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Top 25 Autonomous drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 246 autonomous drone manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,182 professional contacts across them, including 481 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers autonomous drone manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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246Companies
1,182Contacts tracked
481Verified emails
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The 25 largest autonomous drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 246 autonomous drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to autonomous drone manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceRetford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200158 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DEA is a world leading technology-led provider of specialised aerial data acquisition services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceMaidenhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“After building the world's first Hoverbike in 2009, we are crafting the next VTOL aircraft generation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Skyports Drone Services is the world’s leading drone airline.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20062 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2017, Windracers is a British civil and defence drone company that engineers and manufactures the world's most accomplished dual-use heavy-lift drone, Windracers ULTRA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceHampshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Evolve Dynamics builds rugged, battle-tested uncrewed aircraft systems for defence, emergency response, and critical infrastructure.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Partial evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Coptrz, we eliminate organisational risk and inefficiency with impartial drone solutions that enhance operational performance, better, faster, safer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“StirlingX develops advanced drone solutions that deliver actionable data at scale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Partial evidenceEmsworth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“iRed is a part of Volatus Aerospace group, which is the world’s leading commercial drone services & solutions provider company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLincoln, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“METIS Aerospace Ltd is an Aerospace, Defence and Security company based in Lincoln.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Partial evidenceRetford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

Drones will change how we monitor, manage and move across our fragile planet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceCoventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our vision is a greener and more connected world through the use of unmanned aviation to save organisations time & money, sustainably worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Partial evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cambridge Sensoriis is a UK-based B2B company developing and manufacturing pioneering micro-radar and sensing systems for- Commercial drone automation - Uncrewed Aerial System…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Partial evidenceDerry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The next generation of advanced drone robotics for hazardous and confined space environments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Enabling Advanced Air Mobility.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceRichmond, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aerial Exposure uses unmanned aerial system for a range of professional services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLee-on-the-solent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We reduce the cost, risk and environmental impact of aviation services such as methane measurement, offshore monitoring and high-value logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Partial evidenceThruxton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hydra is a British UAV innovation business focusing on pioneering heavy lift and hybrid drone technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-508 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Vantage UAV is a global drone services and solution company providing viable functional data which allows clients to make informed decisions and operate in a faster, safer and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidenceRotherham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Operating in the commercial sector since 2014, Iprosurv actively pioneers the use of drones in a variety of commercial sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Milanion Group is a defence technology and industrial group focused on delivering sovereign capability at speed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Partial evidenceCranfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HEROTECH8 LTD is a robotics startup developing drone-in-a-box technology for surveillance and industrial inspection.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Partial evidenceReading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IDI builds autonomous aerial intelligence for blue-light, estates, and live construction.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLymington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Upshot has grown from its early days providing ground based aerial photography into the UK’s top aerial imaging business that also provides a range of Products, Services and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Partial evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Airspection provides reliable and safe drone services for hard-to-reach infrastructure.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Partial evidenceSouthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Inteliports is at the forefront of UAS for logistics, transforming the way we think of future of drones in logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Autonomous drone manufacturers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
40.7%Verified-email coverage
4.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
17.1%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
198
11-50
35
51-200
10
501-1,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 246 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among autonomous drone manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “autonomous drone manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names autonomous drone manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among autonomous drone manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 481 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Autonomous drone manufacturers by metro

  • Autonomous drone manufacturers in London42

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names autonomous drone manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many autonomous drone manufacturers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 246 autonomous drone manufacturers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

DEA Specialised Airborne Operations, headquartered in Retford, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most autonomous drone manufacturers?

London leads with 42 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (7) and Birmingham (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 481 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 246 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.