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Topic

Drone Software

Drone Software

Autonomy stacks, fleet management, and detect-and-avoid software.

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Companies

Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies is a U.S. software company that builds data integration, analytics, and operational platforms for government and commercial customers. Its products are used in defense, intelligence, industrial, and enterprise decision-making workflows.

United States

SkyfireAI

US public safety drone software company building AI-native autonomy tools that let one operator manage multiple drones at once.

US

AeroVironment

US manufacturer of small tactical UAS, loitering munitions and counter-UAS systems, transformed in scale by its 2025 acquisition of BlueHalo.

US

Boeing

Boeing is a U.S. aerospace manufacturer with commercial airplanes, defense products, and space systems businesses. The company also operates a large services segment supporting aircraft fleets, military platforms, and related logistics.

United States

Booz Allen Hamilton

U.S. management and technology consulting firm serving federal defense, intelligence, and civil agencies, with significant AI, cyber, and autonomous systems practices.

United States

Corvus Robotics

US autonomous drone company producing inventory management systems for large-scale warehouse and distribution center operations.

US

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace

U.S. aerospace and autonomy company building long-endurance unmanned aircraft and communications-focused systems for defense and government missions.

United States

NODA AI

US defense AI company building an orchestration platform that coordinates autonomous military systems across air, ground, and maritime domains.

US

Products

Recent Funding

$11M

Seed

Mucker Capital, AI Fund

SkyfireAI
$11M

Seed

Mucker Capital, AI Fund, SaaS Ventures

SkyfireAI
$5.4M

Seed

Rainfall Ventures, ACME Capital, Skyfall Ventures, Sisyphus Ventures, Antler, Startuplab

Stendr

Recent Contracts

defense

Undisclosed

U.S. Army, AeroVironment

Prototype agreement for the Low-Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program covering...

defense

€2.4B

German Armed Forces, Rheinmetall

Framework agreement under the FV-014 programme for loitering munitions with an initial call-off of...

defense

$14.6M

U.S. Army, AeroVironment

Production contract for VAPOR CLE electric VTOL drones under the Company-Level Directed...

defense

$270M

U.S. Air Forces Central, Kraus Hamdani Aerospace

IDIQ contract for up to $270 million worth of K1000ULE solar-powered long-endurance scout drones...

defense

$117M

US Army, AeroVironment

Procurement and delivery contract for P550 long-range reconnaissance drones under the Army's...