Elevate your industrial operations with ASW—home to American-engineered heavy-lift UAVs built to power your toughest challenges.

Built in the USA. Engineered for Your Toughest Challenges.

Transform your Operations Today

Boost productivity, enhance safety, and achieve unmatched reliability with ASW’s customizable industrial drone solutions. Designed to excel in demanding industries such as mining, large-scale agriculture, infrastructure, and government operations, our heavy-lift drones are built to perform in the toughest environments.

Mission-Driven Engineering™

Industrial
Heavy Lift Drones

Guided by our commitment to Mission-Driven Engineering™, we envision a future where heavy lift drones transform industrial operations and specialized missions. Our focus is on advancing the usability, reliability, and safety of small, unmanned aircraft.

Explore our versatile Multirotor
UAVs Made in the USA

Explore our lineup of NDAA compliant heavy-duty industrial UAV designed to enhance deliveries, improve flight time and reduce operational risk. We take our clients visions and turn them into their working realities.

Commercial Drone Parachute Systems

Pyro Actuated Drone Parachute
Safety System Available Now

Certified and Compliant: Class 9 certified pyrotechnic.

Protect your crew and priceless payloads with our pyrotechnically actuated Class 9 Certified parachute system. Available for integration and purchase today.

Featured Drone News and Company Highlights

Discover California’s trusted resource for heavy lift industrial drones—your go-to hub for the latest news, in-depth insights, and company highlights shaping the future of industrial innovation.

Every mission counts, fly with ASW

ASW was formed in 2015.  Our founders are private flight school owners, collegiate aviation professors, human factors engineers, mechanical engineers, designers, and unmanned systems engineers with UAS experience in both government and civilian sectors.

Takeshi Yoshida in the Aero Systems West Shop, the New CEO for 2025 leading the innovation
An Aero Systems West drone that can fly for about 50 minutes without any weight, and about 20 minutes while carrying up to 70 pounds, on display at a wildfire technology showcase at NASA Ames in Mountain View on April 13, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier

engineering solutions

Design your payload requirements

ASW has extensive experience delivering highly specialized heavy-lift unmanned systems tailored for both civil and government clients. We offer expert solutions designed to meet your specific mission requirements.

Takeshi Yoshida in the Aero Systems West Shop, the New CEO for 2025 leading the innovation

Realizing the KAYAKU Spirit

Safety as a Standard™

With the support of the Nippon Kayaku Company, ASW is working towards becoming the global leader in manufacturing industrial grade drones with a focus on safety system integration.

engineering solutions

Design your payload requirements

ASW has extensive experience delivering highly specialized heavy-lift unmanned systems tailored for both civil and government clients. We offer expert solutions designed to meet your specific mission requirements.

An Aero Systems West drone that can fly for about 50 minutes without any weight, and about 20 minutes while carrying up to 70 pounds, on display at a wildfire technology showcase at NASA Ames in Mountain View on April 13, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier

Customer Testimonials

FAQ

Payloads ranging from precision agriculture sensors to counter-UAS and package delivery systems have been integrated with our aircraft.

Common payloads can be integrated with an off-the-shelf payload tray. For unique payloads, our experienced team can design a bolt-on interface tailored to your mission.

Our aircraft are designed to work with nearly any payload—whether it exists today or will be released years from now.

ASW offers training courses for all of the systems we sell.  In-depth sessions are available for novice operators and those without existing certifications, while short courses are available for more experienced pilots simply requiring familiarity training on their new vehicle. Additionally, currency days with factory certified trainers are available for those who need to log flight time for operational requirements.

In addition to conducting training, ASW has helped multiple sUAS manufactures develop OEM courses to complement their products.  If you have a new system ready for market and wish to offer the best value to your clients, please consider contacting ASW to develop a customized training solution.

 

 

​The team at ASW has extensive experience providing complex unmanned systems to civil and government customers. We can provide expert solutions to meet your requirements. Our services include:

Full Systems Engineering Support

OEM Design, Integration, & Custom Builds

Payload Design

Software Design

Consultation

Yes, through our sister company, PARASAFE

In July of 2021, Aero Systems West, Inc. was acquired by Nippon Kayaku Company. This acquisition further advanced our commitment to enabling UAS flight safety. Nippon Kayaku Company has contributed to UAS safety through the development of high reliability fast deploying parachute safety devices. Through this acquisition, Nippon Kayaku Company and ASW have unified their visions and goals to deliver “Safety as a Standard.”

Parasafe is now available directly through ASW – Safety As A Standard: Introducing the PARASAFE® CA12-01 25kg Parachute Safety System for Drones!

With Accident Protection we’ll repair your drone after any accident, regardless of cause.

All DroneCare Complete customers who have completed their training are eligible for Accident Protection.

We provide hassle-free regular maintenance by aviation experts to keep your drone working well for years

Simply use our pre-paid shipping label; we’ll check every nut and bolt, replace any worn-out parts, and ensure all subsystems are fully upgraded

With our ONE YEAR Limited Warranty, our experienced customer service team will repair any unforeseen issues.

Terms and conditions apply*

Shop Heavy Lift Drones & Components

Unmanned Aerial Systems

Versatile ASW heavy duty industrial multi-rotor drones excel at long range and heavy lifting.

Autopilots

Hex, Pixhawk and Cubepilot.

Cables & Accessories

We help you maintain your drone.

Power Your Mission with Heavy-Lift Drone Solutions Built for Industry

Aero Systems West provides quality aircraft, safety solutions and engineering services for drone service professionals.
Connect with an ASW Expert to Design Your Ideal Drone Solution.

Sales Inquiry

Ready to explore our exceptional products and services? We’re thrilled to connect with you! Just fill out the quick form below, and our dedicated team will promptly reach out to assist you with any questions or inquiries you may have. Let’s embark on an exciting journey together!

Receive the latest news

Looking for fresh content?

We’ll deliver news about new products, sales and exclusive promos. Pretty cool right?