Pelican Spray has landed in the USA! 🇺🇲 Heinen Brothers Agra Services, one of North America's largest privately-owned aerial application service providers, is now the first U.S. customer for Pyka's autonomous electric crop protection aircraft, Pelican Spray. This partnership follows the Federal Aviation Administration's groundbreaking authorization of Pelican Spray for commercial use, making it the largest ever #UAS to achieve this status and enabling us to offer the safety and cost-saving benefits of our technology to American farmers. Lukas Koch, CTO at Heinen Brothers, shared, "Pelican Spray is a game-changer for both us and the industry. This aircraft will enable us to begin augmenting our fleet, prioritizing our pilots' safety while significantly increasing efficiency in the field. We’re thrilled to partner with Pyka and lead the way in the future of Ag aviation." ➡ Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gSHTDABE Stay tuned for Pelican Spray in-the-field updates from Heinen Brothers Agra Services! #AgTech #Automation #FlyPyka #PelicanSpray #HeinenBrothers #Pyka
Pyka
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Alameda, California 8,827 followers
Pyka is building the future of autonomous electric airplanes.
About us
Pyka’s goal is to provide society with a new form of safe, clean, and cost-effective transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation. To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where autonomous electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems. We design, develop and manufacture an ecosystem of technologies including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high power density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes. Today, we supply autonomous electric aircraft for cargo transport and crop protection to real-world customers across four separate continents and have secured industry-first regulatory approvals from the FAA. Our cargo aircraft enables remote connectivity, enhances express delivery networks, and ensures fast and reliable shipping of critical supplies to areas in need. Our crop protection aircraft offers agricultural services providers and farmers an autonomous tool to make aerial application safer, more precise, and less harmful to surrounding environments. Both vehicles are highly economical to operate, easy to deploy, and significantly reduce C02 emissions in their respective industries. What we work on at Pyka makes people’s lives better now and brings the future of electric aviation one step closer each day.
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https://www.flypyka.com
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- Industry
- Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Alameda, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
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950 W Tower Ave
Alameda, California 94501, US
Employees at Pyka
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Last week, we were invited to showcase our operations at the world's largest military air show, The Royal International Air Tattoo. Over the course of the event, we had our beautiful Pyka Pelican Cargo on static display in the RAF village, where we spoke with visitors about the opportunities that this, the world's largest all-electric uncrewed freight aircraft, represents for civilian and humanitarian use cases. The Pyka Pelican Cargo can carry up to 180kg of cargo distances of up to 400km. It is a unique, highly automated, short take-off and landing aircraft capable of taking off and landing in less than 150m on grass, dirt, and gravel. 🗣 If you would like to learn more about our regional cargo delivery aircraft, reach out to Michael Merritt, our Head of Commercial or book a meeting with him using the link in our comments section.
