Red Cat Launches Red Cat Aerial, Unifying Its UAS Portfolio Under One Brand, and Unveils TRICHON™ Long-Endurance VTOL ISR System at AUSA 2026
Key Highlights
- ➤Red Cat launches Red Cat Aerial, unifying Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace
- ➤TRICHON unveiled as hand-launched, long-endurance VTOL tricopter for ISR missions
- ➤Red Cat Aerial portfolio now includes Black Widow, FANG, Edge 130, Hellcat and TRICHON
- ➤TRICHON uses proven electronics to target lower-cost ISR deployment at scale
- ➤Blue Ops showcases Variant 7 uncrewed surface vessel at AUSA 2026
Expert Statements
Mitch McDonald, CEO of Red Cat Aerial
“Red Cat Aerial brings together deep engineering experience, proven technology and a shared focus on solving the operational challenges facing today's warfighters”
Mitch McDonald, CEO of Red Cat Aerial
“As one organization, we can build on the strengths across our portfolio and accelerate the development of purpose-built systems for evolving mission requirements. TRICHON is the first example of that approach, combining long-endurance ISR with a proven technology foundation in a platform designed to be fielded in meaningful numbers.”
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) ("Red Cat" or the "Company"), a U.S.-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security, today launched Red Cat Aerial, a newly unified entity that brings the Company's aerial systems, teams and engineering capabilities under a single brand. Red Cat Aerial also unveiled its newest platform, TRICHON™, a hand-launched, long-endurance vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tricopter built for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
Red Cat Aerial combines the teams and technology previously represented by Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace into one organization with one public-facing identity. The division's portfolio includes Black Widow™, FANG™, Edge 130, and Hellcat™, now joined by TRICHON. Uniting both businesses gives customers a single point of engagement for Red Cat's aerial systems and gives the division a shared engineering foundation to develop new platforms faster as mission requirements change.
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