Public desk research; final accuracy pass on 2026-09-15. Reopened 45 R1/R2 sources and added 21 primary references. Selected claims in four original repository documents reviewed. No customer interviews, invoices, live integrations, grant applications or operational validation performed. Accessed 2026-09-15. Release 2026.09.15-r2.1.
| ID | Title | Type | Date | Qualification / finding | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | Iowa State University: 2026 Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey | Independent survey | 2026-03 | Page 3 drone application: average USD12.50/acre, median12, reported range8–16,47 responses; materials excluded. Page5 spraying/harvesting machinery labor average24.45/hour,81 responses. Rates expected in2026; not paid Canopy invoices. Range excludes minimum and maximum. | Open |
| S02 | AcreConnect pricing | Published vendor price | 2026 pricing; accessed2026-09-15 | USD650/user/year billed annually. Free profile and flight-log features. Starting offer, not enterprise contract pricing or Canopy willingness to pay. | Open |
| S03 | AcreConnect product | Vendor capability claim | Accessed2026-09-15 | Dispatch, flight logs, maps, reporting and integrations. Vendor usage counters are not audited market share. | Open |
| S04 | AcreConnect Service Provider Map | Vendor announcement | 2025-03-20 | Service-provider discovery and service requests already exist. | Open |
| S05 | American Autonomy | Vendor statement | Accessed2026-09-15 | Rantizo spraying operations sold August1,2025; software company rebranded American Autonomy. GCS/data interoperability strategy. Reorganization alone does not establish relative profitability. | Open |
| S06 | American Drone Network | Vendor capability claim | Accessed2026-09-15 | CropSwipe marketplace, CropFlight logbook, repair support and input/insurance partners. Marketplace liquidity and realized GMV not established by this review. | Open |
| S07 | FarmFleet | Vendor capability claim | Accessed2026-09-15 | Scheduling own and third-party resources, spraying services, documents and payment workflow. Global comparator based in Ukraine. | Open |
| S08 | SkyAgro Bulgaria | Vendor service description | Accessed2026-09-15 | Field services and area/consumption reporting; FAQ has no fixed minimum field area and allows transport/fuel charge for small plots. Obtain direct quote before modeling. | Open |
| S09 | Taranis acquisition services | Vendor capability claim | Accessed2026-09-15 | Managed imagery capture and service execution; distribution through agronomy/retail workflows matters. | Open |
| S10 | Hylio | Vendor capability claim | Accessed2026-09-15 | US agricultural aircraft and AgroSol mission/operations software. OEMs also own workflow. | Open |
| S11 | Pyka Series B announcement by transaction counsel | Transaction adviser announcement | 2024-09-23 | USD40m SeriesB financing; not disclosed valuation or comparable software economics. | Open |
| S12 | Cascadia advises Sentera sale to John Deere | Transaction adviser announcement | 2025-05-29 | Strategic acquisition confirms integration value; no revenue multiple inferred. | Open |
| S13 | Energize: DroneDeploy acquisition agreement | Investor transaction announcement | 2026-07-29 | Historical July2026 investor announcement of the USD845m DroneDeploy agreement and company origins in2013. Subsequent completion is now reported by the acquirer in S46; see S47 for announced consideration qualifications. | Open |
| S14 | DJI global agriculture adoption report announcement | Manufacturer-reported adoption | 2026-04-29 | DJI reports more than600000 DJI agricultural drones operating worldwide by end2025, across100+countries/regions. Manufacturer-reported own-brand installed base, not all manufacturers, unique customers, independent environmental evidence or paying software accounts. | Open |
| S15 | FAA agricultural dispensing with UAS | Regulator guidance | 2026-05-05 update | Part137 certification and applicable exemptions; weight-dependent operating rules. VLOS streamlined process. FAA approval does not replace state or product requirements. | Open |
| S16 | European Parliament procedure2025/0409(COD) | Legislative status | Accessed2026-09-15 | Proposed amendment, awaiting committee decision in reviewed record; do not treat proposed liberalization as enacted permission. | Open |
| S17 | Directive2009/128/EC | Legislation | 2009; access2026-09-15 | Article9 aerial-spraying prohibition with specified derogations. Country implementation and current product-specific permissions require local confirmation. | Open |
| S18 | Stripe US standard pricing | Published vendor price | Accessed2026-09-15 | US locale: domestic online cards2.9%+USD0.30; ACH direct debit0.8% cappedUSD5. Geography and payment method matter; generic pricing URL may redirect by locale. Not Bulgarian rates or an assumed Canopy configuration. | Open |
| S19 | Stripe Connect US pricing | Published vendor price | Accessed2026-09-15 | Platform-handled pricing:USD2/monthly active account;0.25%+USD0.25/payout; pricing table also lists0.25% funds routing. Exact configuration/contract must be confirmed; model does not silently omit this component. | Open |
