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Top 15 Unmanned aircraft testing based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 53 unmanned aircraft testing headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 513 professional contacts across them, including 90 with verified work emails. Pendleton is the largest hub.

This list covers unmanned aircraft testing 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 22, 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 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
53Companies
513Contacts tracked
90Verified emails
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The 15 largest unmanned aircraft testing based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 15 of 53 unmanned aircraft testing based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to unmanned aircraft testing: 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
1Partial evidenceOrlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5045 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), we empower safer, smarter, and more professional drone operations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceGrand Forks, ND, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Grand Sky is the United States' first commercial UAS Flight Operations Center and the premier UAS testing location in the nation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceHuntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Rising Tide Technology Group, we believe a Rising Tide Lifts All Ships.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLeesburg, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our facility provides the first and only 66 acre facility located within one hour of Washington D.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Strong evidenceStratford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“WaveAerospace builds unmanned aircraft that carry out our customer's most important missions with their most critical payloads.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSterling, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceGrand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We help companies and governments utilize the full potential of airspace by creating safe and secure approval solutions for autonomous and unmanned operations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Strong evidenceFort Worth, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Galaxy Unmanned Systems LLC provides unmanned aircraft services, including concept, design, manufacturing, certification, testing, payload configuration, subsystem integration…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceLa Selva Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Bay Area's first drone and aviation hub dedicated to promoting innovation and development in the unmanned aviation industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBranchburg, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AuresTech provides advanced research in the area of autonomous UAVs”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Strong evidencePortland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SICDRONE delivers next-generation unmanned aircraft systems that redefine performance in the Group 1 & 2 drone market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNorth Benton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Theiss UAV Solutions, LLC designs, develops, and produces UAS (Drones), C-UAS Payloads and Systems, and provides UAS Piloting/inspection services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Protocol UAS, we see the promise of the future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceAlpena, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium (MUASC) is a 501(c)(3) and the State's only organization which has performed UAS flight test activities under FAA Test Site…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Strong evidenceSan Bernardino, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Testing and Training Today’s rapid adoption of unmanned aircraft systems technology creates unprecedented opportunities for our region and the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Unmanned aircraft testing based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
17.5%Verified-email coverage
9.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
5.7%Largest-city concentration · Pendleton
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
31
11-50
14
51-200
4
201-500
1
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
1
10001+
1

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 53 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 unmanned aircraft testing, 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 “unmanned aircraft testing”. 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 unmanned aircraft testing), 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 unmanned aircraft testing, 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, 90 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 22, 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 unmanned aircraft testing, 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 unmanned aircraft testing are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 53 unmanned aircraft testing 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?

USI, headquartered in Orlando, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most unmanned aircraft testing?

Pendleton leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Grand Forks (2) and Huntsville (2).

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 90 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 53 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 22, 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.