Flyby Robotics
American-made programmable drones with accessible onboard AI compute for industrial, public-safety, and defense missions.
The product
Flyby Robotics designs and assembles the F-11T and F-11S programmable unmanned aircraft. The platforms pair NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX compute with ArduPilot, dual-RTK positioning, modular data and power interfaces, and support for optical, thermal, LiDAR, and customer-supplied payloads.
The thesis
American drone supply is dominated by Chinese-made DJI hardware, which is a strategic vulnerability. A US-engineered, US-assembled drone platform with serious onboard compute is one of the clearest reindustrialization-meets-defense plays at the small-airframe scale.
How it runs
Flyby sells ready-to-fly F-11 aircraft directly to operators and gives developers access to the onboard GPU, flight controller, documentation, SDK, sensor interfaces, and payload connections for custom integrations. The company offers NDAA-compliant configurations and supports payload and machine-learning application customization.
How it earns
Direct sales of F-11 aircraft, required batteries, controller packages, payload options, and custom configurations or integrations. Flyby's public order page lists the F-11T for purchase and directs buyers to its sales team; it does not disclose margins or recurring software fees.
Why it wins
The F-11 combines a U.S.-assembled airframe and NDAA-compliant supply-chain options with developer-accessible NVIDIA edge compute, an open ArduPilot flight stack, dual-RTK positioning, modular payload interfaces, and ruggedized field deployment.
Evidence ledger
- website · 2026-05-28
Flyby Robotics identifies as a reindustrialization company.
https://www.flybydev.com - web · 2026-10-10
flybydev.com redirects to Flyby's current canonical website at flybyrobotics.com. Flyby presents the F-11T and F-11S as made-in-USA aircraft with NDAA-compliant configurations available. The F-11 Series includes accessible NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX compute, ArduPilot flight control, payload data ports, and multiple power ports. Flyby identifies ISR, photogrammetry, image capture, data collection, research and AI, and public safety as current F-11 mission areas. Flyby states that developers can deploy their own machine-learning models and customize sensor integrations on the F-11 platform. The F-11S supports an EW-resistant command-and-control link.
https://www.flybyrobotics.com/ - web · 2026-10-10
Flyby directly offers the F-11T for purchase through its sales contact. The F-11T purchase package includes a controller, battery charger, and portable drone case, while batteries are sold separately. Flyby markets the F-11T to AEC, enterprise, and industrial operators.
https://www.flybyrobotics.com/order - web · 2025-07-04
Flyby describes the F-11 Series as an American-made programmable drone for industrial, public-safety, and defense use cases. The F-11 Series supports NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX compute, dual-RTK positioning, ArduPilot by default, and optical, thermal, LiDAR, or customer-selected payloads. Flyby says the aircraft are assembled in America and offers NDAA-compliant configurations. The specification identifies final assembly in California.
https://www.flybyrobotics.com/documents/Flyby_F-11.pdf
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