Unmanned Aerial Services

What Unmanned Aerial Services does

Unmanned Aerial Services Inc. (UAS Inc.) is a privately held Canadian drone-services firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lively (Sudbury), Ontario. The company designs and operates drone-based LiDAR surveying crews that capture high-resolution spatial data in subterranean and surface industrial environments — most notably in complete darkness inside active and historical mine workings. Its technology stack combines purpose-built drone platforms with LiDAR sensors and downstream point-cloud processing to generate digital twins of drifts, stopes, adits, raises, ore and waste passes, and shafts. The service portfolio spans Underground Mine Mapping, Surface Mapping, Subsidence Monitoring, Raise Bore & Alimak Scanning, Ore & Waste Pass Scanning, Shaft Inspections, Clash Detection, Consulting & Data Processing, Infrastructure inspections, Power Sector Inspections, Equipment Sales & Training, and Research & Development.

UAS Inc. sells project-based professional services directly to enterprise mining operators; pricing is quoted per engagement rather than via standardized tiers. Its disclosed customer base concentrates in the global mining vertical and includes Vale, Barrick Gold, Glencore, Newmont, Agnico Eagle, and — as of March 2026 — Giant Mining Corp., for which UAS Inc. is conducting an underground LiDAR survey at the Majuba Hill Copper-Silver-Gold Project in Nevada targeting roughly 3,000 feet of drifting and 169 feet of upper adit development to support a planned 10,000-foot core drilling program. The company has begun layering on adjacent verticals (power and infrastructure inspection) and a productized Equipment Sales & Training line, while standing up Client Upload and Service Request portals for digital onboarding.

The firm is small (11–50 employees), bootstrapped (no disclosed funding rounds), and operates as a focused services business rather than a software platform — making revenue scale, contract duration, and pricing transparency the open questions for would-be acquirers or growth investors.

Name

Unmanned Aerial Services

Legal name

Unmanned Aerial Services Inc.

Website

https://uasinc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UAS Inc. is a Canadian drone-based LiDAR surveying firm specializing in high-resolution underground mine mapping, subsidence monitoring, and industrial inspections for major mining and power operators including Vale, Barrick Gold, Glencore, Newmont, and Agnico Eagle.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Drone-based Mining Surveying and Inspection Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aircraft (UAV) (IMABAIAB)

Keywords

• Drone lidar mapping
• Underground mine surveying
• Mine inspection services
• Subsidence monitoring
• Industrial asset inspection

Headquarters

HQ city

Sudbury

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Specialized Drone/LiDAR Survey Services: Project-based service delivery for industrial clients requiring high-resolution underground and surface mapping. Services are contracted for specific projects such as the Majuba Hill survey targeting approximately 3,000 feet of underground drifting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Unmanned Aerial Services Inc. (UAS Inc.) is a Canadian drone solutions company providing specialized LiDAR-based surveying, mapping, and inspection services for the mining and industrial sectors. The company operates drone-mounted sensors in subterranean and surface environments to generate high-resolution digital models, with particular capability for producing imagery and survey data in complete darkness underground.

