Palladyne AI and Draganfly Inc. to Collaborate to Enable Advanced Autonomous Operations and Swarming Capabilities on Draganfly UAV Platforms
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) and Palladyne AI announced on October 21, 2025 an intention to collaborate to integrate Palladyne Pilot autonomy software into Draganfly unmanned aerial vehicle platforms.
Palladyne Pilot is described as an edge-based, platform-agnostic AI enabling intelligent swarming, sensor fusion, target tracking, classification, and single-operator management. The integration aims to expand mission capabilities for government, defense, and commercial customers, while non-U.S. deployments may require government approvals.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) e Palladyne AI hanno annunciato il 21 ottobre 2025 l'intenzione di collaborare per integrare il software di autonomia Palladyne Pilot sulle piattaforme di droni di Draganfly.
Palladyne Pilot è descritto come un'IA basata sull'edge, indipendente dalla piattaforma, che abilita uno swarming intelligente, fusione di sensori, tracciamento degli obiettivi, classificazione e gestione da parte di un unico operatore. L'integrazione mira ad espandere le capacità delle missioni per i clienti governativi, della difesa e commerciali, mentre i dispiegamenti non statunitensi potrebbero richiedere approvazioni governative.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) y Palladyne AI anunciaron el 21 de octubre de 2025 su intención de colaborar para integrar el software de autonomía Palladyne Pilot en las plataformas de vehículos aéreos no tripulados de Draganfly.
Palladyne Pilot se describe como una IA basada en el borde, compatible con múltiples plataformas, que habilita inteligent swarming, fusión de sensores, seguimiento de objetivos, clasificación y gestión por un único operador. La integración tiene como objetivo ampliar las capacidades de misión para clientes gubernamentales, de defensa y comerciales, mientras que los despliegues fuera de EE. UU. pueden requerir aprobaciones gubernamentales.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO)와 Palladyne AI는 2025년 10월 21일에 Palladyne Pilot 자율 소프트웨어를 Draganfly의 무인 항공기 플랫폼에 통합하기 위한 협력 의사를 발표했습니다.
Palladyne Pilot은 경계 기반의 플랫폼에 구애받지 않는 인공지능으로, 지능적인 무리 비행, 센서 융합, 목표 추적, 분류 및 단일 운용자 관리가 가능하다고 설명됩니다. 통합의 목표는 정부, 방위 및 상용 고객의 임무 역량을 확장하는 것이며, 미국 외 배치는 정부 승인 필요할 수 있습니다.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) et Palladyne AI ont annoncé le 21 octobre 2025 leur intention de collaborer pour intégrer le logiciel d’autonomie Palladyne Pilot dans les plateformes d’aéronefs sans pilote de Draganfly.
Palladyne Pilot est décrit comme une IA basée en périphérie, indépendante de la plateforme, permettant un essaim intelligent, la fusion de capteurs, le suivi des cibles, la classification et la gestion par un seul opérateur. L’intégration vise à étendre les capacités de mission pour les clients gouvernementaux, de défense et commerciaux, tandis que les déploiements hors des États-Unis peuvent nécessiter des autorisations gouvernementales.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) und Palladyne AI haben am 21. Oktober 2025 eine Zusammenarbeit angekündigt, um die Autonomie-Software Palladyne Pilot in die Plattformen von Draganfly-Unbemannten Luftfahrzeugen zu integrieren.
Palladyne Pilot wird als edge-basierte, plattformunabhängige KI beschrieben, die intelligentes Swarming, Sensorfusion, Zielverfolgung, Klassifizierung und Verwaltung durch einen einzelnen Operator ermöglicht. Die Integration zielt darauf ab, die Missionsfähigkeit für Regierungs-, Verteidigungs- und kommerzielle Kunden zu erweitern, während Einsätze außerhalb der USA möglicherweise behördliche Zulassungen erfordern.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) و Palladyne AI أعلنتا في 21 أكتوبر 2025 عن نية التعاون لدمج برنامج Palladyne Pilot للحكم الذاتي في منصات مركبات جوية بدون طيار من Draganfly.
يُوصف Palladyne Pilot بأنه ذكاء اصطناعي قائم على الحافة ومجهز عبر المنصة، يمكّن التجميع الذكي للجماعات، ودمج المستشعرات، وتتبع الأهداف، والتصنيف، وإدارة مشغِّل واحد. يهدف الدمج إلى توسيع قدرات المهمة للعملاء الحكوميين والدفاعيين والتجاريين، في حين قد تتطلب عمليات النشر خارج الولايات المتحدة موافقات حكومية.
Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) 与 Palladyne AI 于 2025年10月21日 宣布合作意向，将 Palladyne Pilot 的自主软件整合到 Draganfly 的无人机平台中。
Palladyne Pilot 被描述为一种边缘计算驱动、平台无关的人工智能，能够实现智能编队、传感器融合、目标跟踪、分类，以及单一操作员管理。此次整合旨在为政府、国防和商业客户扩展任务能力，而非美国地区的部署可能需要政府审批。
- Announced collaboration to integrate Palladyne Pilot on Draganfly UAVs (Oct 21, 2025)
- Enables autonomous swarm operations and self-organizing collaboration
- Adds real-time ISR and sensor-fusion tracking capabilities
- Aims to reduce operator workload via single-operator swarm management
- Integration outside the United States is subject to government approvals
- No financial terms or commercial rollout timeline disclosed in the announcement
Insights
Collaboration to embed Palladyne Pilot into Draganfly UAVs could expand autonomous swarm and ISR capabilities for government and commercial users.
