DroneBase Expands to Provide Elite Analytics and Imagery to Solar Asset Owners Globally

A clear, blue Tuesday morning transformed Dan Burton’s life from citizen to military man to entrepreneur.

Burton watched the Twin Towers crumble on Sept. 11 from Lower Manhattan. The horror of the day motivated Burton to enlist in the military. He served as a Marine Infantry Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2007 to 2011.

He didn’t get to fly any drones while enlisted, but he saw the machines evolve and change military actions. He knew this technology could help transform the business world, as well. DroneBase was born. Burton, the founder and CEO of DroneBase, launched the company in 2014 and recently secured $7.5 million in new funding to expand its services to the solar industry.

“In Iraq and Afghanistan, I got to see drone technology in action and came way true believer”, Burton told Solar Magazine. “I could tell back then that with technology advances, drones inevitability will commercialize, and more and more have an impact on a daily business and daily life back in the United States.”

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