SEGMENT 01 — HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Western & NDAA-compliant manufacturers.
Skydio
Hayward, California, USA · Private
Largest US-origin autonomous drone manufacturer; dual-use enterprise, public safety, and defence platforms.
View profile →AeroVironment
Arlington, Virginia, USA · NASDAQ: AVAV
Publicly listed defence and commercial UAS prime. Loitering munitions, ISR, and counter-UAS, expanded into space and directed energy through the BlueHalo acquisition.
View profile →Quantum Systems
Gilching, Germany · Private
Europe's standout dual-use AI aerial intelligence platform. Vector and Trinity airframes serve government, defence, and commercial geospatial customers across NATO and beyond.
View profile →SEGMENT 02 — AUTONOMY SOFTWARE & AI FLIGHT
The operating layer above the hardware.
Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, California, USA · Private
Defence technology company building autonomous platforms and the Lattice AI command-and-control platform. The most heavily capitalised non-traditional defence firm in the US.
View profile →Shield AI
San Diego, California, USA · Private
Defence autonomy software company. Hivemind enables GPS-denied autonomous flight using on-board AI rather than external positioning signals.
View profile →Auterion
Arlington, Virginia, USA / Zurich, Switzerland · Private
Open-source autonomy software. Builds the PX4-based flight stack that powers low-cost commercial drone hardware at defence scale, including AI-enabled drone swarms.
View profile →SEGMENT 03 — AIRSPACE & UTM
Traffic management, U-space, and BVLOS infrastructure.
ANRA Technologies
Reston, Virginia, USA · Private
Unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) and U-space platform. Long-running NASA and FAA UTM partner; selected for European U-space and UK BVLOS programmes.
View profile →Frequentis
Vienna, Austria · VIE: FQT
Listed Austrian air-traffic-management and public-safety control-room specialist. Integrating unmanned traffic management (UTM) with civilian and military ATM at programme-of-record scale.
View profile →SEGMENT 04 — LOGISTICS OPERATORS
Companies running the networks, not just selling the aircraft.
Joby Aviation
Santa Cruz, California, USA · NYSE: JOBY
Publicly traded electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer. First-of-its-kind FAA Type Inspection Authorisation, with Dubai launch targeted for 2026.
View profile →Archer Aviation
Santa Clara, California, USA · NYSE: ACHR
Publicly traded eVTOL air taxi developer. First eVTOL manufacturer to receive 100% FAA acceptance of its Means of Compliance. Strategic backing from Stellantis and United Airlines.
View profile →Wing
Palo Alto, California, USA · Strategic
Alphabet-owned drone delivery operator. First US drone-delivery air operator certificate. Largest autonomous retail delivery partnership in the country, anchored by Walmart.
View profile →Zipline
South San Francisco, California, USA · Private
World's largest autonomous delivery operator by deliveries completed. 2 million-plus commercial deliveries across seven countries, with US retail and medical expansion compounding through 2026.
View profile →SEGMENT 06 — COUNTER-UAS
Detection, tracking, and defeat of rogue and adversarial drones.
Epirus
Torrance, California, USA · Private
High-power microwave (HPM) counter-drone systems. Leonidas platform is the leading non-kinetic solution for defeating drone swarms at distance.
View profile →DroneShield
Sydney, Australia (with Virginia, USA operations) · ASX: DRO
Pure-play counter-UAS. Publicly listed Australian-headquartered specialist in AI-based detection and electronic-warfare drone defeat solutions for terrestrial, maritime, and airborne platforms.
View profile →Dedrone
Washington DC metropolitan area, USA · Parent: NASDAQ: AXON
AI-based airspace security platform. Acquired by Axon Enterprise (Taser maker) in October 2024. Now the counter-drone arm of one of the largest public-safety technology companies in the US.
View profile →Fortem Technologies
Lindon, Utah, USA · Private
Counter-UAS platform combining radar detection (TrueView) and autonomous interceptor drones (DroneHunter). Lockheed Martin strategic investor; sole-source US Army counter-drone supplier.
View profile →D-Fend Solutions
Ra’anana, Israel · Private
Israeli counter-drone specialist. EnforceAir uses RF cyber-takeover techniques to safely neutralise rogue drones without collateral damage or collateral disruption to legitimate airspace.
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