{"city":"Virginia Beach","name":"DroneUp","slug":"droneup","facts":[{"date":"2026-06-01","type":"setback","value":"Growth stalled; Virginia public-funding agreement ended in 2025 and expected job and training-center targets were not met","source":"whro.org"},{"date":"2025-10-20","type":"product_launch","value":"ATOMx digital airspace management platform for regulatory authorities","source":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-14","type":"product_launch","value":"Uncrew autonomous operations management platform for drone fleets","source":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-01","type":"pilot","value":"Additional drone test missions in Johnstown scheduled for October 13–24","source":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-01-30","type":"partnership","value":"North American cargo-services partnership with Volatus Aerospace","source":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-01-01","type":"partnership","value":"Teaming and operations-service agreement with Volatus Aerospace for North American common-carrier cargo services","source":"droneup.com"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"Virginia","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"DroneUp develops and operates commercial cargo and delivery-drone systems, including certified cargo drones, autonomous delivery lockers, winch systems, and FAA-authorized BVLOS delivery operations.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":44,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":4,"position":4,"progress":4,"firepower":4,"commercial":3,"deployment":4,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-07-28","header":"DroneUp announced ATOMx, a live air-domain-awareness platform for low-altitude airspace.","outlet":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-20","header":"ATOMx provides real-time airspace monitoring and digital approval workflows for drone operations.","outlet":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-20","header":"ATOMx integrates automated threat mitigation and Counter-UAS capabilities into airspace management.","outlet":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-20","header":"DroneUp introduced ATOMx, a digital airspace management platform for regulatory authorities.","outlet":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-14","header":"DroneUp launched Uncrew, an autonomous operations management platform for drone fleets.","outlet":"DroneUp"},{"date":"2025-10-14","header":"DroneUp has conducted as many as 500 drone flights in a single day.","outlet":"DroneUp"}],"website":"droneup.com","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Drones & aerial","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:16:48.240585+00:00","facts_total":41,"positioning":"DroneUp is a U.S. drone-operations and technology company focused on autonomous aerial delivery, airspace management, and related UAS services. It obtained FAA Part 135 air-carrier authority in Dec-24 and announced a Jan-25 teaming agreement with Volatus Aerospace for North American cargo services, but Walmart ended its contract and investment in Dec-24, while 2026 reporting indicates stalled growth and terminated public incentives. The open question is whether DroneUp can convert regulatory capability and software products into independently verified, paid deployments after losing its anchor customer.","sub_category":"Drones & aerial","signals_total":40,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/droneup","title":"DroneUp · robotics, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"DroneUp develops and operates commercial cargo and delivery-drone systems, including certified cargo drones, autonomous delivery lockers, winch systems, and FAA-authorized BVLOS delivery operations. Robotics watchlist (score 44) 40 signals and 41 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}