Kaze Aerial Production

Live drone coverage for network sports television.

We fly drones as coverage cameras on live shows for CBS Sports, FOX Sports, NBC and TNT Sports.

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Recent credits

  1. 2026ALCS, Rays vs. GuardiansBoth ballparksTNT SportsLive
  2. 2026PGA ChampionshipAronimink, Newtown Square, PACBS SportsLive
  3. 2026THE PLAYERS ChampionshipNBC / PGA TOURAR
  4. 2025PGA ChampionshipQuail Hollow, CharlotteCBS SportsLive
  5. 2024Big Ten Football ChampionshipLucas Oil Stadium, IndianapolisCBS SportsLive
  6. 2019U.S. OpenPebble BeachFOX SportsLive
Every credit, with sources

2025 Sports Emmy

Award
George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
Entry
PGA TOUR Drone AR
Credit
Kaze Aerial Production, development partner

Drone AR was developed by six partners: the PGA TOUR, Bolt6, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Virtual Eye and Kaze Aerial Production.

NATAS, 46th Sports Emmy winners (PDF, p. 37) (opens in a new tab)PGA TOUR, May 20, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

FAA-approved, fully insured, and cleared with the league and the venue before we fly.

  • Part 107Our entire crew is FAA-licensed as remote pilots.
  • 107.39Waiver for flight over people.
  • 107.29Waiver for flight at night.
  • COIFully insured. Certificate of insurance on request.
Safety and authorization

What we fly for

At Kaze Aerial, we provide a balance of professionalism with a genuine joy for our work. Such an approach makes for a pleasant and productive experience that keeps our clients coming back.

  1. A Kaze octocopter carrying a camera on a gimbal, flying over a golf course while crew watch from below

    Kaze heavy-lift aircraft in flight, on location

    Drone 1

    Live broadcast drone

    We fly drones as coverage cameras inside the network's live show. Two aircraft at the 2025 and 2026 PGA Championships for CBS. Drones at both ballparks for TNT Sports' 2026 ALCS. A custom-modified aircraft flown indoors at the 2024 Big Ten Championship.

    We have provided the live broadcasting at sports' biggest events.

  2. A Kaze pilot holding a controller and monitor beside a large octocopter at sundown

    Kaze pilot with aircraft and monitor, on location

    Drone AR

    Drone AR and shot tracing

    Kaze is one of six development partners behind the PGA TOUR's Drone AR, which draws ball flight over live drone video. We provided the drone for the live tracer at the 2024 FedExCup Playoffs and Presidents Cup, and handled the AR drones at THE PLAYERS in 2026.

    How Drone AR works
  3. Burned-out homesite among charred trees after the Middletown, California wildfire

    NFL Sunday pre-game feature, Middletown, California, CBS Sports

    ENG

    ENG and features

    Our ENG work provides the visuals for some of sports' biggest stories.

    Pre-game features for CBS Sports' NFL Sunday, a Fox Sports feature at the 2019 Women's US Open, and stadium-screen content for the Cleveland Browns.

  4. The Statue of Liberty seen from the air at eye level, with the New Jersey shoreline behind under heavy clouds

    From the Kaze reel

    Cinema

    Corporate and cinema

    Our aerial coverage has helped DuPont win awards for their training videos.

    Our aerial video platform offers cinematographers options and angles that they previously could only dream about.

Selected work

We have worked with sports' top networks at the most recognizable events, providing both LIVE and ENG coverage.

The full credits list

Press

Our experience in the most demanding environments has helped capture

“Some of the most stunning images ever seen on a sports broadcast.”

Golf Week, June 16, 2019 (opens in a new tab), on FOX's U.S. Open coverage at Pebble Beach, where Kaze flew the FOX drone.

Pampas grass bending in the wind under a blue sky

Kaze is Japanese for wind.

The wind is nature's breath, that we cannot see, but that still lifts our spirit.

Modern Japanese proverb

Networks, leagues and clients

  • CBS Sports
  • Fox Sports
  • NFL Media
  • Turner Sports
  • NASCAR
  • Cleveland Browns
  • Philadelphia Flyers
  • DuPont
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • 3SonsMedia

Recent shows also for TNT Sports, NBC Sports, PGA TOUR and LIV Golf. See the credits.

We are ready to fly!

Whether you have a week of movie-making or a one-day ENG shoot, we can help you capture the high ground.

Let's talk, even if you are just THINKING about aerials.

PresidentDr. John G. Duesler, Jr.

Director of PhotographyLewis Estes

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