Facts

• Segment: Autonomy Software
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2013
• Website: https://www.nearearth.aero/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Commercial
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Near Earth Autonomy develops aerial autonomy systems that help uncrewed aircraft take off, fly and land with or without GPS. Its technology supports aerial mobility, inspection and autonomous aircraft operations across industrial and government use cases.

Market context

Near Earth Autonomy supplies autonomy software and sensing systems for drones and uncrewed aircraft.

Facts

• Website: https://www.nearearth.aero/
• HQ: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Founded: 2013
• Segment: Autonomy Software
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2021-06-09 - Strategic investment - $10M - Kaman invests USD 10M in Near Earth Autonomy - source: kaman.com

Investors

• Kaman - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-06-09

Commercial

2 commercial events; 2 contract awards; latest event 2026-03-27

• 2026-03-27 - Contract award - NAVAIR selects Near Earth for uncrewed ship-to-shore autonomy - source: insideunmannedsystems.com
• 2025-04-29 - Contract award - U.S. Army selects Near Earth and Honeywell for autonomous Black Hawk retrofit - source: honeywellaerospace.com

Events

• 2026-03-27 - Contract Award - NAVAIR selects Near Earth for uncrewed ship-to-shore autonomy - The program targets GPS-denied and communications-degraded UAS logistics operations.
• 2025-06-17 - Demonstration - Near Earth completes autonomous AW139 flight for USMC ALC - The aircraft flew without onboard pilot or remote-operator input during the test milestone.
• 2025-04-29 - Contract Award - U.S. Army selects Near Earth and Honeywell for autonomous Black Hawk retrofit - The program retrofits UH-60L helicopters with modular autonomy kits for contested logistics.
• 2021-06-09 - Funding - Kaman invests USD 10M in Near Earth Autonomy - The minority investment gave Kaman a board seat at Near Earth Autonomy.

Team

• Sanjiv Singh - CEO and Co-founder - Founder/CEO leadership connects Near Earth's autonomy stack to CMU robotics and uncrewed aircraft commercialization.
• Marcel Bergerman - Co-founder and COO - COO/founder leadership supports Near Earth's operational path from robotics research to autonomous aircraft systems.

Relationships

• autonomy developer - NAVAIR selected Near Earth Autonomy to develop autonomy for uncrewed ship-to-shore logistics.
• Honeywell International - autonomy retrofit partner - Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell were selected for the U.S. Army autonomous Black Hawk retrofit program.
• Leonardo - AW139 autonomy platform - Near Earth Autonomy completed an autonomous test flight using a Leonardo AW139 helicopter for the USMC Aerial Logistics Connector program.
• Honeywell Aerospace Technologies - autonomy retrofit partner - Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell are teamed on the autonomous Black Hawk logistics retrofit selected by the U.S. Army.
• United States Army - autonomous Black Hawk customer - The U.S. Army selected Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell for an autonomous Black Hawk retrofit logistics solution.

Context tags

• Autonomy software - Stack Layer - Near Earth develops aerial autonomy systems for uncrewed aircraft.
• Drone autonomy platform - Peer Group - Near Earth develops autonomy systems for uncrewed aircraft.
• Autonomous drone operations - Capability - Near Earth enables autonomous takeoff, flight and landing for aircraft.

Customers and deployments

• Contract Status - NAVAIR uncrewed ship-to-shore autonomy contract - 2026-03-27 - NAVAIR - maritime logistics autonomy - NAVAIR selected Near Earth Autonomy to develop autonomy for uncrewed ship-to-shore logistics in con…
• Customer Order - autonomous Black Hawk retrofit selection - 2025-04-29 - U.S. Army - autonomous helicopter logistics - The U.S. Army selected Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell to retrofit UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters w…