| S20 | Vercel pricing | Published vendor price | Accessed2026-09-15 | ProUSD20/month advertised, developer seatsUSD20/month and metered usage terms. Taxes excluded. A minimum vendor price is not total Canopy infrastructure cost. | Open |
| S21 | ABZ Innovation, Hungary | Vendor description | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Agricultural aircraft and support ecosystem; Hungarian address. Not proof of a neutral pan-EU marketplace. | Open |
| S22 | AutoSpray Pilot Network | Vendor network description | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Pilot directory, qualification/training and technical/regulatory support. AutoSpray states it is operator of record and pilots are delivery agents. Product/use permissions remain separate. | Open |
| S23 | HireDronePilot crop-spraying introductions | Vendor marketplace description | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Brief review and operator introductions; client contracts directly with pilot. Page states no verified profile currently lists this exact crop-spraying service, so liquid supply is unproven. | Open |
| S24 | UK Agricultural Drones directory | Directory description | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Agricultural operator discovery by county and quote requests. No independent audit of listings/credentials or transaction volume. | Open |
| S25 | HSE aerial spraying permits and drone pesticide application | Regulator guidance | Accessed 2026-09-15 | No commercial on-label/EAMU drone pesticide authorisations currently; limited Extrapolated Trials Permits, specific Aerial Spraying Permits and CAA authorisation required. | Open |
| S26 | Droners.io commercial pilot marketplace | Vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Customers post jobs, compare licensed pilots and bids, review deliverables and pay. Broad photography and technical categories establish direct marketplace overlap; activity claims are not audited. | Open |
| S27 | FlyGuys Capture enterprise data capture software | Vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Mission templates, bulk site intake, pilot qualification, scheduling, QA and delivery across industries. Direct overlap with a broad coordination thesis. Claimed scale and savings are not independently validated here. | Open |
| S28 | Zeitview Asset Insights | Vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Asset lifecycle imagery, inspections, maintenance prioritisation and portfolio reporting across property, construction, solar, wind and utilities. Buyers can supply existing images. Do not equate listed capabilities to proven Canopy demand. | Open |
| S29 | FlyNex enterprise data platform and services | EU vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Leipzig-based software and service provider covers property, energy, telecoms, construction and transport. Data collection, analytics and asset management demonstrate EU competition beyond agriculture. | Open |
| S30 | Team UAV inspection, survey and response | UK vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | UK inspection, mapping, construction progress, emergency and government services, with software and secure delivery. Includes defence-estate-related mapping experience claims; this is not evidence of a Canopy partnership. | Open |
| S31 | Drone Safe Register pilot discovery | UK vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Commercial pilot discovery and service matching already exist in the UK. A new homeowner booking layer is not greenfield. | Open |
| S32 | Spexi aerial imagery network | Vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Distributed capture, standardised geospatial products, repeated coverage and API delivery. A reusable aerial-data network is already contested; data licensing is not an automatic Canopy right. | Open |
| S33 | Percepto inspection intelligence | Vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Autonomous inspection, drone docks, geospatial data and analysis for infrastructure and energy. Canopy should validate an integration role rather than assume autonomy is an unoccupied market. | Open |
| S34 | Skydio sunsets consumer drone offerings | Primary company pivot announcement | 2023-08-10 | Skydio announced a consumer exit to focus on enterprise and public-sector customers. This is a hardware-company precedent for focus, not proof that Canopy can reproduce its economics or valuation. | Open |
| S35 | Wild Dog Digital San Diego prices | Published supplier price | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Drone photography USD199; standalone aerial video USD249. Aerial video added to a ground-video booking is separately USD199. Local supplier scope; sales-tax treatment and final quote require confirmation. | Open |
| S36 | Drone Studio North East packages | Published supplier price | Accessed 2026-09-15; page publication date not verified | Basic GBP195; Premium GBP295; Full Production GBP945; Marketing Mastery GBP1495. The page says all prices include VAT and requests a final custom quote. Packages differ in photos, clips, production and social edits. Not a national mean or Canopy tariff. | Open |
