---
title: "Sony’s Going to Make a Drone — With Wings?"
description: "Sony's going to make a drone. Aerospace, a joint partnership with Japanese robotics company ZMP, will begin to sell drones in 2016. Up top is an official rendered concept illustration."
date: "2015-07-22"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Kif Leswing"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kif_leswing"
url: "https://futurism.com/take-a-look-at-sonys-idea-for-a-drone-with-wings"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Drones"
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "transport"
---

# Sony’s Going to Make a Drone — With Wings?

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/vtol-v2-with-tail.jpg>)

- The render above shows a vehicle with wings that can take off and land vertically, but that's only one idea that Aerosense is considering.

- Images and video gathered by the drones will be uploaded to and processed by servers in the cloud. Uses for the drone may include surveying construction sites and remote areas. For now, the drone services will only be sold in Japan.
- Sony's mobile division is leading up the effort -- an interesting pivot for a division that is having trouble selling Xperia smartphones.