# Drones Market Map United States 2026: 73 Startups in 6 Segments > 73 drones startups in the United States, mapped in 6 segments: defence drones, inspection and mapping and drone software and traffic and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/drones-united-states-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Defence drones 19 - [Neros Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/neros-technologies) - [*E* Epirus](https://millionrounds.com/company/epirus) - [Allen Control Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/allen-control-systems) - [*PD* Performance Drone Works (PDW)](https://millionrounds.com/company/performance-drone-works-pdw) - [HavocAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/havocai) - [Darkhive](https://millionrounds.com/company/darkhive) - [Aurelius Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurelius-systems) - [Swarm Aero](https://millionrounds.com/company/swarm-aero) - [Fortem Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortem-technologies) - [Tycho AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/tycho-ai) - [Askari Defense](https://millionrounds.com/company/askari-defense) - [Thor Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/thor-dynamics) - [Botlink](https://millionrounds.com/company/botlink) - [Zenith Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenith-aerospace) - [Guardian RF](https://millionrounds.com/company/guardian-rf) - [SkyFront](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyfront) - [Agilis Air](https://millionrounds.com/company/agilis-air) - [Swarmer](https://millionrounds.com/company/swarmer) - [Auron Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/auron-solutions) ## Inspection and mapping 16 - [3D Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/3d-robotics) - [DroneDeploy](https://millionrounds.com/company/dronedeploy) - [PrecisionHawk](https://millionrounds.com/company/precisionhawk) - [Infravision](https://millionrounds.com/company/infravision) - [Zeitview](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeitview) - [SkySpecs](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyspecs) - [Lucid Bots](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-bots) - [Pointivo](https://millionrounds.com/company/pointivo) - [PreNav](https://millionrounds.com/company/prenav) - [SkyPSI](https://millionrounds.com/company/skypsi) - [AlturaSense](https://millionrounds.com/company/alturasense) - [Pitch Aeronautics](https://millionrounds.com/company/pitch-aeronautics) - [AirWise Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/airwise-solutions) - [FulcrumAir](https://millionrounds.com/company/fulcrumair) - [Avision](https://millionrounds.com/company/avision) - [EagleHawk](https://millionrounds.com/company/eaglehawk) ## Drone software and traffic 14 - [Airware](https://millionrounds.com/company/airware) - [UVify](https://millionrounds.com/company/uvify) - [SkySafe](https://millionrounds.com/company/skysafe) - [AirMap](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmap) - [Scanifly](https://millionrounds.com/company/scanifly) - [Elodin](https://millionrounds.com/company/elodin) - [Identified Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/identified-technologies) - [MotionDSP](https://millionrounds.com/company/motiondsp) - [AirDroids](https://millionrounds.com/company/airdroids) - [Nivcent](https://millionrounds.com/company/nivcent) - [Paypixl](https://millionrounds.com/company/paypixl) - [DroneInch](https://millionrounds.com/company/droneinch) - [Air Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/air-robotics) - [Drone.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/drone-io) ## Drone hardware and components 11 - [Skydio](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydio) - [Pelican Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/pelican-imaging) - [Sense Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sense-photonics) - [VOOM Insurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/voom-insurance) - [Westmag](https://millionrounds.com/company/westmag) - [Birdstop](https://millionrounds.com/company/birdstop) - [Advanced Aircraft Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-aircraft-company) - [Global Energy Transmission](https://millionrounds.com/company/global-energy-transmission) - [WISPR Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/wispr-systems) - [Blue Vigil](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-vigil) - [Arch Aerial](https://millionrounds.com/company/arch-aerial) ## Agricultural drones 8 - [American Autonomy, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-autonomy-inc) - [Rantizo](https://millionrounds.com/company/rantizo) - [VOA](https://millionrounds.com/company/voa) - [Agribotix](https://millionrounds.com/company/agribotix) - [GRYFN](https://millionrounds.com/company/gryfn) - [Kray Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/kray-technologies) - [LakeHawk Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/lakehawk-technologies) - [*HL* Hephaestus Limited](https://millionrounds.com/company/hephaestus-limited) ## Drone delivery 5 - [DYNAMIC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS](https://millionrounds.com/company/dynamic-aerospace-systems) - [*DN* DronePort Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/droneport-network) - [Drone Express](https://millionrounds.com/company/drone-express) - [*DD* Drone Delivery