Since 2021, DRONICO has been delivering engineering-led aerial solutions for brands and events

Who we are

DRONICO is a technology company and engineering integrator working with aerial solutions for brands and events.

We design, build and operate everything that flies: drones, radio-controlled airships, custom aerial objects and complex indoor productions.

Our mission

We build aerial technology for brands, events, media and art, bringing together engineering expertise, creativity and safety.

Our values

• Safety. We do not take risks for the sake of an effect. Any solution in the air has to be controllable, calculated and acceptable in terms of people, context and environment.
• Responsibility for the result. We take responsibility not only for the launch but for what follows it. To the client, to our partners, to the audience and to our own team.
• Quality of execution. We aim for a result that looks simple even when complex engineering stands behind it. We do not release unfinished work and we do not work in a way that will somehow do.
• Engineering approach. For us creativity does not exist without engineering. We design, test, build in redundancy and scale our solutions as a system, not as a one-off act.
• Partnership. We build long-term relationships rather than single transactions. We work so that dealing with us is calm, clear and predictable.

The principles we work by

• We only take on projects whose result we can answer for in full. DRONICO does not work in fragments and does not take on isolated elements without control over the key risks. If an object, a technology or a script is in the air, we are answerable for its result, its safety and its consequences. Projects where responsibility is diffused or handed to third parties do not fit the way we work.
• Any technology in the air has to be controllable and calculated. We work only with solutions that can be engineered, tested and controlled. Custom development, new formats and unconventional objects are possible only where there is controllability, failure scenarios and redundancy. If a technology does not lend itself to control, we do not work with it.
• Bespoke and large-scale solutions are delivered to the same professional standards. The scale of a project does not change the level of the requirements. Bespoke and series solutions alike go through the same stages of design, verification, preparation and control. A one-off shape is no reason to step back from standards of quality and safety.
• Engineering comes before the effect. Creative ideas, visual solutions and scripts always follow engineering logic. We do not create an effect at the cost of risk and we do not substitute emotion for calculation. Any impression in the air is worth something only when engineering precision and proven processes stand behind it.
• We know how to turn down projects that do not meet our standards and values. DRONICO chooses its projects, partners and formats deliberately. Declining a task that does not meet our standards of safety, controllability or responsibility is part of a professional position, not a limitation. Strategy and reputation matter more than a short-term gain.

Our philosophy

DRONICO is a technology company working with solutions in the air for brands and events. We stand where the event industry meets media, advertising and art, and we take full responsibility for the design, integration and delivery of aerial formats, scalable and one of a kind alike.

We see the air not as a space for experiments for the sake of an effect but as an environment of heightened responsibility. Every solution we put into the air has to be controllable, calculated and justified by the task. For us complexity is not a risk but a challenge to engineering, processes and technology.

We work with aerial technology systematically and as a responsible integrator: from the idea and the engineering design through to logistics, piloting and control of the result. We bring creativity and engineering expertise together, knowing that an impression is worth something only when a reliable and controllable system stands behind it.

At the base of our work are safety, responsibility for the result, quality of execution and an engineering approach. We make no compromises where risk is concerned and we do not create an effect at people’s expense. We answer for the consequences of our decisions to audiences, clients, partners and our own team.

We build the business on reproducibility and predictability. That is what lets us scale, enter new markets and increase the value of the company without losing quality or trust.

DRONICO is chosen when what is needed is not simply an effect in the air but the certainty that a complex task will be carried out professionally, safely and with full control of the result.

