Facts

• Segment: Aerial
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2017
• Website: https://www.inspiredflight.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Inspired Flight builds American-made professional drones for commercial and government users. Its UAVs are designed for demanding applications such as mapping, surveying, thermal inspection and public-sector missions where operators need reliable NDAA-compliant aircraft.

Market context

Inspired Flight is a U. S. -built enterprise drone manufacturer serving customers that need NDAA-compliant, Blue UAS or Green UAS certified aircraft. The IF800 Tomcat gives the company a compact medium-lift platform for high-value payloads.

Products

• IF800 Tomcat

Facts

• Website: https://www.inspiredflight.com/
• HQ: San Luis Obispo, United States
• Founded: 2017
• Segment: Aerial
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2025-08-25 - Series A - $12M - Inspired Flight raises $12 million Series A led by Tri-Valley Ventures - source: inspiredflight.com

Investors

• Other investors - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-25
• Tri-Valley Ventures - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-08-25

American industrial drone manufacturer

Inspired Flight develops American-made industrial UAVs for inspection, mapping, public safety, defence and payload-intensive field operations.

• Target environment: Industrial inspection sites, public-safety operations, mapping missions, defence use cases and infrastructure assets.
• Deployment model: UAV hardware supply through NDAA-compliant drone platforms, payload integrations and enterprise or government channels.
• Customer context: Public agencies, industrial operators, drone service providers, defence users and inspection teams.
• Workflow context: Aerial inspection, mapping, ISR support, payload transport, public-safety response and industrial data capture.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial industrial drone manufacturer with product lines used by enterprise and government customers.
• Market position: U.S. industrial UAV builder focused on secure, payload-flexible drones.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on airspace approvals, payload fit, operator training, endurance, support, weather tolerance and procurement requirements.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes American-made drones, industrial UAVs, public-safety drones, inspection platforms and defence-compliant aerial systems.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2025-12-10 - Partnership - Inspired Flight integrates MicaSense multispectral cameras with IF800 Tomcat - Inspired Flight announced full integration of Eagle NXT's MicaSense camera kits with the IF800 Tomcat and IF1200.
• 2025-11-21 - Partnership - Inspired Flight expands Ascend Engineering partnership for drone software - Inspired Flight expanded its partnership with Ascend Engineering for UAV control, autonomy, and system integration.
• 2025-08-25 - Funding - Inspired Flight raises $12 million Series A led by Tri-Valley Ventures - Inspired Flight secured $12 million in Series A funding led by Tri-Valley Ventures.
• 2025-08-14 - Product Launch - Inspired Flight launches GS-ONE ground control station - Inspired Flight launched GS-ONE, an NDAA-compliant handheld ground control station for commercial, industrial, and government UAS.
• 2024-12-11 - Regulatory - Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat and IF1200A receive AUVSI Green UAS certification - AUVSI granted Green UAS certification to Inspired Flight's IF1200A and IF800 Tomcat platforms.
• 2024-01-11 - Partnership - Inspired Flight and Gremsy launch VIO F1 EO/IR payload integration for IF800 Tomcat - Inspired Flight and Gremsy announced an integrated IF800 Tomcat and Gremsy VIO F1 EO/IR payload package.
• 2023-06-08 - Product Launch - Inspired Flight unveils IF800 Tomcat American-made drone - Inspired Flight unveiled the IF800 Tomcat, a foldable American-made drone for professional and enterprise users.

Team

• Adam Bilmes - Co-Founder and Director of Business Development - Founder row adds company-origin and go-to-market context for Inspired Flight's American-made industrial UAV platform.
• Marc Stollmeyer - Founder and Director of Product and Engineering - Adds technical founder context for Inspired Flight's UAV hardware design, engineering and product direction.

Supply chain relationships

• Gremsy - VIO F1 EO/IR payload supplier compatibility - Gremsy supplies the VIO F1 EO/IR payload integrated with Inspired Flight’s IF800 Tomcat drone.

Relationships

• Gremsy - technology_partner - Gremsy and Inspired Flight collaborated to integrate the VIO F1 thermal-imaging payload with the IF800 Tomcat drone.

Context tags

• Heavy-lift VTOL drone OEM - Peer Group
• Industrial VTOL UAV OEM - Peer Group
• Heavy-lift VTOL operations - Workflow