Skydio receives the CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones

Haye Kesteloo
January 11, 2021
Skydio X2, CES, Skydio

Skydio receives the CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones and Unmanned Systems for its Skydio X2 commercial drone.

Skydio receives the CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones

Today, during the first-ever all-digital CES 2021, Skydio received the CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones and Unmanned Systems for its Skydio X2 commercial drone.

In a press release, Skydio states that an elite panel of industry expert judges, including members of the media, designers, and engineers” decided what products would receive the CES 2021 Awards.

The Skydio X2 is the US-based drone maker’s most recent drone aimed at the enterprise market. The drone features a foldable airframe and offers a dual 12MP color optical plus 320×256 FLIR® thermal sensor.

“We are excited and honored to receive the CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for the X2. This award is a testament to our forward-thinking vision for autonomous drones and to the incredible work of our engineering team. The X2 delivers groundbreaking intelligence and robustness that allows professional pilots to get the job done faster, more accurately and with greater peace of mind,” said Adam Bry, CEO of Skydio. “Our goal is to make drones easier and safer to use than ever, while opening up entirely new use cases based on autonomous flight.”

Congrats to Skydio.

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Haye Kesteloo

Haye Kesteloo is a leading drone industry expert and Editor in Chief of DroneXL.co and EVXL.co, where he covers drone technology, industry developments, and electric mobility trends. With over nine years of specialized coverage in unmanned aerial systems, his insights have been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, and cited by The Brookings Institute, Foreign Policy, Politico and others.

Before founding DroneXL.co, Kesteloo built his expertise at DroneDJ. He currently co-hosts the PiXL Drone Show on YouTube and podcast platforms, sharing industry insights with a global audience. His reporting has influenced policy discussions and been referenced in federal documents, establishing him as an authoritative voice in drone technology and regulation. He can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo.