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Top 25 Drone manufacturing companies based in the United States

Name: Drone manufacturing companies based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 507 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 507 drone manufacturing companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 10,542 professional contacts across them, including 1,588 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers drone manufacturing 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 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest drone manufacturing companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 507 drone manufacturing companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drone manufacturing 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 StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,525 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 16, 2026
2	Skydio	Partial evidence	San Mateo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	913 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 16, 2026
3	PDW	Indirect evidence	Huntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	254 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PDW is a defense technology company building multi-mission aerial robotic systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	3d Robotics	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	103 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Design and manufacture of essential electronic systems for unmanned vehicles, drones, and UAVs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Autel Robotics	Indirect evidence	Bothell, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Autel Robotics provides aerial robotics to the public sector, public safety, enterprise, and commercial operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Trillium Engineering	Indirect evidence	Hood River, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	98 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Trillium Engineering is the industry-leading provider of actionable imagery for small UAS tactical operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	RED CAT Holdings	Partial evidence	South Salt Lake, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	91 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 16, 2026
8	Neros Technologies	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Neros is a defense technology company that builds asymmetric systems to ensure the West’s strategic edge.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Airsight	Partial evidence	Richardson, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	82 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AirSight provides solutions against the newest and fastest growing security threat by detecting drones in the airspace across all critical industries/vertical markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Teal Drones	Partial evidence	Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Teal is focused on rebuilding the American drone industrial base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Easy Aerial INC	Partial evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Easy Aerial develops and manufactures autonomous and remotely operated military-grade drone-in-a-box solutions designed to go above and beyond – even in the most hostile…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Drone Nerds	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Drone Nerds provides comprehensive drone solutions for enterprise, private, and recreational needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Freefly Systems	Partial evidence	Woodinville, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	60 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 16, 2026
14	Inspired Flight Technologies INC	Indirect evidence	San Luis Obispo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	50 contacts →
	Indirect 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 16, 2026
15	Censys Technologies Corporation	Partial evidence	Daytona Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	50 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Censys Technologies propels industrial drone users by minimizing overhead and operation headaches with industry-leading, long-range drones that distinguish your brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Unusual Machines	Partial evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	35 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 16, 2026
17	Fixar Global	Indirect evidence	Alexandria, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FIXAR is a leading manufacturer of UAVs, delivering autonomous AI-driven solutions designed for BVLOS operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Vantage Robotics	Indirect evidence	San Leandro, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vantage makes UAVs and UAV components for customers, including the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Rotor Technologies	Indirect evidence	Nashua, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rotor builds the most capable UAVs in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	HYLIO	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Indirect 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 16, 2026
21	Ascent Aerosystems	Partial evidence	Wilmington, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
22	Soaring	Indirect evidence	El Segundo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Soaring was founded with a vision to bridge the capability gap in aerial logistics, ensuring that every mission, regardless of its complexity, is met with precision and efficiency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	United Vehicle Robotics	Indirect evidence	DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Imagine a mode of transport that would incorporate all the key benefits of piloted aviation, helicopter-type aircraft and, in addition to it, robotics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Skyfish	Partial evidence	Missoula, MT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
25	Woot Tech	Partial evidence	Dover, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 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 manufacturing 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 manufacturing companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drone manufacturing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name drone manufacturing 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 manufacturing companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

15.1%Verified-email coverage

20.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

2.0%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

333

11-50

125

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 507 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 drone manufacturing 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 manufacturing 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 manufacturing 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 manufacturing 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, 1,588 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: 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 manufacturing 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 manufacturing companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 507 drone manufacturing 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 manufacturing companies?

Los Angeles leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Tampa (10) and New York (9).

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 1,588 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 507 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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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.