Vision Aerial
About
About Vision Aerial
Vision Aerial builds field-deployable aircraft around interchangeable sensing and data workflows. SwitchBlade-Elite folds into a compact tricopter package, Vector serves longer or heavier missions, and the Vulcan family adds larger multirotor configurations. Payload choices include optical, thermal, lidar, gas-imaging, multispectral and hyperspectral instruments.
Flight Deck handles mission profiling, planning and execution, while MarkPoint supports in-field documentation for gas-detection work. Training, integration, maintenance and repair services connect the hardware to recurring operations in surveying, utilities, agriculture, environmental monitoring and public safety. Mobix Labs announced an intent to acquire Vision Aerial in June 2026; that disclosure describes a proposed transaction, so the profile does not treat ownership as transferred.
Products
Operations
Facilities & manufacturing
- Production setup
2026-08-31 - Vision Aerial began production of the Vulcan SX and opened Vulcan YX preorders, with initial aircraft moving from its Bozeman factory toward customers. - Vulcan SX at Vision Aerial’s Bozeman factory - Bozeman, Montana, United States
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Observed use
- Vector with Resonon Pika L hyperspectral imaging payload
2023-07-12 - Research Experiment - Mounted - Vector carried a Resonon Pika L hyperspectral camera over Montana State potato plots, with an Ellipse 3D GNSS/IMU and downwelling irradiance sensor.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Teledyne FLIR
Inbound - robotics sensors - Vision Aerial offers a Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R payload option for SwitchBlade-Elite
Source - Sony
Inbound - robotics sensors - Sony ILX-LR1 camera payloads are offered in a SwitchBlade-Elite configuration
Source - Gremsy
Inbound - actuation and motion control - Gremsy G-Hadron gimbals are integrated in Vision Aerial's SwitchBlade-Elite Hadron 640R configuration
Source - Qualcomm
Inbound - Compute & Control - SwitchBlade-Elite's Hadron 640R payload configuration incorporates a Qualcomm 5165RB edge-computing chipset
Source - Gremsy
Inbound - actuation and motion control - Gremsy Pixy LR gimbals are installed in the SwitchBlade-Elite Sony ILX-LR1 configuration
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Team
- Shane Beams - Founder and CTO - Leads technical direction for Vision Aerial industrial drone platforms.
- Shawn Roberts - President and Chief Revenue Officer - Leads revenue and commercial execution for Vision Aerial industrial drone platforms.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-31 - Production Milestone - Vision Aerial starts Vulcan SX production and opens YX preorders
The SX and YX share an architecture and are NDAA-compliant platforms intended for government, infrastructure, energy, public-safety and national-security work. Aircraft are designed, assembled and supported at Vision Aerial's Bozeman headquarters.
Source - 2026-07-24 - Acquisition - Definitive transaction documents replace the Vision Aerial LOI
The transaction is expected to close in the current quarter. Closing remains subject to financing, stockholder approval and customary conditions. Vision Aerial continues to be treated as an acquisition target until ownership actually transfers.
Source - 2026-06-04 - Acquisition - Mobix Labs signs binding LOI to acquire Vision Aerial
Mobix Labs signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Vision Aerial, a Montana manufacturer of U.S.-built drones. The proposed acquisition would add complete aircraft and aerial-intelligence capabilities to Mobix's electronics, connectivity, RF and sensing portfolio.
Source - 2026-02-17 - Product Launch - Vision Aerial launches the Vulcan industrial drone platform
The two variants share a new power and mechanical architecture with field-swappable payload support. Vision Aerial targeted lidar, mapping, inspection and sensor-deployment missions across infrastructure and public safety.
Source - 2024-12-09 - Partnership - RobotLAB adds Vision Aerial drone systems to commercial and government portfolio
RobotLAB expanded its drone portfolio through a partnership with Vision Aerial. The agreement added eight Vision Aerial UAS packages for business, government and education users. The listed systems included surveying, construction, solar inspection and agriculture drone packages.
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Relations
Relationships
- RobotLAB
UAS Portfolio Distribution Partnership - RobotLAB added Vision Aerial UAS systems to its commercial, government and education portfolio through a partnership.
- Mobix Labs
Proposed Acquisition Target - Mobix Labs agreed to acquire Vision Aerial for about $15 million, subject to financing, stockholder approval and closing conditions.