Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity - USD ($)	Total	Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Series B Preferred Stock [Member]	Series B-1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Series C Preferred Stock [Member]	Series D Preferred Stock [Member]	Series E Preferred Stock [Member]	Series F Preferred Stock [Member]	Series G Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]
Beginning balance (Predecessor [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2013
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2013
Beginning balance, Shares (Predecessor [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2013
Beginning balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2013
Net Loss | Predecessor [Member]												$ (2,123,490)
Net Loss	$ (2,123,490)
Net loss from LTAS from 1/1/14 to 5/5/14 | Predecessor [Member]												(39,918)
Net loss from LTAS from 1/1/14 to 5/5/14	(39,918)
Common stock of Drone Aviation Corp issued for cash | Predecessor [Member]										$ 20	$ 650,702
Common stock of Drone Aviation Corp issued for cash	653,327					$ 2,605
Common stock of Drone Aviation Corp issued for cash, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										201,250
Common stock of Drone Aviation Corp issued for cash, Shares						26,050,000
Drone Aviation Corp stock issued to LTAS upon business combination | Predecessor [Member]												$ 78,000
Drone Aviation Corp stock issued to LTAS upon business combination	79,000					$ 1,000
Drone Aviation Corp stock issued to LTAS upon business combination, Shares | Predecessor [Member]
Drone Aviation Corp stock issued to LTAS upon business combination, Shares						10,000,000
Reverse merger adjustment | Predecessor [Member]										$ 10	$ (368,316)
Reverse merger adjustment	(367,622)	$ 60	$ 32	$ 16	$ 36		$ 540
Common stock issued due to reverse split rounding | Predecessor [Member]										98,018
Common stock issued due to reverse split rounding		595,000	324,671	156,231	355,000		5,400,000
Common stock issued for warrant exercises | Predecessor [Member]										$ 4	16,996
Common stock issued for warrant exercises	17,000
Common stock issued for warrant exercises, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										42,500
Proceeds from Series F preferred stock issued for cash | Predecessor [Member]											822,420
Proceeds from Series F preferred stock issued for cash	822,750							$ 330
Proceeds from Series F preferred stock issued for cash, Shares | Predecessor [Member]
Proceeds from Series F preferred stock issued for cash, Shares								3,300,999
Redemption of Series B-1 preferred stock | Predecessor [Member]											(349,991)
Redemption of Series B-1 preferred stock	(350,000)			$ (9)
Redemption of Series B-1 preferred stock, shares | Predecessor [Member]
Redemption of Series B-1 preferred stock, shares				(87,500)
Shares issued for service - third party | Predecessor [Member]										$ 6	341,661
Shares issued for service - third party	$ 341,667
Shares issued for service - third party, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										56,250
Shares issued for service - third party, Shares
Cashless exercise of Series E preferred stock attached warrants | Predecessor [Member]										$ 1	(1)
Cashless exercise of Series E preferred stock attached warrants
Cashless exercise of Series E preferred stock attached warrants, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										9,310
Cashless exercise of Series E preferred stock attached warrants, Shares
Derivative liability written off to APIC due to warrant exercise | Predecessor [Member]											2,510,793
Derivative liability written off to APIC due to warrant exercise	$ 2,510,793
Derivative liability written off to APIC due to warrant exercise, Shares | Predecessor [Member]
Derivative liability written off to APIC due to warrant exercise, Shares
Beneficial conversion feature of Series F preferred stock | Predecessor [Member]											192,558
Beneficial conversion feature of Series F preferred stock	192,558
Deemed dividend on Series F preferred stock | Predecessor [Member]											(192,558)
Deemed dividend on Series F preferred stock	$ (192,558)
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 50	(30)
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock		$ (20)
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										495,625
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock, Shares		(198,250)
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 2	(1)
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock					$ (1)
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock,Shares | Predecessor [Member]										24,000
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock,Shares					(9,600)
Proceeds from Series G preferred stock issued for cash
Ending balance (Predecessor [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2014		$ 40	$ 32	$ 7	$ 35	$ 3,605	$ 540	$ 330		$ 93	3,702,233	$ (2,163,408)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 1,543,507	$ 40	$ 32		$ 35	$ 3,605	$ 270	$ 330		$ 3,708
Ending balance, Shares (Predecessor [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2014		396,750	324,671	68,731	345,400	36,050,000	5,400,000	3,300,999		926,953