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Major Customer Announcement! 🇧🇷 ✈️ We are thrilled to reveal that Pyka has signed a landmark commercial agreement with SLC Agrícola S.A., one of Brazil's largest agricultural producers, for the delivery of our fully autonomous and 100% electric crop protection aircraft, Pelican Spray! This partnership marks a significant customer addition for Pyka as we further our entrance into one of the world's largest agricultural markets. SLC Agrícola will now begin integrating Pelican Spray into their fleet with the aim of enhancing operational efficiency, reducing chemical use, and lowering carbon emissions. 🌍💡 We're proud to welcome SLC Agrícola into Pyka's family of customers and excited to support their farming and sustainability goals with our technology. 🔗 Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gvJK9wtg #FlyPyka #Agriculture #Sustainability #Innovation #ElectricAircraft #Pyka #PelicanSpray #AutonomousTechnology #Agribusiness #Brazil
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We are thrilled to announce that Pyka has been honored with the 2024 Sustainability Award by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT). This prestigious award recognizes our pioneering efforts at the forefront of electric aviation. Thank you, ISTAT! #flypyka #ISTATsustainability #electricaviation
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(Re)introducing the world's largest electric uncrewed aircraft. We're talking about you, Pyka. The Pyka Pelican Cargo is the largest zero-emissions cargo drone in the world. This fully autonomous aircraft is capable of carrying a payload of up to 180kg and flying distances of up to 320km. Fully electric and versatile, Pelican Cargo can land on asphalt, grass, and sand, making it suitable for deployment in diverse environments and regions with varying levels of infrastructure. #fleetfocus #aviation #drones #dronedelivery
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It was a pleasure speaking with Elan Head at The Air Current about our recent partnership with Sierra Nevada Corporation, the evolving landscape of electric aviation, and the insights we've gained from years of experience in commercial operation. ➡ Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gvsAAhWZ #FlyPyka #ElectricAviation #Innovation
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Pyka and SNC have partnered to offer Pelican Cargo to the U.S. Department of Defense. Together, we’ve introduced RUMRUNNER, a modified edition of Pelican Cargo for contested logistics and a technology game-changer for zero-fuel military sustainment operations. We’re proud to make our all-electric platform's heavy payload and long-range capabilities available to the U.S. DoD and are delighted to partner with SNC, an industry leader in contested logistics solutions. ➡ Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gVyB9_Mj ➡ Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/ggtpH8k5 Sierra Nevada Corporation | United States Department of Defense | #FlyPyka #ContestedLogistics #ElectricAircraft | Zero Motorcycles Inc.
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We're delighted to welcome Andrew Schultz to the team as Pyka's new Head of Software Engineering! Andrew has spent the last 18 years working in the fields of mapping and robotics as both an IC and manager of combined hardware and software teams. Out of graduate school, he co-founded a company to help make low-cost, mobile, high-definition mapping possible. The company was acquired by Google's self-driving car project, Waymo, where he spent the next eight years helping to pioneer self-driving cars and leading the sensor, hardware development, and embedded software teams. Prior to joining Pyka, he held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Saildrone, helping to bring online two new generations of unmanned sailing vessels to advance marine science, maritime domain awareness, and bathymetric mapping with a low cost, low carbon footprint platform. Andrew will now lead Pyka's Software Engineering team to develop the custom software running on our autonomous flight controller, ground control station, and embedded systems. Interested in learning about career opportunities at Pyka? 🔗 Explore our careers page here: https://lnkd.in/e83TDZk5 #FlyPyka #SoftwareEngineering #Robotics #AviationCareers
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What a morning at SF Climate Week! 🚀 🌍 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our #SFClimateWeek breakfast event yesterday. Held at our offices, it was a fantastic gathering of operators and investors across the capital stack. The networking breakfast that followed was filled with thoughtful conversations and connections, truly embodying the spirit of innovation and collaboration. A big thank you to our moderator Reed Albergotti, Tech Editor at Semafor, and panelists Michael Norcia, CEO of Pyka and Oliver Gunasekara, CEO of Impossible Metals Inc. for their insightful discussion and for sharing their expertise on electrifcation and automation. These discussions are vital as we navigate the complexities of electrification and automation in our quest for sustainable advancement. Thank you again to everyone who made this event and SF Climate Week a great success. Your participation and enthusiasm make all the difference. #SFClimateWeek #Innovation #Sustainability #Electrification #Automation
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We had the pleasure of welcoming NPR's Here & Now at our R&D site in Central California to capture the sheer excitement of experiencing Pelican Spray in action! Recorded live in the field by host, Peter O'Dowd, the episode details the progress of new technology solutions for a cleaner future in aviation. We're grateful to be recognized among industry leaders who are making meaningful strides towards reducing aviation's climate impact now! ✈ 🌎 🎧 Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gDWNt72q NPR and WBUR's Here & Now | #NPR #ClimateTech #ElectricAviation #EarthDay
Planes pollute the planet, but new technology could clean up the aviation industry
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