not a slide deck.
CONSULTING SERVICES
Strictly consulting. Three ways to work together.
We fly missions every day on industrial sites, and we'll help you build a program that does the same, in-house.
Drone Program Assessment
A 30-minute working session to map your situation and surface the highest-leverage moves.
- Go / no-go read on drones for your operation
- Where your current program is stuck
- One-page next-step roadmap
Program Build-Out
Stand up a real, in-house program from feasibility to first flight, with pilots embedded on your site.
- Feasibility & ROI modeling
- In-house capability (we'll flag what to outsource)
- Vendor-neutral platform & sensor selection
- SOPs integrated with your safety & aviation frameworks
Ongoing Advisory
An expert on call after launch, to answer questions, tweak SOPs, and scale across sites.
- Compliance upkeep & audit readiness
- Multi-site rollout and scaling
- On-call expertise for your team
★ We fly and capture data daily. The goal is to get your team doing it themselves.
How It Works
From confusion to a working program in 3 steps.
Free Assessment
We map your situation, goals, and constraints in a 30-minute working session.
The Roadmap
A clear, prioritized plan you can act on, built around your operation, not a vendor's catalog.
Build & Scale
We guide the rollout on the ground with your pilots. You stay compliant, in control, and ahead of the regulations.
Why PRX
We're the pilots who help you build a program that runs in-house.
PRX Drones is a network of commercial pilots already flying your kind of missions on your kind of sites. Odds are we're on a site like yours this week. We don't sell aircraft. We don't lock you into vendors. We come in, fly with your team, and teach them to do this in-house.
The drone isn't the value. The data is. UT readings, LIDAR models, confined-space inspections, thermal, captured right the first time by people who've done it on your kind of site.
Industries
Built for heavy industry and the teams who protect it.
Oil & Gas / Oil Sands
Flare stacks, tanks, well sites.
Mining
Stockpile volumes, haul-road monitoring.
Utilities & Power
Lines, substations, vegetation.
Pipelines
Right-of-way & integrity monitoring.
Construction & Infrastructure
Progress, surveys, as-builts.
Renewables / Solar
Panel & turbine inspection.
Telecom
Tower & antenna inspection.
Security / First Responders
Live overwatch, scene awareness, site security.
Forestry & Environmental
Reclamation, wildfire recon, habitat & spill monitoring.
What We Capture
It's not about the flying. It's about the data.
The drone is the cheapest way to put a sensor where a person would have to go. The value is what comes back: usable readings, models, and footage your engineers can act on.
Confined-Space Inspection
Send a caged drone inside tanks and vessels without sending a person in.
Ultrasonic Thickness Testing (UT)
Wall-thickness readings off stacks and pipe racks without a crane.
LIDAR Mapping & Modeling
Asset models accurate enough to flag a bowing stack or a sagging line.
Thermal Imaging
Find heat anomalies fast on electrical, mechanical, and process equipment.
Not sure an internal drone program is worth it for your site? Find out free in 30 minutes.
FAQ
Straight answers.
Yes. We fly and capture data on industrial sites every day. On a build-out, we're on the ground with your pilots, because that's where the real training happens. The goal is to hand the work back to your team.
A pilot flies. A program needs compliance, SOPs that fit your safety framework, the right sensors, ROI math, and data-capture know-how. Flying is the easy part. Capturing the right data is what makes the program pay.
Compliance is the footnote. Everybody offers it. The value is the data you get back: UT readings, LIDAR models, confined-space inspections, thermal. If the data isn't usable, the flight was wasted.
The assessment is free. Build-outs are fixed-scope projects priced to the program. Ongoing advisory is a monthly retainer. We'll scope it on the call.
No. Mining, utilities, pipelines, construction, renewables, telecom, and security / first responders. Industrial expertise transfers; the differences are in mission profile and regs, not in core program discipline.
Based in Calgary, AB. We serve Western Canada and across Canada. Initial consulting and ongoing advisory are delivered remotely; build-outs and training happen on site.
Contact
Book your free assessment.
Tell us about your operation. We'll come back within one business day to set up a meeting.