IONA

IONA (IONA Drones) is a UK-based autonomous drone delivery company building the full technology stack for logistics operators. Its tilt-rotor Sonnet aircraft performs VTOL from compact sites and carries up to 20 parcels up to 200 km per autonomous flight. IONA pairs the aircraft with an onboard autonomy operating system, GPS/LiDAR sensor-fusion precision landing, a SORA-aligned BVLOS compliance engine, an operations centre for real-time fleet monitoring and analytics, and a digital twin for simulation and predictive maintenance. The platform integrates with existing TMS/WMS logistics systems and targets healthcare, rural/remote, express e-commerce, industrial, and maritime delivery. Backed by Techstars.

IONA is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Drones, Logistics, Delivery, and Autonomous Vehicles.

IONA’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 4 more developer resources.

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10.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyDronesLogisticsDeliveryAutonomous VehiclesAviationRoboticsHealthcare Logistics

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 10.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Source (apis.yml)

aid: iona
name: IONA
description: IONA (IONA Drones) is a UK-based autonomous drone delivery company building the full technology stack for logistics
  operators. Its tilt-rotor Sonnet aircraft performs VTOL from compact sites and carries up to 20 parcels up to 200 km per
  autonomous flight. IONA pairs the aircraft with an onboard autonomy operating system, GPS/LiDAR sensor-fusion precision
  landing, a SORA-aligned BVLOS compliance engine, an operations centre for real-time fleet monitoring and analytics, and
  a digital twin for simulation and predictive maintenance. The platform integrates with existing TMS/WMS logistics systems
  and targets healthcare, rural/remote, express e-commerce, industrial, and maritime delivery. Backed by Techstars.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iona/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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  trial: false
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  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://ionadrones.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/iona1.webp
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Drones
- Logistics
- Delivery
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Aviation
- Robotics
- Healthcare Logistics
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://ionadrones.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://ionadrones.com/category/blog/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://ionadrones.com/feed/
- type: Support
  url: https://ionadrones.com/contact/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://ionadrones.com/policy/privacy-policy/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/iona-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence