When lives are on the line, get Skydio in the air.

Give officers every advantage with a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.

More than 1,500 public safety agencies make an immediate impact with Skydio.

DFR: A force multiplier for your agency.

Respond to emergency calls for service in seconds, day or night. Provide live aerial intelligence to officers and your Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC), or clear calls without sending an officer. Skydio DFR multiplies your impact—delivering new levels of speed, safety, and efficiency.

Faster response times.

Skydio drones launch in under 20 seconds and autonomously reach incidents in under 90 seconds, covering multiple calls simultaneously when needed. Skydio Pathfinder ensures every flight follows the fastest, safest route, giving your agency a decisive advantage when seconds matter.

Situational awareness when it matters most.

From building interiors to city streets to rural county land, Skydio DFR delivers continuous live video to officers and command. Everyone sees the same real-time view—so decisions are safer and more coordinated.

Create time
and distance.

When drones arrive before officers, every call begins with time and distance on their side. Dangerous pursuits are avoided. Blind entries become informed entries. Real-time visibility continues day or night—keeping officers and command staff informed, safe, and in control.

Brookhaven PD unlocks 30 second response times with the deployment of 8 new Docks.

Build DFR around the mission.

No single aircraft is right for every call. The strongest DFR programs are built around the mission, with the right aircraft to match the response. Skydio DFR brings together distinct layers of response, so every agency has the coverage and capacity for every DFR mission.

Core Response

Alarm calls, disturbances, traffic collisions, crimes in progress. Most of what your agency answers is close, frequent, and often happening at the same time.

With Skydio X10, position drones at Docks across your jurisdiction or carry them in patrol vehicles for rapid outdoor response. An X10 fleet supports repeated launches and overlapping calls, keeping drones available as demand shifts. This is the core layer of DFR: ready for the calls your agency handles every day.

See X10 in action Explore Dock for X10

Indoor response

A burglary alarm. An open door. A building search with no idea who’s inside.

With Skydio R10, DFR continues inside structures. officers launch from the scene and fly the mission directly or hand it off to a remote pilot through DFR Command. R10 flies rooms, hallways, stairwells, and unknown spaces, showing officers what’s there before they step inside. When the call moves indoors, DFR goes with it.

See indoor response See R10 in action

Extended response

A vehicle pursuit. A call twenty miles out. A missing or endangered person, with the search area growing by the minute.

With Skydio F10 Lightrunner, DFR extends to outdoor missions that require greater reach, speed, time overhead. Staged at strategic MegaDock sites, F10 launches without a runway or a field crew and gets overhead fast. Taking those missions that keep an aircraft committed longer, leaving your X10 fleet available for calls across your jurisdiction.

See F10 in action Explore DFR Command

Anita KoesterDivision Chief, Lakewood Police Department

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In 22 weeks, we have handled over 1200 calls for service in our deployment area, we have cleared, as of this week, 41% of those calls for service without any officers needed. We are now at 80%, the drone is on scene first, and we have made 115 arrests, 100% because the drone was on scene and it was the critical component of making that arrest.”

Anthony LoperfidoSergeant, Miami Beach Police Department

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We took deployment of the dock in January and since then, we're at 1200 missions in that short period of time and less than a year on one dock covering our entertainment district. The numbers speak for themselves.

Chief Darrell Lowe

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The drone got overhead. The suspect had no idea the drone was overhead. We saw clearly on video him pointing the gun he then disarmed himself and threw the gun into a bush. Because we had a commissioned pilot saying he’s disarmed, they slowed it down and we knew exactly where the gun had been discarded.

Anthony LoperfidoSergeant, Miami Beach Police Department

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Using the drones now to get ahead of the officers’ arrival on scene and being able to give them more information has been a major change. At first our officers were kind of resistant, but now they’ve learned to embrace it because it’s making them safer when they arrive. They’re getting there with more information, actionable intelligence beyond just the caller information.

Jason BussertCaptain of Information Technology, Oklahoma City Police Department

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As we use DFR more and more, we had 650 launches in July alone. So that’s over 10 actually almost 20 a day that we were having a drone fly. So we're using the program significantly and it’s greatly helped our response times, our officer safety.

