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ALTI Unmanned

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altiunmanned.com

ALTI aircraft take off and land vertically on electric lift rotors, then transition in mid-air to autonomous fixed-wing waypoint flight for long-endurance missions. Hybrid variants fly up to 12 hours per flight; the 2025 all-electric Transition e-VTOL delivers 3+ hours endurance at full payload with a 100 km range. Aircraft carry gimballed EO/IR and photogrammetry payloads for day/night surveillance, anti-poaching overwatch, mapping and inspection, supervised from a single ground control station.

HeadquartersKnysna, ZA
Founded2012
Corporate funding$8M
TeamNot listed
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageStrategic equity (Avnon Group, 2021)
FoundersDuran De Villiers (Founder & Director)
Regions servedAfrica, North America, Middle East
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-21
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinesecurity

ALTI Ascend

  • Smaller VTOL fixed-wing UAS in the ALTI range for security and surveillance missions

    vendor positioning of the Ascend within the ALTI aircraft family

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ALTI Reach

  • Largest VTOL fixed-wing aircraft in the ALTI family (family spans 6-18 ft wingspans)

    vendor positioning of the Reach within the ALTI aircraft family

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ALTI Transition

  • All-electric e-VTOL variant: 3+ hours flight endurance with full payload, 100 km range, 40 km/h cruise speed, 3 m wingspan, operating cost under $10/hour

    vendor-stated performance of the 2025 all-electric Transition e-VTOL

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  • ALTI VTOL family spans 6 to 18 ft wingspans and transitions in mid-air to conventional fixed-wing flight for up to 12 hours per flight (hybrid variants)

    vendor-stated endurance of the hybrid ALTI aircraft family

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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordAvnon Group
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-02-12Announced transition to a fully electric fleet and launched the Transition e-VTOL, the company's first all-electric VTOL UAS; 1,000+ unmanned aircraft shipped to more than a dozen countries since 2012DroneLife
2021-09-10Israel's Avnon Group acquired a substantial equity stake in ALTI ($7.5M), with production remaining in South Africa and a new co-production centre planned in Israel; clients operating in 13 countries at the timedefenceWeb
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Source ledger

5 unique public sources

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Alti to reach new heights following $7.5M acquisition by Avnon GroupsUAS News · retrieved 2026-07-21
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Security and Surveillance Drones: Meet the ALTI AscendDroneLife
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ArgenTech Solutions and ALTI UAS partnersUAS News
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ALTI Unmanned Enters the All-Electric Era with New Transition eVTOL DroneDroneLife
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Equity partner opens new UAV markets for Knysna companydefenceWeb