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Overview
French SME designing fully waterproof, inflatable maritime aerial drones for defense, security, and search-and-rescue missions. Founded in 2017 in Toulouse, DIODON integrates its UAV systems with naval platforms and C2/CMS architectures, and is developing autonomous UAV-USV interoperability through the French government-funded VIGILANSEA project . The company's drones have been tested in NATO exercises including Steadfast Dart, Heimdall, and Task Force X Baltic.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Antoine Tournet CEO & Co-founderSEC-verified
- Roman Luciani CTO & Co-founderSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Antoine Tournetno longer at company
- Roman Lucianino longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for DIODON Drone Technology.
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 →
Recent coverage
DIODON Drone Technology in third-party press
Launch of the VIGILANSEA Project: Toward Autonomous Maritime Persistence Between Surface and Aerial Systems
France's DIODON HP30 Inflatable Waterproof Micro-Drone Enhances Naval Surveillance at Enforce Tac 2026
Diodon Drone, participation of Tonner Drones, accelerates its growth
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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 (1)
- DIODON Drone Technology x Tonner Drones with Tonner Dronesinvestment
Funding rounds (3)
- Strategic2025-12-08
Investors: Tonner Drones (lead)
- Grant2023-12-01
$250,000(reported)
Investors: Europa (lead)
- Strategic2021-03-01
$1M(reported)
Investors: Delta Drone (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
Common questions
- What is DIODON Drone Technology?
- French SME designing fully waterproof, inflatable maritime aerial drones for defense, security, and search-and-rescue missions. Founded in 2017 in Toulouse, DIODON integrates its UAV systems with naval platforms and C2/CMS architectures, and is developing autonomous UAV-USV interoperability through the French government-funded VIGILANSEA project. The company's drones have been tested in NATO exercises including Steadfast Dart, Heimdall, and Task Force X Baltic.
- What does DIODON Drone Technology make?
- DIODON Drone Technology has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: DP3 (DIODON Drone Technology builds physical robots).
- Who competes with DIODON Drone Technology?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to DIODON Drone Technology building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of DIODON Drone Technology?
- Antoine Tournet is the ceo of DIODON Drone Technology, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is DIODON Drone Technology headquartered?
- DIODON Drone Technology is headquartered in Labege, near Toulouse, France.
- Where does DIODON Drone Technology operate robots?
- DIODON Drone Technology 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.
- Is DIODON Drone Technology a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, DIODON Drone Technology ranks in roughly the top 35% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is DIODON Drone Technology safe?
- DIODON Drone Technology has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-17
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-17
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DIODON Drone Technology.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DIODON Drone Technology from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Launch of the VIGILANSEA Project: Toward Autonomous Maritime Persistence Between Surface and Aerial Systems
DIODON launches VIGILANSEA, a 3-year French government-funded project under France 2030, partnering with SeaOwl and ISAE-SUPAERO for autonomous USV-UAV maritime surveillance.
France's DIODON HP30 Inflatable Waterproof Micro-Drone Enhances Naval Surveillance at Enforce Tac 2026
DIODON unveils the HP30 Mk2 inflatable waterproof micro-UAV at Enforce Tac 2026, designed for naval ISR in saltwater environments with 3nm range and 30-minute flight time.
Diodon Drone, participation of Tonner Drones, accelerates its growth
Tonner Drones announces 60%+ revenue growth for DIODON in 2025, aiming for 100% in 2026 and profitability, with plans to increase its 8.4% stake.
Maritime UAS & integration expertise | About DIODON
Official company page detailing DIODONs founding in Toulouse in 2017, its maritime UAV systems, and integration expertise for naval platforms.
The ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation awards its entrepreneurship prizes to two promising start-ups: DIODON and Exotrail
ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation recognizes DIODON Drone Technology with an entrepreneurship prize for its all-terrain maritime drone designs.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/diodon-drone-technology.md
- RSS feed: /companies/diodon-drone-technology/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/90f6354e-4718-420e-aa27-d12eb7e65d2e
- Revision history: /companies/diodon-drone-technology/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Video
The Diodon drone is indestructible. It inflates, so it can land on water and collapse into a small pouch. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://tw
Antoine Tournet, CEO of French Maritime UAS maker Diodon, shares the latest regarding the HP30 drone and the participation to NATO exercise Task Force X. Inter
The Diodon Drone is created by French engineers at Airvada. This drone is meant to be super lightweight and unbreakable. It achieves that goal by allowing each
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Testing the Diodon SP20 inflatable drone in The Netherlands (Texel) - results were very positive - platform is easy to use and creates immediate situational awa
An inflatable drone can perch on a wide variety of objects by colliding with them – taking advantage of its soft-body physics to increase its contact time with
Unlike other complex and expensive solutions, SARtube is a system made of a device that can be attached to several DJI drones, an auto-inflatable floater trigge
Interview de Diodon Drone Technology, la startup de drones gonflables dédiés aux marchés de la Défense et à la sécurité civile. Une startup tenue par deux étudi
Portrait d'Adhérent #2 Portrait d’Adhérent — DIODON Drone Technology — Rencontre avec Antoine TOURNET, CEO / Co-founder
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Airvada has released a hybrid drone that is not afraid of water. And he is inflatable. More precisely, the bearing pads for the propellers are inflated when
Antoine Tournet, CEO of French Maritime UAS maker Diodon, shares the latest regarding the HP30 drone and the participation to NATO exercise Task Force X. Inter
Reality vs attention
DIODON Drone Technology draws attention at the 39th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Jul 20, 2026