How to Verify a Drone Inspection Provider
The documents and evidence to request before a provider flies your critical assets — and what our verification badge does and does not mean.
Baseline checks
Confirm the legal business name, a working website or direct contact route, the headquarters or service area, the remote pilot credential required in the operating country (in the US, an FAA Part 107 certificate) and current aviation and general liability insurance with limits that meet your contract.
Advanced permissions need paperwork
Beyond-visual-line-of-sight, operations over people, night operations and controlled-airspace access must each be evidenced for the jurisdiction where you will fly — with the authorising body, issue date, expiry date and limitations. Do not infer permission from aircraft capability.
Technical and professional competence
Ask for sample deliverables from a similar asset, evidence of radiometric thermal workflow if radiometric data is promised, and the named professional reviewer if engineering, surveying, thermography or NDT conclusions are included. Ask who performs each part of the work and whether subcontractors are used.
Safety and site readiness
Request a sample job hazard analysis or site-specific risk assessment, emergency and lost-link procedures, electrical-safety or confined-space training where relevant, and confirmation they will follow your site induction and permit-to-work rules.
What our badge means
All listings start unclaimed and unverified, seeded from public business information. A verified badge is awarded only after a provider submits evidence and our team reviews it, and it shows the date reviewed. Directory verification is not a government licence or certification, and paid placement never creates a verified badge.
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