Drones
Autonomous uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) logistics, automated infrastructure inspection, and airspace safety filings.
Active Deployments
[534 Recorded]- AR5 at Gulf of Genoa, Italy[OPERATIONAL]
Gulf of Genoa, Italy · Aug 1, 2024 · TEKEVER · AR5
Details - AR5 at English Channel (Dover/Lydd, UK)[OPERATIONAL]
English Channel (Dover/Lydd, UK) · Jan 1, 2023 · TEKEVER · AR5
Details - Archer at Ukraine[OPERATIONAL]
Ukraine · Jan 1, 2024 · Neros · Archer
Details - Archer at El Segundo[OPERATIONAL]
El Segundo · Jun 1, 2024 · Neros · Archer
Details - Archer Midnight at Palo Alto[OPERATIONAL]
Palo Alto · Jun 1, 2024 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight
Details - Attritable Multirotor Strike Drone at United States[OPERATIONAL]
United States · Sep 1, 2025 · Performance Drone Works · Attritable Multirotor Strike Drone
Details - Autel Alpha at Global[OPERATIONAL]
Global · Jun 1, 2024 · Autel Robotics · Autel Alpha
Details - Autel Dragonfish at Global[OPERATIONAL]
Global · Jun 1, 2024 · Autel Robotics · Autel Dragonfish
Details - Autel EVO Lite+ at Global[OPERATIONAL]
Global · Jun 1, 2024 · Autel Robotics · Autel EVO Lite+
Details - Autonomous Drone Swarm Platform at Ukraine (frontline)[OPERATIONAL]
Ukraine (frontline) · Sep 1, 2024 · Swarmer · Autonomous Drone Swarm Platform
Details - Bayraktar Akinci at Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey[OPERATIONAL]
Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey · Aug 29, 2021 · Baykar · Bayraktar Akinci
Details - Bayraktar TB2 at Kazakhstan[OPERATIONAL]
Kazakhstan · Jan 1, 2024 · Baykar · Bayraktar TB2
Details - Bayraktar TB2 at Turkmenistan[OPERATIONAL]
Turkmenistan · Jan 1, 2021 · Baykar · Bayraktar TB2
Details - Bayraktar TB2 at Kuwait[OPERATIONAL]
Kuwait · Jan 18, 2023 · Baykar · Bayraktar TB2
Details - Bayraktar TB2 at Morocco[OPERATIONAL]
Morocco · Apr 1, 2021 · Baykar · Bayraktar TB2
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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]- Joby Aviation completes submission of Stage 3 certification plans to FAA[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 15, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - FAA issues Certificate of Waiver 107W-2026-00686 to Buoyant Aero for UAS operations over humans and moving vehicles[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 15, 2026 · Buoyant Aero · Buoyant Aero Cargo Blimp · Los Angeles, California, USA
Details - Shield AI V-BAT drone propeller severs Romanian Navy official's fingers during training exercise off Texas coast[INJURY]
May 12, 2026 · Shield AI · Shield AI V-BAT · San Diego, CA
Details - Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone crashes into residential garden in Darlington, UK, prompting AAIB investigation[COLLISION]
Jul 29, 2026 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone clips and severs an internet cable in Waco, Texas, prompting an FAA probe[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Nov 18, 2025 · Amazon · Amazon Prime Air MK30 · Hazel Park, Michigan, USA
Details - Two Amazon MK30 delivery drones crashed within minutes at an Oregon test site[MALFUNCTION]
Dec 16, 2024 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - Amazon MK30 delivery drone struck an apartment building in Richardson, Texas; backyard grass fire[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Feb 15, 2026 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - Two Amazon MK30 drones struck the same construction crane in Tolleson, Arizona[COLLISION]
Oct 1, 2025 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - Amazon MK30 delivery drone clipped an internet cable in Waco, Texas; FAA probe[MALFUNCTION]
Nov 25, 2025 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - Automated palletizer punctured a bear-spray can at an Amazon warehouse, hospitalizing two dozen workers (2018)[INJURY]
Dec 5, 2018 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - FAA signs nationwide Finding of No Significant Impact for Part 135 drone delivery, replacing market-by-market environmental reviews[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 28, 2026 · Amazon · Amazon Astro · Seattle
Details - OSHA: Hospitalization involving Industrial Robot / Workcell at Amazon Fulfillment Center (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA)[WORKPLACE INJURY]
Aug 1, 2024 · Amazon · Industrial Robot / Workcell · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA
Details - Zipline delivery drone crashes in Muhanga District, Rwanda (Jul 2019)[MALFUNCTION]
Jul 1, 2019 · Zipline · Zipline Platform 2 (P2) · Salt Lake City
Details - NYPD Skydio X10 crashes onto a Brooklyn precinct roof and catches fire; Skydio cites battery-connector wear[MALFUNCTION]
May 12, 2025 · Skydio · Skydio X10 · San Mateo
Details - Wing delivery drone came to rest on an 11kV power line, caught fire, and cut power to ~2,000 homes[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Sep 30, 2022 · Wing · Wing Autoloader · Dublin, Ireland
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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)