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Skydio

Autonomous drone systems for public safety and industry

skydio.com

Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded year: 2014
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 500–1,100
Industry: Aerospace & Defense

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Latest news about Skydio

In short: Skydio secured significant military contracts, raised $110M in funding, and committed $3.5 billion to expand its U.S. manufacturing.

Company announcements

July 23 Skydio

Skydio achieves Blue UAS clearance for X10 and R10

The clearance confirms federal cybersecurity and NDAA compliance, enabling grant programs and simplified procurement.

July 18 Skydio

Skydio acknowledges ReadyLink security flaws

CEO Adam Bry outlines security enhancements and apologizes to SFPD and the San Francisco community.

July 14 Skydio

Skydio RTK from Dock provides high-precision remote mapping

It enables centralized cloud configuration of RTK profiles, ensuring repeatable accuracy across fleet operations for mapping and inspection.

July 6 Skydio

Skydio reaches 1,000 Dock deployments milestone

The autonomous drone docks enabled over 4 million flights across public safety, infrastructure, and defense sectors.

Media coverage

July 23 Yahoo Finance

All current Skydio drone solutions added to Blue UAS Cleared List, including the first and only Blue UAS-cleared DFR solution

Skydio, the largest U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in flying robots, today announced that its X10, Dock for X10, and R10 drone solutions have...

July 13 WIRED

Leaked Police Drone Footage Exposes the Reality of Urban Surveillance

The SFPD's exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it's watching the city from above—and how the results can spill...

July 8 MPR News

Minneapolis City Council rejects police drone contract with controversial Skydio

Opponents to the proposal filled an overflow room at the Minneapolis City Council meeting.

May 12 Suas News

China's Sanctions on Skydio

Earlier today I sent this note to our customers. Because this is such a critical topic for the drone industry and for our national security...

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