Ending balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2014	68,731	396,750	324,671		345,400	36,050,000	2,700,000	3,300,999		37,078,114
Net Loss | Predecessor [Member]												(8,975,862)
Net Loss	$ (8,975,862)
Shares issued for service - third party | Predecessor [Member]										$ 25	(25)
Shares issued for service - third party, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										252,525
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 74	(44)
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock		$ (30)
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										739,125
Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock, Shares		(295,650)
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 68	(40)
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock					$ (28)
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock,Shares | Predecessor [Member]										680,033
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock,Shares					(272,013)
Conversion of Series B preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]											31
Conversion of Series B preferred stock to common stock			$ (32)							$ 1
Conversion of Series B preferred stock to common stock, Shares			(324,671)							8,117
Conversion of Series B1 preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 5	2
Conversion of Series B1 preferred stock to common stock				$ (7)
Conversion of Series B1 preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										55,000
Conversion of Series B1 preferred stock to common stock, Shares				(68,731)
Conversion of Series D preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 85	3,320
Conversion of Series D preferred stock to common stock						$ (3,405)
Conversion of Series D preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										851,250
Conversion of Series D preferred stock to common stock, Shares						(34,050,000)
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 14	526
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to common stock							$ (540)
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										135,000
Conversion of Series E preferred stock to common stock, Shares							(5,400,000)
Conversion of Series F preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 3	127
Conversion of Series F preferred stock to common stock								$ (130)
Conversion of Series F preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										32,525
Conversion of Series F preferred stock to common stock, Shares								(1,301,001)
Conversion of Series G preferred stock to common stock | Predecessor [Member]										$ 5	195
Conversion of Series G preferred stock to common stock									$ (200)
Conversion of Series G preferred stock to common stock, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										50,000
Conversion of Series G preferred stock to common stock, Shares									(2,000,000)
Proceeds from Series G preferred stock issued for cash | Predecessor [Member]											999,600
Proceeds from Series G preferred stock issued for cash	$ 1,000,000								$ 400
Proceeds from Series G preferred stock issued for cash, Shares									4,000,000
Beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock Series G | Predecessor [Member]											80,000
Beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock Series G	80,000
Deemed dividend on Series G preferred stock | Predecessor [Member]											(80,000)
Deemed dividend on Series G preferred stock	(80,000)
Proceeds from common stock issued for cash, Value | Predecessor [Member]										$ 75	3,484,675
Proceeds from common stock issued for cash, Value	$ 3,484,750
Proceeds from common stock issued for cash, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										745,000
Common stock issued to Series E, F and G holders, Value | Predecessor [Member]										$ 25	(25)
Common stock issued to Series E, F and G holders, Value
Common stock issued to Series E, F and G holders, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										252,525
Stock Based Compensation - ASC 505 Adj for 2014 share issuance | Predecessor [Member]											213,333
Stock Based Compensation - ASC 505 Adj for 2014 share issuance	$ 213,333
Stock Based Compensation - Shares Issuance to Employee | Predecessor [Member]										$ 50	2,575,210
Stock Based Compensation - Shares Issuance to Employee	2,575,260
Stock Based Compensation - Shares Issuance to Employee, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										500,000
Stock Based Compensation - options and warrants | Predecessor [Member]											3,146,395
Stock Based Compensation - options and warrants	3,146,395
Common stock issued for asset acquisition | Predecessor [Member]										$ 15	1,259,985
Common stock issued for asset acquisition	1,260,000
Common stock issued for asset acquisition, Shares | Predecessor [Member]										150,000
Ending balance (Predecessor [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2015		$ 40			$ 35	$ 3,605		$ 330	$ 200	$ 513	$ 15,385,523	$ (11,139,270)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 4,247,383
Ending balance, Shares (Predecessor [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2015		396,750			345,400	36,050,000		3,300,999	2,000,000	5,125,585