Drones
Autonomous uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) logistics, automated infrastructure inspection, and airspace safety filings.
Active Deployments
[534 Recorded]- Zipline Zip at Cote d'Ivoire[OPERATIONAL]
Cote d'Ivoire · Jan 1, 2022 · Zipline · Zipline Zip
Details - Zipline Zip at Nigeria[OPERATIONAL]
Nigeria · Jan 1, 2022 · Zipline · Zipline Zip
Details - AirForestry Harvesting System at Sweden[PILOT]
Sweden · May 1, 2026 · AirForestry · AirForestry Harvesting System
Details - Archer Midnight at California[PILOT]
California · Jan 1, 2025 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight
Details - Archer Midnight at United States[PILOT]
United States · Jan 1, 2025 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight
Details - Attritable Multirotor Strike Drone at United Kingdom[PILOT]
United Kingdom · Jan 1, 2025 · Performance Drone Works · Attritable Multirotor Strike Drone
Details - Bayraktar Kizilelma at Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey (Kizilelma)[PILOT]
Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey (Kizilelma) · Aug 1, 2025 · Baykar · Bayraktar Kizilelma
Details - Black Bird Interceptor at Estonia[PILOT]
Estonia · Jan 1, 2025 · Alta Ares · Black Bird Interceptor
Details - Cobalt 461 at Traverse City, Michigan, USA[PILOT]
Traverse City, Michigan, USA · Dec 17, 2025 · Blueflite · Cobalt 461
Details - Cobalt 461 at Detroit[PILOT]
Detroit · Jul 22, 2025 · Blueflite · Cobalt 461
Details - DE-2020 at Green Brook, New Jersey, USA[PILOT]
Green Brook, New Jersey, USA · Mar 18, 2026 · DEXA · DE-2020
Details - DE-2020 at Dayton[PILOT]
Dayton · Jan 1, 2021 · DEXA · DE-2020
Details - Elroy Air VTOL at Travis Air Force Base, California[PILOT]
Travis Air Force Base, California · Jul 1, 2023 · Elroy Air · Elroy Air VTOL
Details - Gannet Precision Guidance System at Ukraine[PILOT]
Ukraine · Jan 1, 2025 · PDKINEMATICS · Gannet Precision Guidance System
Details - Joby S4 at Texas[PILOT]
Texas · Jan 1, 2025 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[313 Indexed]- Kelluu Airship[PILOT][2024–2025]
12-meter hydrogen-powered autonomous airship combining drone precision with satellite-scale coverage for persistent aerial intelligence and environmental monitoring.
Kelluu · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Reliable Autonomy System[PILOT][2024]
Reliable Robotics is a Mountain View-based aerospace company developing the Reliable Autonomy System for fully automated aircraft operation.
Reliable Robotics · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Ornadyne O1[PILOT][2024]
A crow-shaped biomimetic ornithopter UAV that generates lift and thrust through wing flapping rather than rotary propulsion.
Ornadyne · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - LINK[PILOT][2024]
LINK is a robotic spacecraft servicing vehicle designed to rendezvous with, capture, and boost satellites in LEO.
Katalyst Space Technologies · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - StirlingX Autonomous Drone[PILOT][2024]
StirlingX Autonomous Drone is a drone from StirlingX, currently in pilot deployment.
StirlingX · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Heven H2 Platform[PILOT][2024]
Hydrogen fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial vehicle designed for long-endurance, low-signature defense and logistics missions.
HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Dexa Delivery Drone[PILOT][2021–2025]
Fully autonomous delivery drone with fewer rotors and increased load capacity of up to 20 pounds.
DEXA · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Passive RF Drone Detection System[PILOT][2024]
Passive radio frequency sensors that detect and classify drones and geolocate their operators.
Guardian RF · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - BRINC Guardian[PILOT][2024]
BRINC's newest DFR platform (announced Mar 2026): satellite-connected (Starlink), about 62-minute flight, 8-mile range, IP55, with a battery-swap Guardian Station; positioned as able to replace some police-helicopter roles.
BRINC · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - TRT[PILOT][2025]
Blended-wing-body (BWB) tail-sitter delivery drone with just two propellers for vertical takeoff and landing.
Airbound · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - XQ-58A Valkyrie[PILOT][2023]
The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie is an experimental stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) designed for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) missions alongside manned fighters.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - AEVEX Strike Drone[PILOT][2022]
AEVEX Aerospace is a California-based defense technology company producing autonomous unmanned aircraft, including the Phoenix Ghost and Disruptor strike drones used extensively in Ukraine.
AEVEX Aerospace · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - SkyfireAI Autonomy Platform[PILOT][2026]
AI-native autonomy platform for autonomous multi-ship drone operations.
SkyfireAI · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Skyfire AI Swarm System[PILOT][2024]
AI-powered autonomous drone swarm system for public safety and first-responder applications.
Skyfire AI · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Wingcopter 198[PILOT][2024]
Wingcopter, founded in 2017 in Darmstadt, Germany by Tom Pluemmer, Jonathan Hesselbarth, and Ansgar Kadura, makes the Wingcopter 198, a fixed-wing tilt-rotor electric vertical-takeoff delivery drone aimed at medical and logistics delivery in Africa and other remote regions.
