The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Parrot: 3 models, 3 deployments across 3 regions. 11 sources back the record.
Parrot holds 1 DIU Blue UAS listing, per the DEPLOY registry.
See all 1 filingsCategoryDrones
Appears inMilitary & defense drones
Overview
French drone manufacturer and European leader in professional micro-UAVs. Produces the ANAFI line of drones for defense, public safety, and government operations. Publicly traded on Euronext Paris.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
ANAFI UKR
SEALSQ partnership
Manufacturingsee manufacturing →
Incidents
Data & sources
Press releases
4
News coverage
1
Web sources
6
11 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Parrot ANAFI UKR
European-defense micro-UAV variant unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2025: GPS-denied operation, EW-hardened, AES-256 encryption, in serial production for European defense forces (about EUR 15k).
Current platform
Parrot ANAFI Ai
Parrot's 4G-connected professional drone, marketed as the first 4G-connected robotic UAV; supports the Air SDK for onboard autonomous-mission code.
Current platform
Parrot ANAFI USA
Made-in-USA professional/public-safety micro-drone, NDAA/TAA-compliant and selected for the US DIU Blue UAS / Army Short-Range Reconnaissance framework. 32x zoom, thermal imaging, ruggedized.
Partnerships
Every company Parrot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Quantum Systems1× joint2 total
Most recent
Parrot on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Parrot's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Parrot deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Henri Seydoux Founder, Chairman & CEOIR-verified
- Anne-Sophie Herelle SVP & CFOIR-verified
Founders (1)
- Henri Seydouxsolefounded 1994-01-01
Board (8)
- Henri Seydoux chair
- Agnes Bureau-Mirat director
- Isabelle Carrere director
- Amira Haberah director
- Stephane Marie director
- Jean-Marie Painvin director
- Natalie Rastoin director
- Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux director
Safety record
No incidents on record for Parrot.
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)
- Parrot3 deployments
Recent coverage
Parrot in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every Parrot competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Supplied by (5)
Compute / semiconductor
- Ambarellavia Parrot ANAFI USAAmbarella H22 4K Ultra HD SoC -- primary flight controller and video-processing chip in Parrot ANAFI USA; 14nm quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 at 1.2 GHz running flight control algorithms, 4K 60fps H.265/H.264 encoding, real-time electronic image stabilization, and optical flow sensor processing; purpose-built for drone applicationssupplies
- Qualcommvia Parrot ANAFI UKRQualcomm QRB5165 system-on-chip (SoC) with 64 GB LPDDR5 RAM -- primary edge AI compute for Parrot ANAFI UKR micro-UAV; powers autonomous flight, AI-based threat detection, and real-time ISR processing for defense/security applicationssupplies
Sensors
- Teledyne FLIRvia Parrot ANAFI USAFLIR Boson thermal camera module (320x256px, -40°C to +150°C range, ≤60 mK thermal sensitivity) -- third sensor on the ANAFI USA gimbal alongside two 21MP optical cameras; provides infrared imaging for public safety and enterprise inspection missionssupplies
- u-bloxvia Parrot ANAFI USAu-blox UBX-M8030 concurrent GNSS receiver chip -- GPS/GNSS positioning module in Parrot ANAFI USA; 72-channel u-blox M8 engine supporting concurrent GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo reception; used for precise geolocation and flight navigation in enterprise/public-safety drone operationssupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Employees
- 412
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Revenue disclosed
- $87000000 (private_disclosed)
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- 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 total · 1 just announced
Every company Parrot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Quantum Systems1× joint2 total
Regulatory filings (1)
- diu_blue_uasdiu blue uas · us_dodcleared
Linked models: Parrot ANAFI USA
Timeline
Every recorded move in Parrot’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Microhard Systems
2026-06-27Supply: radio from Microhard Systems
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Parrot ANAFI Ai launch
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Parrot ANAFI USA overview
- Record createdMay 31, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Parrot ANAFI Ai at Global
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Parrot ANAFI USA at Washington, D.C.
Sources (11)
- https://www.parrot.com/en/corporate
- https://www.parrot.com/en/corporate/corporate-governance-key-managers
- https://live.euronext.com/en/product/equities/FR0004038263-XPAR
- https://live.euronext.com/en/ipo-showcase/parrot
- https://www.actusnews.com/en/parrot/pr/2026/03/27/parrot-2025-full-year-earnings
- https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/PARROT-17496/news/Drone-maker-Parrot-s-revenue-rises-on-military-demand-49962207/
- https://dronedj.com/2019/07/19/parrot-exists-consumer-drone-business/
- https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/parrot-exits-low-end-drone-market-to-focus-on-its-anafi-quadcopter/
- https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2020/03/02/can-parrot-make-the-swiss-army-drone/
- https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/10/parrots-henri-seydoux-comes-to-disrupt-to-talk-about-commercial-drones/
- https://www.actusnews.com/en/parrot/pr/2025/06/16/parrot-unveils-chuck-3_0-the-sovereign-ai-autopilot-for-any-uav
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Methodology: Verified · 11 sources (4 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 6
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 4
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Parrot.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Parrot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Parrot expanding partnership with SEALSQ to integrate post-quantum cryptography into next generation of secure drones, building on ANAFI Ai and ANAFI USA deployments.
Parrot ANAFI UKR: Advanced ISR Micro-UAV for Defense, Public Safety and Government Operations
Parrot unveiled the ANAFI UKR, an advanced ISR micro-UAV for defense and public safety, at the Paris Air Show June 2025.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/parrot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/parrot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4a94e661-cbc1-4a6a-a543-b6499a7e0e10
- Revision history: /companies/parrot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Video
A parrot was rescued from collapsed rubble in Venezuela's La Guaira state after powerful earthquakes struck the country. Animal rescuers say many surviving pets
Heat Index
Serious52/100
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
Parrot draws attention at the 74th percentile but verifies reality at the 54th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +19.9, 33rd widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. 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: Aug 29, 2026