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New York City
Urban aerial imaging
Aerial imagery captured in a dense urban environment, requiring careful management of uninvolved people, numerous obstacles and coordination with Air Traffic Control.
What we do
Three pillars
A drone is an aerial data acquisition platform, not just a camera. Missions are built around what the image — or the data behind it — has to deliver, and around the preparation it takes to get there.
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AERIAL IMAGING
Aerial photography and video built around the final result: composition, light, movement and the quality of the delivered imagery.
- Aerial photography
- Aerial video
- Commercial & creative content
- Real estate, tourism & events
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AERIAL DATA
Aerial imagery transformed into useful information to measure, document, visualise or monitor a site.
- Photogrammetry
- 3D modelling
- Volumetry & earthworks
- Orthophotos & mapping
- Construction progress monitoring
- Visual inspection
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MISSION MANAGEMENT
Some images are straightforward to capture. Others require understanding the airspace, preparing the necessary authorisations and coordinating multiple stakeholders before the aircraft can even take off. That preparation is part of the mission.
- Feasibility assessment
- Airspace assessment
- Regulations & authorisations
- Operational documentation
- Air Traffic Control & authority coordination
- Coordination with other airspace users
- On-site operational management
Selected Work
Le Slip Français
Brand activation · Aerial filming
Selected aerial shots produced for Le Slip visible depuis l'espace, requiring close coordination with multiple stakeholders and imagery suitable for integration into a cinematic-quality production.
Koksijde — Belgium
Coastal aerial imaging · Mission coordination
A moving-subject operation in complex airspace, close to helicopter search-and-rescue training areas and military facilities, requiring Air Traffic Control coordination and clearance from Belgian military intelligence.
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Zermatt — Switzerland
Alpine aerial imaging
High-altitude operations required adapted flight planning and coordination with the local helicopter operator, while sub-zero temperatures reduced battery endurance and available flight time.
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Miami Beach — USA
Urban & coastal aerial imaging
Aerial imagery captured in a complex urban environment with significant surrounding air traffic, requiring careful flight planning and coordination throughout the operation.
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Earthwork volumetry
Photogrammetry · Aerial data
Aerial photogrammetry used to support earthwork volume estimation, requiring coordination with site stakeholders and a capture pattern prepared around the constraints of an active construction site.
Maldives
Aerial imaging · Regulatory coordination
Aerial imagery requiring prior flight permission from the local civil aviation authority and coordination with local seaplane operators.
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Marine aerial
Marine aerial imaging
Dynamic aerial imagery of vessels underway, with operations launched from a moving boat, limited manoeuvring space and continuously moving subjects.
Service area
Based in Brussels. Operating across Belgium.
SQI Drone Services is based in Brussels and works throughout Belgium — from Brussels, Waterloo, Wavre and Nivelles to Leuven, Namur, Mons, Charleroi, Liège, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Hasselt and the Belgian coast.
Missions can also be prepared elsewhere in Europe, according to the applicable national and local requirements.
Mission Management
Flying is only part of the mission.
Some flights are straightforward. Others require understanding the airspace, preparing the necessary authorisations and coordinating multiple stakeholders before the aircraft can even take off. Every mission is prepared, documented and coordinated with the discipline of aviation operations. Across Europe, operations are prepared country by country, according to the applicable national UAS geographical zones, local airspace constraints and procedures.
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Mission preparation
Site review, feasibility, access, constraints and flight plan worked out before anyone is on location.
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Airspace & regulations
Assessment of the flight environment, regulatory research and the right authorisations — including coordination with Air Traffic Control and authorities where required.
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Documentation & coordination
Operational dossiers and liaison with the parties involved — client, production team, authorities and other airspace users.
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On-site execution
Briefing, decision-making on site and the quality of what is captured. Underpinned by ten years of professional aviation operations experience.
Qualifications & registrations
- EASA Open A1/A3 remote pilot competency
- Registered UAS operator — EASA framework
- FAA TRUST certificate holder
- FAA registered UAS
Complex airspace doesn't stop the mission. It changes how we prepare it.
About
“Aviation has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.”
For the past ten years, I have worked in flight operations across several airlines and business aviation operators, building hands-on experience in operational planning, regulations, procedures and coordination.
Alongside aviation, I have always been involved in aeromodelling — and later drones, with a particular interest in multirotor aircraft. What started as a hobby naturally became another way of combining aviation, technology and imagery.
For me, flying is only part of it. I genuinely enjoy understanding the aircraft, maintaining the equipment and improving the way I operate. That same mindset led me to develop my own mobile drone operations kit: a self-contained field workstation designed around preparation, monitoring and efficient operations on location.
SQI Drone Services brings those worlds together: a passion for aerial imagery, ten years of professional aviation operations experience, and the same attention to preparation whether the mission is straightforward or requires permits, documentation and coordination with multiple airspace users.
Basile Desquiens
Founder — SQI Drone Services
Pricing
Tailored to the mission
Every mission is quoted individually — no fixed packages. Tell me what you have in mind and you get a clear proposal.
What the quote depends on
- Location and travel
- Flight environment and constraints
- Coordination required
- Mission duration
- Requested deliverables
Simple missions from €250 excl. VAT
This starting point covers straightforward local missions. The final quote depends on location, operational complexity and coordination, mission duration and the requested deliverables.
Quotations on request. Prices excluding VAT.