Utility Customers Among Early Adopters for Integrated API Driven Solution for Fleet and Compliance Management
Aloft Technologies and Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced the immediate availability of integrations between Aloft Air Control for Enterprise and Skydio Cloud, bringing customers a connected and secure data stream of flight logs, telemetry, asset tracking, reporting and more. This is an exciting new capability that customers have been asking for as it combines secure autonomous Skydio aircraft with the preflight and post-flight Aloft compliance solutions.
As part of making this combined solution possible, it became clear that Skydio and Aloft share many of the same customers particularly in the utilities industry. This customer set has a high degree of need for security throughout their workflows given how important these services are to millions of customers and businesses in the communities they serve.
“We’ve seen tremendous demand for a Skydio and Aloft integration from our customers, especially those in the utility industry. We’re excited to be working with Aloft to offer a robust integration that makes fleet management of Skydio drones within Aloft simple and easy.”
said Mike Ross, Sr. Director of Product Management, Skydio.
Customers with strong needs for safety and security in the utilities industry are among the many early adopters looking to take advantage of the new offering.
“Power lines are critical infrastructure so inspection with drones has to be done with safety and security at the core of every mission we fly. The combined autonomy and security of Skydio drones with the security and compliance features that Aloft brings will help our drone program become even more secure and reinforce our safety posture.”
said Mike Spengler, UAS Program Manager, Idaho Power Company
If you’re an existing or new enterprise customer interested in learning more about the Aloft-Skydio integration, get in touch below.
Jon Hegranes - Aloft CEO
Jon is the Founder & CEO of Aloft, the market leader in drone airspace systems & UTM technologies. Aloft’s patented technology is used in today’s leading recreational, enterprise, and government drone applications.
Jon is a certified commercial drone pilot as part of FAA Part 107, the founder of the Drone Advisory Council, and is an active member of other industry groups, including GUTMA, NBAA Emerging Tech, the FAA’s Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC) and working groups, and is a founding member and data working group chair of the FAA Drone Safety Team. He’s a self-taught iOS developer, writes about drone topics for technology news outlets including VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and Forbes, and regularly speaks at industry events such as Commercial UAV Expo, 2B Ahead Future Congress, and DJI AirWorks. Jon graduated from TCU with a major in finance and received his MBA from Thunderbird Global School of Management (ASU). Jon has served on multiple FAA Advisory and Rulemaking Committees (ARCs), including drone detection, counter UAS, and Beyond Visual Line of Site (BVLOS).