Black Widow Capabilities

Capability

Remote operation

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Remote operation
  • Workflows: Drone ISR
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment
  • Target markets: Defence customers, public safety agencies and tactical ISR units.
  • Deployment model: Deployed defence product with active procurement programs.
  • GNSS-denied navigation - Demonstrated - 2026-07-29 - Black Widow testing covered Hoverfly NEXUS communications extension, Safe Pro AI threat detection on collected imagery and Palantir vision navigation in simulated GNSS-denied conditions. - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
  • Mapping and photogrammetry - Demonstrated - 2026-07-29 - Reveal Technology conducted repeatability testing for imagery, photogrammetry and 3D mapping, but the release did not identify the Red Cat aircraft used. - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
  • ISR and tactical support - Demonstrated - 2025-10-27 - The release said the test demonstrated GPS-denied navigation on a drone already accepted into the U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance program of record. - source: ir.redcatholdings.com

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