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Fleet of TJI Inspire Drones and Equipment

Best Practices for Managing a Fleet’s Worth of Drone Batteries

Tariq Rashid
Lead Remote Pilot at Skyward

If you’re involved with a large-scale drone operation, you’ve likely encountered frustrations dealing with lithium-polymer batteries. Battery logistics are a common challenge for companies scaling up drone programs, and they represent a considerable hidden cost of growing a fleet. Besides the purchase cost of each individual battery, you also have to account for storage, usage and condition tracking, transport, and obsolescence. Continue reading →

April 17, 2017 Hardware, Featured , ,
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We Partnered with PrecisionHawk to Provide a Full-Service Drone Platform

Rebecca Wilson
Editor at Skyward

Good news for PrecisionHawk fans! On Wednesday, we launched a partnership designed to streamline end-to-end operations for serious UAV operators.

Here at Skyward, we spend a lot of time talking shop with commercial drone operators all over the world. What problems are they solving? What challenges do they have? We consistently hear that managing multiple disconnected apps and technologies requires a significant amount of time, especially for those businesses that are beginning to scale up. Continue reading →

August 26, 2016 Hardware, Regulatory, Software, Featured, Flight Planning, Drone Airspace Map , , , , , , ,
Robotic Skies Chris Haskell Drone Repair

Inspection and Maintenance is Key to Drone Safety

Brad Hayden, President and CEO, Robotic Skies
Robotic Skies provides certification and maintenance services for commercial drones.
The recent sUAS NPRM from the FAA along with the proposed updates for current Section 333 exemption holders, will likely result in a surge in commercial sUAS. As for the UAS themselves, the NPRM or section 333 exemptions do not propose any requirements for airworthiness or for inspections by a certificated repairman. As a manned and unmanned aviation maintenance professional, I was initially taken aback by this. However, the commercial marketplace (including drone insurance policies) will likely set standards that are more stringent than any regulations would set forth – as we’ve seen in manned aviation.

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April 7, 2015 News, Hardware, Regulatory , ,