WISPR Systems

WISPR Systems designs and manufactures American-made commercial drones for mapping, surveying, inspection, public-safety and government missions. Its SkyScout 2 family combines RTK/PPK surveying, field-swappable payloads and secure-control configurations.

Facts

  • Segment: Aerial Robotics And Drones
  • Country: United States
  • Website: https://wisprsystems.com/

About

About WISPR Systems

Operating from Batesville, Mississippi, WISPR builds complete aircraft, controllers and payload configurations for professional operators. The company’s own pages conflict on whether it began in 2016 or was co-founded in 2017, so no founding year is asserted here. Its product strategy emphasizes rapid field setup, weather-tolerant operation, modular payloads and domestic manufacturing.

SkyScout 2+ has completed AUVSI Green UAS review and is listed as Blue UAS Cleared, supporting use in regulated government and critical-infrastructure workflows. WISPR also maintains an integration ecosystem around imaging and mapping payloads. Gremsy’s VIO electro-optical and infrared unit is an officially documented integration, extending the platform into inspection, public-safety and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Supply

  • LightWare LiDAR - Inbound - LIDAR - WISPR SkyScout 2 uses LightWare SF000/B LiDAR for collision avoidance - source: lightwarelidar.com
  • LightWare LiDAR - Inbound - LIDAR - WISPR uses LightWare SF20/C LiDAR for terrain following on its drone platforms - source: lightwarelidar.com
  • Gremsy - Inbound - robotics sensors - Gremsy VIO EO/IR payload is officially integrated into WISPR drone platforms - source: gremsy.com

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Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

  • Fly4Future - comparable profile - peer: Commercial Drone Oem
  • Skydio - comparable profile - peer: Industrial Inspection Drone Builder
  • ACSL - comparable profile - peer: Industrial Inspection Drone Builder

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Team

  • Chris Ewing - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Leads WISPR Systems and brought mechanical-engineering and building-systems operating experience to the commercial-drone company.
  • Austin Ratcliffe - Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President - Co-founded WISPR after mechanical, automotive, UAV and ground-robot engineering work and leads operations.
  • Conor Ferguson - Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer - Co-founded WISPR and leads its technical direction after work spanning wireless networks, computing and commercial drone systems.

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