AIRO (AIRO) reported R&D of $6.7M in Q1 2026.

How has AIRO's R&D changed year-over-year?

AIRO's R&D increased by 82.9% year-over-year, from $3.67M to $6.7M.

Costs of research activities to discover new knowledge and development activities to translate research into new or improved products, services, processes, or technologies.

AIRO AIRO R&D

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Segments

By segment

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Drones$3.8M+146%

Electric Air Mobility$2.19M+17.0%

Avionics$708K+189%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.9M-24.5%

Gross profit$2.4M-65.9%

Operating income-$17.2M-457%

Net income-$15.5M-683%

EPS (diluted)-$0.49-308%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$54.2M+296%

Total debt$3.6M—

Total equity$722.4M+30.7%

Total assets$759.1M—

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$17.4M-78.4%

CapEx$2.1M+501%

Free cash flow-$19.5M-92.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$232.38M-62.0%

Enterprise value$181.77M-68.4%

P/S2.6×-3.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin56.6%-10.2pp

Operating margin-59%—

Net margin-20%-7.2pp

FCF margin-54.4%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-2.8%-1.0pp

Debt / equity0×—

Current ratio2.9×—

Where this comes from

Reported directly by AIRO in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense.

The official record: AIRO’s 10-Q, filed May 14, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is AIRO's R&D?: AIRO (AIRO) reported R&D of $6.7M in Q1 2026.
How has AIRO's R&D changed year-over-year?: AIRO's R&D increased by 82.9% year-over-year, from $3.67M to $6.7M.
What does R&D mean?: Costs of research activities to discover new knowledge and development activities to translate research into new or improved products, services, processes, or technologies.