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
Guest post Karen Smith, Verizon Wireless — Verizon put new drone technology into action in October with three different use cases of the unmanned aerial systems or UAS to enhance net... Read more
Telecoms network Verizon is planning to launch data plans for drone pilots, which will see consumer and commercial drones given access to the same data offered to mobile phone users. The mov... Read more
The first keynote address of Silicon Valley’s Drone World Expo addressed a hot topic in the world of commercial drones: a proposed drone air traffic control system. While the FAA Path... Read more
Precision Hawk, Verizon, DigitalGlobe, and Harris have announced completion of phase one testing of a drone airspace management system today. PrecisionHawk’s Low-Altitude Traffic and... 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