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Top 25 Drone design software companies based in the United States

Name: Drone design software companies based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026 176 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 176 drone design software companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 8,723 professional contacts across them, including 1,132 with verified work emails and 4,780 with mobile numbers. Austin is the largest hub.

This list covers drone design software companies headquartered in the United States, 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 1, 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.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 1, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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8,723Contacts tracked

1,132Verified emails

4,780Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest drone design software companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 176 drone design software companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drone design software companies: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems	Indirect evidence	Poway, CA, United States	5,001-10,000	5,493 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.(GA-ASI), we invent and pioneer disruptive technologies for military, security, environmental and civil operations worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
2	Skydio	Partial evidence	San Mateo, CA, United States	501-1,000	904 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Skydio is the leading U.S-based drone manufacturer and the world leader in autonomous flight technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
3	Insitu INC	Indirect evidence	Bingen, WA, United States	1,001-5,000	579 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Insitu is an industry-leading provider of information for superior decision making.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
4	PDW	Indirect evidence	Huntsville, AL, United States	201-500	251 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PDW is a defense technology company building multi-mission aerial robotic systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
5	3d Robotics	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United States	11-50	103 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Design and manufacture of essential electronic systems for unmanned vehicles, drones, and UAVs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
6	RED CAT Holdings	Partial evidence	South Salt Lake, UT, United States	51-200	88 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Red Cat (Nasdaq: RCAT) is a U.S-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
7	Drone Nerds	Partial evidence	Dania, FL, United States	51-200	62 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Drone Nerds provides comprehensive drone solutions for enterprise, private, and recreational needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
8	Freefly Systems	Partial evidence	Woodinville, WA, United States	51-200	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Freefly we have been focused on building the world's most efficient professional drone ecosystem for over a decade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
9	Inspired Flight Technologies INC	Partial evidence	San Luis Obispo, CA, United States	11-50	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in San Luis Obispo, California, Inspired Flight Technologies designs and manufactures secure, high-performance unmanned aircraft systems built for operators who demand…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
10	Microdrones	Partial evidence	Rome, NY, United States	201-500	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “More Than a Drone Company Microdrones was founded in Germany in 2005, with the launch of groundbreaking and reliable unmanned aerial vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
11	Unusual Machines	Partial evidence	Orlando, FL, United States	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a classic American technology company, born from garage tinkerers and hobbyists, focused on serving the emerging drone industry with unique and innovative products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
12	Vantage Robotics	Indirect evidence	San Leandro, CA, United States	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vantage makes UAVs and UAV components for customers, including the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
13	HYLIO	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United States	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “About Hylio Hylio is a leading U.S-based designer and manufacturer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for precision agriculture, industrial applications, and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
14	Rotor Technologies	Indirect evidence	Nashua, NH, United States	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rotor builds the most capable UAVs in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
15	Ascent Aerosystems	Strong evidence	Wilmington, MA, United States	11-50	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A Global Leader of Coaxial UAV Drone Technology, Ascent AeroSystems offers compact, all-weather, high-performance unmanned aerial systems designed and built in the USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
16	Woot Tech	Strong evidence	Dover, DE, United States	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “WootTech is an aerospace company which Design & Manufactures innovative and customized drone technology solutions and provide services for a broad spectrum of applications…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
17	Skyfish	Strong evidence	Missoula, MT, United States	51-200	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We've developed a deep drone platform technology stack and we design and manufacture our own onboard computer, remote controller, carbon composite airframes, battery charging…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
18	DPI UAV Systems	Partial evidence	Essington, PA, United States	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DPI designs and builds custom UAS solutions for our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
19	Vertiq	Partial evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United States	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vertiq is a Philadelphia-based company that designs and builds industrial-grade propulsion systems for UAS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
20	Lumenier	Partial evidence	Sarasota, FL, United States	51-200	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lumenier is the US-based, global leader in custom manufacturing and online retail of high-performance, premium UAS/UAV/UGV/drone equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
21	Zepher Flight Labs A Heven Aerotech Company	Indirect evidence	Bingen, WA, United States	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Zepher Flight Labs is part of Heven AeroTech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
22	UVIFY	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United States	11-50	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “UVify is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance drones, autonomous technologies, and related hardware and software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
23	Black Swift Technologies	Indirect evidence	Boulder, CO, United States	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Black Swift Technologies is an engineering firm specializing in the development of next generation small unmanned aircraft platforms and technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
24	Culver Aerospace	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United States	51-200	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We specialize in the design and serial production of our own UAVs and provide a full range of services for aerial photography and monitoring of the Earth's surface with their help.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
25	Advanced Aircraft Company	Indirect evidence	Hampton, VA, United States	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) is a developer and manufacturer of hybrid fuel-electric unmanned aircraft systems for defense applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: drone design software companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names drone design software companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drone design software companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name drone design software companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Drone design software companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 1, 2026

13.0%Verified-email coverage

54.8%Mobile-number coverage

49.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.4%Largest-city concentration · Austin

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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 drone design software companies, 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “drone design software companies”. 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 drone design software companies), 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 drone design software companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 1,132 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 1, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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 drone design software companies, 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 drone design software companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 176 drone design software companies headquartered in the United States 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?

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, headquartered in Poway, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drone design software companies?

Austin leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (4) and San Diego (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 1,132 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 176 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 1, 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.