| S37 | Ordnance Survey UAV procurement FOI231219 | Public buyer disclosure | 2024-02-22 | Total successful bid GBP1,092,200; winning supplier Skeye ASI Ltd; ten bidders listed. Day-rate and pricing breakdown withheld. Historical total, not annual revenue, a live opportunity, a per-mission rate or a Canopy forecast. | Open |
| S38 | CAA drone operating categories | Regulator guidance | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Open category includes low-risk commercial activities. Evaluate the aircraft, location and operation; commercial photography does not automatically require Specific-category authorisation. | Open |
| S39 | CAA Specific category | Regulator guidance | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Operational-authorisation routes include PDRA01 and UK SORA. Pilot qualification and the operator's authorisation are distinct. A generic platform approval is not a flight permission. | Open |
| S40 | EASA Open category low-risk civil drones | Regulator guidance | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Low-risk commercial work can use Open-category rules subject to aircraft class, pilot competence and operational restrictions. Open does not allow flight over assemblies of people. Local geographical zones still require checking. | Open |
| S41 | FAA commercial drone operators | Regulator guidance | Updated 2025-03-25; accessed 2026-09-15 | Part 107 covers qualifying small UAS business operations. Night and over-people operations require the relevant rule conditions; controlled-airspace authorisation remains separate. Visual-line-of-sight waivers are among the stated waiver pathways. | Open |
| S42 | ICO guidance on drones and personal data | Regulator guidance under review | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Purpose, proportionality, DPIA, notices, limited recording, secure storage and retention need attention. ICO flags guidance review following the Data (Use and Access) Act; reconfirm before deployment. | Open |
| S43 | UK export controls for dual-use software and technology | Government guidance | Updated 2025-07-07; accessed 2026-09-15 | Assess controlled items, software/technology, end-use restrictions and sanctions. Defence-adjacent sales require transaction-specific review; not every drone software service is controlled. | Open |
| S44 | UK VAT rates | Government tax reference | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Standard rate 20%. Used solely for an explicitly labelled standard-rated normalisation of supplier prices described as VAT-inclusive; company tax treatment requires confirmation. | Open |
| S45 | FlyNex pricing | Published vendor pricing structure | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Enterprise offers are customised; no enterprise rate is disclosed. The EUR0 free plan supports up to three objects. A free planning tier is not a price benchmark for managed inspections. | Open |
| S46 | Procore reports completed DroneDeploy acquisition | Primary acquirer announcement | 2026-09-09 | Procore states the acquisition recently completed. September 9 is the report date, not an inferred legal closing date. Do not treat all described future integrations as already delivered. | Open |
| S47 | Procore July DroneDeploy acquisition announcement | Primary acquirer announcement | 2026-07-29 | Approximately USD845 million cash announced, subject to customary adjustments. Historical announced consideration; final adjusted consideration and revenue multiple not established here. Completion status updated by S46. | Open |
| S48 | Bulgaria Agricultural Census 2020: results and analyses No406 | Official statistical publication | 2022-10; 2020 census; hosted 2023 | 132742 total holdings; 5464 without UAA; 127278 with UAA and reported 35.9ha average. 37452 holdings have greater than zero and less than 1ha UAA. Total UAA4564152ha. Keep year, denominator and category boundary explicit. | Open |
| S49 | EnduroSat FRAME Max product | Published manufacturer price | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Published USD unit prices by order size: one9.5m; ten8.1m; one hundred6.7m; one thousand or more4.2m. The low end is a bulk-order price, not a single-unit quote or complete mission cost. No satellite purchase proposed. | Open |
| S50 | FlytBase enterprise drone autonomy platform | Vendor capability claim | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Advertises multi-site drone autonomy, integrations, supported hardware and managed operations. Direct overlap with orchestration/integration thesis. Performance, claimed scale and universal compatibility not independently established. | Open |
| S51 | DJI Dock 3 launch and remote operations | Manufacturer product announcement | 2025-02-27 | Dock3 and FlightHub2 provide automated remote routes and inspection functions. Existing product category, not Canopy invention. Product capability does not grant BVLOS or unrestricted autonomous permission. | Open |