Systems Corporation DBA AirBox Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/drone-delivery-systems-corporation-dba-airbox-technologies) - [Aedilic](https://millionrounds.com/company/aedilic) ## Segment by segment ### Defence drones 19 startups · $1.2B raised - [**Neros Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/neros-technologies) Neros Technologies is a private defense technology company founded in 2023 and based in El Segundo, California. United States $325M - [*E* **Epirus**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epirus) United States $250M - [**Allen Control Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/allen-control-systems) Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a defense technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2022. United States $230M - [*PD* **Performance Drone Works (PDW)**](https://millionrounds.com/company/performance-drone-works-pdw) United States $110M - [**HavocAI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/havocai) HavocAI is a Boston-based technology company specializing in Comprehensive Collaborative Autonomy. United States $85M - [**Darkhive**](https://millionrounds.com/company/darkhive) Darkhive is a defense-tech startup based in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 2021. United States $51M - [**Aurelius Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurelius-systems) Aurelius Systems builds AI-powered directed energy laser defense platforms protecting troops, bases, and infrastructure from UAS d United States $50M - [**Swarm Aero**](https://millionrounds.com/company/swarm-aero) Swarm Aero is a defense technology startup founded in 2022, based in Oxnard, California. United States $35M ### Inspection and mapping 16 startups · $656M raised - [**3D Robotics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/3d-robotics) 3DR makes advanced drone technology easily accessible to the construction, mining, and surveying industries for use in data analysis. United States $152M - [**DroneDeploy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dronedeploy) DroneDeploy is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done. United States $126M - [**PrecisionHawk**](https://millionrounds.com/company/precisionhawk) PrecisionHawk manufactures drones that provides aerial survey data for commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors. United States $118M - [**Infravision**](https://millionrounds.com/company/infravision) Infravision is a global aerial robotics company based in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in Sydney, Australia, and Noida, India. United States $114M - [**Zeitview**](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeitview) Zeitview, formerly known as DroneBase, is a leader in advanced inspection software and aerial data analytics, focusing on renewabl United States $60M - [**SkySpecs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyspecs) SkySpecs is a leader in renewable energy asset management, focusing on the wind energy sector. United States $32M - [**Lucid Bots**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-bots) Lucid Bots is an AI robotics company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializing in robots designed for exterior cleaning and United States $21M - [**Pointivo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pointivo) Pointivo is an Atlanta-based company specializing in AI-driven drone inspection and spatial intelligence software for managing phy United States $7.8M ### Drone software and traffic 14 startups · $179M raised - [**Airware**](https://millionrounds.com/company/airware) Airware offers commercial drone solutions, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of aerial data for any business application. United States $49M - [**UVify**](https://millionrounds.com/company/uvify) UVify is a leader in autonomous unmanned drone technology, focusing on high-performance swarm drones, spatial AI, and modular autonomy. United States $42M - [**SkySafe**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skysafe) SkySafe allows governments, law enforcement, airports, cities, and more to manage their airspace with real-time drone data and analytics. United States $42M - [**AirMap**](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmap) AirMap operates as an airspace services platform for unmanned aircraft. United States $29M - [**Scanifly**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scanifly) Scanifly is a B2B software company that specializes in providing a comprehensive drone-based 3D design and field operations platfo United States $10M - [**Elodin**](https://millionrounds.com/company/elodin) Elodin is a San Francisco-based aerospace software company founded in 2023. United States $2.0M - [**Identified Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/identified-technologies) Industrial leaders use Identified Technologies managed commercial drone solution to improve project tracking and team productivity. United States $2.0M - [**MotionDSP**](https://millionrounds.com/company/motiondsp) MotionDSP sells advanced computer vision and image processing software that extracts real-time data from drone video. United States $1.8M ### Drone hardware and components 11 startups · $450M raised - [**Skydio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydio) Skydio is a leading U.S. United States $350M - [**Pelican