Our work supports governments and organizations building long-term drone capabilities across research, training, and mission-critical operations.
Purpose-built environments for testing, training, and deploying advanced drone systems.
We design, build, and operate drone parks to global standards, enabling safe experimentation, validation, and the development of new operational and commercial capabilities at scale.
Faculty-led programs covering advanced drone systems, autonomy, and AI-enabled operations.
The Drone Academy delivers high-level coursework in areas such as autonomous swarm software, digital twins, advanced sensing, propulsion, and multi-domain systems, combining applied instruction with cutting-edge research.
Collaborative research programs that connect emerging drone technologies to real-world deployment.
Partners engage directly with a shared research ecosystem, gaining access to expertise, talent, and ongoing work across sensing, autonomy, material science, and infrastructure.
Berkeley Drones is founded and led by faculty from the UC Berkeley School of Engineering, alongside senior practitioners with deep experience in large-scale systems and deployment. The organization brings together some of the world’s foremost experts in drone systems, autonomy, sensing, materials, infrastructure, and digital twins, whose work spans decades of foundational research, experimental validation, and real-world application.
