Aloft Technologies
About
About Aloft Technologies
Aloft Technologies develops software for drone fleet management, flight operations and low-altitude airspace coordination. Its platform supports mission planning, aircraft and pilot records, flight logging, LAANC authorization, compliance workflows and APIs for enterprise and public-safety UAS programmes.
Versaterm acquired Aloft in February 2026 and plans to integrate its airspace intelligence with DroneSense. Aloft remains an FAA-approved UAS Service Supplier, and its Air Boss integration with uAvionix combines FlightLine ADS-B surveillance and Casia G optical detect-and-avoid data for BVLOS situational awareness.
Team
- Jon Hegranes - Founder & CEO
- Joshua Ziering - Founder & CTO
Timeline
Events
- 2024-11-01 - Regulatory - Aloft wins FAA approval for B4UFLY services
The approval connected Aloft to the FAA-backed consumer drone safety and airspace awareness service. Aloft positioned the milestone as part of its broader UAS traffic, LAANC and compliance software stack. The event is a regulatory signal for a low-altitude airspace platform used by drone operators and enterprises.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- uAvionix
Airspace Surveillance Data Integration - uAvionix FlightLine ADS-B and Casia G optical DAA data are integrated into Aloft Air Boss.
- Versaterm
Wholly Owned Subsidiary - Aloft Technologies has operated as a Versaterm company since the acquisition closed in February 2026.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Drone Harmony
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Auterion
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Tencent Holdings Limited
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Shield AI
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- FORT Robotics
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Viam
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Pictorus
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Applied Intuition
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- FlytBase
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Near Earth Autonomy
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Fernride
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
- Kudan
stack adjacency - Autonomy Software
Shared workflows
- Tornyol
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Voltair
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Brumby
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Buoyant Aero
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Kalam Labs
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Paladin
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Skyways
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- HyLight
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Zeitview
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- Easy Aerial
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- DroneUp
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
- PABLO AIR
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Drone Companies
Context tags
- Autonomous drone systems participation - Workflow - Aloft belongs in the autonomous drone companies peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
- Autonomy software - Stack Layer - Aloft's robotics role maps to the autonomy software stack layer.