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Red Cat Holdings

US drone company (NASDAQ: RCAT; CEO Jeff Thompson) whose Teal Drones subsidiary makes the Black Widow soldier-ISR quadcopter, selected for the US Army Short Range Reconnaissance program of record (2024, over Skydio); subsidiaries Teal Drones + FlightWave.

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · 1 model on record

Machine-readable surfaces

Key facts

Product
Teal Black Widow soldier-ISR quadcopter; US Army SRR program of record (2024, beat Skydio).
Cap-flag
SRR win verified; LRIP ~$12.9M (FOIA) vs inflated $55M+ framing; 5,880 systems = Army objective not obligated.
HQ
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Status
public (NASDAQ: RCAT); cash-burning small-cap on dilutive financing; going-concern doubt stated resolved via 2025 raises
Type
both
ID
11d9426a-1c83-46f8-a45b-406940665f32

Models (1)

Supplies to

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Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (3)

  1. https://ir.redcatholdings.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/160/red-cat-announces-production-selection-for-u-s-army-short-range-reconnaissance-program
  2. https://www.therobotreport.com/red-cat-wins-u-s-army-next-gen-drone-contract-over-skydio/
  3. https://www.aviationtoday.com/2025/08/07/red-cat-expects-lrip-order-soon-for-armys-srr-small-drone-aggressive-ramp-up-in-fy-26/

Common questions

What is Red Cat Holdings?
US drone company (NASDAQ: RCAT; CEO Jeff Thompson) whose Teal Drones subsidiary makes the Black Widow soldier-ISR quadcopter, selected for the US Army Short Range Reconnaissance program of record (2024, over Skydio); subsidiaries Teal Drones + FlightWave.
Where is Red Cat Holdings based?
Red Cat Holdings is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
What does Red Cat Holdings make?
Red Cat Holdings has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Teal Black Widow (Red Cat Holdings builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
Where does Red Cat Holdings operate robots?
Red Cat Holdings 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.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-04

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-04

Sources by quality tier

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Company IR disclosure
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Trade publication
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Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Red Cat Holdings.

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