Performance Drone Works (PDW)

Performance Drone Works outlines recent use of the C100 drone across U.S. and allied military training, highlighting its role in multinational exercises, live-fire evaluations, payload demonstrations, and activities supporting interoperability and tactical operations

PDW's strategic acquisition of Vanteon integrates approximately 40 specialized engineering professionals, significantly expanding PDW's technical capabilities across software-defined radios, advanced communications, and field-programmable gate array development

Performance Drone Works’ attritable multirotor strike drone enters production with modular configurations, scalable manufacturing design, and extended-range capability to support distributed frontline operations in contested environments

Performance Drone Works validates 20km range and GPS-denied autonomous navigation during 114-flight test series

Performance Drone Works has released CORE 1.4, enhancing the C100 platform with vision-based navigation, improved communications resiliency, precision flight control, and expanded simulation tools for multi-mission operations.

Performance Drone Works highlights how collaboration with Army TIC units at the National Training Center provided hands-on training and gathered real-time feedback in support of ongoing Army transformation efforts

PDW’s first U.S. Air Force contract for the C100 UAS marks a milestone in the company’s defense expansion, providing modular, multi-mission drone capabilities for diverse Air Force operations

Performance Drone Works (PDW) discusses how its C100 Multi-Mission Payload (MMP) suite enhances unmanned operations, ensuring resilience, adaptability, and mission success in contested environments

Performance Drone Works received $20.9 million from the U.S. Army to supply C100 drones with modular payloads, advancing reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and rapid battlefield support under the TiC program.

PDW’s new facility in Huntsville, Alabama, increases production capacity for C100 multi-mission UAS and AM-FPV systems, meeting rising demand from U.S. and allied forces

PDW and the U.S. Department of Defense recently demonstrated organic unmanned aerial system fire support using the PDW C100 and F-35A Lightning II fighter

Performance Drone Works (PDW) demonstrated the capabilities of its C100 quadcopter for the UK MOD, successfully designating targets with precision and completing extended-range missions during a live-fire event in Texas

To enable the rehearsal of realistic mission scenarios in diverse environments, PDW has launched a flight simulator, setting a new standard for tactical sUAS operator training

Performance Drone Works introduces PDW CORE, a comprehensive software bundle enhancing the C100 quadcopter's capabilities with a new UI, flight simulator, mission planner, ATAK integration, and fleet management tools

PDW’s C100 sUAS has been selected for the U.S. Army Directed Requirement for Company-Level sUAS, enhancing fire and maneuver in near-peer and contested operating environments

PDW has been awarded a contract by USSOCOM for the Blackwave resilient digital link that provides critical UAS comms in high-risk, contested and congested environments

The Blue UAS list is a program developed by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the Department of Defense (DoD), designed to rapidly vet and scale commercial UAS technology

Integrating Doodle Labs' datalink into PDW’s C100 sUAS will enable advanced operations within electronic warfare-contested environments

Performance Drone Works' UAS solutions provide enhanced efficiency and reduced risk for operators working in highly challenging environments