Spooky Action builds
American Made Tethered Drones
Telelift is a flying cell tower for rapid connectivity critical in challenging environments
Superfly 2 gives your existing drone 10+ hours of flight time
Watchtower is the world’s most powerful tethered drone for aerial observation
Custom Solutions that can be configured to carry payloads of up to 10 kgs/22 lbs
NDAA compliant tethered drones made in USA
At Spooky Action, we build tethered drone systems that enable ultra-endurance flight. We design & assemble all our tether systems right here in the USA. All systems are NDAA Compliant. We are trusted by some of the largest telecom companies and governments in the world.
Telelift
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watch the ted talk
Our mission is to bring connectivity and intelligence to the world. In his TED Talk, our CEO explains the opportunity to use our technology to support development in the global south.
the tethered advantage
Why tethered drones?
Tethered drone systems enable substantial capabilities that un-tethered drones do not. They can be used for extended overwatch, providing aerial intelligence for long periods of time. They can carry radio equipment to provide wide-area connectivity from the sky. And they can provide lighting payloads for enhanced safety on the job site.
Payload
Spooky Action’s partnerships with Cradlepoint and leading defense companies give us a wide berth of connectivity, imagery, lighting, and signals intelligence payloads.
What makes the Superfly tether system superior?
Poorly made tethered drones have three categories of problems. Poorly designed autospooling systems can destabilize the aircraft in-flight, or lead to the tether cable tangling. Our patented autospooler technology is the most advanced of its kind and avoids such pitfalls. Further, tethering drones that are not designed for endurance applications can lead to premature malfunctions. We partner with drone makers to design systems for maximum reliability, and offer our own in-house tether system that can fly longer than anything else on earth.
Spooky Action’s tether systems are the most advanced tension-driven auto-spoolers in the industry. They are trusted by government agencies in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Since we partner with drone manufacturers, tethered operation is seamless, safe, and quick to deploy. Our drones and tether systems are NDAA Compliant, made in the USA, and widely deployed by US and allied militaries.
About the company
Spooky Action is a Minnesota-based tech company. We build the world’s most powerful tethered drones that fly forever. Our tether systems are compatible with every major enterprise drone on the market, with no modification. With applications in public safety, telecom, airlines and natural disaster recovery, our tether systems are pushing the limits of drone capabilities.
Spooky Action is named after a quantum mechanics concept in physics called “spooky action at a distance” – a phenomenon previously thought impossible. It showed quantum particles could talk to each other faster than the speed of light—almost as if they were tethered.