Near Earth Autonomy develops autonomous flight technologies including safe landing, obstacle avoidance, sense-and-avoid, GPS-denied navigation, and precision landing for aerial logistics. The company supplies autonomy software for purpose-built vehicles such as the KARGO UAV and autonomy technology for Kaman’s K-MAX TITAN. The partnership with Kaman leverages Kaman as the preferred manufacturer of autonomous parts and components. Near Earth’s technology targets both military and commercial logistics applications. The recent capital infusion is intended to accelerate technology development and advance deployment toward an industry standard for autonomous aerial logistics. Near Earth Autonomy is a Carnegie Mellon spin-out that builds autonomous aircraft systems for applications including site inspection, defense, automated cargo delivery and personal transportation (flying taxis). Its leadership and founding team—CEO and co-founder Sanjiv Singh and co-founders Marcel Bergerman, Lyle Chamberlain and Sebastian Scherer—come from Carnegie Mellon’s robotics programs. The company’s technical expertise spans collision avoidance, motion planning, and navigating without GPS to enable safe operation of autonomous drone systems. Boeing’s HorizonX has invested in the company and will partner on future-focused autonomous flight technologies, including urban mobility. The investment includes a financial stake and strategic partnership; the article does not disclose deal size or other financial terms. Near Earth Autonomy aims to apply its autonomy stack across commercial and defense markets.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jun 2022