Solo commercial drone operator · Builder of EyesOn and DroneOps
Barnard HQ is a one-person commercial drone operation based in Eugene, Oregon. When you hire Barnard HQ, you get Bill — planning, flying, processing, and delivering. No subcontractors, no hand-offs, no surprise junior pilots.
The fleet spans enterprise-grade platforms for thermal inspection, search and rescue, and long-range coverage — including the DJI Matrice 30T and the newer Matrice 4TD — down to compact Mavic 3 Pro and Mini 5 Pro airframes for restricted airspace and videography, plus the Avata 2 and FPV systems for immersive cinematic work. 30 batteries across the lineup keep us ready to deploy at short notice across Lane County and the surrounding Pacific Northwest.
Alongside the flying, Barnard HQ builds open and self-hosted drone operations software:
EyesOn — a self-hosted drone streaming platform with sub-second WebRTC latency. Your hardware, your data, no per-viewer meter. Live with real customers since April 2026.
DroneOps Command — an open-source flight management platform tracking missions, pre-flight checklists, and AI-powered reporting. Live demo at command-demo.barnardhq.com.
DroneOps Sync — automatic flight log discovery and upload from DJI controllers.
There is no hand-off. The person who plans your mission is the person who flies it, processes the data, and delivers the result. That matters when the job is a thermal roof inspection at a commercial warehouse, or an emergency SAR deployment at 1 AM in Springfield. Direct communication, direct accountability, end to end.
For a quote, a time-sensitive mission, or to talk about EyesOn or DroneOps, the fastest path is through the contact form on the home page — it routes straight to Bill.