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).

Is Red Cat Holdings publicly traded?

Yes. Red Cat Holdings is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Red Cat Holdings?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Red Cat Holdings building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.

Who is the CEO of Red Cat Holdings?

Jeffrey Thompson is the ceo of Red Cat Holdings, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Red Cat Holdings?

Red Cat Holdings is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.

Where is Red Cat Holdings headquartered?

Red Cat Holdings is headquartered in Puerto Rico.

Who owns Red Cat Holdings?

Red Cat Holdings is publicly held by its shareholders.

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.

Is Red Cat Holdings a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Red Cat Holdings ranks in roughly the top 66% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Red Cat Holdings safe?

Red Cat Holdings 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.

Company

Red Cat Holdings

Red Cat Holdings is an American drone company developing military and commercial UAVs through its Teal Drones subsidiary (Black Widow, Golden Eagle), listed on…

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HQ: Puerto Rico
Status: public (NASDAQ: RCAT); cash-burning small-cap on dilutive financing; going-concern doubt stated resolved via 2025 raises

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Overview

Red Cat Holdings is an American drone company developing military and commercial UAVs through its Teal Drones subsidiary (Black Widow, Golden Eagle), listed on NASDAQ. The company provides compact military-grade drones for defense and security applications.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

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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.

Ticker

NASDAQ: RCAT

CEO

Jeff Thompson

Subsidiaries

Teal Drones and FlightWave

Data & sources

Press releases

News coverage

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

Teal Black Widow

The Teal Black Widow is a soldier-borne ISR rucksack quadcopter made by Teal Drones, a subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT), and is recorded in the aerial form factor as the US Army Short Range Reconnaissance program drone. A hand-launched, foldable Group-1 quadcopter for single-operator short-range reconnaissance, it carries a Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R+ electro-optical/infrared payload, an AES-256 frequency-hopping Doodle Labs radio, and a Qualcomm RB5 AI-capable compute module running FLIR's Prism AI stack, with about 45 minutes of endurance and roughly five miles of link range. It is primarily a manually piloted ISR drone with assistive autonomy such as forward obstacle avoidance and a radio-off stealth mode, so the registry frames any autonomous-drone characterization as an overclaim. Its load-bearing fact is verified: the Black Widow won the US Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program of Record in a production selection announced November 19, 2024, displacing the incumbent Skydio. The registry cap-flags the contract scope, however: the actual low-rate initial production contract is about 12.9 million dollars per a US Army FOIA disclosure rather than the larger figures used in management framing, and the often-cited 5,880-systems number is the Army's stated five-year objective, explicitly subject to change, not an obligated quantity, with a reported Tranche 2 expansion to about 35 million dollars. The common framing of the Black Widow as a Black Hornet alternative is corrected here: it is a different and larger class than Teledyne FLIR's roughly 70-gram Black Hornet nano-UAV and replaced Skydio on the platoon-level SRR program rather than replacing the Black Hornet. Red Cat is a cash-burning small-cap reliant on dilutive financing, with fiscal-year 2025 revenue of 40.7 million dollars driven by SRR deliveries against a 72.1 million dollar net loss, and the registry records the maturity as low-rate production.

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Red Cat Holdings on the deployment map

Where Red Cat Holdings's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.

Current leadership (4)

Jeffrey Thompson Chairman, CEO & PresidentIR-verified
Christian Koji Ericson COOIR-verified
Geoffrey Hitchcock CROIR-verified
Christian Morrison CFOIR-verified

Founders (1)

Jeffrey Thompsoncofounderfounded 2016-01-01

Former / Previously (1)

George Matus Founder, Teal Drones (acquired by Red Cat 2021); former Red Cat CTOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Red Cat Holdings.

