Sky-Watch
{{Short description|Danish UAV manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Sky-Watch A/S
| logo = Sky-Watch Logo Blue.jpg
| logo_caption = Sky-Watch UAV manufacturer
| type = Public company
| foundation = Støvring, Denmark ({{Start date|2009|12|01}})
| founder = Jonas Dyhr Johansen
| location_city = Støvring
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people =
Martin Schousboe (CEO)
Henrik Voss (CTO)
Thomas Bruun
(Head of Marketing)
Morten Kaalund
(Head of Operations)
| products = Unmanned aerial vehicles
| num_employees = 30-40
| website = {{URL|www.sky-watch.dk}}
| location_country = Denmark
}}
Sky-Watch A/S is a Danish developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Founded in 2009, Sky-Watch is based in Støvring, Denmark.{{cite web |title=GROWTH - EU helps SMEs innovate with dual-use technologies |url=https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/growth/items/605620/en |website=ec.europa.eu}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aerospace-technology.com/features/featurefarnborough-emerging-technology-small-aircraft/ |title=Farnborough Airshow verdict: emerging technology shows promise|accessdate=2014-08-13 |format= }}
In 2016 - Sky-Watch purchases the small startup company "Little Smart Things" in Nexø.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2nord.dk/artikel/nordjysk-drone-virksomhed-udvider-med-bornholmsk-firma|title=TV2 NORD: Nordjysk drone-virksomhed udvider med bornholmsk firma|last=|first=|date=2016-01-15|website=TV2 Nord|language=da|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-30}} And continues the Cumulus{{cite web |title=Sky-Watch Cumulus |date=18 April 2017 |url=https://www.suasnews.com/2017/04/sky-watch-cumulus/ |publisher=www.suasnews.com}} and Heidrun platforms.{{cite web |title=Skyline and Sky-Watch Partner to Provide Enhanced Defense and Security Solutions |date=15 October 2019 |url=https://gisuser.com/2019/10/skyline-and-sky-watch-partner-to-provide-enhanced-defense-and-security-solutions/ |publisher=GISuser.com}}
Products
Sky-Watch provides platforms with various configurations. Currently the platforms are:
- Huginn{{Cite web|url=https://sky-watch.com/products-services/uav-platforms/huginn-x2/|title=Sky-Watch.com: Huginn X2|last=|first=|date=|website=sky-watch.com|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930084501/https://sky-watch.com/products-services/uav-platforms/huginn-x2/|archive-date=2019-09-30|access-date=2019-09-30}}
- Heidrun{{Cite web|url=https://sky-watch.com/products-services/uav-platforms/heidrun/|title=Sky-Watch.com: Heidrun|last=|first=|date=|website=sky-watch.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-30}}
- Cumulus{{Cite web|url=https://sky-watch.com/products-services/uav-platforms/cumulus/|title=Sky-Watch.com: Cumulus|last=|first=|date=|website=sky-watch.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-30}}
Discontinued products:
- Huginn X1{{cite web |title=El Ejército actualiza el dron Huginn del Regimiento de Ingenieros |url=https://www.infodron.es/texto-diario/mostrar/3846934/ejercito-actualiza-dron-huginn-regimiento-ingenieros |website=Infodron |language=es}}
- Huginn X1D{{cite web |title=Huginn X1D |url=https://dronemajor.net/brands/sky-watch-1/products/huginn-x1d |website=Drone Major}}
Notable Uses
- In 2013 Sky-Watch provided a Huginn X1 quadcopter to the USAR teams deployed in the Philippines after the typhoon Haiyan raged over the islands.{{cite web|url=http://nethope.org/blog/2013/12/civil-drone-helps-nethope-haiyan-relief-efforts-in-the-philippines/|title=NetHope >> Civil drone helps in Tacloban|format=|accessdate=2014-08-13|archive-date=2014-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814184410/http://nethope.org/blog/2013/12/civil-drone-helps-nethope-haiyan-relief-efforts-in-the-philippines/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.directrelief.org/2013/12/civil-drones-improve-humanitarian-response-philippines/|title=Civil Drones Improve Humanitarian Response in the Philippines|last=Schroeder|first=Andrew|author-link=|date=3 December 2013|website=Direct Relief|accessdate=2014-08-13}}
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