Membership for public safety agencies

Making flight accessible to any public safety agency.

Counties, EMS agencies, fire departments, and sheriffs: Akute membership gives you a lawful, proven path from “we're curious” to “we're flying” — without hiring an aviation department.

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Public aircraft operations, made simple

Everything your agency needs to fly — under one roof.

A Public Aircraft Operation (PAO) is the legal framework that lets a public entity fly its own aircraft for its own mission. Akute makes declaring and running one simple.

01 · Authority

Declaring a PAO

We guide your agency through declaring its Public Aircraft Operation — the documentation, the safety case, and the governance — so the authority to fly stays with you, exercised safely from day one.

02 · Software

Akute OS — a platform for any aircraft

Mission authorization, airspace, training records, and compliance run in software, not binders. Vehicle-agnostic by design — from drones to helicopters to the simplified aircraft still to come.

03 · Standards

Governance and standards

Operational standards vetted through expert governance and coded directly into the platform — evolving with every flight flown across the network, so every member benefits from every mission.

04 · Community

Open innovation

Members get a voice in how the platform and its standards evolve — an open, federated model where agencies, not vendors, decide what public aviation becomes.

Membership levels

Start where you are. Fly when you're ready.

Five levels, one path — each step takes your agency closer to an operational program of its own.

Level 1Basic

News and the Akute white paper

Follow the movement. Member news, program updates, and the Akute white paper — the full story of public aircraft operations and where they're going.

Get informed
Level 2Be in the know

Conferences and webcasts

Join the rooms where this is being figured out — member conferences, webcasts, and working sessions with the agencies already flying.

Get connected
Level 3Get set up

Aviation program management

Akute works as your Aviation Program Manager: declaring your PAO, building your safety case, and standing up your program — soup to nuts.

Get flying
Level 4Get operational

Localized maps and the digital twin

Your county, modeled: localized maps, landing zones, coverage analysis, and a digital twin of your response area — live in Akute OS.

Get optimized
Level 5Get the right hardware

The Akute EMS Aircraft program

Access to the member program shaping purpose-built EMS aircraft — so the next generation of public aircraft is designed around your mission.

Get ahead

Get in touch

One conversation, operator to operator, about where your agency is today and which level fits. No commitment — just a clear picture of your path to flight.

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