Target markets: Defence customers, public safety agencies and tactical ISR units.
Deployment model: Deployed defence product with active procurement programs.
GNSS-denied navigation - Demonstrated - 2026-07-29 - 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. - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
GNSS-denied navigation - Demonstrated - Navigated a reconnaissance mission profile without GPS or human input. - environment: GPS-denied flight-test mission profile - Hardware: Palantir VNav software - Control: autonomous - Conditions: GPS-denied conditions - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Mapping and photogrammetry - Demonstrated - 2026-07-29 - Reveal Technology conducted repeatability testing for imagery, photogrammetry and 3D mapping, but the release did not identify the Red Cat aircraft used. - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
ISR and tactical support - Demonstrated - 2025-10-27 - Black Widow completed the test after its acceptance into the Army Short Range Reconnaissance programme of record. - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
ISR and tactical support - Claimed - 2024-10-14 - WEB provides a common command interface across the family, linking reconnaissance aircraft and precision-strike systems into one operating architecture. - source: redcat.red
ISR and tactical support - Claimed - The Black Widow manual documents real-time EO/IR video, reconnaissance and object tracking. - Control: unspecified - source: tealdrones.com