Official Website: Teal Drones
source confidence: Medium status: Useful updated 2026-08-11
Summary
Teal Drones' website (and the Red Cat press releases hosted on it) describe Teal as a Salt Lake City sUAS maker and a Red Cat Holdings subsidiary, centered on the Black Widow reconnaissance drone and the U.S. Army SRR Program of Record.
Useful Claims
- The homepage banner states Red Cat's next-generation Teal system will be the Army's Program of Record SRR sUAS; per Red Cat SRR Production Selection, Red Cat announced production selection as the SRR winner on November 19, 2024.
- George Matus is named as Teal's founder and Red Cat's CTO — not present in this homepage capture.
- Red Cat is described as operating two subsidiaries — Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace — with a "Family of Systems" including Black Widow, TRICHON, and the NDAA-compliant FANG FPV line — not present in this homepage capture.
Verbatim
"Teal Drones leads the way in sUAS innovation, providing cutting-edge solutions to the U.S. military and its allies. Manufactured in Salt Lake City, UT, Teal's defense and security-focused systems are designed for success in modern operational environments, offering open, modular, and interoperable solutions." — Home page, heading
"Red Cat's next generation Teal system will be the Army's Program of Record SRR sUAS, concluding the rigorous, multi-tranche competitive process" — Home page, SRR announcement banner
"The test demonstrated that the Black Widow™ drone, currently part of the U.S. Army's Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program of record, can navigate in GPS-denied conditions using Palantir's visual-based navigation software." — Home page, news item
Reliability Notes
This is an official company/parent source: reliable for product names, corporate structure, and the fact of the SRR selection, but not neutral for capability superlatives ("most advanced in its class"). The November 19, 2024 press-release date, George Matus founder/CTO attribution, FlightWave subsidiary structure, and TRICHON/FANG product names were not present in this homepage capture and need corroboration from Red Cat press releases. Quantities (~5,880 systems), contract value (>$250M), revenue figures, and Air Force/NATO opportunities come from secondary trade press and Red Cat financial disclosures and are date-sensitive. Corroborated against army.mil reporting on SRR Tranche 2 production.