---
title: "Tool Maker Stanley Black & Decker Joins the Drone Industry"
description: "Stanley Black & Decker is partnering with security systems firm Sunflower Labs to gain a ground in the burgeoning drone industry."
date: "2017-09-29"
modified: "2019-05-27"
authors:
  - name: "Marco Margaritoff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/marco-margaritoff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/14742/stanley-black-decker-joins-the-drone-industry-with-drone-based-security-systems-company"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Aerial"
  - "Drones"
---

# Tool Maker Stanley Black & Decker Joins the Drone Industry

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You know [Black & Decker](<https://www.blackanddecker.com/>) best from power tools and dad’s garage, but the home improvement company is adding drones to its repertoire. Stanley Black & Decker, as the company is officially known, will be selling drone-based security systems in partnership with Sunflower Labs as part of its new business model.

[PricewaterhouseCoopers](<https://press.pwc.com/News-releases/global-market-for-commercial-applications-of-drone-technology-valued-at-over--127-bn/s/ac04349e-c40d-4767-9f92-a4d219860cd2>) puts the global market for commercial drone use at over $127 billion, with $10 billion of those forecasted to focus on security drones by 2020. Naturally, a company like Stanley Black & Decker, known for home improvement, much of which is safety-related, will look at that pot of money and want to grab a seat at the table.

Sunflower Labs makes a home security system that uses aerial imaging and solar-powered smart lights. [According to *CNBC*](<https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/28/stanley-black-decker-partners-with-sunflower-labs-on-drone.html>), it all goes as you might expect: The cameras above can detect motion, turn on the lights, and before you know it, a drone is dispatched to the [scene to record](<https://securitybaron.com/camera-reviews/nest-cam-iq-indoor/>) video footage of whoever’s tinkering on your front door’s lock.

It’s a fairly clever drone-based security system, as you’ll have clean, direct footage and evidence of whatever is occurring on your doorstep, as soon as Sunflower Lab’s UAV-centric system detects any unusual activity. It makes a lot of sense for Stanley Black & Decker to partner up with a company like this in its efforts to establish itself in the drone-related security business.

[According to *CNBC*](<https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/28/stanley-black-decker-partners-with-sunflower-labs-on-drone.html>), the aforementioned video footage makes a legal follow-up to the event easier.

“Old school systems frankly get ignored by police because there have been so many false alarms.” said Alex Pachikov, CEO and co-founder of Sunflower, *CNBC* reports. Currently, the total capital raised by the company is $6 million, a figure expected to rise as the company partners with Stanley Black & Decker in an effort to gain ground in the UAV industry. Regarding the famous power-tool company itself, it expects to increase its security-based revenue from $2.1 billion last year to $3 billion or $4 billion by 2022.

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