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Drew Talley Joins USI's First Industry Advisory Board
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Skyways Expands Long-Range Autonomous Cargo Capabilities Through a Commercial Offshore Logistics Partnership with DSV
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Sky's the limit for drone transportation company setting roots in Bastrop County
Austin Business Journal ·External -
The Austin company building long-range autonomous cargo planes
Interesting Engineering ·External -
The Flying Supply Chain, with Isaac Roberts (CSO of Skyways)
Valley of Depth ·External -
$13.5 Billion Changes Everything – If You Have Something That Actually Delivers
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EP 109— Skyways' Isaac Roberts On Mass-Producing Autonomous Cargo Drones For Contested Logistics
DIB Innovators (RADICL) ·External -
Why Skyways Is Betting on Offshore Cargo Drones
UAV Coach ·External -
How Skyways Quietly Built a Global Heavy-Lift Drone Business
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Customer Story: ANA and Skyways Are Building a Logistics Backbone for Japan's Remote Islands
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No One Cares About the Damn Aircraft, Part II
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Built for the Mission: How Military Operations Spanning Eight Years Produced the Largest STRATFI-Funded Cargo UAS in the DoW
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One Operator, Next-Level Scale: Inside Skyways' Path to Multi-Aircraft Operations | 1N
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Leadership Story: The Architect Behind the Skyways Roadmap
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Skyways: Building 'Swiss Army' Drones
The Revolution.Aero Podcast ·External -
ANA HD Completes Long-Distance Medical Supply Drone Delivery Trials in Okinawa
ANA Holdings ·External -
ANA HD completes long-distance medical supply drone delivery trials in Okinawa
Payload Asia ·External -
No One Cares About the Damn Aircraft
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Autonomous Cargo for the Navy: Shipboard VTOL Logistics at Scale
The Drone Ultimatum ·External -
Making Autonomous Cargo Work at Real-World Scale (Drone Radio Show Episode DRS 451)
Drone Radio Show / DroneLife ·External -
Skyways Air Transportation Plans World's Largest Autonomous Drone Fleet With $37M Air Force Backing
DroneXL ·External -
Austin Skyways autonomous drone aircraft
Austin American-Statesman ·External -
Leadership Story: Inside Charles Acknin's Vision to Reinvent How the World Moves
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Skyways Strengthens Leadership Team to Accelerate Rapid Growth
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ANA to Launch Drone Logistics Nationwide — Delivering Medicine to Remote Islands and Food to Isolated Areas During Disasters
Yomiuri Shimbun ·External -
Customer Story: Skyports and Skyways: Turning Autonomy into Customer Advantage
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Hardware, software or drone service provider? Skyways' hybrid model indicates you may have to do it all
The Drone Girl ·External -
From cargo to commuters — Skyways' roadmap to human flight
The Drone Girl ·External -
Skyways: Inside its aspirations to build the world's largest autonomous cargo aircraft fleet
The Drone Girl ·External -
Austin aviation company looking to scale autonomous drones
KXAN Austin (NBC) ·External -
Milestone Story: Skyways Delivers Precision Under Pressure with Historic Long-range, Offshore Cargo Drop
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Charles Acknin, Co-Founder & CEO of Skyways (Innovator Series)
FlyEye ·External -
Skyways: Redefining Autonomous Long-Range Cargo Drones
FlyEye ·External -
Milestone Story: Skyways Delivers Precision Under Pressure with Historic Long-range, Offshore Cargo Drop
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Skyways Powers Historic Cargo Deliveries to Offshore Windfarm
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RWE successfully pioneers cargo drone operations at offshore wind farms
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Skyports Drone Services, RWE, Skyways conduct Germany's first long-range drone deliveries to offshore wind turbines
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Milestone Story: What It Takes to Be the 1st to Fly BVLOS Between Two US Airports
