ZenaTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) has completed the acquisition of Merritt Paul Land Surveying, LLC, a land surveying company based in Franklin, Georgia, marking the company's 29th Drone as a Service acquisition, according to a press release dated Sept. 15, 2026.

Founded in 2015, Merritt Paul holds surveying licenses in 17 states and serves clients in the solar, transportation, and construction industries. The firm specializes in utility-scale solar surveys and provides topographic, ALTA, boundary, as-built, and construction layout surveys. Its client base includes solar developers, transportation companies, and municipal, county, and state infrastructure customers in the Atlanta and Southwest Georgia areas.

"This acquisition deepens our Drone as a Service platform in two of the fastest-growing verticals for aerial data collection: utility-scale solar and transportation infrastructure," said Shaun Passley, Ph.D., ZenaTech CEO.

Passley noted that Merritt Paul's founders, Tyler Bius and Levi George, each bring more than a decade of experience working with major rail and airport clients.

The drone solar inspection market is projected to grow from $1.2 billion in 2024 to $6.8 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of approximately 25%, according to Verified Market Research. The broader inspection drone market, covering infrastructure sectors including rail and aviation, is projected to grow from roughly $4 billion in 2025 to more than $12 billion by 2032, according to Fortune Business Insights.

ZenaTech's Drone as a Service platform offers subscription-based drone services to business and government customers using its ZenaDrone products for surveying, inspections, maintenance, power washing, and precision agriculture applications.