Drone-management company Skyward expects uninterrupted access to its platforms during the COVID-19 crisis. The company released a statement Tuesday directed specifically to clients working i... Read more
In case you missed it: before this year’s InterDrone conference kicked off with keynotes this morning an international array of speakers offered intensive training and the Policy Day t... Read more
Energy provider Southern Company has announced plans to expand its existing drone program with assistance from Verizon-owned Skyward. The move follows Southern Company and its affiliates... Read more
The rollout of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) beta test is continuing, with the Western South Region – including airports in California and Hawaii... Read more
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
The FAA has published an explanation of LAANC – the prototype system that the agency is evaluating for instant airspace authorizations. The LAANC system “will ultimately provide... 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
One thing that everyone can agree upon is that there’s been a lot happening in the drone industry in the last few weeks. One of the big news pieces has been the introduction of the LA... Read more
Airspace authorizations for controlled airspace have been a significant problem for both pilots and the FAA. 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. 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. They’ve also become more focused on the commercial market: offering flight planning, flight infor... Read more