Skydio’s 5 As: The Building Blocks for Public Safety Drone Operations

Small UAS have become an irreplaceable tool for situational awareness, officer safety, and search & rescue. However, conventional manual drones fall short in several areas - complexity, training, reliability, security, and regulations.

For public safety agencies that are investing in drone technology Skydio developed the 5 As framework that outlines five specific categories of capabilities/requirements to have a full end-state operation as commonly envisioned for safe, automated and ubiquitous UAS deployment.

Read the white paper to learn about:

• The rapid growth of public safety sUAS
• Barriers to scaling sUAS programs
• The 5 building blocks for public safety drone operations
• How Skydio drones support Public Safety operations