Black Hornet

Teledyne FLIR's Black Hornet is a pocket-sized nano-UAV reconnaissance system for personal soldier ISR, carrying three cameras (forward, down, and 45-degree down); selected by the US Army (CP-ISR / Soldier Borne Sensor) and used by militaries worldwide.

Black Hornet is listed at $195,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an analyst estimate, not an official price.

Black Hornet is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.

Black Hornet is made by Teledyne FLIR, based in Wilsonville, Oregon, USA, founded in 1978.

Black Hornet is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Black Hornet include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.

Black Hornet and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Black Hornet has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Black Hornet ranks in roughly the top 74% of aerial models tracked by the registry.

Black Hornet is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.

No verified deployments of Black Hornet are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Black Hornet has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.