X-Drone
Ukrainian maker of AI-enabled FPV and loitering drones, interceptors, and a swarm operating system (DeepSky AI).
X-Drone is a Ukrainian drone maker, founded in 2022, that builds a full line of uncrewed aircraft around its own autonomy software. Its catalogue spans cheap enterprise FPV drones (the DroneX, sold in frame sizes from seven to thirty inches), a reusable mid-range UAV (the AeroPhantom), and a longer-range loitering aircraft (the SkyPatrol, advertised at around 100 kilometres), alongside control hubs and a multi-drone “hive” platform — the products marketed with AI target recognition, anti-jamming, and thermal night capability.
Tying the range together is DeepSky AI, the company’s proprietary operating system, which it describes as combining computer vision, large language models, autonomous navigation, and swarm coordination. The firm presents itself as combat-tested on Ukrainian battlefields and says it has more than 20,000 active drones across ten or more countries, with a Series A round open; those are company figures and have not been independently verified.
In May 2026 X-Drone joined a consortium led by the swarm-software company Swarmer , supplying drones and interceptors alongside Norda Dynamics and Kara Dag Technologies to build a deployable counter-drone system. In that announcement the partners said X-Drone had delivered more than 70,000 unmanned systems to the front — a larger number than the company’s own site claims, and one worth treating as a promotional figure rather than an audited count.
- Stack
- computer-vision
- ai-targeting
- edge-autonomy
- swarm
- Collaboration
- dual-use
Products
Drones
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DroneX
Enterprise FPV drone in 7, 10, 15, and 30-inch frames, marketed with AI target recognition, anti-jamming, and thermal/night capability (from ~$850).
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AeroPhantom PD15
Reusable 15-inch carbon-frame UAV with a stated 30 km range and 6 kg payload.
Missiles & loitering munitions
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SkyPatrol
Long-range loitering UAV — stated ~100 km range, up to ~130 km/h, 2.5-6 kg payload.
Software
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X-Hive
A multi-drone platform that operates up to five 7-10-inch drones for several days of autonomous operation.
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DeepSky AI
The company's proprietary operating system combining computer vision, large language models, autonomous navigation, and swarm capability.
Sources
- www.x-drone.tech/ (2026-06-01) — Official site — founded 2022; the DroneX / SkyPatrol / AeroPhantom / X-Hive product line and the DeepSky AI operating system; self-stated metrics (20,000+ active drones, 10+ countries, 300% YoY growth, Series A open). Product specs and figures are company-stated.
- getswarmer.com/news/swarmer-to-lead-development-of-a-deployable-drone-interceptor-system/ (2026-06-01) — Swarmer press release — X-Drone contributes drones and drone-based interceptors to the May 2026 consortium; states 70,000+ unmanned systems delivered and a ~1/400th-of-a-Patriot cost claim (company-stated, not independently verified; note this is larger than the "20,000+ active drones" figure on X-Drone's own site).
- thedefender.media/en/2026/05/swarmer-partnership/ (2026-06-01) — Independent trade-press write-up of the four-company consortium.