CategoryDrones
Overview
Chinese drone manufacturer producing consumer and professional UAVs. Founded as an RC aircraft maker, expanded to consumer drones (Typhoon, Breeze) and commercial drones (H520 series for inspection). Intel invested $60M in 2015. Founder Tian Yu later founded AutoFlight.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founder
HQ
Founded
Intel investment
Consumer drones
Commercial drones
FAA certification
Incidents
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
H850
Professional hexacopter drone with RTK positioning capability, specifically developed for inspections, surveys, public safety applications, and rescue operations. Enhanced redundancy design allows safe landing even with engine failure.
Current platform
H520E
Professional hexacopter designed for emergency services, inspection, surveying, and rescue operations. Described as "the basic drone for emergency services, police, fire brigade, inspection and surveying teams."
Yuneec on the deployment map
Where Yuneec's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Current leadership (1)
- Tian Yu Founder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Yuneec.
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
Yuneec in third-party press
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.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Yuneec?
- Chinese drone manufacturer producing consumer and professional UAVs. Founded as an RC aircraft maker, expanded to consumer drones (Typhoon, Breeze) and commercial drones (H520 series for inspection). Intel invested $60M in 2015. Founder Tian Yu later founded AutoFlight.
- What does Yuneec make?
- Yuneec has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: H850, H520E (Yuneec builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with Yuneec?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Yuneec building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.
- Who is the CEO of Yuneec?
- Tian Yu is the founder of Yuneec, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Yuneec headquartered?
- Yuneec is headquartered in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
- Where does Yuneec operate robots?
- Yuneec 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 Yuneec a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Yuneec ranks in roughly the top 96% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Yuneec founded?
- Yuneec was founded in 1999.
- Is Yuneec safe?
- Yuneec 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 · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Yuneec.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Yuneec from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/yuneec.md
- RSS feed: /companies/yuneec/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5fc12f22-7ecd-4c41-b249-7180f42876a7
- Revision history: /companies/yuneec/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
Reality vs attention
Yuneec draws attention at the 2nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
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 23, 2026