Red Cat receives $2.49m U.S. Air Force order for Black Widow systems - 2026-07-30 - Contract Award - Red Cat’s Teal Drones subsidiary received a $2.49m firm-fixed-price U.S. Air Force contract for Black Widow small UAS, training, batteries, spares and support. The order includes train-the-trainer support, batteries, spares and… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Red Cat validates five partner integrations on Black Widow and Teal 2 - 2026-07-29 - Demonstration - 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. Teal 2 testing covered Vigilare TitanOps… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Red Cat to deliver Black Widow drone systems under Japan Ministry of Defense contract - 2026-05-21 - Contract Award - Red Cat issued a corrected release for its Japan Ministry of Defense / JGSDF Black Widow contract. The corrected release states that each system includes Black Widow aircraft, the WEB ground control station and other… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Red Cat secures Black Widow orders from NATO ally - 2026-04-02 - Contract Award - A NATO ally selected Red Cat's Black Widow sUAS through a competitive tender in March 2026. Delivery of an undisclosed number of systems is scheduled during calendar year 2026. The contract was facilitated through the NATO… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Red Cat secures Black Widow orders from Asia-Pacific ally - 2026-02-02 - Contract Award - An unnamed Asia-Pacific ally selected Red Cat's Black Widow sUAS through a competitive tender in December 2025. Delivery of an undisclosed number of systems is scheduled during calendar year 2026. This was the second… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Red Cat completes Palantir VNav flight test on Black Widow - 2025-10-27 - Demonstration - The flight test used Palantir Visual Navigation to guide Black Widow from onboard imagery in simulated GPS-denied conditions. Black Widow completed the test after its acceptance into the Army Short Range Reconnaissance programme… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Redwire and Red Cat pair Black Widow with Stalker for Army echelon concept - 2025-10-14 - Partnership - The concept uses Edge Autonomy's Stalker Group 2 fixed-wing VTOL aircraft as a carrier, launch platform, and communications relay for Black Widow. That architecture links a longer-endurance Group 2 aircraft with a deployable Group… - source: rdw.com
Red Cat Black Widow approved for NATO NSPA catalogue - 2025-09-11 - Regulatory - Catalogue inclusion lets NATO member nations and eligible partners procure Black Widow through NSPA-managed channels. NSPA provides a multinational acquisition route without requiring each buyer to establish a separate procurement… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Lantronix Open-Q 5165N powers Red Cat Black Widow drones - 2025-08-18 - Partnership - Lantronix had begun production shipments of Open-Q 5165N modules for Black Widow when it announced the design win. The module is built around Qualcomm QRB5165 compute and provides onboard edge-AI processing. Lantronix described the… - source: lantronix.com
Red Cat Black Widow and Edge 130 selected as Blue UAS Refresh winners - 2025-02-24 - Regulatory - Black Widow and Edge 130 were included in a refresh cohort covering 23 platforms and 14 unique components. Selected systems proceed through NDAA verification and cybersecurity review for potential Blue UAS List or Framework… - source: ir.redcatholdings.com
Red Cat partners with Palantir for Black Widow visual navigation and Warp Speed - 2024-12-16 - Partnership - Palantir Visual Navigation uses onboard camera imagery to estimate position when satellite navigation is unavailable or degraded. The agreement also covers Palantir Warp Speed, a manufacturing operating system intended to support… - source: redcat.red
Red Cat wins U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program of Record selection - 2024-11-19 - Contract Award - The Army decision concluded a competitive evaluation conducted across multiple SRR tranches. Black Widow is delivered with the WEB ground-control system for short-range reconnaissance missions. Red Cat said the programme… - source: redcat.red
Red Cat introduces ARACHNID family of small ISR and precision-strike systems at AUSA 2024 - 2024-10-14 - Product Launch - The family spans Black Widow, Edge 130, FANG, and the WEB ground-control system for platoon- and company-level missions. WEB provides a common command interface across the family, linking reconnaissance aircraft and… - source: redcat.red