Skydio drones can now be managed within Aloft Air Control

Skydio and Aloft are joining forces to bring an integrated API-driven solution for drone fleet and airspace compliance management.

The integration allows Aloft Air Control for Enterprise — a software solution spanning pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight workflows — to talk directly with Skydio Cloud, which is available for Skydio 2+ and Skydio X2 drones and enables connected drone operations at scale. The result is that Skydio and Aloft customers can now receive a complete and secure data stream of flight logs, telemetry, asset tracking, reporting, etc., from the combined solution.

The drone companies explain that the demand for such an integrated solution stemmed particularly from the utility sector. Skydio and Aloft have many common customers in this industry. And according to Aloft CEO Jon Hegranes:

This customer set has a high degree of need for security throughout their workflows given how important these services are to millions of customers and…