LiveU and Airwise Integrated Public Safety Drone Workflow
A new partnership combines bonded video transmission with drone fleet management for public safety agencies.
Updated on Oct. 6, 2026 in Telecommunications
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LiveU and Airwise have announced a strategic partnership to integrate video streaming and drone fleet management into a single workflow. This solution aims to resolve fragmentation in public safety operations by unifying mission control, airspace awareness, and real-time video distribution.
Why it matters
Public safety agencies often struggle to integrate incompatible systems, leading to operational friction during critical missions. This integration attempts to streamline the technology stack for drone-based field responses.
The workflow pairs LiveU bonded IP transport—which aggregates multiple network paths for video reliability—with the airwiseOS platform. This provides a unified operational view for drone teams compared to the current industry standard of stitching together separate, vendor-specific tools.
The players
LiveU
A provider of live video transmission hardware and software, serving a global base of 5,000 customers in 150 countries.
Airwise
A developer of airwiseOS, an operational intelligence platform focused on drone fleet management and airspace awareness.
The details
The platform utilizes LiveU hardware to transmit drone-captured video from the field directly to command displays and mobile devices. Airwise contributes airwiseOS, an operational intelligence platform that manages fleet telemetry and airspace compliance. By combining these, the companies intend to create a single interface where mission control can monitor video, flight data, and safety parameters simultaneously.
Timeline
October 6, 2026: The strategic partnership was announced.
October 19-22, 2026: Live demonstration scheduled at DRONE RESPONDERS TEXCON.
The Tech Race
The partnership debuts its integrated stack at the DRONE RESPONDERS TEXCON trade show to demonstrate field-readiness. This move follows an industry-wide trend toward consolidating fragmented drone mission control systems into unified, high-reliability platforms.
Public safety agencies will eventually gain access to a unified interface that replaces the need for manual cross-referencing between separate video and fleet management systems. No pricing or release dates for the integrated software stack have been disclosed yet.
The takeaway
The move signals a shift toward vendor-agnostic, integrated command centers for public safety drone operations. Watch for the performance metrics reported during the DRONE RESPONDERS TEXCON demonstrations to see how the system handles real-world signal variability.
What happens next
The companies will hold a live demonstration of the integrated solution from October 19 to October 22, 2026, at DRONE RESPONDERS TEXCON in Arlington, Texas.
Further reading
For more on the current state of critical communications infrastructure, explore our Telecommunications archive.
More information
For more details on the capabilities, visit the LiveU public safety solutions information page.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
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