
Episode #40
#40 - Charles Acknin and Isaac Roberts - Skyways: Building 'Swiss Army' drones
<p>In this episode we are joined by Charles Acknin, CEO and co-founder, and Isaac Roberts, chief strategy officer, of Skyways.</p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p> <p>Support th...






