Drones

Featured by funding.

• Shield AI

  San Diego, California, USA · $2.0B

• Quantum Systems

  Munich, Germany · $1.2B

• Vertical Aerospace

  Bristol, UK · $850M

• Zipline

  South San Francisco, California, USA · $600M

• Perennial Autonomy

  California, USA · $505M

• AEVEX Aerospace

  Solana Beach, CA, USA · $320M

• Eve Air Mobility

  Melbourne, FL, USA · $300M

• Xpeng AeroHT

  Guangzhou, China · $250M

• Reliable Robotics

  Mountain View, CA, USA · $160M

• Auterion

  Arlington, Virginia, USA · $130M

• Skydio

  San Mateo, California, USA · $110M

• Neros

  Los Angeles, CA, USA · $75M

• Anduril Roadrunnerby Anduril Industriesproduction
• Autel Dragonfishby Autel Roboticsproduction
• Matternet Stationby Matternetproduction
• MQ-9 Reaperby General Atomicsproduction
• Shield AI V-BATby Shield AIproduction
• Skydio Dockby Skydioproduction
• Merops Interceptorby Perennial Autonomycommercial
• Parrot ANAFI UKRby Parrotcommercial
• BRINC Guardianby BRINCpilot
• Buoyant Aero Cargo Blimpby Buoyant Aeroprototype
• Eve eVTOLby Eve Air Mobilityprototype
• HH-100 Unmanned Cargo Aircraftby Aviation Industry Corporation of Chinaprototype

• Autel EVO Lite+ at Globalby Autel Roboticsoperational
• Skydio X10 at San Mateoby (unspecified)operational
• DJI Mavic 3 Pro at Globalby DJIoperational
• Teal Black Widow at Salt Lake Cityby (unspecified)operational
• MQ-9 Reaper at Globalby United States Air Forceoperational
• Hermes 900 at Haifaby Israel Defense Forcesoperational
• BRINC Responder at Las Vegasby (unspecified)operational
• BRINC LEMUR 2 at Las Vegasby (unspecified)operational
• BRINC Guardian at Las Vegasby (unspecified)operational
• Shield AI V-BAT at San Diegoby (unspecified)operational
• Verity Inventory Drone at Zurichby (unspecified)operational
• Percepto Air (AIM) at Tel Avivby (unspecified)operational

• AeroVironment AVACOREframework · production
• Anduril Latticeos-layer · production
• Shield AI Hivemindfoundation-model · production
• Skydio Autonomy Enginefoundation-model · production
• Wing OpenSkyos-layer · production
• Zipline Autonomy (Acoustic Detect-and-Avoid)foundation-model · production

• ANSI/CAN/UL 3300:2024 - Safety for service, communication, information, education and entertainment (SCIEE) robotsUnited States · safety standard
• ISO 10218-2:2025 - Robotics - Safety requirements - Part 2: Industrial robot applications and cellsGlobal · safety standard
• ISO 10218-1:2025 - Robotics - Safety requirements - Part 1: Industrial robotsGlobal · safety standard
• EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)European Union · other
• ISO 18497:2024 - Safety of partially automated, semi-autonomous and autonomous agricultural machineryGlobal · safety standard
• EU U-space drone-airspace framework (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/664)European Union · operational restriction
• Switzerland drone (UAS) framework (FOCA; VLK, SR 748.941)Switzerland · operational restriction
• UAE unmanned-aircraft (drone) framework (GCAA CAR-UAS)United Arab Emirates · other
• ISO/TR 23482-1:2020 - Robotics - Application of ISO 13482 - Part 1: Safety-related test methodsGlobal · safety standard
• ANSI/A3 R15.08 - Industrial mobile robot (IMR) safetyUnited States · safety standard
• ISO 3691-4 - Industrial trucks - Safety requirements - Part 4: Driverless industrial trucks (AMRs)Global · safety standard
• Israel unmanned-aircraft framework (Aviation Law 5771-2011; UAS Regulations 2020)Israel · other

• Amazon MK30 delivery drone struck an apartment building in Richardson, Texas; backyard grass fireproperty_damage · 2026-02-15
• FCC added foreign-produced UAS (DJI, Autel) to the Covered List, blocking new US authorizationsregulatory_action · 2025-12-22
• Amazon MK30 delivery drone clipped an internet cable in Waco, Texas; FAA probemalfunction · 2025-11-25
• Two Amazon MK30 drones struck the same construction crane in Tolleson, Arizonacollision · 2025-10-01
• Two Amazon MK30 delivery drones crashed within minutes at an Oregon test sitemalfunction · 2024-12-16
• Russian Su-27 collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper over the Black Sea, forcing it downother · 2023-03-14
• Wing delivery drone came to rest on an 11kV power line, caught fire, and cut power to ~2,000 homesproperty_damage · 2022-09-30