Engineering the Future of Aviation Inspection.
Founded in Muscat, Oman — pioneering autonomous inspection across MENA.
Drone Lens was founded in 2024 in Oman by a team of engineers and aviation specialists who saw first-hand how dangerous and inefficient traditional aircraft inspections were. Evolving from an award-winning graduation project that won the UPGRADE program — transferring to a startup. Starting with government-funded research and peer-reviewed publications, the team built and validated their first autonomous inspection drone prototype, before being incubated by Oman Airports' prestigious Runway Program. Today, Drone Lens is the first company in the MENA region to offer a fully autonomous AI-powered aircraft inspection platform, with ambitions to scale across the GCC and beyond.
Leadership Team
Luqman Al Dhafari
COO & Founder
Business operations & lead researcher (3 papers)
Munther Al Aamri
CEO & Co-Founder
Aeronautical engineer · drone & robotics
Saleh Al Dhahli
CTO & Co-Founder
Software development & machine learning
Lukman Al-Saqri
CAO & Co-Founder
Daily administrative operations
Al Katab Al-Yahyaei
CFO
Administrative and financial management
Emad Al-Ramimi
CIO
Software development and data analytics
Incubation & Programs
The Runway Program
Oman Airports
Aviation-specific incubator. Drone Lens has signed a formal cooperation agreement with Oman Airports Management Company SAOC.
UPGRADE Program (v7)
Sultan Qaboos University
Hosted by the Innovation & Technology Transfer Centre (ITTC), funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MoHERI).