Provenance and entity status,
engineered in — not retrofitted.
Dronehub is built for procurement environments where supply-chain provenance and entity status are gating requirements, not preferences. The signals below are structural — engineered into the company from incorporation and into the hardware from the bill of materials up — not retrofitted after the fact.
In plain English
What does compliant by design mean here?
It means the gating requirements of defense procurement — entity status and supply-chain provenance — were designed into Dronehub from incorporation and into the hardware from the bill of materials up, rather than patched after an award. Compliance with the NDAA covered-UAS and covered-entity provisions (Section 848 / 889 / 1260H) is engineered upstream in the supply chain.
We distinguish capability and design intent from formal certification. Items that are in scope by design but subject to a programme's own review and timeline are flagged as such — we will not represent them as completed authorisations until they are.
Compliance & supply chain
The provisions your programme office checks during diligence.
Entity eligibility and statutory supply-chain provenance, structured into the company and the hardware from inception. Each line below is verifiable on request.
US-owned
Dronehub Inc. is a US small business, fully US-owned through the founder's EB1A approval. Federal awards route to a US entity, not a foreign subsidiary.
SBIR/STTR-eligible
Eligible to compete as a small-business prime across SBIR/STTR pathways (DoD, NASA, DHS, DoE) and adjacent federal innovation programmes (AFWERX Open Topic, DIU CSO).
Section 848 / 889 / 1260H compliant by design
Compliance with the NDAA covered-UAS and covered-entity provisions is engineered upstream in the supply chain, not patched after award.
Zero components from China or sanctioned states
No components sourced from China, Russia, Iran, or any sanctioned state. Non-adversarial, NATO-allied supply chain with traceable bill-of-materials provenance.
Sovereign EU + US footprint
Sensitive hardware is produced in Europe within the Aviation Valley aerospace cluster (Jasionka production line), under a non-adversarial supply chain — for buyers who cannot ship sensitive bills of materials to adversarial jurisdictions.
Credentials & programmes
Funded by Europe's most rigorous agencies.
A funded R&D track record with the agencies whose vetting bar is the same one downstream customers apply.
Six-plus funded R&D programmes
Funded R&D with Europe's most rigorous agencies — the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Defence Agency (EDA), EUSPA, and the European Commission.
European Defence Agency — 98/100
Scored 98/100 on the CBRN counter-UAS programme, as the first startup to work directly with the EDA.
Patent-pending IP
Patent-pending IP across charging stations, docking systems, package logistics, and counter-UAS.
Positioned for, not yet claimed
We distinguish capability from certification.
The following are in scope by design but are subject to the relevant programme's own review and timeline. We will not represent them as completed authorisations until they are.
Blue UAS eligibility
In scope by design, subject to formal DIU program review. We will not represent it as a completed authorisation until it is.
Capability statement & past-performance brief
Maintained and available on direct request to qualified program offices, primes, and integrators.
Verifiable on request
Diligence is half-done before the kickoff meeting.
Federal-registration identifiers (SAM.gov UEI, CAGE code) and the current capability statement are available to qualified program offices, primes, and integrators on request. Tell us who you are and what you're evaluating, and we'll return the credentials package.