Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Pyka Raises $40 Million for Autonomous Electric Pelican Aircraft
Large-scale UAS has agricultural, cargo, and defense applications
Pyka's Pelican Spray aircraft is pictured spraying a field of crops.
The Pelican Spray is the largest autonomous electric UAS to receive FAA authorization for commercial operation in the United States. © Pyka

Pyka raised $40 million in its Series B fundraising efforts to support the production of its all-electric Pelican autonomous crop sprayer and a cargo-carrying variant, the California-based company announced on September 23.

“We are designing, developing, and commercializing autonomous electric aircraft at a pace that few companies have been able to achieve,” said Pyka co-founder and CEO Michael Norcia. “With commercial production well underway and our aircraft deployed with customers on multiple continents, we are extremely proud of the progress we've made as a company thus far.”