Drones
Autonomous uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) logistics, automated infrastructure inspection, and airspace safety filings.
Active Deployments
[534 Recorded]- Wing Loong II at Pakistan[OPERATIONAL]
Pakistan · Oct 9, 2018 · CAIG · Wing Loong II
Details - Wing Loong II at Saudi Arabia[OPERATIONAL]
Saudi Arabia · Jan 1, 2014 · CAIG · Wing Loong II
Details - Wing Loong II at United Arab Emirates[OPERATIONAL]
United Arab Emirates · Jan 26, 2017 · CAIG · Wing Loong II
Details - Wing Loong II at China[OPERATIONAL]
China · Nov 1, 2018 · CAIG · Wing Loong II
Details - Wing Loong II at Riyadh[OPERATIONAL]
Riyadh · Jun 1, 2024 · CAIG · Wing Loong II
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Morocco[OPERATIONAL]
Morocco · Oct 12, 2022 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Ain Oussera Airbase, Algeria[OPERATIONAL]
Ain Oussera Airbase, Algeria · May 1, 2023 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Nigeria[OPERATIONAL]
Nigeria · Nov 10, 2020 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Pakistan[OPERATIONAL]
Pakistan · Oct 1, 2018 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Saudi Arabia[OPERATIONAL]
Saudi Arabia · Jan 1, 2017 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at China (northwestern and southwestern)[OPERATIONAL]
China (northwestern and southwestern) · Nov 1, 2018 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Libya (operated by UAE)[OPERATIONAL]
Libya (operated by UAE) · Jul 1, 2019 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wing Loong UAV at Yemen (operated by UAE)[OPERATIONAL]
Yemen (operated by UAE) · Dec 26, 2016 · Aviation Industry Corporation of China · Wing Loong UAV
Details - Wingcopter 198 at Lilongwe[OPERATIONAL]
Lilongwe · Jun 1, 2024 · Wingcopter · Wingcopter 198
Details - Wisk Cora at Masterton[OPERATIONAL]
Masterton · Mar 12, 2019 · Wisk Aero · Wisk Cora
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[313 Indexed]- Voliro T[COMMERCIAL][2021]
The Voliro T is an omnidirectional tiltrotor inspection drone with two tiltable, independently pivotable rotors and a stabilizing third rotor for true 360-degree freedom, carrying an NDT payload (EMAT, ultrasonic transducer, dry-film-thickness sensor) for contact-based wall-thickness and corrosion measurement.
Voliro · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Lucid Bots Cleaner[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Lucid Bots builds autonomous exterior cleaning robots, including the Sherpa cleaning drone and Lavo Bot surface cleaning robot, for building facades, windows, and pressure washing applications.
Lucid Bots · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Gannet Precision Guidance System[COMMERCIAL][2025]
Low-SWaP-C (size, weight, power, cost) platform-agnostic precision guidance kit for unmanned aerial vehicles, enabling sub-meter target engagement from release altitudes up to 700 metres without GNSS.
PDKINEMATICS · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - EVE Mini Drone[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Compact mini-drone companion to the Dhalion DOT system for close-range wind turbine blade inspections.
Perceptual Robotics · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Velis Electro[COMMERCIAL][2024]
World's first EASA type-certified electric aircraft.
Pipistrel · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - DJI Mavic 3 Pro[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Professional consumer drone with triple camera system.
DJI · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Verity Inventory Drone[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Compact indoor UAV; flies autonomously in warehouses to scan barcodes and RFID; swarm coordination for large-scale inventory checks.
Verity · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Corvus One[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Corvus Robotics' Corvus One is a fully autonomous warehouse inventory-drone system that operates with zero infrastructure (no fiducials, GPS, or Wi-Fi) using an onboard AI world model; it scans entire warehouses unattended, including a cold-chain version for freezers down to -20F.
Corvus Robotics · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Gather AI Inventory Drone[COMMERCIAL][2020]
Gather AI's autonomous inventory drone flies warehouse aisles to scan pallet locations and barcodes, feeding AI vision software that builds a real-time inventory digital twin; it counts inventory ~25x faster than manual methods at ~99.9% accuracy (recent drones based on ModalAI Starling 2).
Gather AI · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - FLIR Thermal UAS[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Thermal imaging payloads for unmanned aerial systems used in search and rescue, firefighting, and disaster response.
Teledyne FLIR · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - H520E[COMMERCIAL][2018]
Professional hexacopter designed for emergency services, inspection, surveying, and rescue operations.
Yuneec · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - DeltaQuad Evo[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Battlefield-proven fixed-wing VTOL UAV with 272 km maximum flight range, 4+ hours flight time, 3kg payload capacity, and dual payload capability.
DeltaQuad · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Autel EVO Lite+[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Consumer drone with 1-inch CMOS sensor.
Autel Robotics · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Autonomous Drone Swarm Platform[COMMERCIAL][2024]
AI software platform enabling autonomous drone swarm coordination and operations for defense applications.
Swarmer · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - AeroVironment P550[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Group 2 eVTOL unmanned aircraft system with about five hours endurance, delivered to the US Army under the Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program; a $117M Army production deal followed in 2026.
AeroVironment · 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]- 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]- Maryland creates statewide oversight for large data centers (25 MW+) via executive order[in effect]
Maryland · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Monterey Park voters approve a citywide prohibition on data centers (Measure NDC)[in effect]
Monterey Park · operational restriction
Inspect filing - New York imposes a temporary statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers (Executive Order 62)[in effect]
New York · operational restriction
Inspect filing - New York Legislature passes a one-year permitting moratorium on large data centers, awaiting the Governor's signature[in effect]
New York · operational restriction
Inspect filing - UAE unmanned-aircraft (drone) framework (GCAA CAR-UAS)[in effect]
United Arab Emirates · other
Inspect filing - BIS Oct 7 2022 export controls on advanced AI chips to China[in effect]
United States (BIS) · 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)