Verizon, Parrot, and Skyward have announced an exclusive partnership to bring the first out-of-the-box 4G LTE connected drone solution to the United States. The Skyward Connected Drone Solu... Read more
Communications giant Verizon is a global presence in communications: and in the drone industry, Verizon Skyward is a leading drone management platform. 5G, drone inspections, and drone com... Read more
For safety and drone traffic management, a robust communication system for drone delivery is a critical component that must be in place before delivery can be implemented at scale. Skyward,... Read more
Verizon is dialing up a new mission for its drone subsidiary – wildfire damage inspection. The telecom announced today the FAA granted Portland-based Skyward a temporary waiver allowing comp... Read more
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
For Chris Desmond, Principal Engineer at Verizon Network, “Business as Usual” has a very specific meaning. The communications giant recognizes that the network is working optima... Read more
Drone security firm Dedrone and network giant Verizon’s OCR (Operation Convergent Response) team have written the book – well, the whitepaper, anyway – on preventing drone... 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
It was widely reported that the FAA was prohibiting civilian drone flights over areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey. As they should have. However, there is a another story, several in fact, of... Read more
Communication and coordination are vital to the handling of any major disaster. In the case of floods and hurricanes, telecoms infrastructure is often the first thing to go under. Without it... 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
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
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