What we do

DRONICO is a full-cycle company. Our lines of work:

• Outdoor drone shows. Up to nine thousand drones in the sky, a programme of up to twenty-five minutes, operation in winds of up to 12 m/s and in temperatures from minus ten to plus fifty.
• Indoor drone shows. Here the drones fly inside a venue, so the technology is different: instead of a satellite signal we deploy our own navigation network on ultra-wideband inside the hall, the drones weigh 149 grammes and carry a collision avoidance system. At the UAE Super Cup in Dubai 200 drones flew this way at heights of up to ten metres in front of 15,000 spectators, with three television channels carrying the broadcast.
• Radio-controlled airships. We design and build them ourselves: from dolphins and sharks to advertising spheres, planets, unique shapes made for a brand and outdoor advertising airships. A helium figure is flown from a controller and poses no risk to spectators: if the equipment fails, it does not fall.
• Custom drones and aerial objects. Ultralight butterflies with flapping wings (biomimetics), custom model aircraft (a phoenix, a falcon, butterflies and others), professional model aircraft with flags and smoke, and purpose-built drones such as a flying sailing ship and an iron barrel, among much else.
• Engineering integration and production. Our own platforms, development of drones and airships, a safety laboratory, and management of logistics and piloting.
• Technology hubs (equipment) and an educational centre.

How we work

DRONICO means an engineering approach in which precision and preparation determine the result. We start every project with calculation, testing and safety protocols, and we come out to the emotion of the audience only when the system is entirely ready.

Our principle is a simple one: everything that looks light and effortless rests on deep preparation, discipline and control.

Every DRONICO project follows the same working path:

idea → engineering design → simulation → flight testing → rehearsal → delivery.

Safety and controllability are built into every stage.

We treat complexity not as a risk but as a professional challenge to engineering, processes and the team. That is exactly why we take on unconventional and new tasks only when we can make them controllable, predictable and deliverable to a professional standard.

How we approach a project

• Bespoke development. Every DRONICO project is developed for a particular task, context and site. We do not copy ready-made solutions; we adapt formats and technology to the goals of the brand or the event while keeping to the same professional standards.
• Integration into the context of the event. We bring technology, space, script, music and brand communication together into a single system. An aerial solution is always part of the overall idea, never a separate item on the programme.
• Forecasting and redundancy. We work a step ahead, building in reserves for weather, equipment, timing and external factors. A predictable result matters more to us than an optimistic scenario.
• Professional logistics and coordination. International freight, time windows, permits and dealing with venues and local services are not supporting tasks but part of our engineering and operational responsibility.
• Risk management and safety. Every project includes safety scenarios, rehearsals and drills for critical situations. We prepare for unusual conditions in advance rather than reacting to them in the moment.

Permits, insurance and documents

In the countries where we have representative offices, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and India, we obtain flight permits ourselves and carry the whole approval process with the aviation authorities: the GCAA in the UAE, GACA in Saudi Arabia and SHGM in Türkiye. Elsewhere the permit is obtained by a local partner company under its own jurisdiction, and we prepare the package for approval: coordinates, altitudes, the time window and the safety plan. Our articles set out in detail how this works in the UAE and across the GCC countries.

Public liability is insured for one million UAE dirhams, and the cover is worldwide. Our pilots are licensed, equipment is backed up and failure scenarios are rehearsed before we travel to the site. We have written separately about the safety of outdoor drone shows in public spaces.

Our light show equipment is registered in the UAE under Cabinet Resolution No. 110 of 2023, certificate UAE-UAV-25-00004644 of 15 September 2025.

The head company of the group is DRONICO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SERVICES L.L.C., Dubai. Commercial licence No. 1085455 issued by the Department of Economic Development of Dubai, activity: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone) Service. The same company is the founder of our representative offices in other countries, so a client anywhere works with one structure and one set of standards.

Our manifesto

We work with the air as a professional environment, where an impression is possible only when control, calculation and responsibility stand behind it.

We turn the sky into a space of communication for brands, cities and events, where technology serves the task rather than the effect for its own sake.

We take on difficult tasks not because of the risk but because of the competence. Complexity for us is not a gamble but a challenge to engineering, processes and standards.

We create and integrate drones, airships and custom aerial objects, understanding how they are built, what limits them and what responsibility working in the air carries.

We work in the air so that important events are delivered professionally, safely and predictably.

DRONICO. Aerial technology for important events.

