Starling Inc. is a U.S.-based aerospace company pioneering the next generation of autonomous unmanned aerial systems. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Southern California, Starling designs, manufactures, and deploys high-performance fixed-wing eVTOL drones with drone-in-a-box capabilities. Its flagship platform, the Pathfinder-X, combines long-endurance flight with rapid autonomous battery swapping and precision VTOL operation. Built with advanced composites and modular payloads, Starling systems serve critical missions in defense, public safety, infrastructure inspection, and agriculture. Committed to domestic manufacturing and NDAA compliance, Starling empowers frontline operators with reliable, rapidly deployable aerial intelligence for complex environments—day or night, GPS or GPS-denied.