Teal Drones Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-12 - Product Launch - Red Cat unveils TRICHON VTOL ISR drone - Red Cat Aerial combines the two teams and technologies under one public identity. TRICHON combines long-endurance VTOL ISR with an electronics core drawn from technology used by U.S. and allied operators. The new platform joins Black Widow, FANG, Edge 130… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
• 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
• 2025-05-27 - Partnership - Red Cat partners with ESAero for Black Widow manufacturing - ESAero’s vertically integrated facilities cover engineering, design for manufacturing, rapid prototyping, testing and serialized production. The work supports Red Cat’s production ramp for U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance contracts and demand from U.S.… - source: ir.redcatholdings.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