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

Red Cat Holdings in third-party press

Red Cat Holdings (RCAT) Following Drone Milestones, Is The Defense Narrative Still Undervalued? - simplywall.st

Jul 5, 2026

Volatus Aerospace, Red Cat Holdings, Aevex: Autonomous Systems Are Driving the Next Stock Market Boom - Stockhouse

Jul 3, 2026

Red Cat Holdings Stock (RCAT) Opinions on Analyst Upgrade - Quiver Quantitative

May 28, 2026

Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

Supplied by (3)

Sensors

Teledyne FLIRvia Teal Black WidowFLIR Hadron 640R+ dual thermal-visible camera module (Boson+ 640 radiometric thermal 640x512 at 32 deg HFOV + 64MP visible at 67 deg HFOV; includes FLIR Prism AI embedded software for object detection and target tracking) -- selected by Red Cat Holdings for production of Black Widow under U.S. Army Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program of Record; bilateral November 2024supplies

Actuators & motors

Unusual Machinescompany-levelmotorsupplies

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

Reporting basis: private_reported
Lifecycle stage: mature
Counterparty risk class: low

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.

Regulatory filings (2)

diu_blue_uasdiu blue uas · us_dodcleared
Linked models: Teal Black Widow
diu_blue_uasdiu blue uas · us_dodactive2024-01-01
Linked models: Teal Black Widow

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Teal Black Widow capabilities
Record createdJun 4, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Red Cat Holdings?: Red Cat Holdings is an American drone company developing military and commercial UAVs through its Teal Drones subsidiary (Black Widow, Golden Eagle), listed on NASDAQ. The company provides compact military-grade drones for defense and security applications.
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).
Is Red Cat Holdings publicly traded?: Yes. Red Cat Holdings is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with Red Cat Holdings?: On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Red Cat Holdings building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
Who is the CEO of Red Cat Holdings?: Jeffrey Thompson is the ceo of Red Cat Holdings, per the DEPLOY registry.
How can I invest in Red Cat Holdings?: Red Cat Holdings is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.
Where is Red Cat Holdings headquartered?: Red Cat Holdings is headquartered in Puerto Rico.
Who owns Red Cat Holdings?: Red Cat Holdings is publicly held by its shareholders.
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.
Is Red Cat Holdings a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Red Cat Holdings ranks in roughly the top 66% of companies tracked by the registry.
Is Red Cat Holdings safe?: Red Cat Holdings 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 (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-03

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure
1: secondary-trade-publication; Trade publication
1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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

Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Teledyne FLIR4 models
AeroVironment3 models

Red Cat Holdings

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (1)

Teal Black Widow

Red Cat Holdings on the deployment map

Current leadership (4)

Founders (1)

Former / Previously (1)

Safety record

Recent coverage

Peer companies

Supplied by (3)

Sensors

Actuators & motors

Financial state

Regulatory filings (2)

Recent activity

Sources (3)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

Red Cat Holdings (RCAT) Following Drone Milestones, Is The Defense Narrative Still Undervalued? - simplywall.st

Volatus Aerospace, Red Cat Holdings, Aevex: Autonomous Systems Are Driving the Next Stock Market Boom - Stockhouse

Red Cat Holdings Stock (RCAT) Opinions on Analyst Upgrade - Quiver Quantitative

Red Cat Acquires Quaze to Introduce Wireless Power for Autonomous Systems - Unmanned Systems Technology

Red Cat's Blue Ops launches Variant 7 USV, eyes rapid scaling for military market - WorkBoat

Red Cat Expands Drone Reach With Quaze Wireless Power Acquisition And Risks - simplywall.st

Red Cat (RCAT) acquires Quaze, adding $21M wireless power deal plus earnout - Stock Titan

Wireless refueling for autonomous drones: Red Cat buys Quaze - Stock Titan

Kymeta Joins Red Cat Futures Initiative to Advance Resilient Connectivity for Autonomous Maritime Operations - GlobeNewswire

Red Cat & Arastelle Demonstrate Tethered UAS Integration - Unmanned Systems Technology

Red Cat & HADDY Accelerate USV Production Through Robotic 3D Printing - Unmanned Systems Technology

Red Cat & Ukraine’s Spetstechnoexport Partner to Advance Multi-Domain Robotics - Unmanned Systems Technology

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