Established makers

Drone companies

Established drone and unmanned-systems manufacturers and primes worldwide. Each profile cross-references the defense tenders they have won.

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Methodology: established makers — founded before 2021 (more than 5 years ago), or long-operating primes — are listed here; newer firms appear under Startups.

3 companies

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Insitu (Boeing)

EstablishedMaritime UAV

US tactical-UAS maker (founded 1994; a Boeing subsidiary since 2008); the catapult-launched ScanEagle and Integrator / RQ-21A Blackjack shipboard-and-land ISR UAVs, with 1.3M+ operational flight hours.

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Schiebel

EstablishedMaritime UAV

Austrian VTOL UAS maker (founded 1951, Vienna); the Camcopter S-100 rotary-wing maritime/ISR UAV with automated shipboard launch-and-recovery, operated by navies and coast guards across Europe.

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Upteko ApS

SeedMaritime UAV

Danish startup for autonomous shipborne drone operations.