Imaging**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pelican-imaging) Pelican Imaging Corporation was a technology company founded in 2008 and based in Santa Clara, California. United States $37M - [**Sense Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sense-photonics) Sense Photonics, based in Durham, North Carolina, was a developer and manufacturer of solid-state flash LiDAR sensors and 3D vision systems. United States $26M - [**VOOM Insurance**](https://millionrounds.com/company/voom-insurance) VOOM Insurance is an InsurTech company based in Palo Alto, CA, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. United States $15M - [**Westmag**](https://millionrounds.com/company/westmag) Westmag is the American manufacturer of drone motors and robot actuators, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux Capita United States $11M - [**Birdstop**](https://millionrounds.com/company/birdstop) Birdstop is a Detroit-based manufacturer of autonomous drone systems for government and enterprise. United States $9.2M - [**Advanced Aircraft Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-aircraft-company) Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) is a Virginia-based, veteran-owned manufacturer specializing in long-endurance, hybrid-electric ve United States $500K - [**Global Energy Transmission**](https://millionrounds.com/company/global-energy-transmission) Global Energy Transmission Corporation (GET) is a technology company based in Woodland, Washington, founded in 2015. United States $400K ### Agricultural drones 8 startups · $13M raised - [**American Autonomy, Inc.**](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-autonomy-inc) American Autonomy, Inc. United States $6.0M - [**Rantizo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rantizo) Rantizo is a precision agriculture technology company founded in 2018, specializing in drone-based agricultural spraying. United States $6.0M - [**VOA**](https://millionrounds.com/company/voa) VOA is a Brazilian agtech company based in São Paulo, specializing in drone-based solutions for agriculture. United States $700K - [**Agribotix**](https://millionrounds.com/company/agribotix) Agribotix is a drone-enabled software company that provides advanced imaging and analysis for precision agriculture. United States $250K - [**GRYFN**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gryfn) Multi-sensor drone-based systems provide concurrent visual, hyperspectral, and laser remote sensing for research. United States $100K - [**Kray Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kray-technologies) Kray Technologies is a Ukraine-based company founded in 2015, specializing in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) f United States $100K - [**LakeHawk Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lakehawk-technologies) Drones without the FAA. United States $85K - [*HL* **Hephaestus Limited**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hephaestus-limited) Hephaestus manufactures commercial unmanned aerial systems intended for civil applications. United States $25K ### Drone delivery 5 startups · $23M raised - [**DYNAMIC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dynamic-aerospace-systems) Dynamic Aerospace Systems designs and manufactures UAVs and drone systems for logistics, security, and mission-critical uses. United States $15M - [*DN* **DronePort Network**](https://millionrounds.com/company/droneport-network) DronePort Network focuses on autonomous drone services ecosystem, including delivery and infrastructure development. United States $3.6M - [**Drone Express**](https://millionrounds.com/company/drone-express) Drone Express is a full-service logistics company that uses airborne autonomous drones for local package delivery. United States $2.7M - [*DD* **Drone Delivery Systems Corporation DBA AirBox Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/drone-delivery-systems-corporation-dba-airbox-technologies) Creative innovations for autonomous secure package delivery. United States $980K - [**Aedilic**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aedilic) Aedilic is a transportation service provider offering Storage services with drone delivery. United States $500K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in United States. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in drones, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **Drones market map** 185 startups · 6 segments · $8.4B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/drones-market-map)[Market map · Europe **Drones market map: Europe** 77 startups · 6 segments · $4.4B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/drones-europe-market-map)[Investors map **Who invests in drones** 69 investors · 4 segments](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/drones-investors-map)[Raised in 2026 **Drones startups that raised in 2026** 52 startups · 6 segments · $3.6B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/drones-raised-2026-market-map)[New wave **New drones startups, founded 2020 on** 45 startups · 4 segments · $1.5B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-drones-startups-market-map)[Market map · United Kingdom **Drones market map: United Kingdom** 12 startups · 3 segments · $1.9B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/drones-united-kingdom-market-map) ## Who backs drones? 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