Meet Aerial Vantage

About Us

Aerial Vantage is a specialized drone technology and geospatial intelligence company founded in 2021.

We combine decades of expertise in manned and unmanned aviation with advanced AI, machine learning, and computer vision capabilities to deliver end-to-end aerial data solutions. We operate as a “drone airline,” providing scalable data acquisition and analytics that turn raw drone imagery into actionable business insights.

Originally based in the Washington, D.C. area, with ties to Leesburg, Virginia through parent and affiliate relationships with Mosaic ATM, the company relocated its corporate headquarters to the MSU Technology Innovation Center in East Lansing, Michigan in July 2023. As a private company with a small, agile team, Aerial Vantage focuses on automating drone operations and maximizing return on investment through efficient, data-driven decision support.

Aerial Vantage’s flagship offerings center on its Accelerate SaaS geospatial intelligence platform, which processes, analyzes, stores, and presents drone-acquired data using AI-driven tools. Key platform features include polygon-based areas of interest, project and run workflows for repeatable multi-temporal analysis, metadata tracking for provenance, secure cloud or on-premise storage, automated data extraction from multiple sensor types, a user-friendly web interface, flexible reporting, and real-time geospatial alerts.

Complementary services include Drone Flights as a Service, including FAA-approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waivers for large-scale operations, the Fleet Logistics Optimization Engine (FLOE) for automated mission planning and routing, and custom advanced analytics such as crop yield forecasting, anomaly detection, spectral imaging, and geospatial classification.

These capabilities allow Aerial Vantage to deliver both the “flights” and the “insights” through a unified operational model. The company serves agriculture, energy, natural resources, and municipal or government customers, with a focus on helping organizations scale drone operations safely, efficiently, and affordably.

Within this portfolio, FLOE represents Aerial Vantage’s mission-planning and operations layer: the system that converts mission needs into structured, feasible, and mission-ready flight outputs.

Our History

Aerial Vantage was founded with a simple goal in mind – to combine our leaders’ decades of manned and unmanned aviation experience with our advanced expertise in AI, ML, and computer vision to help customers tackle challenges head-on. Since our inception, our team has been helping clients plan and execute drone missions and gain insights from data to better inform business decisions.

Our Mission

Our mission is to automate and improve the business value from drone missions across a range of industries, enabling customers to better utilize aerial data to meet their goals.

Our Values

Integrity

Aerial Vantage is committed to hard work, honesty, and dedication to ensuring valuable results for our customers.

Accountability

Aerial Vantage is dependable, and available to our customers when and how they need us.

Innovation

Aerial Vantage is committed to having our finger on the pulse of the latest industry and technology trends and partnering with AI & CV leaders to ensure constant evolution.

Safety

Aerial Vantage is committed to the safety of your project from both an employee and a customer perspective.

Quality

Aerial Vantage is committed to conducting top-notch drone missions that utilize the latest technology to yield cutting-edge results.

“As a leader in automated solutions for aviation, Aerial Vantage empowers the industry with the tools and capabilities necessary to succeed and thrive in this new, seamless, data-driven environment.”

– Tom Davis, Chief Executive Officer