Registry/Drones
Category
Drones
DEPLOY tracks 140 makers (including Anduril Industries, Shield AI, and Helsing), 189 models, and 461 deployments on the record, most recently DeltaQuad Pro at Kyiv, Ukraine. Aerial robotic systems for delivery, inspection, defense, and consumer applications.
Drones span delivery (Zipline, Wing), inspection + defense (Skydio, Anduril), and consumer + prosumer (DJI). Coverage on DEPLOY is broad-first: every named manufacturer plus their flagship platforms; deployments populate as verified named-site work surfaces. Drone capability claims often carry flight-log evidence that other categories lack, so the verified-vs-claimed asymmetry runs the other direction here.
Part ofMilitary & defense drones/Delivery drones/Inspection & survey drones/Agricultural drones/eVTOL & passenger air mobility
Guides & answers
All answers →Start here: verified answers on drones.
- eVTOL FAA certification tracker: where every company standsWhich eVTOL company is closest to FAA certification?
- Autonomous drones explainedDelivery, inspection, defense, and consumer drones in one guide.
- Delivery dronesAerial delivery operators and their flight records, cross-linked.
- Military dronesDefense UAV programs and platforms across the registry.
- Inspection dronesIndustrial inspection platforms across the registry.
- Agricultural dronesCrop-spraying and survey drones, cross-linked.
- eVTOL aircraftElectric air taxis and their certification progress.
Companies (140)
View all →Featured by funding.
- Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, California, USA · $11.3B
- Shield AI
San Diego, California, USA · $4.2B
- Helsing
Munich, Germany · $3.3B
- Zipline
South San Francisco, California, USA · $2.9B
- XTEND
Tel Aviv, Israel · $1.6B
- Quantum Systems
Munich, Germany · $1.5B
- Edge Autonomy
San Luis Obispo, California, USA · $925M
- Skydio
San Mateo, California, USA · $677M
- TEKEVER
Portugal · $604M
- Stark Defence
Berlin, Germany · $570M
- Perennial Autonomy
California, USA · $505M
- Cambridge Aerospace
Cambridge, United Kingdom · $500M
Models (189)
View all →- Anduril Roadrunnerby Anduril Industriesproduction
- Hovermapby Emesentproduction
- MQ-9 Reaperby General Atomicsproduction
- Shield AI V-BATby Shield AIproduction
- Teal Golden Eagleby Red Cat Holdingsproduction
- Vetalby HG Roboticsproduction
- A200-XTby Asteria Aerospacecommercial
- Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Boxby Easy Aerialcommercial
- Gen 3 Aerial Seeding Droneby Dendra Systemscommercial
- Irisby Doneclecommercial
- JUMP 20by Arcturus UAVcommercial
- Longtail AirDock Editionby A2Z Drone Deliverycommercial
Verified deployments (461)
View all →- DeltaQuad Pro at Kyiv, Ukraineby (unspecified)operational
- Manna Delivery Drone at Balbriggan, Irelandby (unspecified)operational
- EVO Max 4T at Papillion, Nebraska, USAby (unspecified)operational
- Sonora at Dunkirk, Franceby (unspecified)operational
- Stark attack drone (kamikaze/loitering munition) at Lithuaniaby Stark Defenceannounced2027-01-01
- Wisk Cora at Hollister, California, USAby Wisk Aeroannounced2026-08-26
- Prime Air MK30 at U.S. (500 cities/towns target by end 2026)by Amazonscaled2026-08-19
- Prime Air MK30 at Boise, Idaho, USAby Amazonannounced2026-08-19
- Prime Air MK30 at Atlanta, Georgia, USAby Amazonannounced2026-08-19
- Prime Air MK30 at Cleveland, Ohio, USAby Amazonannounced2026-08-19
- Prime Air MK30 at Syracuse, New York, USAby Amazonannounced2026-08-19
- Prime Air MK30 at Chicago, Illinois, USAby Amazonannounced2026-08-19
Brain stacks (6)
- 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
Regulations (86)
View all →- South Korea Drone Airspace Expansion Plan (2027)South Korea · operational restriction
- US proclamation: Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components (October 28, 2026)USA · other
- San Diego adopts a 45-day citywide moratorium on data center permitting and developmentSan Diego, CA · permit
- San Francisco adopts a 45-day citywide interim zoning moratorium on new and expanded data centers (File 261021)San Francisco · permit
- Slovakia recognizes Tesla FSD (Supervised) approval for public roadsSlovakia · permit
- Oakland, California adopts a 45-day urgency moratorium on approvals for new data centers (File 27-0050)Oakland · permit
- Ellensburg, Washington adopts a six-month emergency moratorium on new data center permits (Oct 5 2026)Ellensburg · permit
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland enacts a temporary moratorium on new data center development through January 31, 2028 (Bill 63-26)Anne Arundel · permit
- NRC issues TVA Clinch River Unit 1 BWRX-300 construction permit (first U.S. commercial SMR CP for design; 14-month review)Oak Ridge · permit
- Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates data center developments over TWDB water-use survey complianceTexas · operational restriction
- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes a 12-month data center expansion moratoriumChicago · operational restriction
- Maryland Data Center Accountability Task Force EO (25 MW+ / Large Load; Aligned/Conditionally Aligned/Not Aligned; not a statewide moratorium)Maryland · operational restriction
Incidents (53)
View all →- Amazon Prime Air drone drops package into Texas backyard poolmalfunction · 2026-08-18
- Drone falls into stands at Ponoka Stampede, injuring two peopleinjury · 2026-07-10
- DGCA issues public notice flagging absence of authorized BVLoS drone frameworkregulatory_action · 2026-07-04
- Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone crashes into apartment building in Richardson, Texascollision · 2026-07-02
- FBI seizes 500+ drones during FIFA World Cup 2026other · 2026-07-02
- Pentagon awards AeroVironment 00M contract for counter-drone technologyregulatory_action · 2026-07-02
- US Air Force awards AEVEX 0M contract for GPS-resistant autonomous strike dronesregulatory_action · 2026-06-30
- JetBlue flight from Las Vegas hits drone before landing at JFKcollision · 2026-06-29
- NYPD Skydio X10 drone malfunctioned and crashed near FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in Brooklyn, battery caught firemalfunction · 2026-06-24
- FAA grants aircraft-agnostic BVLOS waiver for Vantis network across 5,000 square milesregulatory_action · 2026-06-02
- MQ-9A Reaper shot down by Houthi rebels over Yemenother · 2026-05-29
- FAA issues Certificate of Waiver 107W-2026-00686 to Buoyant Aero for UAS operations over humans and moving vehiclesregulatory_action · 2026-05-15
Drones on the deployment map
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Common questions
How many drones are deployed?
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY has 461 verified drones deployments on record, most recently DeltaQuad Pro at Kyiv, Ukraine. Each is a distinct, individually sourced field deployment, not a claimed unit total.
Which companies make drones?
DEPLOY tracks 140 verified drones makers, including Anduril Industries, Shield AI, Helsing, Zipline, XTEND, and Quantum Systems, and others. Each is an individually sourced registry record.
Have there been safety incidents involving drones?
DEPLOY records 53 verified incidents involving drones, each individually sourced and dated. See the incidents section on this page.
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