Skyryse

Skyryse is an aviation technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. It develops hardware and software for flight control automation. Its core product is SkyOS, which the company describes as a universal operating system for flight that brings flight controls, automation and aircraft systems together in one software-defined architecture. SkyOS powers Skyryse One, the company's first aircraft, a production helicopter.

SkyOS

The site lists these capabilities of the system:

• Simplified flight controls: a four-axis control stick, customisable touchscreen displays, adaptive instrument displays, digital circuit breakers, weight and balance management and an integrated checklist
• Inherent stability and automated manoeuvres: the aircraft holds altitude, heading and speed without pilot input, with hover hold, swipe to start, swipe to pick up and set down, and flight plan guidance
• Automated zero visibility landing using real-time automation and sensor fusion
• Automated emergency management: system-initiated autorotation, emergency autoland, crew alerting, automatic power management and fault monitoring
• Optionally piloted capability, from a ground station or fully autonomous
• Envelope protection: low G hazard, hot start avoidance, overtorque and vortex ring state protection, a triply redundant flight-control system and IMC recovery

Skyryse says SkyOS applies to any aircraft or helicopter and is built on a portfolio of patents spanning flight controls, automation, aircraft systems and autonomous operations. The company credits the system with the first automated takeoff, hover, landing and engine-out landing of a helicopter, each controlled with the swipe of a finger.

Skyryse One and customers

Skyryse One is sold with reservations taken on the site. The site describes customers and partners in United States military operations, law enforcement, private aviation, emergency medical services and disaster response, and shows CAL FIRE among them. Skyryse was named a winner in Fast Company's 2026 World Changing Ideas Awards.

Team and locations

Founder and CEO Mark Groden holds a PhD in sensor data fusion and more than 60 patents in aerial vehicle automation. The advisory board includes former senior figures from the FAA, NASA, the NTSB, the US Army and Marine Corps, and aircraft manufacturers. Locations listed are the headquarters and labs and manufacturing in El Segundo, aircraft integration in Hawthorne, and a flight line in Camarillo, all in California.

Contact

Email: sales@skyryse.com
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