Skyward

The rollout of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) beta take a look at is constant, with the Western South Region – together with airports in California and Hawaii – on June 21. The LAANC program fixes a significant downside for drone operators, who’ve struggled with lengthy delays …

Verizon-owned Skyward has introduced the outcomes of a industrial drone trade survey performed in partnership with Blue Research. The headlines: one in 10 corporations with a income of $50 million and extra use drones. 92 p.c realized a constructive ROI on their drone funding in one yr or much less. The …

One factor that everybody can agree upon is that there’s been so much occurring within the drone trade in the previous few weeks.  One of the massive information items has been the introduction of the LAANC (Low Altitude Airspace Notification Capability) system in a restricted kind.  The LAANC system might …

Airspace authorizations for managed airspace have been a big drawback for each pilots and the FAA.  The FAA has now deemed the state of affairs an emergency – and has requested the Office of Management and Budget to forgo among the traditional overview and permit fast implementation of digital airspace …

Construction worksites nonetheless look rather a lot like they all the time have: vehicles, hardhats and power belts haven’t modified rather a lot within the final couple of years.  But laptops are now virtually as ubiquitous as hammers on the location, and the instruments out there – together with drones …

Skyward’s Co-President Mariah Scott Mariah Scott thinks that drones might be ubiquitous sometime – and that’s factor.  Scott shares the high spot at Skyward, the main drone operations software program firm acquired by Verizon earlier this yr.  DRONELIFE interviewed the Co-President and obtained her tackle Skyward’s – and the trade’s …

As drone implementations within the enterprise area develop, operations are getting extra advanced.  Drone service supplier firms and inner undertaking managers are chargeable for working safely inside a sophisticated and dynamic regulatory atmosphere; monitoring a number of pilots, plane, and different gear; and speaking with quite a lot of stakeholders.  …

picture courtesy Verifly Drone purposes have gotten extra subtle, simpler to make use of, and extra plentiful.  They’ve additionally turn out to be extra targeted on the business market: providing flight planning, flight data, flight insurance coverage, and seamless integration into knowledge packages that assist operators ship knowledgeable package deal …

In a significant transfer to turn into a participant within the bigger Internet of Things and, particularly drones, Verizon ((NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ)) has acquired Skyward. It is a major improvement within the development and maturity of the drone trade and marks a one thing of a milestone. Along with Intel, …

Guest Commentary by Darr Gerscovich, former SVP Marketing at DroneDeploy — In case you missed it, Verizon announcement yesterday that it was buying Skyward, a drone operations administration software program firm.  Major information for my part.  After the third individual requested for my opinion, I made a decision to draft …