DUKE Robotics Corp

Duke Robotics, previously named Unlimited Aerial Systems and later UAS Drone Corp, specializes in drones for military applications. It is incorporated as a U.S. company in the State of Nevada and has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but its main headquarters is in Israel. It was established in 2014 by Israeli military veterans and reservists for the purpose of developing a lightweight killer drone for the Israeli military.

Duke’s flagship product is the TIKAD, an octocopter drone that can be armed with an assault rifle, machine gun, sniper gun, or grenade launcher. The Israeli military ordered an unknown number of TIKAD drones in in 2017, and Duke used this acquisition to publicly unveil the drone. A year later, the Israeli Ministry of Defense released a video showcasing "new and future military technology," including footage of testing or training with the "Duke multirotor drone outfitted with light weaponry."

In 2021, Duke partnered with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, “for the global marketing and sales, and the production and further development” of the TIKAD drone. This collaboration gave rise to Birds of Prey, an Elbit Systems product that uses Duke's stabilization technology to mount weapons on multiple types of drones, converting them into killer drones. Under their collaboration agreement, Elbit Systems pays royalties to Duke for every sale of a Birds of Prey system.

In 2025, the Israeli military revealed that it has been using Birds of Prey drones in the Gaza Strip. The video shows an Elbit Systems Thor quadcopter outfitted with a Barrett REC10 sniper rifle using Duke’s technology. The Israeli military has extensively used killer quadcopters as part of its 2023-2025 genocidal war on Gaza, including to target civilians and children.

Duke has been trying to market its system in the U.S. to military and law enforcement agencies, hoping that U.S. contracts would later lead to adoption by other NATO countries. The company is also trying to popularize use of its civilian product, the IC Drone, designed to clean electric utility insulators in infrastructure facilities. The Israel Electric Corporation has been contracting Duke for the IC drone since 2022. In 2025, Duke set up a subsidiary company in Greece, Duke Robotics Hellas I.K.E., to market the IC Drone in Europe.