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Top 25 Tactical drone manufacturers based in the United States

Name: Tactical drone manufacturers based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026 264 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 264 tactical drone manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 10,692 professional contacts across them, including 1,398 with verified work emails. Austin is the largest hub.

This list covers tactical drone manufacturers 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 18, 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 18, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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10,692Contacts tracked

1,398Verified emails

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The 25 largest tactical drone manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 264 tactical drone manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to tactical 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems	Indirect evidence	Poway, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
2	Skydio	Strong evidence	San Mateo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	913 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Skydio is the leading U.S-based drone manufacturer and the world leader in autonomous flight technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3	AEVEX	Indirect evidence	Solana Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	501-1,000	489 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AEVEX designs and delivers autonomous precision strike systems to dominate the modern battlespace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4	PDW	Indirect evidence	Huntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	254 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PDW is a defense technology company building multi-mission aerial robotic systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5	Dzyne Technologies	Indirect evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	201-500	245 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DZYNE Technologies is a leading innovator in autonomous defense solutions, specializing in the design and development of advanced unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6	Fortem Technologies	Partial evidence	Lindon, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	124 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fortem Technologies is the leader in airspace awareness, security, and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7	3d Robotics	Strong evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	103 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Design and manufacture of essential electronic systems for unmanned vehicles, drones, and UAVs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8	Autel Robotics	Indirect evidence	Bothell, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
9	Trillium Engineering	Partial evidence	Hood River, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	98 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Trillium Engineering is the industry-leading provider of actionable imagery for small UAS tactical operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10	RED CAT Holdings	Partial evidence	South Salt Lake, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
11	Neros Technologies	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
12	Teal Drones	Partial evidence	Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Teal is focused on rebuilding the American drone industrial base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13	Easy Aerial INC	Strong evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Strong 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 18, 2026
14	Drone Nerds	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Drone Nerds provides comprehensive drone solutions for enterprise, private, and recreational needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15	Maritime Tactical Systems Martac , INC	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MARTAC’s™ objective is to deliver reliable and innovative unmanned products and systems to our military, security, commercial and scientific markets and customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16	Hoverfly Technologies	Indirect evidence	Sanford, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hoverfly Technologies is an industry leader in tethered UAV solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17	Inspired Flight Technologies INC	Partial evidence	San Luis Obispo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	50 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 18, 2026
18	Unusual Machines	Partial evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
19	Unmanned Vehicle Technologies UVT	Partial evidence	Fayetteville, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Unmanned Vehicle Technologies (UVT) is North America’s leading drone and robotics integrator, delivering enterprise and public safety organizations with Always On remote…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20	Vantage Robotics	Indirect evidence	San Leandro, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vantage makes UAVs and UAV components for customers, including the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21	American Tenet	Indirect evidence	Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	n/a	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “American Tenet specializes in utilizing advanced Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to safeguard our nation's essential infrastructure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22	Rotor Technologies	Indirect evidence	Nashua, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rotor builds the most capable UAVs in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23	HYLIO	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	51-200	29 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 18, 2026
24	Ascent Aerosystems	Partial evidence	Wilmington, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 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 18, 2026
25	AX Enterprize, LLC	Indirect evidence	Rome, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 18, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AX ENTERPRIZE, LLC is a software and hardware engineering firm specializing in all aspects of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) from UTM, Remote ID, and Air Domain Awareness to C2 and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 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: tactical drone manufacturers. 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 tactical drone manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of tactical drone manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name tactical drone manufacturers. 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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Tactical drone manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026

13.1%Verified-email coverage

40.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.0%Largest-city concentration · Austin

Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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117

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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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 264 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 tactical 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “tactical 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 tactical 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 tactical drone manufacturers, 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, 1,398 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 18, 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 tactical 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 tactical drone manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 264 tactical drone manufacturers 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 tactical drone manufacturers?

Austin leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (7) and Huntsville (5).

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 1,398 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 264 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 18, 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.