US: The once drone operating systems selling company, Airware, will soon start sell drone hardware and software. The company even wants to step into the cloud technology business where the data travels. Airware took the decision after it discovered that big enterprise companies didn’t know how to piece together drone systems themselves, so they were slow to adapting to the tech that could save them money and keep employees out of harm’s way.
Adding more, the San Francisco-based Airware is developing an operating system for drones, hoping that it will power a good chunk of the commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). On Thursday, the company announced it had raised $30 million in venture capital in a round led by Next World Capital. That investment also included previous investors like Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Andreessen Horowitz as well as Cisco Systems Executive Chairman and former CEO John Chambers, who joined Airware’s board.
On Thursday, the company announced that it had raised $30 million in venture capital in a round led by Next World Capital. Airware offers enterprise customers a software platform to manage their use of commercial drones. “Our goal is to get the technology to be so easy to use, that with a couple of hours of training, really anybody could be operating the system,” said Jonathan Downey, CEO, Airware.
According to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration, seven-million drones will be sold annually in the US within four years. Some 4.3 million, the FAA forecasted, will be bought and flown by consumer hobbyists, while 2.7 million flying robots will be purchase for commercial purposes and operated by a variety of businesses.
Source: Bignewsnetwork
