PDW

Market context

PDW is relevant as a U. S. defence drone builder focused on compact tactical systems. It belongs in the aerial defence lane where production scale, secure supply and operator usability are becoming more important.

• Twentyfour Industries - stack adjacency - stack: Defence Drone Oem
• HESA - stack adjacency - stack: Defence Drone Oem
• Red Cat - stack adjacency - stack: Defence Drone Oem

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Products

• AM
• C100
• PDW CORE

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Funding

• 2026-03-25 - Series B - $110M - PDW raises over $110M Series B to expand modular military drone production - source: prnewswire.com

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Investors

• Booz Allen Hamilton - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-25
• Cedar Pine - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-25
• Hanwha Asset Management venture fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-25

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2 commercial events; 2 contract awards; 1 named customer; $20. 9M disclosed obligated value; latest event 2025-09-15

• 2025-09-15 - Contract award - PDW receives a $20.9M U.S. Army award for Transformation in Contact support - 18th Airborne Corps elements; USSOCOM - Transformation in Contact - $20.9M obligated - source: pdw.ai
• 2024-11-04 - Contract award - U.S. Army selects Performance Drone Works for company-level sUAS tranche - source: dvidshub.net

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Supply

• Doodle Labs - Inbound - Communications - Doodle Labs Mesh Rider radios are documented as connectivity for Performance Drone Works C100 sUAS - source: doodlelabs.com

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Timeline

• 2026-06-04 - Acquisition - PDW agrees to acquire Vanteon to expand communications engineering capacity - PDW said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vanteon Corporation, a Rochester, NY-based electronics systems design and engineering company. The company said Vanteon adds more than 40 years of advanced communications, RF systems, embedded… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-03-24 - Production Milestone - PDW moves its Attritable Multirotor strike drone into production - PDW said its Attritable Multirotor strike drone had reached a standardized, supportable configuration and was ready to build at scale. The platform uses swappable 5-inch, 7-inch, and 10-inch arm configurations, a universal payload interface, and can extend… - source: pdw.ai
• 2026-03-20 - Demonstration - PDW validates long-range and GPS-denied sUAS performance during 9 Mile test series - PDW completed a three-day test campaign at the 9-Mile Training Center in Texas, executing 114 flights across hardware, software, autonomy, and communications systems. The campaign validated 20 km command-and-control on the C100 with range-extension hardware… - source: pdw.ai

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Team

• Matt Higgins - Co-founder & Executive Chairman - Chairs PDW's executive direction for tactical aerial robotic systems.
• Ryan Gury - Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer - Shapes PDW's tactical drone product innovation and mission-system direction.
• Dylan Hamm - Chief Technology Officer - Leads technology execution for PDW's C100, AM, and related tactical drone systems.

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Relations

• Silvus Technologies - Technology Partner - PDW has a public partnership relationship with Silvus Technologies.
• United States Army - Deployment Partner - PDW supported U.S. Army Transformation in Contact units with C100 training and technical integration at the National Training Center.
• Vanteon - Acquisition Target - PDW agreed to acquire Vanteon, adding RF, embedded-systems, software-defined radio and payload engineering capacity.

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Deployments

• Fielding Support Status - C100 field support at National Training Center - 2026-01-28 - U.S. Army Transformation in Contact units - military training and fielding support - PDW supported Army Transformation in Contact units at the National Training Center with C100 training… - source: pdw.ai
• Contract Value - US$20.9 million - 2025-09-15 - U.S. Army - defense field operations - PDW received a $20.9 million U.S. Army award to provide C100 UAS and Multi-Mission Payload support for Transformation in Contact formations. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: pdw.ai

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Operations

• Production Start Status - Attritable Multirotor in production - 2026-03-24 - Attritable Multirotor production program - strike-drone production - PDW moved its Attritable Multirotor strike drone into production and said it was ready to build at scale. - source posture: Company… - source: pdw.ai
• Factory Area Sqft - 90,000 sq ft manufacturing facility - 2025-08-20 - Drone Factory 01 - tactical drone manufacturing - PDW opened Drone Factory 01, a 90,000 sq ft Huntsville manufacturing facility to scale tactical drone production. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: pdw.ai

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