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Skyways Completes Historic Cargo Drone Flights Between Airports for U.S. Military
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$100M boost propels North Dakota's Project ULTRA
Grand Forks Herald ·External -
GrandSKY's Project ULTRA: Enabling Military BVLOS Ops
Autonomy Global ·External -
Project ULTRA Secures Contract Boost to $100M and Launches Weekly Cargo Drone Flights
DroneLife ·External -
Sen. Hoeven announces major boost in federal investment in GrandSKY
The Dickinson Press ·External -
Project ULTRA expands drone operations, secures $100M contract ceiling
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Skyways Secures $5 Million Debt Facility to Accelerate Production of Autonomous Cargo Drones for U.S. Department of Defense
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U.S. government to spend millions to buy massive cargo drones capable of flying 1,000 miles
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Texas Startup Wins $37M Award to Mass-Produce V3 Cargo Drone
CargoClear ·External -
Skyways Lands $37M USAF Deal to Mass-Produce Cargo Drone
The Defense Post ·External -
Skyways Secures $37 Million US Air Force Contract to Rapidly Scale Autonomous Cargo Drones
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Austin defense tech startup wins contract
Austin Business Journal ·External -
Skyways secures $37M Air Force backing for autonomous cargo planes
DC Velocity ·External -
Skyways Lands $37M USAF Contract to Scale Autonomous Cargo Drones
DroneLife ·External -
Navy tests using drones for medical supply deliveries during RIMPAC
Defense News ·External -
Skyways V3
sUAS News ·External -
Navy Demonstrating Programs for Drone Delivery at Sea
Inside Unmanned Systems ·External -
US Naval Components Test Skyways-Developed Blue Water Logistics UAS
Potomac Officers Club ·External -
Naval Air Warfare Center Teams up with Military Sealift Command, U.S. Marines to Test UAS Concept
DVIDS ·External -
Navy Drone Delivery Trials Between Ships And Shore Successful
DroneXL ·External -
UAVs deliver cargo to US Navy ship at sea for first time
FlightGlobal ·External -
US Navy completes drone delivery trials to and from ships
DroneDJ ·External -
Video: U.S. Navy's Drone Logistics Trials Take Flight
The Maritime Executive ·External -
Navy to Deploy Up to Four Cargo Drones on an Aircraft Carrier this Year
USNI News ·External -
Update: Skyways attempting autonomous folding wings for US Navy Blue Water UAS
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Navy conducts live test of resupply drones for ashore, at-sea missions
Breaking Defense ·External -
Orbital UAV to support Skyways' unmanned cargo transportation program for US Navy
sUAS News ·External -
Video: Carrier USS Ford Tests Out Air Cargo Drone
The Maritime Executive ·External -
US Navy eyes programme of record for cargo drones to resupply ships
FlightGlobal ·External -
Navy Considering Drone Delivery for Essential Parts At Sea
USNI News ·External -
Navy Tests Autonomous Aerial Supply Drone From Its Newest Supercarrier
The War Zone ·External -
Update: US Navy acquires Skyways aircraft prototype for Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS
Janes ·External -
US Navy studies resupplying ships and submarines using small UAVs
FlightGlobal ·External -
Small UAV Takes on Big Sea Missions: Resupply Warships and Submarines
Inside Unmanned Systems ·External -
Skyways and the Pursuit of Fully Autonomous Drone Deliveries
Commercial UAV News ·External -
Autonomous Cargo Resupply Operations Meet Critical Milestone
Inside Unmanned Systems ·External
Press Kit
V3 Flight In Texas
Ship Deck Departure
Carrier Deck Approach. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist RJ Stratchko.
Fact Sheet
Facts updated October 30, 2026
About Skyways
Based in Austin, Texas, Skyways develops and operates long-range autonomous aircraft for commercial and national security logistics. The company's aircraft are designed to move cargo and mission payloads over significant distances with less infrastructure, lower operating cost and greater flexibility than traditional aviation solutions. By combining aircraft, autonomy, flight operations and supporting infrastructure into a scalable logistics system designed for distributed and demanding environments, Skyways supports commercial and defense customers with flight-proven autonomous logistics capabilities. For more information, visit www.skyways.com.
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Ship-Deck Takeoff · Gulf of America · September 2023