High Lander Secures $16 Million to Expand Drone Traffic Management
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High Lander, an Israeli company developing software for drone traffic management, has raised an additional $16 million in an extension of its Series A funding round, bringing the total to $30 million. The investment includes participation from UAE's EDGE Group and other international investors. The company is expanding its operations into national security and defense, establishing a new center in the United States. This funding supports High Lander's efforts to manage the growing presence of autonomous systems in low-altitude airspace.
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- High Lander raised an additional $16 million, bringing its total Series A funding to $30 million.
- The funding round included international investors like UAE's EDGE Group.
- The company develops software for managing low-altitude airspace and drone traffic.
- High Lander is expanding its focus to national security and defense applications.
- A new operational center is being established in the United States for North American operations.
High Lander, a software infrastructure developer for low-altitude airspace management, has raised an additional $16 million as an extension of its Series A funding round. The round included international strategic and financial investors, notably the UAE-based EDGE Group, which increased its investment, alongside Protego, STEP, and Kinetica. These investors are expected to provide added value through connections, access to global markets, and links to defense activities in the US and worldwide.
This latest funding brings the total raised in Series A to $30 million, following an initial $14 million. The investment comes at a time when countries are intensifying efforts to manage and monitor drone activity in low-altitude airspace. In Israel, regulatory measures are being advanced to enhance drone monitoring and identification, alongside the establishment of a national civilian authority for near-ground airspace.
High Lander's technology includes a comprehensive software layer for autonomous aerial systems. Its Vega platform manages drone and aircraft traffic in low-altitude airspace, while the Orion platform enables autonomous operation of drone fleets for various missions. The company is expanding into national security and defense with Andromeda, a platform designed to create a unified operational picture in near-ground airspace. Andromeda is built as a hardware-agnostic, open architecture, integrating sensing and effector systems from different manufacturers and enabling collaboration with international partners in detection, classification, tracking, and response.
As part of this expansion, High Lander is establishing a significant operational center in the United States to serve as its North American base. This center will feature control rooms and an advanced testing and demonstration facility for integrations and trials with partner technologies, showcasing operational capabilities and supporting ongoing US projects and deals. Alon Abelson, High Lander's founder and CEO, stated that the company is entering a new phase, leveraging its technological infrastructure to manage autonomous systems in airspace and scaling its operations into new markets, defense sectors, and collaborations with leading global tech players.