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by walkerbrown 2474 days ago
https://www.foreflight.com/

An early iOS success story, founded in 2007, and recently acquired by Boeing. They are the dominant software company in this niche, and are well positioned to add a “UAS tier” subscription in the future.

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Companies focused on traditional aviation _could_ have jumped into the drone market, but somehow they haven't as much, so that it's now growing its own, specialized players, such as Kittyhawk, Skyward (which happens to be my employer) and many others.

By the way, "UAS" is an unnecessarily gendered, self-important term that often doesn't even cover the subject. "Drone" has none of these problems, and it's what people "get".