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Skydio
Skydio is an American manufacturer of drones headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company manufactures drones for use in battlefield situational awareness, policing, and inspection. Skydio drones are designed for autonomous operation through the use of computer vision, and can complete fully autonomous missions with the use of a dock to automatically recharge the drone. As of February 2023, Skydio drones are used in every branch of the US Department of Defense, by over half of all Departments of Transportation in the US at the state level, and by more than 200 public safety agencies in 47 states. Skydio drones are also used by allies of the United States, including the UK Ministry of Defence, the Israel Defense Forces, and the Indian Armed Forces. Skydio drones are also sold in the commercial market, where they hold a 4% market share as of 2021. Skydio drones can also carry payloads, such as grenades. However, they have been criticized for failing to fly at the distan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skydio X2
The Skydio X2 is an American teleoperated compact quadcopter drone produced by Skydio. Introduced in July 2020, he X2 is intended for both military and civilian use and has also been produced in India by AeroArc. Design and development In 2020, Skydio announced the X2 series as an enlarged derivative of the Skydio 2 consumer drone for military and corporate use. Compared to the Skydio 2, the X2 features a strengthened carbon fiber airframe with folding arms. Flight time was increased to 35 minutes; up from the 23 minutes of its consumer counterpart. The X2 was initially released in two models; the X2D for military and government use and the X2E for first responders and civilian users. Both models were offered with two different camera configurations, designated Color and Color/Thermal. The Color/Thermal model features a FLIR Boson thermal camera with 8x digital zoom and a 12-megapixel color High dynamic range, high-dynamic-range (HDR) camera with a ≈46-degree field of v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
