Best Drones Companies in Florida, United States
The 63 best Drones companies in Florida, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: XTEND.
Our analysis of 50 Drones companies
$8.9b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Drones companies in Florida
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XTEND Developer of AI-assisted tactical unmanned aerial systems for military use 67News top 18%Funding top 23%Growth top 26%Talent top 28% All 12 signals ▾Newstop 18% Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 26% Talenttop 28% Patentstop 37% Moattop 37% Techtop 45% Innovationtop 48% Producttop 49% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 44% Partnersbottom 35% News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 6 types) · +300% YoY Funding: Raised $60.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $60M | 11 mo ago | Series B | Rubi Liani Co-Founder & CTO | 2018 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+18 | 86 patents Customizable modular robotic platforms for automation, interaction control, and medical assistance | 1 expansion |
| 2 | Hoverfly Tech Designs and manufactures tethered unmanned aerial vehicles 45Innovation top 23%Product top 30%Funding top 37%Moat top 39% All 9 signals ▾Innovationtop 23% Producttop 30% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 39% Techbottom 49% Growthbottom 42% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 29% Newsbottom 20% Innovation: 11 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware Product: 11 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $24M | 10 mo ago | Series B | — | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | 2 job openings · 2 launchs |
| 3 | Drone Aviation Holding Corp Innovating communications and power technologies, enabling connectivity across the data transmission spectrum | $17M | 88 mo ago | Public | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Censys Technologies Manufacturer of UAVs for commercial and government purposes 37Talent top 28%Moat top 38%Innovation top 41%Funding top 45% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Moattop 38% Innovationtop 41% Fundingtop 45% Patentstop 45% Producttop 46% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 28% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 8 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $10M | 1 mo ago | Series A | Payal Chaudhari Co-Founder & COO | 2017 | — | 8 patents Automated network scanning and UDP packet analysis for security monitoring | — |
| 5 | Aeronyde Provider of aerial traffic management solution | $5M | 102 mo ago | Seed | Danny Chung Co-Founder | 2016 | — | 3 patents Centralized UAV fleet operation, maintenance scheduling, and mission management platform | — |
| 6 | Quantum Technology Sciences Sensor based intrusion detection solution | $4M | 148 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1991 | — | — | — |
| 7 | WSGI UAVs and related technologies for commercial and military applications | $2M | 147 mo ago | Deadpooled | Glenn Estrella CEO & President | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Space AG Digital agriculture platform provides solutions for monitoring crop behavior | $1M | 51 mo ago | Seed | Guillermo Vivanco Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WebflowYouTubeSwiper+14 | — | — |
| 9 | Zing Developer of an AI-based autonomous drone delivery management platform | $853K | 11 mo ago | Seed | Ian Annase Founder & CEO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVisa+19 | — | — |
| 10 | Agriculture Intelligence AI-based solutions for measuring and managing agriculture industry | $822K | 33 mo ago | Funding Raised | Matthew Donovan Chief Executive Officer | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Sanswire Provider of UAVs for surveillance to the defense industry | $425K | 184 mo ago | Public | Glenn Estrella CEO & President | 2002 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Undefined Technologies Provider of drone-based urban cargo delivery solutions | $275K | 60 mo ago | Seed | Tomas Pribanic Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 13 | IATech Unmanned systems and sensor technologies for aerospace, agriculture, and environmental applications | $175K | 10 mo ago | Funding Raised | Donald MacArthur Co-Founder & CTO | 2006 | — | — | — |
| 14 | 1st Rescue Limited information available | $100K | 106 mo ago | Deadpooled | William D Meadow CEO & President | 2016 | — | 2 patents Rapid drone-based delivery of emergency medical kits to precise locations. | — |
Top 12 Drones companies in Florida
#1
Series A · Daytona Beach, Florida · founded 2017 · 35 employees$10.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of UAVs for commercial and government purposes. The product line includes BVLOS and VLOS drones. It is equipped with Parrot Sequoia and ADS-B allowing the operator to see the UAVs position in real-time during the flight. Applications are in the areas of agriculture surveying, search and rescue, pipeline monitoring, emergency response, infrastructure inspection, and disaster relief. Its features include a gimbal-mounted camera, collision avoidance sensors, parachute landing system. Applications are in the areas of surveying, rescue, large agriculture plots, and powerline surveying. Aeroscout is a mapping drone ideal for precision agriculture and thermal inspection of energy infrastructure.
- Apr 2026Series A$500K
- Jan 2022Series A$8.3M
- Jul 2020Seed$2M
- May 2017Seed$25K
#2
Series B · Florida, Florida · founded 2018 · 105 employees$60Mraised▾
Developer of AI-assisted tactical unmanned aerial systems for military use. The company provides remotely operated multi-robot systems designed to enhance combat effectiveness and operator safety. Its platforms support various modular payloads and integration with third-party software. The systems offer intuitive control for complex missions and adaptability in dynamic combat environments.
- Jul 2025Series B$30M
- May 2024Series B$40M
- Nov 2021Series A$20M
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$56.2K
#3
Series B · Orlando, Florida · founded 2010 · 49 employees$24.3Mraised▾
Designs and manufactures tethered unmanned aerial vehicles. Its drones are both tethered drones using tether systems, allowing them to be used for continuous surveillance or coverage of long-duration events. The company also builds flight control boards for drones and sells them on a stand-alone basis on its online store.
