Caltrans Saved $100K on a Single Bridge Inspection

Synopsis

From Otay Mesa to the Coronado Bridge, Caltrans is scaling what drone operations can do.

At Otay Mesa, Skydio Dock for X10 tracks construction progress remotely, measuring earth moved, detecting changes, and reducing site visits. What used to take crews hours can now be done across multiple sites in a single day.

At the Coronado Bridge, one 20-minute X10 flight replaced a week of manual inspection, saving over $100K on a single mission.

This is Scalable Operations and Advanced Remote Technologies (SOAR) initiative in action: proving drones can move from pilot programs to everyday infrastructure operations.