Skydio, Inc.

Skydio, Inc., a San Mateo, California-based manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems and autonomous flight technologies, operates as a prime contractor across 67% of its recent federal awards and as a subcontractor on 33%, delivering commercial off-the-shelf drone platforms, autonomy software, spare parts, and engineering services to 52 distinct federal agencies. The company competes predominantly on full-and-open and sole-source bases—no SBA set-aside designations characterize its prime posture, though it has received several total small business set-aside delivery orders against existing USDA and other vehicles.

Skydio's capability portfolio centers on small unmanned aircraft systems hardware (X2E, X10, X10D, X2D platforms with thermal and electro-optical sensors), autonomy software subscriptions, cloud-based command and control services, spare parts (batteries, propellers, chargers, launch pads), and fielded training and engineering support. Recent prime work includes a $1.1 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for drones (September 2026), a $1.1 million purchase order from the Drug Enforcement Administration for video streaming services for 35 Skydio X10S systems (December 2025), a $403 thousand purchase order from Air Forces Europe and Africa for 31 drones (September 2025), and an $874 thousand delivery order from USDA Wildlife Services for UAS and accessories (July 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward civilian law-enforcement and natural-resource agencies. The top five by award count cover 65% of awards, led by the Office of Policy Management and Budget (70 awards, $13.2 million combined potential value), followed by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (44 awards), the Drug Enforcement Administration (31 awards, $750 thousand), USDA Wildlife Services (20 awards, $5.5 million), and the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (9 awards, $75.2 million). By potential value, however, the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement anchors the portfolio at $75.2 million—a sharp divergence from award count that signals a small number of large IDCs. The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Policy Management and Budget collectively account for $34.1 million (about 15% of total potential value).

Skydio's vehicle position is dominated by the Office of Policy Management and Budget's single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement 140D0424A0008 ($7.49 million ceiling, October 2023 through October 2026), which has generated 69 task orders ($5.7 million combined potential value). The company also holds three significant indefinite delivery contracts: a $74 million 2-year noncompetitive IDC with the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (awarded December 2024 under FAR 6.302-1 authority due to existing investment and training in Skydio systems), a $3.5 million 3-year small business set-aside IDC with USDA Wildlife Services (awarded November 2024), and a $1.2 million 3-year small business set-aside IDC with USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (awarded January 2024). Additionally, Skydio was named as a consortia member or awardee on a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ issued by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, with a single $500 initial delivery order issued the same date.

Activity has accelerated sharply. Awards per year moved from 12 (2022) and 16 (2023) to 133 in 2024, then moderated to 51 in 2025 and 38 year-to-date in 2026. Combined potential value stands at $227.7 million (74% obligated). Thirty-four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $102.6 million in potential value, representing significant recompete exposure—particularly delivery orders expiring under the Office of Policy Management and Budget BPA and USDA IDCs.

Subcontractor footprint: Skydio performs as a sub-tier supplier to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (largest by volume, supplying Skydio drone kits and components for DHS, DoD, and Defense Logistics Agency orders), Science Applications International Corporation (system software lifecycle engineering supporting Army short-range reconnaissance drone programs, two sub-awards December 2025), AAR Government Services, Inc. (INL small UAS for Ukraine and Panama operations), Alutiiq Information Management, LLC (RESTORE laboratory engineering services procuring unmanned systems for Naval Surface Warfare Center), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (UAV/UAS components for R&D), and HII Mission Technologies Corp (advanced analysis and engineering for Air Force warfighting integration). These relationships reflect Skydio's role as an embedded platform supplier within larger prime-contractor ecosystems rather than as an independent systems integrator.

The NAICS and PSC profile is highly concentrated: aircraft manufacturing (162 awards), unmanned aircraft (132 awards by PSC), reflecting Skydio's core role as a drone-platform OEM rather than a services or integration firm. The source notes that Skydio has also received Department of Defense grant funding as a subawardee collaborating with Stanford University on robust UAS navigation systems research.