# A2Z Drone Delivery: drone company

Canonical ID: `3645c246-2848-4faa-939f-e7b552483052`

## Key facts

- **Products:** AirDock (automated docking/charging), Longtail (long-range aircraft), RDS2 (precision winch delivery)
- **Capability:** BVLOS autonomous delivery with AirDock network
- **AirDock configs:** Quad, Dual, Portable, Shelter
- **Applications:** Medical, shore-to-ship, search & rescue, last-mile logistics, multi-mission
- **Partnership:** Alatau Advance Air Group, Kazakhstan UAM project
- **CEO:** [Aaron Zhang](/people/aaron-zhang.md)
- **HQ:** Torrance, California, USA
- **Founded:** 2016
- **RDSX Pelican range:** 40 km roundtrip
- **RDSX Pelican payload:** 5 kg (11 lbs)
- **RDSX Pelican price:** $29,000 USD base
- **Longtail AirDock payload:** 5 kg (11 lbs) via winch
- **Longtail AirDock range:** 20 km (12.4 miles)
- **Anji County deployment:** 34 AirDocks, 965 sq mi, 4 government departments

- **Slug:** a2z-drone-delivery
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Torrance, California, USA
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [Longtail AirDock Edition](/models/longtail-airdock-edition.md) (aerial) (id: `192f8aa1-8018-425f-b495-231876f0ce5d`)
- [RDSX](/models/a2z-rdsx.md) (aerial) (id: `0da3bab3-b64e-42a8-a183-324090f7df79`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Aaron Zhang](/people/aaron-zhang.md) CEO & Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Aaron Zhang](/people/aaron-zhang.md) Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Evan Hertafeld](/people/evan-hertafeld.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [A2Z Drone Delivery and Alatau Advance Air Group Kazakhstan UAM Project](/partnerships/a2z-drone-delivery-and-alatau-advance-air-group-kazakhstan-uam-project.md) with Alatau Advance Air Group _deployment_ (announced) (_reported, not operationally verified_)
- [A2Z Drone Delivery x Alatau Advance Air Group](/partnerships/a2z-drone-delivery-x-alatau-advance-air-group.md) with Alatau Advance Air Group Ltd. _deployment_ (announced) (_reported, not operationally verified_)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is A2Z Drone Delivery?

A2Z Drone Delivery, Inc. is an American aerospace and engineering company headquartered in Torrance, California, advancing commercial unmanned aerial vehicles for autonomous [drone delivery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_delivery) and BVLOS operations. Founded in 2016 to bring its patented commercial drone delivery winch (RDS2) to market, the company has expanded into a multi-mission platform spanning the [RDSX Pelican](/models/rdsx) hybrid VTOL delivery drone, the [Longtail AirDock Edition](/models/longtail-airdock-edition) hexacopter, and the A2Z AirDock autonomous charging and docking infrastructure. A2Z operates a Ground Zero Test Facility in Anji County, China, where it has deployed the world's first multi-use BVLOS drone dock network for municipal waterway patrol, search-and-rescue, and last-mile food delivery.

### What does A2Z Drone Delivery make?

A2Z Drone Delivery has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Longtail AirDock Edition, RDSX (A2Z Drone Delivery builds physical robots).

### Who competes with A2Z Drone Delivery?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to A2Z Drone Delivery building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.

### Where is A2Z Drone Delivery headquartered?

A2Z Drone Delivery is headquartered in Torrance, California, USA.

### Where does A2Z Drone Delivery operate robots?

A2Z Drone Delivery is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.a2zdronedelivery.com/
2. https://www.suasnews.com/2026/05/a2z-drone-delivery-partners-with-alatau-advance-air-group-ltd-on-kazakhstans-next-generation-integrated-urban-air-mobility-project/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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