Aloft, LLC

Aloft, LLC, more commonly known as Aloft Technologies, Inc., is a private company founded in 2015 that develops drone airspace and fleet management software. In September 2025, Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation announced it would acquire all remaining shares of Aloft, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, the company has also been known as Kittyhawk in the past.

Aloft is an operating company whose primary business is unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM). The company provides a software platform for commercial and recreational drone operators that includes flight planning, fleet management, and airspace authorization services. Aloft is a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability) service supplier, and its platform processes a majority of the drone airspace authorizations in the United States. Its customers span various industries, including public safety, energy, insurance, media, and construction.

The company's patent litigation profile consists of one tracked case as a defendant, which is consistent with its status as an operating company. It has no record as a plaintiff. This posture suggests Aloft is focused on its technology and services rather than patent assertion. The single defensive case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, not a venue typically associated with high-volume patent litigation.

The case, AF Holdco, LLC v. Aloft, LLC, was filed in March 2026. The plaintiff, AF Holdco, LLC, appears to be related to AF Holdings, LLC, an entity known for filing a large number of copyright infringement lawsuits in the 2010s related to downloads of pornographic films. The patents asserted in the case against Aloft relate to database and information management technology.