Vantage Robotics builds small reconnaissance drones for United States federal, defense and public-safety buyers, and designs, manufactures and services all of them in one building in San Leandro, California.Vantage Robotics

• What they build

  Trace is a nano drone light enough to sit in a pocket. Vesper is the larger one, carrying dual 4K and thermal cameras on a three-axis gimbal.Unmanned Systems Technology

• Where they stand

  The US Army picked Vantage as one of five suppliers to go forward in its Short Range Reconnaissance Program in August 2026, after a fly-off at Clarke Range that June.Vantage Robotics

• Regulatory status

  Federal buyers can buy both aircraft. Nebraska's secure-drone procurement list, drawn from the federal Blue UAS program, validated the Vesper in August 2022 and added the 153 gram Trace in July 2025.Nebraska DOT

• Who runs it

  Tobin Fisher and Joe van Niekerk founded Vantage Robotics in December 2013 and run it as chief executive and chief technology officer.SEC EDGAR

• Who's backed them

  In February 2025 ideaForge, the Indian drone maker listed in Mumbai, took a strategic stake and entered a development partnership covering nano and micro drones.PR Newswire