- Aug 2025Series B$25.3M
- Apr 2022Series B$3.9M
- Aug 2020Series B$10.7M
- Jun 2017Series A$4M
#4
Seed · St. Petersburg, Florida · founded 2018 · 9 employees$852.8Kraised▾
Developer of an AI-based autonomous drone delivery management platform
- Jun 2025Seed$852.8K
#5
Funding Raised · Gainesville, Florida · founded 2006$174.7Kraised▾
Unmanned systems and sensor technologies for aerospace, agriculture, and environmental applications. The company develops technologies for automated uncrewed systems and parts, focusing on aerospace, agricultural automation for livestock and crop production, and environmental monitoring through meteorological sensors and analysis tools. Expertise lies in manufacturing and developing integrated GPS IMU, GPS INS, and orientation sensors suitable for unmanned air, ground, and underwater vehicles, as well as specialized remote sensing. They offer smart IMUs, smart INS, and OEM GPS modules. Taking a systems-level approach, they focus on airframe design and sensor integration to create fully integrated systems. Services include research and development of unmanned systems, perception, and navigation technologies. This is a B2B tech company.
- Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$174.7K
#6
Public · Jacksonville, Florida · founded 2009 · 25 employees$16.7Mraised▾
Innovating communications and power technologies, enabling connectivity across the data transmission spectrum. The company assembles industry-leading, disruptive communications and power technologies. It focuses on businesses or products to which it can apply new and unique spectral efficiency capabilities including signal modulations, antenna, software, hardware and firmware technologies. The company provides LTE Advanced and 5G-NR telecom solutions to network operators and enterprises. It develops revolutionary products within the telecom, satellite and power markets. The company's spectral efficiency capabilities and signal modulation technologies enable future generation networks. It integrates technologies and teams that solve the challenges of carriers implementation of advanced networks. The company provides solutions for wireless network operators, mobile virtual network operators, cable TV system operators, and government and business enterprises. It offers solutions for locations challenged by non-line of sight limitations. The company provides cost-effective, compact and rapidly deployable aerial platforms. It offers full-duplex wireless technologies, embedded hardware a
- Jan 2019Post IPO$2M
- Jan 2019Post IPO$2M
- Aug 2017Post IPO$4M
- Oct 2016Post IPO$3M
#7
Funding Raised · Gainesville, Florida · founded 2020 · 5 employees$822.1Kraised▾
AI-based solutions for measuring and managing agriculture industry. It provides sensor technology solutions for farming. It offers products such as Agroview, Agrosense, and more.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$650K
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$172.1K
#8
Seed · Melbourne, Florida · founded 2016$4.7Mraised▾
Aeronyde provides unmanned aerial vehicles traffic management solutions. It has developed end-to-end hardware and software integrated unmanned aerial vehicle solutions. It also provides remote unmanned aerial vehicle inspection and monitoring solution
- Dec 2017Seed$4.7M
#9
Acquired · Cocoa Beach, Florida · founded 1991 · 29 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Quantum Technology Sciences designs and deploys inground sensor based security solutions to safeguard assets, critical infrastructure, borders and perimeters. As of August 2017, the company's product portfolio includes Quantum Perimeter- A perimeter security and surveillance solution, Quantum SADAR - A security and surveillance solution and Quantum Remote - A remote location security and surveillance solution. Partners include Centremis security, Next gen security, Charter trading and NMR consulting.
- Feb 2014Unattributed$4.4M
- Jun 2009Grant (prize money)$627.8K
- Aug 2008Grant (prize money)$627.8K
#10
Seed · Miami, Florida · founded 2018 · 26 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Digital agriculture platform provides solutions for monitoring crop behavior. It leverages its drones, satellite images, and AI technology to provide crop monitoring solutions. It enables farmers to take real-time decisions, control and optimize resources and manage workers. It stores field data in a single platform that can be retrieved from anywhere.
- Mar 2022Seed—
- Aug 2021Seed$1.2M
#11
Deadpooled · Titusville, Florida · founded 2004$2.1Mraised▾
World Surveillance Group designed and developed unmanned aerial vehicles based on lighter than air (LTA) technology for commercial and military purposes. Its flagship product Argus One is capable of flying at heights of between 10,000-20,000 feet and features a payload capacity up to 30 pounds. It was designed specifically for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions and was claimed to be virtually undetectable by radar, making it ideal for stealth use. The company also used to develop small tactical unmanned aerial vehicles in partnership with Lighter Than Air Systems. As of August 2018, it is defunct.
- Mar 2014Seed$65K
- Mar 2013Seed$100K
- Feb 2012Convertible Debt$500K
- May 2011Seed$1.1M
#12
Seed · Doral, Florida · founded 2018 · 10 employees$275Kraised▾
Provider of drone-based urban cargo delivery solutions. It provides an ion propulsion-powered silent drone technology that generates noise below 70 decibels, for delivery applications. It provides supply chain delivery activities, that include the delivery of online shopping packages, groceries, vital medicines, COVID-19 test kits, and more.
- Jun 2021Seed$275K
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How research on Drones Uav in Florida is moving
A read on the academic research around Drones Uav in Florida — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 258 papers.
- University of Florida113
- Florida International University44
- University of Central Florida25
- Florida State University19
- University of South Florida17
- Aeronautics1→8
- Remote sensing1→4
- Swarm behaviour1→4
- Real-time computing1→3
- Wildlife1→5
- Computer security1→5
- Global Positioning System1→5
- Human–computer interaction1→5
- Computer network1→4
- Computer security1→6
- Aeronautics2→6
- Aviation1→5
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