A cargo-drone company, with a London office, that is building a large unmanned aircraft called the Black Swan to move goods quickly over long distances.
Dronamics is building unmanned cargo aircraft. Its flagship, the Black Swan, is a fixed-wing drone that the company says carries 350 kilograms for up to 2,500 kilometres, taking off and landing on short runways. The idea is to move urgent goods such as medical supplies, e-commerce parcels and perishable food between airports in hours instead of days. The company claims it can halve delivery costs and cut emissions by up to 60 per cent compared with other transport. The Black Swan flew for the first time in 2023, about 16 miles near Balchik in Bulgaria, remotely piloted by airline pilots, and Dronamics later launched a cargo-drone airline arm. In February 2026 it also announced a defence version for surveillance, so its work now spans civil and defence uses.
Dronamics was founded in 2014 by brothers Svilen and Konstantin Rangelov, one an economist and the other an aerospace engineer, and Svilen Rangelov is chief executive. Its stated mission is to make air cargo more accessible and to "democratise airfreight". A company profile says it aims to make air cargo much cheaper and to enable same-day international delivery, especially for underserved markets.
Dronamics is a European company with a base in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a 2021 report said it was based in London with Sofia as a second base. A 2026 jobs-board profile lists London offices (Mile End, Kingston Vale and central London) alongside Bulgaria. It also took part in CAELUS, a Scottish-led programme linking airports to build the UK's first nationwide medical drone delivery network, and has worked with UK partners Zero Petroleum and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions on fossil-free fuel.
It holds an operator certificate from Malta and has manufacturing partners in Europe and Australia. The profile describes a mission-driven, hands-on team working with aerospace engineering and logistics experts, and says the company has 51 to 200 employees. Another listing page counts 118. It says its factory-style, vertically integrated manufacturing lets it improve quickly. These are company claims and we did not find a values page or staff comments.
We did not find a graduate scheme, internship or apprenticeship, and no specific vacancies were listed when we checked. Because it is a mix of aircraft engineering, software, manufacturing and flight operations, look at its own careers page for engineering and operations roles. Check where each role is based, because the main manufacturing and flying work appears to be in Bulgaria.
Website: www.dronamics.com
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