Defense drone and robotic systems manufacturer for U.S. military and government
Red Cat develops American-made drones and uncrewed systems for defense and national security through subsidiaries Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace. The tech stack—Android, Kotlin, Python, C++, ROS, TensorFlow, YOLO, MAVLink—reflects a hardware-software hybrid organization building autonomous systems with edge AI and real-time telemetry. Active hiring (50 roles in 30 days, engineering-heavy) combined with project work on eVTOL development, new product introduction, and QMS implementation signals rapid manufacturing scale-up and compliance-driven maturation.
Red Cat Holdings (Nasdaq: RCAT) is a public defense contractor headquartered in South Salt Lake, Utah, developing small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) and uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) for military, government, and public safety customers. The company operates through wholly owned subsidiaries Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace, producing hardware and software for multi-domain operations across air, land, and sea. At 51–200 employees with manufacturing facilities, Red Cat is scaling production while managing FAA compliance, supply chain optimization, and product reliability in austere environments. Active projects span drone telemetry infrastructure, fleet management APIs, and new eVTOL platforms alongside internal continuous improvement and quality management initiatives.
Red Cat's stack includes Android, Kotlin, C++, Python for software; ROS and MAVLink for drone control; TensorFlow, YOLO, and Mask R-CNN for onboard AI; and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for telemetry and fleet management.
Active projects include eVTOL drone development, new product introduction, drone telemetry ingestion and logging, fleet/device management APIs, environmental stress testing, and quality management system implementation.
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