Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
PteroDynamics Expands Horizons for Transwing VTOL Aircraft
Military and challenging commercial logistics applications are priorities
Pterodynamics Transwing VTOL aircraft
Later turbine-powered versions of Pterodynamics' Transwing VTOL aircraft could have a payload of up to 620 pounds of range of around 1,000 nm. © Kristian Bogner

PteroDynamics is building a network of distributors for its Transwing autonomous VTOL utility aircraft to tap commercial, military and parapublic applications worldwide, including logistics, infrastructure monitoring and emergency support. On October 15, the U.S. company appointed Cornes Technologies as its Japanese distributor, following the appointment in July of UK-based Overwatch Group to seek non-commercial customers in the UK and any opportunities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

In June PteroDynamics participated in the U.S. Navy’s Trident Warrior experimental program as part of the wider Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. It demonstrated the Transwing aircraft simulating ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore logistics missions from the deck of the USS Curtis Wilbur guided-missile destroyer.