Palladyne AI Corp., a developer of expert system software for robotic platforms in the defense and commercial sectors, and Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a drone innovation business integrating robotic software and hardware for military, federal government, and industrial operations, have actually announced a considerable testing milestone in their ongoing cooperation the completion of a self-governing, cross-platform collective flight including three diverse heterogeneous drones.During this latest testing, which leveraged Red Cats Teal 2 and Black Widow drones and the Palladyne Pilot AI software, each platform operated using onboard edge computing and constrained communication procedures without reliance on centralized infrastructure to interact.
The system allowed real-time, dispersed detection and tracking of multiple vibrant and fixed ground objectsincluding human beings and vehiclesin different regions of interest, supplying a single operator with detailed situational awareness.The 2 companies previously announced an effective two-drone flight operation in January 2025, and Palladyne AI announced a single-drone testing scenario in December 2024 to autonomously determine, prioritize, and track terrestrial targets.This brand-new testing milestone represents substantial development in our joint mission with Red Cat to enable multi-drone interoperability and self-governing cooperation for the defense sector, said Matt Vogt, Chief Revenue Officer, Palladyne AI.We are happy to have actually successfully completed this three-drone flight and believe our joint, cross-platform, autonomous service will be a video game changer for United States military workers and drone operators.
With this major advance, we are thrilled about what Palladyne Pilot will bring to our government and defense customers in addition to our target non-defense civil client base.Successfully broadening from single to three-drone operations reflects not only the dependability of our drones and Palladynes AI software application, but also the capability of onboard systems to independently deal with complicated missions, said Geoff Hitchcock, Chief Revenue Officer of Red Cat.For warfighters, this supplies greater situational awareness while requiring less operators in the field to handle multiple assets.
This latest test is a meaningful step towards making several, collective self-governing systems more practical and effective in real-world defense scenarios.Source: Palladyne AI