Red Cat closes acquisition of Apium Swarm Robotics
Red Cat acquired Apium Swarm Robotics, which continues developing multi-agent autonomy for drones and uncrewed surface vessels.
Evidence notes
- Apium will operate as an independent Red Cat company, continuing to develop and scale its multi-agent autonomy architecture for integration across Red Cat’s Family of Systems.
- Apium successfully demonstrated autonomous multi-agent missions using Red Cat’s drones at the Army’s 2025 ACM-UAS Industry Day and Red Cat’s Innovation Day in February 2026.
Company context
Red Cat is a drone technology company focused on small unmanned aircraft systems for defence, public safety and government users. Its portfolio includes tactical drone platforms and related unmanned systems businesses.