Robot model
Kelluu Airship
12-meter hydrogen-powered autonomous airship combining drone precision with satellite-scale coverage for persistent aerial intelligence and environmental…
- Manufacturer
- Kelluu
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- kelluu.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Kelluu Airship, a aerial by Kelluu (pilot): 2 verified deployments on record. 2 sources back the record.
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Key facts
Form Factor
Maturity
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Kelluu Airship. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
EU-funded project to strengthen Arctic security with unmanned airships, running January 2024 to December 2025 in North Karelia, Joensuu, Finland.
Kelluu airships acted as airborne 5G and SATCOM relay for NATO-linked operation in December 2025.
Kelluu Airship on the deployment map
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Recent activity
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- Record createdAug 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 1, 2025
at Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2024
at North Karelia, Joensuu, Finland
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kelluu Airship.
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Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-16
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-16
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kelluu Airship.Recent coverage
Kelluu Airship in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kelluu Airship from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Waterbody in the boreal forest imaged from the Kelluu airship - European Space Agency
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Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation - European Space Agency
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NATO-backed Kelluu secures €15M to tackle hybrid warfare threats - Tech Funding News
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Kelluu airship provides persistent surveillance - Janes
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"NATO's Hydrogen Spy Blimps Are Watching": Silent Surveillance Airships Terrify Privacy Advocates While Skies Fill - energy-reporters.com
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Bus-Sized Uncrewed Airship Being Tested By NATO As Maritime Surveillance Platform - TWZ
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Car-sized hydrogen spy airship to debut in NATO’s largest drone drill - Interesting Engineering
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Finnish hydrogen airship joins NATO exercise - The Defence Blog
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Why we need 'revolutionary' cooling tech - BBC
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/kelluu-airship.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/0ee6c0af-5c09-46e4-874b-ac94e3204aa0
- Revision history: /models/kelluu-airship/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Kelluu Airship draws attention at the 21st percentile but verifies reality at the 52nd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -30.3, 101st widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
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: Sep 23, 2026