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Bumblebee

Bumblebee is Perennial Autonomy small quadcopter platform for defense and counter-drone operations. It is used as part of the company AI-enabled unmanned-s...

Facts

Company
Perennial Autonomy
Product type
autonomous_drone
Status
active
Primary capability
defense

About Bumblebee

Bumblebee is a compact quadcopter developed for short-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The aircraft carries day or thermal sensing equipment and can be deployed by small units for local observation, route assessment and target detection. Its portable form supports repeated launch from dispersed field positions.

Perennial Autonomy integrates Bumblebee with its wider software and unmanned-system portfolio, which includes strike and counter-UAS aircraft. Operators use the platform for battlefield sensing and situational awareness before assigning other assets to an identified target. Bumblebee is marketed as an attritable defence system produced for operational military use.

Market context

https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/defense-operations/initial-counter-drone-technologies-look-good, Small-unit and base-defense counter-UAS evaluators, complete_public_profile, JIATF-401 Fort Bragg V1/V2 prototype testing, Prototype assessment, https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/defense-operations/initial-counter-drone-technologies-look-good

Summary

Type: Orchard robot

Core: Crop scouting

Function: Monitoring

Audience: Farmers

Specifications

autonomy_feature
AI-based automated target recognition for terminal lock-on in V2
battery_endurance_min
About 20-25 minutes depending on velocity
payload_sensors
Updated camera system with improved gimbal rotation and three cameras on V2 prototypes
system_type
Quad-rotor hard-kill counter-drone capability
tested_range_m
900 m
version_status
Version 2 prototypes entered JIATF-401 operational assessment at Fort Bragg in April 2026

Operations

Environment
aerial, field_training_range, small_unit_defense
Primary user
defence_operator
Role
counter_uas, short_range_intercept, small_unit_defense
Interaction model
human_supervised, manual_flight, ai_assisted_terminal_lock
Mobility class
aerial_multirotor, portable
Product detail
https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/defense-operations/initial-counter-drone-technologies-look-good, Small-unit and base-defense counter-UAS evaluators, complete_public_profile, JIATF-401 Fort Bragg V1/V2 prototype testing, Prototype assessment, https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/defense-operations/initial-counter-drone-technologies-look-good

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