High Lander
"Supercharge your drones"
Tel Aviv-based drone fleet management and UTM software provider offering Orion DFM and Vega UTM, backed by UAE's EDGE Group.
High Lander is an Israeli technology company headquartered in Tel Aviv that builds software for managing fleets of uncrewed aircraft and for uncrewed traffic management (UTM). The company's two flagship products are Orion DFM, a drone fleet management platform that lets operators plan, dispatch, monitor and analyze missions across multiple drone types from a single interface, and Vega UTM, an unmanned traffic management system designed to give aviation authorities and airspace operators shared situational awareness of both crewed and uncrewed aircraft. High Lander positions Vega UTM as infrastructure for integrating drone operations into controlled and uncontrolled airspace, supporting functions such as flight authorization, conflict detection, and airspace deconfliction for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) missions.
The company was founded by CEO Alon Abelson and CTO Ido Yahalomi. According to Crunchbase, High Lander has completed at least two funding rounds, including a Series A round backed by EDGE Group, the Abu Dhabi-based defense and technology conglomerate, and currently has between 51 and 100 employees. In July 2026, High Lander announced a partnership with Thirdeye to trial ground-based detect-and-avoid technology intended to support BVLOS drone flights, a capability regulators typically require before permitting drones to fly beyond an operator's direct line of sight.
High Lander's customers include commercial drone operators and governmental aviation authorities that need to track, authorize and deconflict multiple simultaneous drone missions. The company markets its platform across use cases such as infrastructure inspection, public safety, and logistics, wherever operators need centralized oversight of distributed drone fleets rather than a single-aircraft ground control station. Its software is cloud-based and supports integration with third-party detect-and-avoid sensors and other airspace-awareness technologies, such as the Thirdeye system referenced in its 2026 partnership.
As of this profile, High Lander does not publicly disclose a specific founding year, detailed street address, or third-party certifications on its website. The company's primary online presence is its official website at highlander.io and a LinkedIn company page; it has not published dedicated X (Twitter), Facebook, or YouTube accounts as of the time of this review. High Lander operates in a segment of the drone industry increasingly shaped by regulatory pushes toward BVLOS operations in countries including the United States, the European Union, and Israel, where authorities are working to define UTM standards that allow drones to operate routinely outside an operator's direct sight line.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
VEGA UTM
Uncrewed traffic management platform giving real-time airspace awareness, flight authorization, geofencing and deconfliction for drones.
ORION DFM
Hardware-agnostic drone fleet management platform with BVLOS control, GPS-loss autonomous landing, object detection and 2D/3D mapping.
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Contact High Lander
WEBSITE
https://www.highlander.io/HEADQUARTERS
Israel
Company Facts
Founded
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Primary Role
Software/Algorithm
Company Size
employees 50-100
Primary Region
Middle East
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Early-Stage VC
Funding Total
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