Wingcopter · drones · 1 deployment
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Real-World Incidents & Failure Modes
[65 Logged]- Amazon Prime Air drone drops package into Texas backyard pool[MALFUNCTION]
Aug 18, 2026 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - FAA eVTOL Integration Pilot Program: BETA Technologies ALIA conducts organ transport test flight[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 14, 2026 · Beta Technologies · ALIA-250 · Plattsburgh
Details - Vertical Aerospace delays Valo type certification to 2029, pushes critical design review to end of 2026[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 13, 2026 · Vertical Aerospace · Valo · Drones
Details - Drone falls into stands at Ponoka Stampede, injuring two people[INJURY]
Jul 10, 2026 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - DGCA issues public notice flagging absence of authorized BVLoS drone framework[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 4, 2026 · Skye Air Mobility · Skye Air Drone Fleet · Bengaluru
Details - Pentagon awards AeroVironment 00M contract for counter-drone technology[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 2, 2026 · AeroVironment · AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) · Kyiv, Ukraine
Details - FBI seizes 500+ drones during FIFA World Cup 2026[OTHER]
Jul 2, 2026 · Skydio · Skydio X10 · San Mateo
Details - Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone crashes into apartment building in Richardson, Texas[COLLISION]
Jul 2, 2026 · Amazon Prime Air · Prime Air MK30 · Tolleson, Arizona, USA
Details - US Air Force awards AEVEX 0M contract for GPS-resistant autonomous strike drones[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 30, 2026 · AEVEX Aerospace · AEVEX Strike Drone · Ukraine
Details - JetBlue flight from Las Vegas hits drone before landing at JFK[COLLISION]
Jun 29, 2026 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - NYPD Skydio X10 drone malfunctioned and crashed near FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in Brooklyn, battery caught fire[MALFUNCTION]
Jun 24, 2026 · Skydio · Skydio X10 · San Mateo
Details - Joby Aviation completes FAA Stage 4 certification, advancing toward air taxi launch[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Archer Aviation completes FAA Phase 3 certification for Midnight eVTOL[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - FAA grants aircraft-agnostic BVLOS waiver for Vantis network across 5,000 square miles[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 2, 2026 · Vantis · Vantis BVLOS Network · Germany, Europe
Details - MQ-9A Reaper shot down by Houthi rebels over Yemen[OTHER]
May 29, 2026 · General Atomics Aeronautical Systems · MQ-9 Reaper · United States Air Force (global operations)
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Active Manufacturers & Operators
[211 Tracked]- AIR
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $23M
Inspect - Alta Ares
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $60M
Inspect - AutoFlight
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $100M
Inspect - Edge Autonomy
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $925M
Inspect - Emesent
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $23M
Inspect - Eve Air Mobility
[SUBSIDIARY] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $300M
Inspect - FlyingBasket
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $2M
Inspect - Fortem Technologies
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $25M
Inspect - Lilium
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $571M
Inspect - Manna Aero
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $50M
Inspect - Ondas
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments
Inspect - Perennial Autonomy
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $505M
Inspect - TEKEVER
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $604M
Inspect - XTEND
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $1.6B
Inspect - Boeing
[ACTIVE] · 2 models · 2 deployments
Inspect
Regulatory Policies & Safety Standards
[81 Filings]- ANSI/A3 R15.08 - Industrial mobile robot (IMR) safety[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/CAN/UL 3300:2024 - Safety for service, communication, information, education and entertainment (SCIEE) robots[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/RIA R15.06 - US industrial robot and robot-system safety (adoption of ISO 10218)[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - BIS AI Diffusion Framework (Jan 13 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - BIS Oct 17 2023 tightening of AI chip export controls[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - DHS Permanent Counter-Drone Office[in effect]
United States · standard
Inspect filing - Executive Order 14304: Unleashing Supersonic Flight in the United States[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Executive Order: Unleashing American Drone Dominance[in effect]
United States · standard
Inspect filing - FAA Part 107 Small UAS rule (United States)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - FAA Part 107: Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operational Rules[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - FAA Part 108 - Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations Final Rule[proposed]
United States · standard
Inspect filing - FAA Part 108: Normalizing UAS Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Operations[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - FAA Part 135 air-carrier certification (United States)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - FAA Part 21.17(b) Type Certification Path for eVTOL Powered-Lift Aircraft[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - FAA Proposed Rule: Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight (July 2026)[proposed]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing
AI Foundations & Model Brains
[6 Stacks]- AeroVironment AVACORE[Verified Stack]
Powers: AeroVironment P550, AeroVironment Puma
- Anduril Lattice[Verified Stack]
Powers: Barracuda, Anduril Bolt, Dive-LD, Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A), Ghost Shark (XL-AUV), Ghost (Ghost-X), Anduril Roadrunner
- Shield AI Hivemind[Verified Stack]
Powers: Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A), Shield AI V-BAT
- Skydio Autonomy Engine[Verified Stack]
Powers: Skydio Dock, Skydio X10, Skydio X10D
- Wing OpenSky[Verified Stack]
Powers: Wing Delivery Aircraft
- Zipline Autonomy (Acoustic Detect-and-Avoid)[Verified Stack]
Powers: Zipline Platform 1 (Zip), Zipline Platform 2 (P2)