| S52 | EASA drone FAQ: automatic versus autonomous operations | Regulator guidance | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Relevant FAQ distinguishes preprogrammed automatic operations with pilot intervention from autonomous operations. Autonomous operation is outside the Open category; applicable Specific/Certified requirements remain. Other historical FAQ dates are not used as current legal updates. | Open |
| S53 | FAA Beyond Visual Line of Sight rule announcement | Regulator proposed-rule announcement | 2025-08-06; reviewed 2026-09-15 | Reviewed FAA page describes the broader BVLOS framework as a proposed rule. No assumed Part108 entitlement; current operation must have a valid operating basis. This is not an exhaustive final-rule legal opinion. | Open |
| S54 | EIC Accelerator 2026 | Official funding programme | 2026 programme; accessed 2026-09-15 | Innovation grants below EUR2.5m for TRL6-8; investment EUR1-10m. Next listed full-proposal batch4Nov2026 after short-proposal GO. UK grant-only. Canopy maturity and eligibility not established; caps are not awards. | Open |
| S55 | EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2026 topics | Official funding scope | 2026 programme; accessed 2026-09-15 | Challenges include energy-harvesting materials, biotechnology for healthy ageing and DeepRAP cognitive AI. A generic drone integration project does not automatically meet a scientific challenge. | Open |
| S56 | EIC Pathfinder programme and 2026 deadlines | Official funding programme | 2026 programme; accessed 2026-09-15 | Open deadline12May2026 passed; Challenges deadline28Oct2026. Earliest-stage breakthrough research, not ordinary marketplace development. Future calls require fresh confirmation. | Open |
| S57 | EIC Transition 2026 | Official funding programme | 2026 programme; accessed 2026-09-15 | Deadline16Sep2026. Requires results from eligible prior projects at specified maturity; grants up to EUR2.5m. Canopy has not demonstrated qualifying results or rights. | Open |
| S58 | Eurostars Call11 September2026 | Official funding call | Deadline 2026-09-10; accessed 2026-09-15 | Closed. Innovative SME-led international collaboration with exclusive civil focus and national rules. Bulgaria section lists EUR200000 cap subject to national process; UK requires an active entity registered at least12months. No next call date or Canopy award assumed. | Open |
| S59 | Innovate UK dual-use aviation systems and autonomy: official scope | Official funding call | Deadline 2026-06-03; accessed 2026-09-15 | Closed. Included UAS; excluded counter-UAS. Required system-level TRL5+, UK customer/operator and an integrated project. A secondary summary misleadingly excluded UAS generally; official scope controls. Not an available award for Canopy. | Open |
| S60 | MAVLink microservices | Official protocol documentation | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Existing mission, command, camera, gimbal and other interoperability services. A protocol standard does not establish every implementation or command as compatible. | Open |
| S61 | MAVSDK current FAQ: compatibility | Official software documentation | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Primarily optimised/tested for PX4, with growing ArduPilot support and documented protocol differences. Do not infer universal flight-stack compatibility from MAVLink support. | Open |
| S62 | DJI Cloud API | Official developer documentation | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Third-party cloud interfaces using MQTT, HTTPS and WebSocket; lists supported enterprise aircraft/docks. Candidate adapter route, not every DJI drone or a completed Canopy integration. | Open |
| S63 | DJI Payload SDK | Official developer documentation | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Payload ecosystem for listed flight platforms; showcases gas monitoring and mapping. Additional sensing is an existing category. Physical/electrical compatibility, SDK scope and approval require configuration-specific validation. | Open |
| S64 | Auterion Skynode X | Manufacturer product description | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Vehicle/payload control, fleet tools, custom apps and payload integration already offered. Open-platform and payload-integration concepts are not greenfield; no claimed Canopy compatibility or partnership. | Open |
| S65 | Auterion Pixhawk Payload Bus integration | Official integration documentation | Accessed 2026-09-15 | Documents an existing payload interface and adapter board. A supported physical interface does not confer universal fit or operating approval. | Open |
| S66 | CAA infrastructure inspection policy and sees.ai example | Regulator announcement | Accessed 2026-09-15; historical policy announcement | CAA describes infrastructure inspection development and sees.ai working with National Grid. UK market is occupied. This announcement is not a transferable operator permission; check the current applicable CAA route. | Open |