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#40 - Charles Acknin and Isaac Roberts - Skyways: Building 'Swiss Army' drones
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In this episode we are joined by Charles Acknin, CEO and co-founder, and Isaac Roberts, chief strategy officer, of Skyways.
Since 2017, Skyways has been developing and building long-range, autonomous cargo drones capable of beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations for both the civil and defence markets. So far it has raised $25m across multiple funding rounds.
We discuss Skyways' launch, born out of traffic-induced frustration, the pivot from all-electric to hybrid-electric for significantly greater range and endurance, key military contracts that provided early experience of operating BVLOS, expansion beyond core logistics and much more besides.