Drones have quickly become crucial tools for troops on the ground to collect organic unit-level ISR, but legacy drones have historically been difficult to fly and easy to crash, reducing their effectiveness as an asset to troops on the ground.
Small UAS have become an irreplaceable tool to gather Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance for the military.
Drones have become valuable tools for giving police officers airborne eyes on active scenes, such as responding to emergencies, conducting search and rescue missions, and for collecting evidence from privileged vantage points.
Autonomous drones are helping utilities, engineering firms, and government agencies generate detailed inspections of hard-to-reach assets with higher precision, less pilot training requirements, and less ground risk than the incumbent manual solutions commonly used in the past.
The first chapter of the drone market story was written by hardware-centric vehicles. However, similar to what's happened in other technology disciplines, the next chapter is being written by software-driven solutions.
Traditional techniques for asset inspection that require costly heavy machinery, create societal disruption and force inspectors into dangerous situations have led inspection team managers to search for alternatives.
Skydio developed the 5 As framework that outlines five specific categories of capabilities/requirements to have a full end-state operation
Drones have become a hallmark of the world’s most effective inspection programs. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) allow teams to quickly collect, process, and disseminate inspection data throughout their organizations efficiently.
With the myriad benefits autonomous drones provide to their pilots and teams, it is no wonder that autonomous drone fleets can grow faster than manual alternatives.