SkySkopes is the First UAS Company to Join the North Dakota Aviation Council

The North Dakota Aviation Council welcomes SkySkopes as the first UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) company to join the Council. SkySkopes joins the Council as Organizational Member in the organization.

SkySkopes is a professional UAS flight operator headquartered in Grand Forks, ND, with a team of highly certified UAS pilots. SkySkopes flies a wide variety of advanced sensors and unmanned aircraft for transmission/distribution line inspections, oil and gas applications, and other innovative use cases that focus on adding value within the energy sector.

According to SkySkopes President & CEO Matt Dunlevy, “SkySkopes joining the NDAC is another indication of the advancement of the UAS industry, especially in the state of North Dakota. It is a reminder that unmanned aircraft absolutely are aircraft and that drone pilots absolutely are pilots. We see it as an opportunity to interface with the already existing culture of aviation around our several offices in North Dakota. Joining the NDAC is a way for us to be true to our pilots. They're cut from the same cloth as the manned pilots.”

The North Dakota Aviation Council was founded in 1983 by six aviation organizations interested in promoting aviation in the state and presenting their concerns before government and the general public. The organization was founded with the notion that solutions to problems facing aviation can be best served by consolidating and working together rather than struggling as independent groups. The NDAC seeks to serve aviation professionals by providing a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and experience among their peers-pilots, agricultural operators, airport managers, FBO’s, aviation mechanics, educators and aviation museums.