Verizon Buys Drone Operations Management Company
Verizon bought drone operations management company Skyward for an undisclosed sum, said the telco in a Thursday news release. "This acquisition is a natural progression of our core focus on operating in innovative, high-growth markets, leveraging our network, scale, fleet…
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management, device management, data analytics and security enablement capabilities and services to simplify the drone industry and help support the adoption of IoT," said Mike Lanman, Verizon senior vice president-enterprise products and IoT. It said Skyward's technology will provide one platform to handle "mission planning, complex workflow, [Federal Aviation Administration] compliance support, supplying information about restricted airspace and pilot credentialing, drone registration and provisioning rate plans for drones on Verizon's network."