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The Drone Network of Tomorrow (It’s Closer Than You Think)

Jonathan Evans, Co-President
You can follow Jonathan on Twitter at @jwce21

This article originally appeared in slightly different form on DroneLife.

In the past year, the commercial drone industry in the U.S. has seen aerial robots evolve from a novelty to a serious tool.

Like a welder or a news camera, drones are used by human beings to get jobs done. These are often boots-on-the-ground jobs that require rugged tools—think construction, tower inspections, transmission lines, and oil rigs. As another piece of equipment, drones are allowing workers to safely obtain accurate data they may never have accessed before. Continue reading →

February 9, 2017 News , , ,
Drone Industry Pilots Inspect Drone

Companies Struggle to Find Drone Pilots

Erin Olsen
Director of Marketing at Skyward

Every week the Skyward team speaks to hundreds of drone pilots in North America who are flying drones commercially. Early projections estimated that 2.5 million drones would be sold this year alone, which makes for a lot of drone pilots, even if only a fraction of them are flying commercially.

So it’s a little surprising that, among major corporations and drone service providers, finding and hiring qualified pilots remains the major barrier to scaling up—despite internal demand for aerial data across multiple business divisions.  Continue reading →

December 19, 2016 News, Canada, Case Study, USA, Featured , , , , , , , , ,
DroneDeploy and Skyward Platform Banner

Skyward and DroneDeploy Partnership

DroneDeploy and Skyward, two global software leaders in the commercial drone industry, are partnering to bring enterprise-­grade drone operations and data management to companies seeking to leverage commercial drones. The integration means that businesses across all industries will have seamless access to their DroneDeploy flight plans and logs in Skyward’s operations management platform, enabling increased business efficiency and streamlined regulatory compliance. Continue reading →

September 7, 2016 Regulatory, Software, Flight Planning, Drone Airspace Map, Flight Logging , , , , , ,
White House and Lawn

Shaping the Future of the Drone Industry

08/02/2016

Rebecca Wilson
Editor at Skyward

Lately, we’ve talked a lot about how Part 107 will lower the barrier to entry for businesses that want to use drones to innovate. According to some industry estimates, Part 107 could lead to more than $82 billion for the U.S. economy and create more than 100,000 new jobs over the next 10 years.

Big things are happening in aviation, and the entire industry has a lot to learn.

That’s why our CEO, Jonathan Evans, is at the White House today for the first-ever Workshop on Drones and the Future of Aviation, hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). You can follow the live stream here.  Continue reading →

August 2, 2016 News, Featured , , ,
Skyward Team Visits CAA in Cayman Islands

The First CAA Certified Commercial Operator in the Cayman Islands

Adam Cockerill, Co-founder of AirVu
AirVu is the Cayman Island's only certified UAS Operator, offering full scale video production solutions with a higher perspective.

After more than a year of hard work, at the start of August 2014 I was proud and privileged to be presented with the first ever SUA (Small Unmanned Aircraft) Aerial Work Certificate from the CAACI (Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands) with the help of Skyward.

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January 14, 2015 Case Study, Regulatory , , , ,