Drones
Autonomous uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) logistics, automated infrastructure inspection, and airspace safety filings.
Active Deployments
[534 Recorded]- Guardian-2 at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · Powerus · Guardian-2
Details - H520E at Hamburg, Germany[OPERATIONAL]
Hamburg, Germany · May 1, 2018 · Yuneec · H520E
Details - H850 at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · Yuneec · H850
Details - H850 at China, Asia[OPERATIONAL]
China, Asia · Jun 1, 2024 · Yuneec · H850
Details - Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone at New Brunswick, Canada[OPERATIONAL]
New Brunswick, Canada · Jan 1, 2024 · Volatus Aerospace · Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone
Details - Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone at Oakville, Ontario, Canada[OPERATIONAL]
Oakville, Ontario, Canada · Jun 1, 2024 · Volatus Aerospace · Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone
Details - Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[OPERATIONAL]
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · Jan 1, 2024 · Volatus Aerospace · Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone
Details - Hermes 900 at Haifa[OPERATIONAL]
Haifa · Jun 1, 2024 · Elbit Systems · Hermes 900
Details - Hermes 900 at Tel Aviv[OPERATIONAL]
Tel Aviv · Jun 1, 2024 · Elbit Systems · Hermes 900
Details - Heven H2 Platform at Germany, Europe[OPERATIONAL]
Germany, Europe · Jun 1, 2024 · HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) · Heven H2 Platform
Details - Heven H2 Platform at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) · Heven H2 Platform
Details - Hoverfly Spectre Tethered UAS at United States (US-Mexico border security)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (US-Mexico border security) · Jan 1, 2022 · Hoverfly Technologies · Hoverfly Spectre Tethered UAS
Details - Hoverfly Spectre Tethered UAS at United States[OPERATIONAL]
United States · Jan 1, 2020 · Hoverfly Technologies · Hoverfly Spectre Tethered UAS
Details - Hovermap at South Africa (underground mines)[OPERATIONAL]
South Africa (underground mines) · Jan 1, 2021 · Emesent · Hovermap
Details - Hovermap at United States[OPERATIONAL]
United States · Jan 1, 2021 · Emesent · Hovermap
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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]- Out-of-control DJI Phantom 3 hits a building and falls into the crowd at the Seattle Pride parade, knocking a woman unconscious[INJURY]
Jun 28, 2015 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - DJI Phantom 4 strikes a US Army Black Hawk over Staten Island in the first confirmed US civilian-drone / manned-aircraft midair collision[COLLISION]
Sep 21, 2017 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - Archer Aviation becomes first eVTOL company to close FAA Phase 3 of Type Certification process for Midnight[REGULATORY ACTION]
Apr 1, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - Archer Aviation selected for FAA AAM Integration Pilot Program spanning 26 states for Midnight eVTOL testing[REGULATORY ACTION]
Mar 9, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - FAA unveils eight AAM eVTOL integration pilot projects spanning 26 states, allowing Joby, Archer, Beta, and Wisk to begin operations by summer 2026[REGULATORY ACTION]
Mar 9, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Joby Aviation clears FAA Stage 4 airworthiness conformity review, one step from type certificate[REGULATORY ACTION]
Mar 28, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Matternet medical-delivery drone operated for Swiss Post crashes into Lake Zurich[MALFUNCTION]
Jan 25, 2019 · Matternet · Matternet Station · Raleigh
Details - Matternet drone falls uncontrolled near children in Zurich; Swiss Post grounds the delivery fleet[MALFUNCTION]
May 9, 2019 · Matternet · Matternet Station · Raleigh
Details - Multiple Wing Loong II drones shot down in Libya during civil war (2019-2021)[OTHER]
Aug 3, 2019 · CAIG · Wing Loong II · Riyadh
Details - UAE-operated Wing Loong II drone strike on Tripoli military academy kills 26 cadets[FATALITY]
Jan 4, 2020 · CAIG · Wing Loong II · Riyadh
Details - Multiple Wing Loong drones shot down in Yemen by Houthi forces (2016-2021)[OTHER]
Dec 26, 2016 · CAIG · Wing Loong II · Riyadh
Details - Iran captured a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth surveillance drone largely intact (2011)[OTHER]
Dec 4, 2011 · Lockheed Martin · SMSS (Squad Mission Support System) · Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Details - Iran shot down a US Navy RQ-4 (BAMS-D) surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz (2019)[OTHER]
Jun 20, 2019 · Northrop Grumman · RQ-4 Global Hawk · Sigonella (NAS Sigonella, Sicily)
Details - Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS experienced engine failure and crashed in a field near Pendleton, Oregon[MALFUNCTION]
Mar 10, 2026 · Insitu · ScanEagle · Colombia
Details - Two Xpeng Aeroht eVTOLs collide and crash during air show rehearsal in China[COLLISION]
Sep 16, 2025 · Xpeng AeroHT · XPeng Modular Flying Car · United States (multiple hotel chains)
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Active Manufacturers & Operators
[211 Tracked]- Amazon
[PUBLIC] · 25 models · 25 deployments
Inspect - Zipline
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 31 deployments · Funding: $2.9B
Inspect - Skydio
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 35 deployments · Funding: $677M
Inspect - Wing
[ACTIVE] · 2 models · 16 deployments
Inspect - Anduril Industries
[PRIVATE] · 7 models · 12 deployments · Funding: $11.3B
Inspect - Teledyne FLIR
[ACTIVE] · 4 models · 18 deployments
Inspect - Manna Air Delivery
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 11 deployments · Funding: $50M
Inspect - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 16 deployments
Inspect - Shield AI
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 8 deployments · Funding: $4.2B
Inspect - Amazon Prime Air
[ACTIVE] · 2 models · 15 deployments
Inspect - Elbit Systems
[ACTIVE] · 3 models · 13 deployments
Inspect - Baykar
[PRIVATE] · 4 models · 11 deployments
Inspect - Quantum Systems
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 10 deployments · Funding: $1.5B
Inspect - DJI
[PRIVATE] · 7 models · 7 deployments
Inspect - Archer Aviation
[PUBLIC] · 1 models · 9 deployments · Funding: $1.0B
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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)