Brooklyn-based autonomous drone maker Easy Aerial has closed a $20 million Series B funding round to scale production and expand global defense deployments, the company said on August 31, 2026. The round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Entree Capital and private US investors.
Betting on persistent aerial ISR
Easy Aerial specialises in autonomous tethered drone systems that draw continuous power from the ground, allowing them to stay airborne for extended intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The company's platforms are marketed to military, government and critical-infrastructure customers for force protection, perimeter security and emergency response, and its systems are NDAA compliant and listed on the Pentagon's Blue UAS clean-list.
Where the money goes
CEO Shahar Abuhazira said the fresh capital will be used to increase manufacturing capacity, support international defense programmes, expand Easy Aerial's global footprint and continue investing in autonomous aerial technologies. The company has expanded manufacturing into Europe over the past year to complement its US production line and win allied government business.
A defense-drone market flush with capital
The raise lands into a defense drone tape running hotter than at any point in the last decade. Investors have poured record sums into US-built unmanned systems ever since Ukraine turned quadcopters and interceptors into daily battlefield hardware, with companies like Anduril and Saronic collecting nine and ten-figure rounds this year. Easy Aerial's raise sits at the more modest end of that tape, but plays into the same tailwind: US defense customers and NATO allies increasingly want tethered ISR and counter-drone tools from suppliers not sitting in China's shadow.
Insight Partners managing director Mike Hayes, who sits on the Easy Aerial board, said the company addresses "a growing need for reliable, mission-ready aerial intelligence without adding operational complexity" and pointed to increasing demand for trusted, US-built drone hardware as governments harden supply chains. Easy Aerial has also joined a wider batch of drone-focused capital events in recent weeks, including South Korean interceptor startup Airbility's roughly $4.7 million Series A and the Virtuix counter-drone trainer contract with the US Army.
Reporting based on coverage from DroneDJ, Business Wire, Defense Daily and Yahoo Finance.