Palladyne AI and Draganfly plan to integrate Palladyne Pilot, an edge-based, platform-agnostic autonomy and swarming software, onto Draganfly UAV platforms announced on
The collaboration’s business effect depends on technical integration, certification, and market uptake. Integration outside the United States requires "any necessary government approvals," which is the sole explicit constraint in the announcement. Watch for formal deployment availability, certification milestones, and any announced timelines or contract awards as immediate indicators of progress.
Palladyne™ continues expansion of its domestic and international initiatives with Draganfly to collectively bring trusted UAS platforms with advanced capabilities to government, defense, and commercial customers
SALT LAKE CITY and TAMPA, FL., Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palladyne AI Corp. (NASDAQ: PDYN and PDYNW) (“Palladyne AI”), a developer of artificial intelligence software for robotic platforms in the defense and commercial sectors, and Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8A) (“Draganfly”), an industry-leading developer of drone solutions and systems, today announced their intention to collaborate to further enhance the capabilities of Draganfly’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms with Palladyne™ Pilot AI software.
Palladyne™ Pilot is an edge-based, platform-agnostic, intelligent swarming and collaborative AI software designed to transform multiple UAVs into a seamlessly collaborating team, all managed by a single operator who remains "on the loop." By employing sensor fusion from diverse sources, Pilot enables drones to independently and collaboratively track targets while dynamically interfacing with autopilots. This powerful synergy enhances detection, tracking, classification, and identification while also enabling autonomous drone swarm operations, including self-organizing collaboration. Palladyne AI and Draganfly intend to make Palladyne Pilot software available for deployment on Draganfly’s advanced drone systems.
Draganfly’s professional-grade UAV systems and services have been relied upon by government, defense, and commercial organizations worldwide for more than two decades. Draganfly is an integrated manufacturer & solutions provider utilizing a modular approach which allows for mission-specific specialization and heavy-duty applications in a variety of challenging environments. By integrating Palladyne AI’s autonomy software, Draganfly’s platforms will gain expanded mission capabilities such as autonomous swarm operations, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and enhanced operator efficiency.
“Draganfly has earned its reputation as one of the most trusted names in UAV innovation,” said Ben Wolff, President and CEO, Palladyne AI. “We are honored to collaborate with them to deliver advanced aerial intelligence solutions that meet the operational needs of government, defense, and commercial users in challenging environments.”
“Palladyne AI is enabling drone platforms to incorporate autonomy features that were even recently limited to large and costly systems,” said Cameron Chell, CEO, Draganfly. “By having Palladyne Pilot as an embedded option into our platforms, we continue to exapand our modular framework and increase our adaptable, mission-critical autonomy, and swarm capabilities that reduce operator workload and extend the effectiveness of our systems across complex use cases.”
Integration of Palladyne Pilot with Draganfly systems outside the United States is subject to obtaining any necessary government approvals.
For more information, please visit www.palladyneai.com and www.draganfly.com.
About Draganfly
Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO; CSE: DPRO; FSE: 3U8A) is the creator of quality, cutting-edge drone solutions, software, and AI systems that revolutionize how organizations can do business and serve their stakeholders. Recognized as being at the forefront of technology for over 25 years, Draganfly is an award-winning industry leader serving the public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, security, mapping, and surveying markets. Draganfly is a company driven by passion, ingenuity, and the need to provide efficient solutions and first-class services to its customers around the world with the goal of saving time, money, and lives.
About Palladyne AI Corp.
Palladyne AI Corp. (NASDAQ: PDYN) has developed an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) software platform poised to revolutionize the capabilities of robots, enabling them to observe, learn, reason, and act in a manner akin to human intelligence. Our AI and ML software platform empowers robots to perceive variations or changes in the real-world environment, enabling them to autonomously maneuver and manipulate objects accurately in response.
The Palladyne AI software solution operates on the edge and dramatically reduces the significant effort required to program and deploy robots, enabling industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots) to quickly achieve autonomous capabilities even in dynamic and or complex environments. It is designed to enable robotic systems to perceive their environment and quickly adapt to changing circumstances by generalizing (i.e., learning) from their past experience using dynamic real-time operations “on the edge” (i.e., on the robotic system) without extensive programming and with minimal robot training. Palladyne AI believes its software has wide application, including in industries such as automotive, aviation, construction, defense, general manufacturing, infrastructure inspection, logistics and warehousing. Its applicability extends beyond traditional robotics to include Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Palladyne AI’s approach is expected to elevate the return on investment associated with a diverse range of machines that are fixed, fly, float, or roll.
By enabling autonomy, reducing programming complexity, and enhancing efficiency, we are paving the way for a future where machines can excel in tasks that were once considered beyond their reach.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the planned collaboration between Palladyne AI and Draganfly to integrate Palladyne Pilot with Draganfly UAS systems, the benefits to be obtained from such integration, the availability of Palladyne Pilot on Draganfly systems, the capabilities or future capabilities of the Company’s AI/ML foundational technology and related software products, the benefits of the software and the industries that could benefit from it, and the applicability of the software to different kinds of machines (such as UAVs, UGVs and ROVs). Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events, or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by, or include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “intends” or “continue” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results, or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Palladyne AI’s management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. However, there can be no assurance that the events, results, or trends identified in these forward-looking statements will occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Palladyne AI is not under any obligation and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
Readers should carefully review the statements set forth in the reports which Palladyne AI has filed or will file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in particular the risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections of those reports entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” for a description of risks facing Palladyne AI and that could cause actual events, results or performance to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements contained herein. The documents filed by Palladyne AI with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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