{"title":"DJI vs Tekever: Drones & aerial compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/dji-vs-tekever","comparison":"DJI ranks 10 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 92; Tekever ranks 96 with 78. DJI is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology and positioning. Tekever is ahead on leverage. Level on firepower. DJI is based in Shenzhen, China, Tekever in Lisbon, Portugal. DJI: Established. Tekever: Established. DJI is named in 39 signals and Tekever in 4.","companies":[{"name":"DJI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/dji","city":"Shenzhen","country":"China","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"DJI is the dominant Chinese drone maker (~60-77% global share depending on source, ~$3.5B estimated 2024 revenue) shipping millions of units a year, having launched the FlyCart 100 (a 100kg delivery drone) in December 2025 and folded in its Livox lidar subsidiary. Its setbacks are US Covered List/NDAA pressure and an ongoing DC Circuit case. It is the multi-rotor category leader facing a US market-access fight.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":10,"score":92,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":10,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":10},"why":"DJI designs, manufactures and sells consumer and professional drones, including the Avata 360, Neo 2 and Mini 5 Pro, plus related video transmission and swarm systems.","segment":"Drones & aerial","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":39,"facts_total":14},{"name":"Tekever","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/tekever","city":"Lisbon","country":"Portugal","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Tekever is a Portuguese maker of AR3 and AR5 UAS (the AR3 with 10,000+ combat flight hours in Ukraine) serving the UK MoD, EMSA, and the UK Home Office, a confirmed unicorn (May 2025, ~$1.3B valuation) with a GBP 400M five-year UK investment program (OVERMATCH) creating 1,000+ jobs. Its investors include Baillie Gifford, the NATO Innovation Fund, and NSSIF. Revenue is not disclosed (estimated 100-500m).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":96,"score":78,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"TEKEVER builds autonomous unmanned aerial systems for defense, intelligence, surveillance and security missions, operated in the field along NATO borders.","segment":"Drones & aerial","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":4,"facts_total":2}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}