Teal Drones Timeline

Events

• 2026-07-30 - Contract Award - Red Cat receives $2.49m U.S. Air Force order for Black Widow systems - Red Cat’s Teal Drones subsidiary received a $2.49m firm-fixed-price U.S. Air Force contract for Black Widow small UAS, training, batteries, spares and support. The order includes train-the-trainer support, batteries, spares and shipping. Contract delivery is… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2026-07-29 - Demonstration - Red Cat validates five partner integrations on Black Widow and Teal 2 - Black Widow testing covered Hoverfly NEXUS communications extension, Safe Pro AI threat detection on collected imagery and Palantir vision navigation in simulated GNSS-denied conditions. Teal 2 testing covered Vigilare TitanOps voice and text commands, scene… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2026-05-21 - Contract Award - Red Cat to deliver Black Widow drone systems under Japan Ministry of Defense contract - Red Cat issued a corrected release for its Japan Ministry of Defense / JGSDF Black Widow contract. The corrected release states that each system includes Black Widow aircraft, the WEB ground control station and other mission-critical components. Red Cat said… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2026-04-02 - Contract Award - Red Cat secures Black Widow orders from NATO ally - A NATO ally selected Red Cat's Black Widow sUAS through a competitive tender in March 2026. Delivery of an undisclosed number of systems is scheduled during calendar year 2026. The contract was facilitated through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2026-02-02 - Contract Award - Red Cat secures Black Widow orders from Asia-Pacific ally - An unnamed Asia-Pacific ally selected Red Cat's Black Widow sUAS through a competitive tender in December 2025. Delivery of an undisclosed number of systems is scheduled during calendar year 2026. This was the second Asia-Pacific allied nation to recently… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2025-10-27 - Demonstration - Red Cat completes Palantir VNav flight test on Black Widow - The flight test used Palantir Visual Navigation to guide Black Widow from onboard imagery in simulated GPS-denied conditions. Black Widow completed the test after its acceptance into the Army Short Range Reconnaissance programme of record. Red Cat described… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2025-10-14 - Partnership - Redwire and Red Cat pair Black Widow with Stalker for Army echelon concept - The concept uses Edge Autonomy's Stalker Group 2 fixed-wing VTOL aircraft as a carrier, launch platform, and communications relay for Black Widow. That architecture links a longer-endurance Group 2 aircraft with a deployable Group 1 reconnaissance system.… - source: rdw.com
• 2025-09-11 - Regulatory - Red Cat Black Widow approved for NATO NSPA catalogue - Catalogue inclusion lets NATO member nations and eligible partners procure Black Widow through NSPA-managed channels. NSPA provides a multinational acquisition route without requiring each buyer to establish a separate procurement framework. Teal Drones… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2025-08-18 - Partnership - Lantronix Open-Q 5165N powers Red Cat Black Widow drones - Lantronix had begun production shipments of Open-Q 5165N modules for Black Widow when it announced the design win. The module is built around Qualcomm QRB5165 compute and provides onboard edge-AI processing. Lantronix described the module as TAA- and… - source: lantronix.com
• 2025-02-24 - Regulatory - Red Cat Black Widow and Edge 130 selected as Blue UAS Refresh winners - Black Widow and Edge 130 were included in a refresh cohort covering 23 platforms and 14 unique components. Selected systems proceed through NDAA verification and cybersecurity review for potential Blue UAS List or Framework inclusion. The pathway is designed… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 2024-12-16 - Partnership - Red Cat partners with Palantir for Black Widow visual navigation and Warp Speed - Palantir Visual Navigation uses onboard camera imagery to estimate position when satellite navigation is unavailable or degraded. The agreement also covers Palantir Warp Speed, a manufacturing operating system intended to support Black Widow production. The… - source: redcat.red
• 2024-11-19 - Contract Award - Red Cat wins U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program of Record selection - The Army decision concluded a competitive evaluation conducted across multiple SRR tranches. Black Widow is delivered with the WEB ground-control system for short-range reconnaissance missions. Red Cat said the programme decision shifted its focus to ramping… - source: redcat.red
• 2024-10-14 - Product Launch - Red Cat introduces ARACHNID family of small ISR and precision-strike systems at AUSA 2024 - The family spans Black Widow, Edge 130, FANG, and the WEB ground-control system for platoon- and company-level missions. WEB provides a common command interface across the family, linking reconnaissance aircraft and precision-strike systems into one… - source: redcat.red