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Defense: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Drones

Gain situational awareness and ensure mission success

with aerial ISR readily available on every mission.

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Improve force protection with aerial intelligence to inform better tactics.

Skydio X10D allows for seamless human-machine teaming for on-demand overwatch and common operating picture for tactical leadership. Equipped at the unit level, teams operate with organic Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).

Skydio’s professional program management, training, and procurement support teams help defense agencies rapidly procure, train, and field these trusted drones for defense at scale.

Trusted by every branch of the U.S. DOD.

The successful integration of small, autonomous drones will provide our unit level leaders with enhanced situational awareness, arming our Marines with a unique combat advantage.

Lt. Col. Frank P. Mease, CO 1/1 First Battalion, First Marine Division

THIS PRODUCT OR SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, AND THIS OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE BY AN AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT.

See how Skydio supports successful missions.

Only Skydio brings an airborne advantage directly to the squad level.

Soldier navigating a Skydio ISR drone

See enemy combatants before they see you.

Generate asymmetric situational awareness advantages by carrying rugged, portable systems into the field. See day and night, and fly undetected in contested airspace even at low altitudes. Skydio’s military-grade airframe, rugged body, and folding arms are engineered for unparalleled portability and performance. Essential for tightening the OODA loop. You can navigate successfully even when the enemy is jamming radio-frequency (RF) or GPS.

Soldier holding and letting go of a Skydio ISR drone

Focus on the fight, not the flight.

Count on always-on AI-driven obstacle avoidance to manage flights, even in complex environments, so warfighters can focus on what’s happening on the ground. Skydio autonomous technology makes drones like X10d easy to learn how to fly, so anyone on the team can maneuver like a pro after just a few hours of training.

Soldier flying a Skydio ISR drone at night

Deploy quickly to get this
advantage to your troops fast.

Rapidly procure your Skydio solution and easily integrate with other sensitive systems. Our supply chain and software has been developed in trusted partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit. Skydio systems are NDAA compliant, listed on Blue UAS, and available for purchase on GSA Advantage. Our professional program management and training functions support you to field quickly and start seeing results downrange.

Three more reasons why defense professionals trust Skydio.

Thermal camera

Identify enemy combatants, vehicles, or IEDs, day or night

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Skydio Scout

Set your drone to self-fly in front of, or behind, your moving convoy to identify potential threats. See it in action.

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Battlefield integrations

Send information to other groups using ATAK, or integrate other battlefield tech using RAS-A and MAVLINK protocols

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Count on Skydio to deliver real results.

Skydio’s autonomy capabilities allowed us to perform better operations, more efficiently. Their trustworthy obstacle avoidance make it possible for us to do flights at low-altitude and in complex urban environments that we would otherwise not be able to perform.

Austin Worcester, Sr. Program Manager sUAS Civil Air Patrol

THIS PRODUCT OR SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, AND THIS OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE BY AN AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT.

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Improve mission success with the Skydio Battlefield ISR Solution.

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Learn more about Skydio drones for defense.

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Streamlining Drone for Defense Procurement: The Skydio sUAS Advantage
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