Applied R&D
Bringing proven drone concepts and research from the lab to the sky
Project-based R&D · Test campaigns
WHAT WE OFFER
Applied R&D services
Our engineers rapidly build, test and evaluate your drone prototypes, accelerating the path to a working product or service and increasing the value of your company.
Testing campaigns
From individual components to complete drones: indoor and outdoor test campaigns at subsystem and system level.
Custom drone prototypes
A custom drone designed for your application: from design and prototype production to testing and evaluation.
Dronify Your Company
Bringing drones into your organisation, whether in your operations or as part of your product or service. From assessment to the right platform, custom adaptations, training and support.
Why choose DDI?
Education team
Part of the team is dedicated to developing, improving and carrying out drone courses. We don't only focus on the platform itself, but also on the human factor in each project: how do you teach a person or a group to use a drone and integrate it into operations, and how does the drone hold up from a usability perspective?
Testing team
Our testing team conducts weekly tests and can operate various drone platforms. FPV, LOS and fixed-wing flight experience - any remote operated platform is safe in their hands.
Engineering team
Our team designs and builds drone platforms. Properly integrated with the test team it allows for quick fixes and iterations. Most of the team is made up of TU Delft Aerospace Engineering alumni.
Flexibility
Above all, what makes DDI special is that we take on clearly defined projects and focus on one part of the product or service development cycle, with all the facilities and expertise needed to do it. This combination of project approach, people and facilities lets us iterate quickly — the very reason drones became attractive in recent history.
Past projects
A selection of what we have built, tested and flown with and for our partners.
Our testing team in the field
Our testing team in the field: indoor and outdoor test campaigns at subsystem and system level.
Prototype production
A batch of custom drone prototypes designed, built and evaluated for one of our partners.
AI & vision-based drone research
Supporting TU Delft MAVLab and other partners in flight testing AI-controlled, vision-based drones.
Discuss your project
Tell us what you are working on and we will get back to you within one business day.