Every response layer.
One connected DFR platform.

X10, R10, and F10 operate through DFR Command and connect to the systems agencies already use. The aircraft changes with the mission. The workflow stays the same.

X10

The best sensors for a drone this small, piloted by the most advanced AI in the sky.

X10 combines high-resolution visual and radiometric thermal sensors with advanced AI autonomy in a rugged, backpack-portable drone that deploys in under a minute.

X10 combines high-resolution visual and radiometric thermal sensors with advanced AI autonomy in a rugged, backpack-portable drone. Capture critical data for emergency response, asset inspection, site security, situational awareness, and mapping, even in complex or GPS-denied environments.

Dock for X10

Drones at the ready for 911 calls, incident management, site security, asset inspection and emergency response.

Dock for X10 positions drones where the work happens, protecting and charging the aircraft between flights so teams can launch scheduled or on-demand missions without an onsite pilot.

Dock for X10 positions drones where the work happens so teams can remotely launch scheduled or on-demand missions without an onsite pilot. It protects and charges X10 between flights and keeps the aircraft ready for incident response, inspections, security patrols, and continuous site operations.

F10 Lightrunner

Go farther, get there faster and stay on scene longer.

F10 Lightrunner is an autonomous, dock-based fixed-wing drone built for long-range, rapid-response missions that reach well beyond the coverage of a multirotor aircraft.

F10 Lightrunner is an autonomous, dock-based fixed-wing drone built for long-range, rapid-response missions. It flies up to 100 mph, with a coverage radius of 30 miles, with an endurance of 2 hours or more, giving teams fast aerial access and sustained overwatch across large and remote operating areas.

MegaDock

Autonomous launch and recovery for an always-ready F10 fleet.

MegaDock is the autonomous docking station for F10 Lightrunner, housing up to five aircraft. Robotic Takeoff and Landing (RTOL) launches and recovers them with no runway or crew on site.

MegaDock keeps up to five F10s charged, secure, and ready for rapid response inside a weather-sealed enclosure. Its Robotic Takeoff and Landing (RTOL) system launches and recovers each aircraft automatically—no runway or ground crew required—so teams remotely cover concurrent incidents and maintain coverage through handoffs.

R10

For tight quarters and total confidence. See what's inside from the outside.

R10 is a compact indoor flying robot built to navigate confined, cluttered, and zero-light spaces—from a building interior to a tank or tunnel—so you can risk the machine, not the person.

Controller 2

Confidence in your hands.

Controller 2 puts confidence in your hands with a large, bright screen, customizable one-touch commands, reliable connectivity, and an ergonomic design built for long shifts.

Controller 2 gives operators confident control with a large, daylight-readable screen and an ergonomic design built for long shifts. Customizable controls keep essential flight actions within reach, and robust connectivity holds a reliable link to the aircraft at distance and in congested airspace.

DFR Command

Start, operate, and grow DFR in your community.

DFR Command is purpose-built software for starting, operating, and scaling Drone as First Responder programs, from the initial call for service through to evidence upload.

DFR Command is purpose-built software for starting, operating, and scaling Drone as First Responder programs. It connects calls for service, remote flight, live situational awareness, fleet operations, and evidence workflows so teams can manage the entire response from a single system of record.

Attachments

X10 readily adapts to serve your missions. Mount spotlights, speakers, droppers and more.

Customize X10 and X10D for your mission needs. With a modular body design that includes four attachment bays, it’s easy to mount spotlights, speakers, droppers and more.

Services

Launch, operate, and scale your drone program with experts beside you.

Services help organizations plan, deploy, and expand drone programs with hands-on guidance across strategy, training, implementation, support, and aviation regulations.

Skydio Services help organizations plan, deploy, and expand drone programs with hands-on guidance at every stage. Success Services covers strategy, training, implementation, and ongoing support, while Regulatory Services builds the documentation and FAA waivers that unlock BVLOS and advanced autonomous operations.

DFR integrations.

Axon Air

Axon Air provides real-time situational awareness, fleet management, and seamless data transfer to Axon Evidence.

Axon Evidence

Integrate all your digital evidence in a single secure place.

