Drones allow us to quickly fly down a feeder line, locate the problem, and send the necessary crews and supplies, cutting down response time significantly. The live feed allows our operations center to be virtually on-site without leaving the office.
Utilities
Keep the lights on with greater reliability and resilience
Manage maintenance and emergency response from a new vantage point.
Aerial inspection gives you detailed data about critical assets
Enables condition-based maintenance
Stop outages before they start by knowing the true state of your entire system. Make maintenance decisions based on condition, not schedules, to reduce costs and increase uptime.
Accelerates incident response
Assess damage quickly in the wake of storm or fire caused outages so you can send the right personnel and equipment to the right place to bring your system back online.
More data. More precision. Less cost – and less risk
Ditch unnecessary truck rolls and significantly reduce safety risks by using drones to inspect your utility assets, flying locally or from a browser anywhere in the world.
You can inspect more often, reach vantage points not accessible by foot, and see your assets in greater detail to inform your decision making.
Multiply output with the same resources
Inspect more of your assets, in less time with your existing workforce while staff stays safely on the ground, away from potentially dangerous situations.
With fewer resources needed for inspections you have more staff available for higher value work.
Meet compliance and security needs, too
Efficiently capture the data you need for regulatory compliance (like NERC and FERC) to avoid hefty fines.
You can also manage site security with pre-positioned Dock-based drones to patrol proactively and respond to any alerts.
Start now to build a more reliable and resilient future
First, empower frontline staff with Skydio drones
Anyone can fly our autonomous drones with just a few hours of training. And Skydio drones can get up-close views in highly energized environments.
Next, fly inspection missions remotely
No need to spend on truck rolls when you dock your drones on site. Fly an inspection from anywhere with connectivity — on schedule or on demand to get the info you need to address issues faster.
Then centralize and automate inspection flights
Schedule regular inspections and fly the same path autonomously. Capture the same images each time to automate analysis and see when asset conditions change. Use Skydio Extend to turn that data into actionable insights.
AEP gets the data to make maintenance decisions that reduce outages
Top utility companies trust Skydio
Not just a drone.
A complete drone program.
Utility industry insiders
Experienced utility pros, on your side
Our team is lead by seasoned utility experts with long tenures at New York Power Authority, Southern Company, and other organizations. With their collective and deep experience, they’re making the vision of grid reliability and resiliency a reality for all types of utilities, from large Investor Owned Utilities to Municipalities and Co-Operatives.
Program guidance
Skydio can help with waivers for flying beyond visual line of site (BVLOS)
Regulatory requirements can be intimidating – but don't let that stop you from building your drone program. Our Regulatory Services team understands how to navigate the waivers process and can help you secure necessary FAA approvals.
Specialized training to match your needs
When flying in energized areas, challenging locations or inclement weather, it’s critical to fly with confidence. Our training is designed to instill that confidence. We offer both online and live training to meet your shift and personnel needs. Learn more about how our Success Services team makes it easy for you.
Technology ecosystem
One seamless integrated system
Skydio offers a complete system – drones, docks, applications, and 3rd-party integrations – that all work together to deliver the data you need. It starts with Skydio X10 which can easily navigate most high EMI environments. Best-in-class cameras and sensors, plus thermal capabilities equip you with the right data capture tools for utilities. With X10, you can scan assets, schedule and repeat flights, and fly remotely.
Fly from anywhere with Skydio Dock
With Skydio Dock and Remote Ops, you can continuously monitor, patrol, and collect data remotely from a browser, wherever you are, without the need for an on-site operator. Get eyes on assets immediately following an event for a timely response.
Streamline data movement
Use Skydio Extend to securely integrate drone-captured data into your workflows. Skydio Extend helps you scale your drone program by making it easier to transfer, store, and analyze data and enable better team collaboration — so you can easily expedite post processing analytics, manage enterprise assets and connect with systems of record.
Secure solution, fully supported in the USA
Avoid country-of-origin concerns with an aerial solution designed, assembled, and supported all right here in the USA. For an added measure of security and peace of mind, Skydio drones fully comply with NDAA regulations.
Solutions
Drone based solutions for your entire system
Ensure asset longevity with aerial inspections that are 3x faster and much less dangerous than with bucket truck crews. High-resolution cameras capture the details you need to make the right maintenance decisions.
Always know the condition of your substations — even in your most remote locations — through comprehensive, up-close monitoring with the only EMI resistant drone in its class.
Skydio drones can easily navigate in highly energized and obstacle-filled environments so you can safely survey hydro, solar, fossil, petroleum and nuclear power plant equipment to keep your plant running at its peak performance.
Let us help you keep the lights on
Learn more about critical asset inspection with Skydio
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How Utility Companies Use Drones for Inspections
AEP deploys autonomous drones to optimize outage response
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 cellar network connectivity. BVLOS permit required for remote flight.