Tablet Command, Skydio partner to enable live aircraft location and video during emergency incidents. October 8, 2026 Share to: Tablet Command, a leading provider of incident management and response software for fire departments and emergency response agencies, and Skydio, the largest U.S.-based drone manufacturer and world leader in flying robots, today announced a partnership that brings drone situational awareness to the incident command board. The companies demonstrated the integration publicly for the first time September 23-24 in Summerlin, Nevada at Ascend '26, Skydio's user conference for leaders building and scaling drone programs across public safety, national security, energy and utilities, and critical infrastructure. Skydio DFR Command remains the platform where agencies manage their drone programs and execute missions. Pilots launch Skydio drones in under 20 seconds and autonomously reach incidents in under 90 seconds, routinely before the first unit arrives. Until now, that aerial view has lived in one application while the incident commander managed units, assignments and tactical benchmarks in another. This integration closes that gap by sharing a defined set of mission data - aircraft location and live video - with Tablet Command, where it appears alongside the units and assignments the incident commander is already tracking. Aircraft position and video reach the commanders, company officers and units managing the incident, creating a more complete operational picture at the command level. For fire agencies, the value is a size-up that includes the view from above, delivered to the command post rather than to a separate screen. For law enforcement and emergency management, the same pattern anchors DFR intelligence to the incident record supervisors already work from. Meanwhile, Tablet Command's offline operation and benchmark timestamping are unchanged: the record becomes part of the same incident timeline the agency already keeps. "We're excited to see Tablet Command and Skydio working together on this integration," said Kyle Fekete, Assistant Chief at Louisville Fire Department. "Bringing drone intelligence into the incident command workflow gives our firefighters and incident commanders better information earlier in the response. We look forward to seeing the integration continue to develop in the months ahead." "Tablet Command offers integrations with a range of drone providers, but this is the first that takes both the integration and the user experience to the next level," said William Pigeon, CEO and Co-Founder of Tablet Command. "It delivers a real-time video feed directly to the Tablet Command user and lets them switch between thermal and standard video views. Seeing this in a live demo was jaw-dropping. The user can see the drone's location on the map and switch the video feed at their own choice, not the operator's. Paired with Skydio's DFR Command, this truly gets us closer to having eyes in the field, providing a size-up before the first unit has left the station. We see this as the beginning of our next phase of drone integrations." The integration is in active joint development, but agencies who attended Ascend '26 saw the integration at the Tablet Command table. The two companies conducted joint flight testing in September 2026, using Skydio aircraft and docks, with aircraft position and streaming video rendered in Tablet Command. Availability, licensing and enablement details will be announced at a later date.

TPG's The Rise Funds has signed a definitive agreement to make a significant investment in Tablet Command, a provider of incident management software for fire departments and emergency response agencies. Founded in 2011, Tablet Command offers real-time software that digitises critical workflows including tactical command, unit tracking, and personnel accountability. The company serves over 180 departments across the US and Canada, including CAL FIRE, supporting approximately 28 of the largest US fire departments. The platform helps incident commanders coordinate personnel and resources during complex emergencies and natural disasters. The investment aligns with The Rise Funds' focus on climate adaptation and resilience. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.