Verizon Acquires Skyward to Streamline UAS Operations Management

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In an effort to simplify UAS operations and management for organizations of all sizes, Verizon has announced that it has acquired Skyward, a company that not only specializes in drone operations management, but also has the technology to accomplish Verizon’s goals.

Using Skyward’s technology, Verizon will look to streamline the management of UAS operations through one platform built to handle a variety of end-to-end activities, including everything from mission planning to FAA compliance support.

Simplifying UAS operations and management will allow developers and businesses to generate and oversee a wide-range of services, which will all be supported by Verizon’s mobile private network, secure cloud interconnect and data analytics capabilities. 

Through press release, senior vice president of Enterprise Products and IoT at Verizon Mike Lanman says, “this acquisition is a natural progression of our core focus on operating in innovative, high-growth markets, leveraging our network, scale, fleet management, device management, data analytics and security enablement capabilities and services to simplify the drone industry and help support the adoption of IoT.”

Jonathan Evans, Skyward’s founder and CEO, adds, “Skyward's drone operations management platform combined with Verizon's network, reliability, scale and expertise in delivering enterprise solutions will allow organizations to efficiently and safely scale drones across multiple divisions and hundreds of use cases.”

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