# Autel Robotics: company

Canonical ID: `f938f1c9-c727-4d38-b672-984ea6ecef7f`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** Around 2014, Shenzhen, by former DJI engineers; drone arm of Autel Intelligent Technology
- **Market position:** DJI's principal consumer/enterprise drone challenger
- **US regulatory status:** DoD Section 1260H Chinese-military-company designation (Jan 2025); added to FCC Covered List (Dec 2025); not on the DIU Blue UAS list. Autel's challenge is ADMINISTRATIVE (FCC Application for Review, Jan 2026 + reply May 2026); the Feb-2026 federal court suit against the FCC was filed by DJI, not Autel.
- **Autonomy (flight-tech):** 'Autel Autonomy' obstacle-avoidance/path-planning (720-degree vision + mmWave radar fusion) and 'A-Mesh 1.0' drone-to-drone mesh networking. Pilot-assist flight-tech, not a standalone autonomy system.

- **Slug:** autel
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2014
- **HQ:** Shenzhen, China

## Models

- [Autel Alpha](/models/autel-alpha.md) (aerial) (id: `594188b5-1370-4509-81e0-caee41dd5055`)
- [Autel Dragonfish](/models/autel-dragonfish.md) (aerial) (id: `212abe77-c87b-4c99-b8da-4e703360d423`)
- [Autel EVO Max 4T](/models/autel-evo-max-4t.md) (aerial) (id: `6f14068f-03a6-4b2e-a449-c8821e57f0cf`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (12)

1. https://www.autelrobotics.com/about-us/
2. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/36Kr-KrASIA/Autel-Robotics-challenges-DJI-with-high-performance-drones
3. https://www.suasnews.com/2023/08/is-autel-a-chinese-company/
4. https://www.commercialuavnews.com/infrastructure/randall-warnas-new-ceo-of-autel-robotics
5. https://dronedj.com/2025/02/14/autel-evo-ii-drone-discontinue/
6. https://dronedj.com/2020/09/03/autel-announces-made-in-the-usa-evo-ii-dual-bundles/
7. https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jan/07/2003625471/-1/-1/1/ENTITIES-IDENTIFIED-AS-CHINESE-MILITARY-COMPANIES-OPERATING-IN-THE-UNITED-STATES.PDF
8. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/07/2025-00070/notice-of-availability-of-designation-of-chinese-military-companies
9. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-1086A1.pdf
10. https://dronelife.com/2025/12/22/fcc-adds-foreign-made-drones-and-components-to-covered-list-citing-national-security-risks/
11. https://dronexl.co/2026/05/19/autel-fcc-reply-covered-list-secret-evidence-dji/
12. https://dronedj.com/2026/05/19/autel-drone-ban-us-fcc/

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