Axon Fusus

Bi-directional integration of data into a real-time crime center (RTCC) and Skydio

Axon Respond

Integrate location data from your Axon devices to Skydio

Genetec

Revolutionizing physical security to empower users.

Milestone

Stream drone footage into XProtect video management software.

Prepared

Supercharge your agency’s operational efficiency with the transformative power of AI.

RapidSOS

RapidSOS uses HARMONY AI to put critical emergency data directly into your hands.

STRAX Intelligence Group

STRAX® Intelligence Group develops advanced real-time crime center solutions.

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A family of flying robots, responding to every DFR mission.

The Skydio Platform family grouping, X10 Dock for X10, R10 and DFR Command

Dedicated support team and expert guidance.

Law enforcement veterans

Our specialists guide every step of the DFR journey, from strategizing a phased adoption plan to installing docks, integrating systems, and getting data where you need it.

Skydio's Noreen Charlton giving a talk at Axon week

Regulatory Services

We have experts dedicated to helping you navigate FAA requirements to fly fully autonomously, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), with no visual observer.

Training

We get your team up to speed fast with training and certification to manage scheduled and unplanned flights from any browser, anywhere in the world.

Success services

Team members, some who have worn the badge, guide you with their extensive expertise as you plan, launch, ramp, and scale your DFR program.

Police officer and trainer flying a Skydio X10 drone

Resources

Learn more about building a DFR program with Skydio.

Skydio DFR Command Makes Drone as First Responder Programs a Reality for Public Safety Agencies of All Sizes.

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Skydio X10 flying through the city responding to incident

Elevating First Response: Skydio and Axon’s Integrated Approach to Drone as First Responder Programs.

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Flagler County office launching Skydio X10 to responding to incident

Keeping Officers and the Community Safe: The Role of Drones at Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

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Miami Beach PD Officer launching Skydio X10

Miami Beach Police Department Deploys Skydio X10 as First Responder Drones.

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Groundbreaking Dock-Based DFR Program Revolutionizes Policing at Oklahoma State Fair.

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image of Summiting regulations for public sector DFR programs white paper

Summiting Mount Regulation for Public Sector DFR Program.

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¹ Always fly X10 in compliance with applicable laws and according to the Skydio Safety and Usage Guidelines
² Remote piloting and continuous live-stream are dependent on cellular network connectivity. BVLOS permit required for remote flight.

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Start building a plan.

Let us help you turn your vision into a plan that provides immediate results and a path to grow.

When lives are on the line, get Skydio in the air.

More than 1,500 public safety agencies make an immediate impact with Skydio.

DFR: A force multiplier for your agency.

Faster response times.

Situational awareness when it matters most.

Create time and distance.

Brookhaven PD unlocks 30 second response times with the deployment of 8 new Docks.

Build DFR around the mission.

Core Response

Indoor response

Extended response

Every response layer.One connected DFR platform.

X10

Dock for X10

F10 Lightrunner

MegaDock

R10

Controller 2

DFR Command

Attachments

Services

DFR integrations.

Axon Air

A family of flying robots, responding to every DFR mission.

Dedicated support team and expert guidance.

Law enforcement veterans

Regulatory Services

Training

Success services

Learn more about building a DFR program with Skydio.

Smarter Response, Safer Cities: Real Results from DFR Programs Vol 1.2

Highway DFR: Accelerating safer, smarter road response

DFR Operational Readiness Guide

Drone as First Responder in action: Real results

Key considerations for a Drone as First Responder program.

Skydio DFR Command Makes Drone as First Responder Programs a Reality for Public Safety Agencies of All Sizes.

Elevating First Response: Skydio and Axon’s Integrated Approach to Drone as First Responder Programs.

Keeping Officers and the Community Safe: The Role of Drones at Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Miami Beach Police Department Deploys Skydio X10 as First Responder Drones.

Groundbreaking Dock-Based DFR Program Revolutionizes Policing at Oklahoma State Fair.

Summiting Mount Regulation for Public Sector DFR Program.

Let us help you build a successful DFR program.

Join a live online demo.

Fly in Skydio Paraverse.

Start building a plan.

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Create time
and distance.

Every response layer.
One connected DFR platform.