ORKID 260 VTOL on a military training field
Autonomous drone technologyBuilt + flying today

AI-powered
dual-use
aerial systems.

One modular VTOL platform for ISR, critical infrastructure and precision survey missions—connected beyond the horizon.

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01 / ComplianceNDAACompliant
02 / Endurance150Minutes
03 / Mission range200KM · SATCOM
04 / ConnectivityMultiLink · Encrypted
01 / Why ORKID

The mission changed.
The aircraft should too.

One aircraft.
Multiple mission sets.

Operators should not need separate fleets for intelligence, inspection and mapping. ORKID 260 combines long endurance, VTOL access and an open payload architecture in a single field-ready system.

Designed to close the gap between capable systems and deployable economics.

02 / The platform

Multirole VTOL · Gen II

ORKID
260 VTOL

Long-endurance autonomy engineered for contested, remote and infrastructure-dense environments.

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ORKID 260 VTOL aircraft in dark grey
New additive-manufactured airframe / internal SATCOM architecture
01

Vertical access

Deploy without a runway. Transition to efficient fixed-wing cruise once airborne.

02

Persistent reach

Endurance and multi-link connectivity extend operations far beyond visual line of sight.

03

Mission modularity

One airframe integrates EO/IR, photogrammetry and LiDAR payload configurations.

04

Built to scale

Additive manufacturing accelerates iteration, replacement and distributed production.

03 / Mission portfolio

Eight missions.
One airframe.

Rapidly reconfigure the aircraft around the sensor, data and communications architecture each operation demands.

VTOL aircraft flying through mountain terrain
01 / Defense

Long-endurance tactical ISR

Persistent intelligence across terrain that limits conventional aircraft.

VTOL aircraft monitoring a remote border route
02 / Defense

Border intelligence

VTOL aircraft conducting maritime surveillance
03 / Defense

Wide-area maritime surveillance

Aircraft surveying remote forest terrain
04 / Defense

Counter-illicit trafficking

ORKID aircraft inspecting electrical transmission lines
05 / Industrial

Power line inspection

VTOL aircraft monitoring an energy corridor
06 / Industrial

Oil & gas inspection

Aircraft monitoring wildfire smoke over a forest
07 / Industrial

Wildfire mitigation

VTOL aircraft mapping a wide landscape
08 / Industrial

Long-distance surveying

04 / System advantage

Aircraft + payloads + connectivity

Mission capability
without the compromise.

ORKID integrates best-in-class peripherals around a scalable aircraft architecture—giving operators one system that can evolve with the mission.

SAT / RF / LTE

Bonded communications

SATCOM, cellular and RF links support resilient BVLOS command, control and data transfer.

01
EO / IR / LiDAR

Sensor flexibility

Mission payload configurations for intelligence, detection, inspection and survey-grade capture.

02
AI / EDGE

Onboard intelligence

Edge compute turns the aircraft into a sensing, processing and coordination node.

03
MJF / DIGITAL

Rapid manufacturing

Digital production enables faster iteration and scalable, distributed airframe output.

04
05 / In development

More to be revealed soon

ORKID 260.
And what comes next.

The ORKID 260 is at the center of what comes next: new platforms designed to work together. Development is underway. The full picture is still under wraps.

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Concept illustration of the ORKID 260 coordinating with distant aerial platforms whose designs remain obscured
Concept visualization · Platforms in development
ORKID aircraft operating during field training
06 / Operational proof

Built in the field.
Proven in the field.

ORKID systems are engineered through live operations across demanding terrain, climates and mission profiles.

  • 8+Countries
  • 2Continents
  • 24/7Mission readiness
07 / Company

Western capability.
Built for scale.

ORKID is an aerospace OEM developing affordable, NDAA-compliant autonomous aircraft for defense and commercial operators across the Americas.

01

Additive airframes

Rapid iteration and distributed manufacturing.

02

Open integration

Mission-defined sensors, compute and communications.

03

Dual-use economics

Defense-grade capability supported by commercial scale.

08 / Start a mission

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Defense · Critical infrastructure · Survey

HQ — Orlando, Florida