CategoryDrones
Overview
Israeli-founded, US-based (Miami) hydrogen-powered drone manufacturer (now Heven AeroTech). Founded in 2019 by Bentzion Levinson. Develops hydrogen-fueled UAVs with 1,000+ km endurance. Selected by Israel Ministry of Defense as exclusive developer of customized hydrogen drone fleet. Working with IDF and US Department of Defense. First Israeli defense-tech unicorn at 1B+ USD valuation. Production capacity: 100 platforms/month in northern Israel.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
Funding (reported, Dec 2025)
Investorssee investors →
Defense role (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech)'s robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Bentzion Levinson Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech).
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)
- HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech)2 deployments
Recent coverage
HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $13.0M
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2024-07-10
$13M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech)’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-07-10Series A raising $13000000
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 recordedJun 1, 2024
Heven H2 Platform at United States
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Heven H2 Platform at Germany, Europe
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech).Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
DIU approves hydrogen-powered drone for Blue UAS list
Heven AeroTech's Z1 became the first hydrogen-powered drone approved for the Pentagon's Blue UAS Cleared List, enabling NDAA-compliant defense procurement.
New U.S. Solar Hydrogen Generator Powers Long-Endurance Drones
Forbes covers Heven AeroTech's hydrogen-powered drone technology and new solar hydrogen generator enabling extended UAV endurance for defense applications.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/heven-drones.md
- RSS feed: /companies/heven-drones/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/13d17f70-e5cd-4684-857d-dc8234086210
- Revision history: /companies/heven-drones/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Video
Are Hydrogen Drones Ready To Take Center Stage? Ben Levenson is Co-founder and CEO of HevenDrones, a manufacturer of heavy-lift actionable drones capable
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
HevenDrones (Heven AeroTech) draws attention at the 10th percentile but verifies reality at the 33rd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -22.3, 84th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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: Nov 6, 2026