Skydio Scout + TAK Protects Police & Military On The Move

Drones have become an essential tool for military and police departments, providing real-time overhead views that help teams react to events as they unfold. In today’s 2022 Summer Software Release, Skydio has introduced updates that enhance existing pilots’ situational awareness missions in three key ways: less cognitive load, 90 seconds to intel, and hands-off team awareness. The manual drones that dominate fleets today require operators to be cautious in flight, making it difficult to complete missions. Skydio’s autonomous drones with vision-based navigation and obstacle avoidance alleviate the pilot burden, enabling confident flight and protecting operators’ investments. Skydio Scout, an autonomous flight skill, gives operators awareness without needing to fly the drone. Situational awareness that is rapidly shared team-wide is critical to mission success in tactical environments. Skydio Scout, Team Awareness Kit (TAK) Integration, Streaming, and Live Flights further the capabilities of Skydio drones for improved communication and context, especially for emergency situations in real-time, leading to quicker resolutions and allowing teams to identify issues or gauge the severity of an emergency to provide a more rapid response. Skydio Scout is a dedicated skill that makes it easier to fly around and keep up with a tracked GPS position. Fly at a set distance and height from either the Skydio Enterprise Controller or the Skydio Beacon while on the move, all without having to manually operate the drone. Scout allows for worry-free flying while maintaining a set distance from the GPS location and camera direction, even without line of sight. Skydio Scout can be an extremely versatile situational awareness tool. With the ability to get an aerial perspective while on the move, the use cases for Scout are endless. For example, in a military vehicle convoy, a Skydio drone can be quickly deployed and positioned ahead of the convoy to view what is over the next hill, identifying possible enemy threats, IEDs, or other barriers on a road, ultimately saving lives. In a search and rescue mission, Skydio Scout can complement the ground search team with an overhead aerial view tracking their movement, ensuring more complete search coverage of the given area while reducing the cognitive load of the drone operator. In a K9 deployment, Skydio Scout can provide situational awareness when the dog must leave the line of sight of the handler, allowing responders to monitor the K9’s GPS location and direct their team accordingly while keeping officers out of harm’s way. TAK (Team Awareness Kit) is an application that allows multiple inputs from GPS-enabled devices to be displayed in one central location, giving team members a real-time view of the area that allows for better coordination amongst teams. With the Skydio Enterprise Controller, users can connect to the online or offline TAK network, giving teammates on the ground access to the drone’s live video feed and location, enabling collaboration across multiple devices such as GPS beacons that were previously unable to communicate when on joint missions because they use different equipment, radio frequencies, or encryption. Live Streaming provides improved communication and context, especially for chaotic or emergency situations in real-time to off-site first-response teams, executives, and command centers. Skydio Streaming enables users to share and view a live video stream of what the drone is capturing during flight, providing a secure real-time video feed from a drone’s camera view to team members, decision-makers, or emergency response teams. Live Flights allow command centers to securely access live telemetry and location data from drones, enabling them to make better decisions about how to complete the mission. Skydio hardware and software are designed, assembled, and supported in the U.S., providing a high level of supply chain security and data security. Skydio drones are trusted and approved by the US DoD, and Skydio is the situational awareness tool of choice of the US Army, US Marine Corps, UK MOD, and more. In conclusion, Skydio’s 2022 Summer Software Release updates enhance existing pilots’ situational awareness missions in three key ways: less cognitive load, 90 seconds to intel, and hands-off team awareness. Skydio Scout, TAK Integration, Streaming, and Live Flights provide improved communication and context, enabling teams to react to events as they unfold and make better decisions about how to complete the mission. Skydio’s commitment to supply chain security and data security makes them a drone company that users can trust. Learn more about Skydio drones for defense: Discover more about the summer software release: #drones #military #militarydrones #defense