About Hover Aerial Imaging
Who we are
Hover Aerial Imaging is a Brisbane-based industrial drone surveying and aerial inspection company. Founded in 2024 by Harry Billing, we operate under CASA Remote Operator Certificate #9398, delivering survey-grade RTK photogrammetry, LOD 400 digital twins, AI-powered defect detection, volumetric reporting, and Close Visual Inspection across South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales. Our deliverables are engineered for direct ingestion into BIM, CAD, and GIS workflows — Revit, Civil 3D, Bentley OpenRoads, ArcGIS, QGIS, Trimble Business Center. We're not a property photographer who happens to fly a drone. We're an industrial data-capture and asset intelligence specialist whose every project produces engineering-grade output your design and asset-management teams can sign off on.
Our certifications and insurance
Aviation regulatory compliance
- CASA Remote Operator Certificate (ReOC) #9398
- CASA Remote Pilot Licence (RePL)
- CASA Aeronautical Radio Operator Certificate (AROC)\
- NVLOS approved (Night Visual Line Of Sight)
Site safety compliance
- Tier-1 SWMS (Safe Work Method Statements)
- Project-specific JSA (Job Safety Analysis) on every job
- Construction White Card on every pilot
- Drug & alcohol management policy Insurance
- $20 million Public Liability
- Professional Indemnity
- Equipment-specific aviation hull cover
Our values
Honesty in scope. If LiDAR or thermal is the right tool for your project, we'll tell you and recommend a partner who carries it. We don't sell capability we don't have.
Engineering rigour. Every deliverable is validated against ground control. Residuals are disclosed, not hidden.
Client confidentiality. NDAs honoured. De-identified portfolio use only by permission.
Continuous capability. New equipment, new software, new standards — we invest in the tools the work demands.
What sets us apart
Three things, every project, every time.
Industrial focus, not creative. Our priority client isn't a marketing director who needs a hero shot of a building. It's the project manager, asset manager, surveyor, or engineer who needs a defendable measurement record that engineers can sign off on. The output is the deliverable, not the experience.
In-house photogrammetric processing. We don't subcontract data processing offshore. Capture, processing, and quality assurance happen in-house, by the same person who flew the project. Faster turnaround. Tighter feedback loops. Project-specific tuning.
South East Queensland-local responsiveness. Brisbane-based, with Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and Northern NSW within standard mobilisation. We're at your site faster than the national operators headquartered interstate, and we know the local airspace and council nuances.