Facts

• Company: Pyka
• Product type: Cargo UAV
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Autonomous Cargo Aircraft
• Website: https://www.flypyka.com/dropship

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Timeline / Research
• Sources

Summary

DropShip is Pyka's autonomous electric cargo aircraft for runway-independent logistics. In a U. S. Army Reserve exercise, it flew a pilotless roughly 20-mile resupply mission and completed a 200 lb airdrop.

Overview

DropShip is Pyka's autonomous electric cargo aircraft for runway-independent logistics. In a U. S. Army Reserve exercise, it flew a pilotless roughly 20-mile resupply mission and completed a 200 lb airdrop.

Market context

DropShip is Pyka's autonomous electric cargo aircraft for runway-independent logistics. In a U. S. Army Reserve exercise, it flew a pilotless roughly 20-mile resupply mission and completed a 200 lb airdrop.

Audience

Logistics

Workflow

autonomous cargo aircraft

Capability

autonomous cargo aircraft

Deployment environment

DropShip operating environments

Positioning tags

• Audience: Logistics
• Workflow: autonomous cargo aircraft
• Capability: autonomous cargo aircraft
• Deployment environment: DropShip operating environments

Specifications

• Demonstrated Range: Roughly 32 km / 20 miles in Army Reserve exercise
• Runway Surface: Unprepared grass runway demonstrated in exercise
• Flight Mode: Pilotless autonomous resupply mission
• Demonstrated Payload Kg: 91 kg airdrop in Army Reserve exercise kg

Timeline / Research

• 2026-06-30 - Demonstration - Pyka DropShip flies pilotless Army Reserve resupply exercise - The aircraft completed the mission without a human pilot and performed a 91 kg / 200 lb airdrop.