Building the Baltics' first owned-and-operated autonomous drone network.
Founded 2026, Tallinn, Estonia. Now deploying in Maardu. Accepting design partners and pilot customers for 2026-2027 network expansion.
From the industrial corridor of Maardu, outward.
Aerion was founded in 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia, with a focused mission: build an autonomous monitoring airspace network across industrial, energy, transport, and public safety infrastructure, beginning with two nodes on Estonia's industrial coast. Maardu, Estonia's largest concentration of fuel terminals, container operations, and manufacturing. Paldiski, the Pakri peninsula port and fuel-terminal hub.
Estonia is uniquely positioned for autonomous aerial services. The country operates the EU's only U-space regulatory sandbox in Tartu, has digital-first government infrastructure, and contains some of Europe's most concentrated industrial corridors per capita. Aerion is built to leverage these advantages while operating under the full European regulatory framework.
We are an owned-and-operated network. We sell continuous aerial intelligence as a subscription. Aerion owns the nodes, operates the fleet, and runs the data pipeline. Customers receive coverage, not infrastructure to manage.
Aerion owns and operates every component of the network: drones, network nodes, operations centers, and the regulatory framework that makes them legal to fly. We don't resell hardware. We don't broker services. We deploy infrastructure we own, and we sell coverage from it.
Two founders. Tallinn-based.
Henry Aduson
Estonian founder. Top 7 at Prototron Spring 2026. Background in Baltic operations and consumer markets, with formative time spent alongside Silicon Valley operators and engineering teams. Leads commercial, regulatory pathway, and Estonian go-to-market.
Ammar Ali Khan
Technical co-founder. Leads fleet operations, autonomy stack integration, and the Aerion operator platform. Owns network operations and AI deployment across the fleet.
Three things we hold ourselves to.
Service over hardware.
We sell continuous monitoring as a network subscription. Customers receive flights, reports, alerts, and dashboards, not boxes to maintain. Coverage is the deliverable.
Built for the conditions our customers operate in.
Estonian winters reach −30°C. Industrial sites operate 24/7. Our systems are engineered for these conditions, not for ideal weather demos.
Regulatory work is product work.
Operating commercial drones in the EU requires deep regulatory engagement. We treat compliance as a feature, not a checkbox.
Talk to a founder.
Pre-launch is the right time to discuss design partnerships. We're scoping pilot deployments now for 2026-2027.
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