Harris Aerial LLC

Harris Aerial LLC, a Florida-based manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems, supplies heavy-lift industrial drones, custom payload integration services, and drone engineering to the Department of Defense and related federal agencies as a prime contractor (57% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor (43%) providing equipment to primes. The company competes on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis across all recent prime awards.

Harris Aerial specializes in Group-II unmanned aircraft systems — principally its proprietary Carrier H6 and H6 HL drone platforms — along with related accessories, sensor payloads, training, and engineering updates for government applications. The company's federal work centers on intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and infrastructure inspection missions. Representative prime work includes a $695 thousand Other Transaction Agreement awarded by DOD's Washington Headquarters Service in July 2021 to develop a prototype solution for screening and approving commercial small unmanned aerial systems for onboarding (completed February 2023); a $172,842 firm fixed-price purchase order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in August 2023 for supply and delivery of an H6 drone package and parts to the Huntington District Geospatial Section; a $114,260 sole-source purchase order from the Naval Air Warfare Center in December 2022 for one Carrier H6 HL drone with accessories and training; and a $128,957 purchase order from the Department of the Air Force Reserve Command in September 2025 for Phase One payload integration into an unmanned aerial vehicle system.

Customer concentration is diffuse across defense sub-agencies. The top five funding entities by award count account for 86% of recent awards, but the dollar picture is anchored by DOD's Washington Headquarters Service (1 award, $695 thousand combined potential value, representing 53% of total potential value across all awards). The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research placed 2 awards ($89 thousand combined), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers placed 2 awards ($185 thousand combined), and the Naval Air Warfare Center and the Navy's Information Warfare Systems Command each placed 1 award. Harris Aerial also fulfills six task orders under the Special Operations Equipment — Tailored Logistics Support vehicle through Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., its primary subcontract anchor; these sub awards (placed between December 2023 and August 2024) involve supply of Carrier H6 HL drones, Blue UAS 2.0 cleared packages, and specialized sensor systems.

Activity shows modest growth — two awards in 2022 and 2023, five in 2024, two in 2025, and one in early 2026 — with a combined potential value of $1.3 million across fourteen total awards (eight prime, six sub). The most recent prime award (April 2026) was a $22 thousand battery rack assembly for Carrier H6 and HX8 systems awarded by the Office of Naval Research. Harris Aerial's federal footprint reflects consistent engagement with Navy platforms and Army Corps geospatial operations, with no recompete cliff concentration visible in the source data.

Harris Aerial specializes in manufacturing custom, heavy-lift drones capable of carrying a multitude of payloads for numerous applications, including agricultural spraying, professional cinematography, geo-spatial surveying, search and rescue, thermal and hyperspectral imaging, and emissions sensing. Fitted with the best components on the market, our heavy-lift drones are manufactured in-house in the United States of America. Advanced CNC (computer numerical control) machining and various 3D printing capabilities allow for unique application-specific modifications. The cutting-edge and open-source technology at our core enables us to deliver rapid on-site deployment and centimeter-level accurate autonomous flight.

Additionally, we offer consultation and training so our client's can achieve successful integration into their current or prospective business models.