Inspired Flight

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

• IF1200
• IF800 Tomcat

Facts

• Website: https://www.inspiredflight.com/
• HQ: San Luis Obispo, United States
• Founded: 2017
• Segment: aerial robotics and drones
• 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. The integration supports Altum-PT, RedEdge-P, and RedEdge-P Dual sensors through the Smart Dovetail Interface. The kits provide native power, dat…
• 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. The collaboration supports Inspired Ground Control, mission planning, in-flight management, payload integration, and NTRIP connectivity. The pa…
• 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. The funding will support new product releases and scaling of American drone manufacturing. Inspired Flight cited IF800 Tomcat, IF1200, payload integrations, Inspired Suite, an…
• 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. GS-ONE integrates with IF800 Tomcat and IF1200 with a 7-inch 2000-nit touchscreen, hot-swappable batteries, and 6 miles of range…
• 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. The certification expands the Green approved list for public safety, critical infrastructure, mapping, and survey operations. Green UAS certification provides a civ…
• 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. The VIO F1 includes a 4K zoom sensor, 640x512 radiometric FLIR Boson thermal camera, laser rangefinder, and AI tracking. The package targets inspection, l…
• 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. The aircraft was positioned around compact transport, payload flexibility, and deployment in mapping, inspection, and industrial workflows. The la…

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