Verizon-owned Skyward has announced the results of a commercial drone industry survey conducted in partnership with Blue Research. The headlines: one in 10 companies with a revenue of $50 mi... Read more
The FAA announced yesterday that the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), which provides real-time airspace authorizations, will be expanded to 500 airports beginn... Read more
SunPower Corp. announced it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Agency for automatic access to fly a drone in regulated airspace over airports. The new access category, called Lo... Read more
Airspace authorizations for controlled airspace have been a significant problem for both pilots and the FAA. Â The FAA has now deemed the situation an emergency – and has asked the Offi... Read more
Construction worksites still look a lot like they always have: trucks, hardhats and tool belts haven’t changed a lot in the last couple of years. But laptops are now almost as ubiquitous as... Read more
Mariah Scott thinks that drones will be ubiquitous someday – and that’s a good thing. Â Scott shares the top spot at Skyward, the leading drone operations software company acquire... Read more
As drone implementations in the enterprise space expand, operations are getting more complex. Drone service provider companies and internal project managers are responsible for working safe... Read more
Drone applications have gotten more sophisticated, easier to use, and more plentiful. Â They’ve also become more focused on the commercial market: offering flight planning, flight infor... Read more
News and Commentary.  Today’s announcement that telecommunications company Verizon has purchased commercial drone platform Skyward gives further evidence that large companies are conti... Read more
In a major move to become a player in the larger Internet of Things and, specifically drones, Verizon ((NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ)) has acquired Skyward. It is a significant development in the growth... Read more
By Jonathan Evans, CEO, Skyward In the past year, the commercial drone industry in the U.S. has seen aerial robots evolve from a novelty to a serious tool. Like a welder or a news camera, dr... Read more
Commentary – No More Dumb Pipes: Verizon Moves into Commercial Drones
Guest Commentary by Darr Gerscovich, former SVP Marketing at DroneDeploy — In case you missed it, Verizon announcement yesterday that it was acquiring Skyward, a drone operations management... Read more