Product overview

Unmanned Aerial Services Inc. (UAS Inc.) is a drone solutions company offering a portfolio of specialized services for mining, infrastructure, and industrial applications. The company operates as a service provider rather than a software product, delivering customized data solutions including Underground Mine Mapping, Surface Mapping, Subsidence Monitoring, Raise Bore and Alimak Scanning, Ore & Waste Pass Scanning, Shaft Inspections, Power Sector Inspections, and Equipment Sales & Training. The core technology centers on high-resolution LiDAR and imagery capabilities that operate effectively in complete darkness, enabling precision surveying for subterranean environments. Recent service engagements include high-resolution underground LiDAR surveys at mining projects to generate digital twins of underground workings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Underground Mine Mapping Precision LiDAR surveying service for subterranean mine environments, generating detailed digital models of underground workings including drifts, stopes, and adits for structural interpretation and geological analysis. Used by mining companies for exploration, planning, and drill targeting.
• Surface Mapping Drone-based terrain mapping service for surface projects, producing topographic data to support infrastructure planning, monitoring, and operational decision-making.
• Subsidence Monitoring Drone-based ground movement tracking service for safety and stability assessment in mining and construction environments, identifying subsidence risks.
• Raise Bore and Alimak Scanning Detailed LiDAR scanning service for vertical mine excavations including raise bore holes and Alimak raises, capturing geometry and condition data.
• Ore & Waste Pass Scanning Inspection and analysis service for underground material transfer systems (ore and waste passes), examining condition for operational efficiency and safety.
• Shaft Inspections Visual and sensor-based inspection service for mine shafts, ensuring structural integrity and safety of vertical access infrastructure.
• LiDAR Survey Services High-resolution underground LiDAR survey service generating digital twins of mine workings. Maps drifts, adits, stopes, and raises to support drill targeting and geological modeling for mining operations.
• Consulting & Data Processing Expert consulting and data processing service for converting raw drone and LiDAR survey data into actionable insights for mining and industrial clients.
• Power Sector Inspections Drone-based inspection service for power sector infrastructure including transmission lines, substations, and related industrial assets.
• Equipment Sales & Training Sale of drone and surveying equipment along with professional training programs for drone operation and data collection.
• Clash Detection Service to identify spatial interferences and conflicts in engineering designs and construction projects using survey data.
• Research & Development Innovative solution development for mining and mapping applications, continuously advancing drone and LiDAR technology capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mapping approximately 3,000 feet of underground drifting and 169 feet of upper adit development in single project

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Giant Mining Corp.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2026Giant Mining Corp. engaged UAS Inc. to conduct a high-resolution underground LiDAR survey at its Majuba Hill Copper-Silver-Gold Project in Pershing County, Nevada. Fieldwork scheduled for first two weeks of April 2026. Survey will map approximately 3,000 feet of drifting within the Middle Adit, 169 feet within the Upper Adit, along with historical stopes, multiple adits, and raises, generating digital model to support structural interpretation and drill targeting for up to 10,000-foot core drilling program.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cyberhawk Innovations: Cyberhawk is an established industrial drone inspection services provider serving oil and gas, power, and infrastructure — broader than UAS Inc.'s mining focus but overlapping on power sector and infrastructure inspection use cases.
• Skydio: Skydio manufactures autonomous drones used across inspection, surveying, and public safety — a broader drone platform player whose autonomy and mapping capabilities could enable it to expand into UAS Inc.'s mining survey niche.
• HAZON Solutions: HAZON provides commercial drone inspection and surveying services to industrial clients in the US, including power, infrastructure, and industrial assets — a broader geographic and vertical competitor to UAS Inc.'s service model.

Others

• YellowScan: YellowScan manufactures LiDAR payloads for UAVs used in surveying and mapping — an enabling technology supplier whose sensors are commonly integrated into service-provider workflows like UAS Inc.'s.
• Microdrones: Microdrones produces commercial drone systems for surveying, mapping, and inspection — a hardware ecosystem peer whose LiDAR-equipped platforms can be deployed by competing service providers in the same mining and industrial segments.
• senseFly (Parrot): senseFly, a Parrot subsidiary, makes fixed-wing and rotary mapping drones for surveying and inspection — a hardware vendor whose platforms are used by service providers competing with UAS Inc. in surface and infrastructure mapping.

Direct peers

• Inkonova: Inkonova specializes in underground mine scanning using SLAM-based drone systems, offering services that compete head-to-head with UAS Inc. in mapping inaccessible mine workings and stopes.
• Exyn Technologies: Exyn develops autonomous drones for GPS-denied environments including underground mines, providing mapping and inspection services that overlap directly with UAS Inc.'s subterranean survey capabilities.
• Emesent: Emesent builds autonomous drone LiDAR mapping solutions specifically for mining and underground environments (Hovermap), directly competing with UAS Inc.'s core underground LiDAR survey offering for the same mining customer base.
• Flyability: Flyability provides confined-space inspection drones (Elios series) used in mining, infrastructure, and power applications — overlapping with UAS Inc.'s shaft inspections, raise bore scanning, and infrastructure inspection services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uas_inspection
• Facebookfacebook.com/UASincorporated
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uasinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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