Beyond Vision
About
About Beyond Vision
Beyond Vision develops autonomous aircraft and fleet software for defence, security, inspection, agriculture and infrastructure work. Its portfolio covers quadcopters, fixed-wing and vertical-take-off platforms with cloud control, automated missions and configurable sensing payloads.
The BVQ418 smart quadcopter carries up to four kilograms, flies for as long as 90 minutes and supports Wi-Fi, cellular and LoRa connectivity. Ground and cloud systems plan missions and manage data across fleets, while partner payloads adapt the aircraft to imaging and surveillance. A 2026 collaboration with Gremsy integrated the VIO gimbal into the BVQ418.
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Products
Operations
Orders & commitments
- Order / commitment
2025-11-03 - Beyond Vision signed a EUR 15 million contract to supply emergency drones to a U.S. customer. - emergency drones - emergency drone supply contract
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Beyond Composite
Inbound - Structural Components - Beyond Composite supplies composite armour integrated into Beyond Vision's armoured UAVs
Source - Portuguese Navy
Outbound - Oem Builders - Beyond Vision won a Portuguese Navy contract to supply six HEIFU multirotor and six VTOne VTOL UAVs with payloads, training and support
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Funding
- 2026-10-22 - Undisclosed round - Beyond Vision raises more than €28M for drone expansion
Beyond Vision raised more than €28 million in a round co-led by Índico Capital Partners and Lince Capital, with participation from existing investor ActiveCap. - source: executivedigest.sapo.pt
Investors
- ActiveCap - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-22
- Índico Capital Partners - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-22
- Lince Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-22
Team
- Dário Pedro - CEO
- Pedro Lousã - COO
- Luís Campos - Chairman
- Hélder Pedro - CFO
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-22 - Funding - Beyond Vision raises more than €28M for drone expansion
Capital supports production capacity, operating infrastructure and international expansion. Research priorities include AI algorithms and additional cloud-management platform functions. Defence, security and critical-infrastructure monitoring are priority markets.
Source - 2026-06-17 - Partnership - Beyond Vision and Gremsy showcase integrated BVQ418 VIO payload solution
Gremsy integrated its VIO visual-and-thermal imaging payload with Beyond Vision's BVQ418 Smart Quadcopter for the Eurosatory showcase. The companies positioned the system for public safety, emergency response, search and rescue, infrastructure inspection and situational awareness. A memorandum of understanding signed on June 16 established joint product-integration, technical-evaluation and testing work.
Source - 2026-02-05 - Product Launch - Paladin launches Knighthawk 2.0 for public-safety response
Knighthawk 2.0 combines more than 40 minutes of flight time with wide, zoom and thermal cameras plus 5G/LTE connectivity. Paladin said the system can reach an incident in about 70 seconds to provide live aerial situational awareness. The launch includes a Beyond Vision partnership combining Paladin's DFR software with NATO-compliant autonomous aircraft.
Source - 2025-11-03 - Contract Award - Beyond Vision signs EUR 15M U.S. emergency-drone contract
The agreement covers 300 emergency-response drones through 2028 for a US customer. Beyond Vision planned deliveries of 50 aircraft in 2026, 100 in 2027 and 150 in 2028. The docked aircraft were described with 40 minutes of endurance, daylight and thermal cameras, and a 1.5 kg payload capacity.
Source - 2025-10-24 - Demonstration - Beyond Vision demonstrates BVQ418 drone autonomy at REPMUS
Beyond Vision tested a magnetic-anomaly-detection payload on BVQ418 for identifying submarines and mines without relying on sonar. The exercise also tested ISR camera payloads for distinguishing moving objects and providing real-time operational imagery. Beyond Vision integrated next-generation communications antennas to improve connectivity and resilience during maritime operations.
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Relations
Relationships
- Gremsy
Vio Multi Sensor Payload - Gremsy and Beyond Vision signed an MoU after integrating the VIO payload with the BVQ418 UAV.
- Arcanus Aerial Systems
Partner - Arcanus and Beyond Vision signed a binding term sheet for proposed Canadian UAV manufacture, commercialization and support.
- Paladin
Autonomous Aircraft Partner - Paladin and Beyond Vision combined Paladin's DFR system with NATO-compliant autonomous aircraft for Knighthawk 2.0.
Context
Comparable profiles
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Shared workflows
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
Context tags
- Aerial inspection - Workflow - Profile classification from source-backed platform, component, customer, or workflow evidence.
- Public-safety drone builder - Peer Group - Profile classification from source-backed platform, component, customer, or workflow evidence.
- Commercial drone OEM - Stack Layer - Profile classification from source-backed platform, component, customer, or workflow evidence.
- Drone Payload Integration - Stack Layer - Profile classification from source-backed platform, component, customer, or workflow evidence.
Commercial
- Beyond Vision signs EUR 15M U.S. emergency-drone contract
2025-11-03 · Order / contract · Beyond Vision signed a EUR 15 million contract to supply emergency drones to a U.S. customer.
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