The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Crow Industries: 1 model, 6 deployments across 4 regions. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryDefense UGV
Overview
U.S.-based robotics company producing the Fenris unmanned ground vehicle, the first American-made dual-use Group 2 UGV for defense and mining environments. Fenris can carry up to 500 pounds and operate autonomously. Founded by James Crowell, initially as a 3D mapping robot for mining, later expanded to defense after securing DoD contracts.
Completed the U.S. Army's "Right to Integrate" sprint and plans manufacturing facility expansion in the Phoenix area.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 6 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
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Product
Customer
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
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Every company Crow Industries has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Crow Industries on the deployment map
View the global map6 verified deployments across 4 regions, newest verified Jun 2026. Explore where Crow Industries's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalFenris at Fort Carson, Colorado, USA →Colorado · verified Jun 2026
- pilotFenris at Huntsville, Alabama, USA →North America · verified Mar 2026
- pilotFenris at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA →North America · verified Sep 2025
- operationalFenris at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Army training deployments) →Mountain West · verified Oct 2024
- operationalFenris at Fort Polk, Louisiana, USA →Southeast · verified Sep 2024
- operationalFenris at Colorado, USA →Mountain West · verified Jan 2024
View the full Crow Industries deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- James Crowell Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Crow Industries.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Crow Industries6 deployments
Recent coverage
Crow Industries in third-party press
Army looks to small UGVs as Ukraine war reshapes battlefield robotics - Small Wars Journal
Exclusive: Crow Industries and Parry Labs Team Up - Tectonic Defense
Crow Industries and Parry Labs Partner to Keep Unmanned Systems Connected in Contested Military Environments - Yahoo Finance
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- Roboteam3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Crow Industries has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- crow-industries x nvidiawithNVIDIA1109technology—operating
- crow-industries x awswithAWS976technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 15, 2026
Fenris at Fort Carson, Colorado, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 24, 2026
Fenris at Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 9, 2025
Fenris at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2024
Fenris at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Army training deployments)
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Crow Industries.Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- Roboteam3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Crow Industries from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Army looks to small UGVs as Ukraine war reshapes battlefield robotics - Small Wars Journal
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Exclusive: Crow Industries and Parry Labs Team Up - Tectonic Defense
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Crow Industries and Parry Labs Partner to Keep Unmanned Systems Connected in Contested Military Environments - Yahoo Finance
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Crow Industries' unmanned vehicles catch military's attention, will fuel Phoenix-area expansion - ABC15 Arizona
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Crow Industries' unmanned vehicles catch military's attention, will fuel Phoenix-area expansion - The Business Journals
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Crow Industries Reaches One-Year Milestone with Fenris: The First U.S. Group 2 UGV for Defense and Mining Environments - Colorado Springs Gazette
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AUSEV and Crow Industries partner on Fenris UGV - Australian Defence Magazine
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Fresh out of Techstars accelerator, Crow Industries looking to build robotic 'labor force' - The Business Journals
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/crow-industries.md
- RSS feed: /companies/crow-industries/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/995a213c-d1fd-40e8-b710-fe4b1810beb4
- Revision history: /companies/crow-industries/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- Roboteam3 models
Video
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Crow Industries draws attention at the 39th percentile but verifies reality at the 67th percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap -28.1, 27th widest among defense_ugv robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 6 verified deployments. 6 verified deployments on record. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 23, 2026