Our slogan

WORKING IN THE AIR

Where we work

Our offices and teams are in Dubai, Riyadh, Istanbul and Bangalore, and our projects have been delivered in more than 20 countries, from Türkiye to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, India, the Seychelles and Kazakhstan.

DRONICO means international experience, multicultural teams and a single standard of quality.

DRONICO in numbers

Our clients

Leading brands, corporations and organisations around the world put their trust in us, from television companies and energy giants to government forums, festivals and private events.

They come to us when what is needed is not simply an effect but a precise engineering solution that brings together safety, creativity and scale.

We are proud to have become the partner of hundreds of companies for whom the sky has become part of their communication.

DRONICO is not chosen because of advertising. We are chosen because we know how to work in the air safely, beautifully and precisely.

Our story

DRONICO was founded by the entrepreneur and event organiser Evgeny Shapoval. By then he had spent more than twenty years organising forums, festivals and corporate events. The idea of building a new line of work came from a wish to develop technological solutions in events and visual communication.

• 2021. The first project was delivered: an indoor drone show in which 20 drones took to the air. That experience showed that the technology calls for a particular approach to safety and to engineering.
• During that project the team arrived at the idea of radio-controlled airships, safe helium figures that are flown from a controller and pose no risk to spectators. This became the company’s second line of work, and the first airships were used at events that Evgeny Shapoval was producing himself.
• Spring 2022. The decision was taken to develop the company systematically, and the IT entrepreneur Ivan Semchuk joined DRONICO.
• 2022. DRONICO was registered in Dubai and licensed for activity connected with drones. To strengthen engineering competence the team was joined by Oleg Gorbunov, an engineer and specialist in unmanned aerial vehicle operations, who took charge of the engineering and production side of the company.
• 2022 to 2023. The first projects in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India, among them integrations for GITEX Global, the ATP Tour, the Dubai AI Festival, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways, DAMAC, PepsiCo, NEOM and Sharjah Media Group. These projects became the basis for further growth.
• February 2023. An unofficial world record for an indoor drone show: 200 drones at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai.
• Summer 2025. The first outdoor drone show in the Seychelles.
• Autumn 2025. The first outdoor drone show in Libya.
• 2025. Representative offices opened in Türkiye and Saudi Arabia. The head company of the group, DRONICO Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Services LLC in Dubai, became the basis of an international holding.

This is how the partnership of three key participants took shape:

• Ivan Semchuk, finance and systems management
• Oleg Gorbunov, engineering, technology and production
• Evgeny Shapoval, marketing and creative

Entry to the market began with safe and visually striking solutions: radio-controlled airships, indoor drone shows and custom flying models. These projects let clients see what the company was capable of and satisfy themselves as to its reliability and standard of delivery. Step by step the company expanded its production and its drone fleet and began creating large-scale outdoor drone shows for major brands and cultural events.

In 2024 the company delivered 146 events, and in 2025 more than 250. Today DRONICO employs more than 70 people, including engineers, pilots, drone show designers, managers and producers.

DRONICO has delivered projects in more than 20 countries and works with major event companies, brands, media and corporations, among them:

ADIB, Arsenal, ATP Tour, Coca-Cola, DAMAC, Dubai AI Festival, Dubai Frame, Dubai Shopping Festival, Emirates NBD, Etihad Airways, Etisalat, FIFA, FIFA Arab Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, Funtico, Galatasaray, GITEX Global, GSK, GulFood, Hatta Winter Festival, Hi-Fly, IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships, ICAO FALC, IDC, Junior Eurovision, Libyan Horseracing Authority, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Mastercard, MegaCampus Summit, Mercedes-Benz, Met Dhabi Abu Dhabi, NEOM, NMDC Group, PepsiCo, Philips, Qatar Tourism, Qatar Toy Festival, SAB Bank, Sharjah Media Group, Sheikh Zayed Festival, Shoba, The Arena Kuwait, TRT 1, UAE Pro League, UAE Super Cup and others.

DRONICO continues to grow as an international technology company creating safe, spectacular and innovative solutions in the air for events, brands, cities and countries around the world.