Pyka successfully demonstrated its autonomous cargo aircraft, DropShip, during the U.S. Army Reserve's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX), showcasing how autonomous aviation can support logistics ...

Pyka, makers of Pelican Spray - a high-capacity, autonomous electric crop protection aircraft (shown above) - has announced Heinen Brothers Agra Services as the first entity to offer Pelican Spray in ...

ALAMEDA, Calif., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pyka, a leading robotics company building mission-ready autonomous aircraft, today announced its first U.S. distribution agreement with Heinen Brothers ...

ALAMEDA, Calif., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pyka today unveiled its fully autonomous low-altitude parachute airdrop capability for DropShip, the company's flagship heavy-lift autonomous aircraft ...

Pyka, an electric autonomous airplane manufacturer, has successfully closed a $37 million Series A funding round to fast-track production of its Pelican aircraft and bolster research and development.

Pyka appeared out of nowhere in 2019 with an unusual take on electric aircraft: a pilotless crop duster. The success of this first plane led the company to begin developing its next one, the P3: a ...

Back in 2020, California-based startup Pyka launched an autonomous electric crop duster called the Pelican. Now the company has developed a cargo-carrying version that's billed as the world's largest ...

Modern agriculture involves fields of mind-boggling size, and spraying them efficiently is a serious operational challenge. Pyka is taking on the largely human-powered spray business with an ...

Pyka and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) are partnering to introduce RumRunner, an autonomous, all-electric cargo drone variant of Pyka's Pelican Cargo, to the U.S. Department of Defense for contested ...

Another pilotless cargo plane is planning to enter the market. Source: Pyka On Monday, autonomous electric planemaker Pyka announced Pelican Cargo, which the company says is the world's largest ...

Electric airplane maker Pyka is close to leasing a 106,000-square-foot former hangar at Alameda Point. The autonomous aircraft startup based in Oakland is negotiating a deal with the City of Alameda ...