The shot comes first
Every gram, every millimeter of gimbal travel and every line of autonomy code exists to protect one thing: the frame the operator composed.
Company
Built by people who operate cameras.
Stratus Aerial Systems was founded in 2023 by a camera operator who was tired of choosing between a good shot and a safe flight.
Publish the real numbers
Flight time, range and weight on this page are measured on production airframes, not lab prototypes — what we ship is what we spec.
Small crews, big skies
STRATUS exists so a two-person crew can get a shot that used to need a helicopter, a permit and a six-figure budget.
Leadership
Renata Kessler
CEO · co-founder
Former camera operator, 40+ feature credits
Devon Achebe
Head of Flight Systems
Autonomy lead on two prior consumer drone platforms
Yuki Tanaka
Head of Imaging
Sensor engineer, ex cinema-camera R&D
Marco Belline
Head of Manufacturing
Scaled two hardware startups from prototype to 10k/mo