SAIC partner Skydio awarded $7.9M U.S. Army contract

Skydio, a U.S.-based drone manufacturer and autonomous flight technology company, in partnership with Science Applications International, has been awarded $7.9M to deliver X10D small unmanned aircraft systems under the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 Low-Rate Initial Production contract. The SRR program, managed by Program Executive Office Aviation’s Project Manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, provides infantry platoons with organic reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities. This award continues Skydio’s role as an SRR provider, transitioning soldiers from X2D/RQ28-A, fielded beginning in 2022 as part of SRR Tranche 1, to the enhanced X10D platform. This award builds on Skydio’s first delivery SRR Tranche 2 program systems, announced in May 2025. This brings Skydio’s total support of the SRR Tranche 2 program to $12.3M in FY25.