Drones
Autonomous uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) logistics, automated infrastructure inspection, and airspace safety filings.
Active Deployments
[534 Recorded]- Joby S4 at United States[PILOT]
United States · Jan 1, 2025 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4
Details - Joby S4 at Edwards AFB[PILOT]
Edwards AFB · May 16, 2023 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4
Details - Skydio X10 at Michigan[PILOT]
Michigan · Jan 1, 2025 · Skydio · Skydio X10
Details - Skydio X10D at Palawan, Philippines[PILOT]
Palawan, Philippines · May 21, 2024 · Skydio · Skydio X10D
Details - SkyfireAI Autonomy Platform at Ohio[PILOT]
Ohio · Feb 1, 2026 · SkyfireAI · SkyfireAI Autonomy Platform
Details - TRT at Bengaluru[PILOT]
Bengaluru · Oct 14, 2025 · Airbound · TRT
Details - Velis Electro at Dayton, Ohio, USA[PILOT]
Dayton, Ohio, USA · Sep 12, 2024 · United States Air Force · Velis Electro
Details - Zipline Platform 2 (P2) at North Austin, Texas, USA[PILOT]
North Austin, Texas, USA · Jan 1, 2025 · Zipline · Zipline Platform 2 (P2)
Details - Zipline Platform 2 (P2) at United States[SCALED]
United States · Jun 1, 2024 · Zipline · Zipline Platform 2 (P2)
Details - AIR ONE at Auburndale, Florida, USA[ANNOUNCED]
Auburndale, Florida, USA · Aug 11, 2026 · AIR · AIR ONE
Details - Alice at Arlington, Washington, USA[ANNOUNCED]
Arlington, Washington, USA · Jan 1, 2021 · Eviation Aircraft · Alice
Details - AR5 at United Kingdom[ANNOUNCED]
United Kingdom · Aug 1, 2026 · TEKEVER · AR5
Details - Archer Midnight at California[ANNOUNCED]
California · Jun 1, 2025 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight
Details - Joby S4 at New York[ANNOUNCED]
New York · Jul 1, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4
Details - Longtail AirDock Edition at Alatau City, Kazakhstan[ANNOUNCED]
Alatau City, Kazakhstan · May 1, 2026 · A2Z Drone Delivery · Longtail AirDock Edition
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[313 Indexed]- Spray Painting Drone[RESEARCH]
Apellix's Spray Painting Drone is a semi-autonomous aerial system for spray-painting and coating tall structures (storage tanks, bridges, ships); it uses proprietary distance-hold, speed-control, and perpendicular-alignment tech and is NDAA-compliant, deployed by DOTs, federal contractors, and the US Army.
Apellix · drones · 0 deployments
View spec - Airbility AB-M1300[RESEARCH]
Two-seat personal electric aircraft in conceptual design phase, targeting certification under FAA MOSAIC rules for light sport aircraft.
Airbility · drones · 0 deployments
View spec - SC1[RESEARCH]
Guardian Agriculture SC1 is an autonomous eVTOL aircraft designed for commercial precision agriculture, specifically unmanned aerial application of crop protection and nutrition products.
Guardian Agriculture · drones · 0 deployments
View spec - Archer Midnight[PROTOTYPE][2024–2026]
Five-seat eVTOL aircraft with 12 tilt-six rotors.
Archer Aviation · drones · 9 deployments
View spec - VX4[DEVELOPMENT][2024–2026]
Four-seat eVTOL with tilt-rotor configuration.
Vertical Aerospace · drones · 6 deployments
View spec - Eve eVTOL[PROTOTYPE][2026]
Eve's lift-plus-cruise electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, designed for urban air mobility.
Eve Air Mobility · drones · 3 deployments
View spec - Lilium Jet[DEVELOPMENT][2023–2026]
Seven-seat eVTOL with 36 ducted electric vectored thrust fans.
Lilium · drones · 3 deployments
View spec - Prosperity V[PROTOTYPE][2026]
Five-seat passenger eVTOL aircraft with transition flight capability.
AutoFlight · drones · 3 deployments
View spec - ALIA-250[DEVELOPMENT][2024]
All-electric fixed-wing VTOL aircraft with lift+cruise configuration.
Beta Technologies · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Buoyant Aero Cargo Blimp[PROTOTYPE][2025]
Buoyant Aero's unmanned hybrid airship is a zero-emissions autonomous drone blimp designed for middle-mile cargo delivery, with 650 lb payload capacity.
Buoyant Aero · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Valo[PROTOTYPE][2026]
Vertical Aerospace's flagship air taxi, unveiled December 2025.
Vertical Aerospace · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Eviation Alice[PROTOTYPE][2022]
Nine-passenger all-electric commuter aircraft with T-tail and twin magni650 electric motors.
Eviation Aircraft · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Bayraktar Kizilelma[PROTOTYPE][2025]
Unmanned combat aircraft with serial production beginning August 2025.
Baykar · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Alice[PROTOTYPE][2021]
Nine-passenger all-electric commuter aircraft.
Eviation Aircraft · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Quarterhorse[PROTOTYPE]
Unmanned (remote-controlled) hypersonic aircraft demonstrator.
Hermeus · drones · 0 deployments
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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]- Firestorm Labs
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $153M
Inspect - Flirtey (SkyDrop)
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Flyability
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $16M
Inspect - Garuda Aerospace
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $5M
Inspect - Guardian RF
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $125,000
Inspect - Helsing
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $3.3B
Inspect - HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech)
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $13M
Inspect - Hoverfly Technologies
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $20M
Inspect - Indoor Robotics
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $15M
Inspect - Kelluu
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $16M
Inspect - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Neros
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $325M
Inspect - Neros Technologies
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $250M
Inspect - NewSpace Research and Technologies
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $34M
Inspect - Ornadyne
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $500,000
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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)