Enterprise Drones
Best Enterprise Drones for 2026: Every Platform Compared — Page 2
Tariffs of 25-100% landed on 3 September and DJI replaced its enterprise lineup. What to buy now, what compliance actually costs, and what changed.
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SoftBank Robotics Backs Matternet for US Drone Delivery
Matternet and SoftBank Robotics America partner to expand autonomous drone delivery in healthcare and enterprise logistics across the US.
Thales Wins Singapore's National UTM System Contract
Singapore's CAAS awards its national unmanned traffic management system contract to Thales Solutions Asia after a two-stage tender process.
DRONE VOLT's LineDrone Signs Five High-Voltage Clients
French drone maker DRONE VOLT confirms five industrial clients for its LineDrone, built to operate on power lines carrying up to 735kV.
Corvus Robotics Cuts 65 Labor Hours Weekly With Drones
Southern Glazer's deployed 40+ Corvus One drones across nine US distribution centers, logging 5,000 flights and 35,000 flags.
FCC Opens Drone Spectrum Review, Comments Due May 1
The FCC is asking how drones should access radio spectrum at scale, as BVLOS operations expose the limits of shared consumer frequency bands.
Lucid Bots Raises $20M Series B for Window-Washing Drones
Almost every figure about the cleaning-drone maker is its own, and its pages disagree on how many robots it has and how high the Sherpa reaches.
Companies
DJI
Chinese private manufacturer of consumer, enterprise and agricultural drones, cameras and imaging systems.
China
Skydio
US drone manufacturer building AI-powered autonomous aircraft, supplying NDAA-compliant enterprise and defense drones to agencies and operators.
United States
Amazon Prime Air
Amazon's drone delivery division, flying autonomous last-mile delivery in the US and UK and attempting a sixfold expansion of its service area in 2026.
United States
Anzu Robotics
US drone company that built the Raptor series under licence from DJI, now owned by XTI Aerospace and developing a replacement after ending production.
United States
Autel Robotics
Chinese drone manufacturer producing consumer and commercial UAVs, including the EVO and Dragonfish series, with a growing defense-adjacent presence.
China
Drone Nerds
US drone distributor and enterprise solutions provider, bought by XTI Aerospace in November 2025 and now the source of almost all its revenue.
United States
Unusual Machines
US drone manufacturer and components distributor building NDAA-compliant drones and parts to cut American dependence on Chinese supply chains.
United States
Wing
Alphabet's drone delivery subsidiary, operating commercial package delivery in the United States and abroad, largely with Walmart.
United States
Products
DJI Matrice 400
DJI
DJI's heavy-lift flagship: 59 minutes with a thermal camera fitted, a 6 kg payload, 40 km of link and a LiDAR-and-radar sensing set no rival matches at the price. Barred from federal buyers, and since September its import carries 25 percent duty, with 100 percent on the thermal payload.
Autel EVO Max 4T V2
Autel Robotics
The other Chinese thermal drone American public safety bought: a 640 × 512 thermal, a 10x optical zoom, a 1.2 km rangefinder and radar-backed obstacle sensing in a 1.7 kg folding airframe, for about $2,000 less than a Matrice 4T. Autel is named on the FCC Covered List and the aircraft draws 100 percent import duty.
DJI Matrice 4E
DJI
The mapping half of DJI's Matrice 4 series: a mechanical-shutter 20 MP Four Thirds camera, two 48 MP telephotos, a laser rangefinder and 49 minutes in a folding airframe. No thermal camera, which keeps it in the lower tariff band, and still barred to federally funded buyers.
DJI Matrice 4T
DJI
The compact enterprise drone the Mavic 3 Thermal buyers moved to: three cameras, a 640 × 512 radiometric thermal, a laser rangefinder and 49 minutes in a 1.4 kg folding airframe. Barred from federal buyers and, since September, taxed at 100 percent on import.
Skydio X10
Skydio
A serious U.S.-made enterprise platform built around autonomy, sensors, and government-grade deployment rather than mass-market volume.
DJI Matrice 350 RTK
DJI
The benchmark enterprise inspection platform — IP55-rated, dual-operator capable, and compatible with the broadest payload ecosystem available, but off-limits for US federal government use under NDAA restrictions.
Funding
Seed
Mucker Capital, AI Fund, SaaS Ventures, Halogen, HBS Alumni Angels, New York Angels
SkyfireAISeries B
Cubit Capital, Idea Fund Partners, WaterStone Impact Fund, Front Porch Ventures, Taylor Rhodes
Lucid BotsContracts
Federal Aviation Administration
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Lighthouse Avionics, ResilienX, NAVMAR Applied Sciences, Devorto Corporation, ANRA Technologies, SPS Aerial Remote Sensing, DroneUp, OneRadio, Frequentis USA, Censys Technologies, Aerial Vantage, Skydweller US, Oklahoma State University
19 UAS Broad Agency Announcement research contracts for detect-and-avoid and airspace-integration…
U.S. Air Force
General Atomics
Contractor logistics support for Spain's MQ-9A drones at Badajoz, a Foreign Military Sale…
U.S. Navy
General Atomics
Options for engineering and logistics support of the Marine Corps' MQ-9A Reaper drones; order…
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dedrone Defense, D-Fend Solutions, Leidos, Fortem Technologies, CACI, BAE Systems, EMS Defense Technologies, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Information Technology, Parsons, Anduril Industries, Astrion
Five-year multiple-award counter-UAS IDIQ led by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate…
U.S. Air Force
General Atomics, Anduril Industries
Engineering and manufacturing development and production contracts for Collaborative Combat Aircraft…