The precursor to PDW, DRL is the world’s first televised competitive drone racing league where elite pilots race drones through complex 3D courses at speeds up to 90 MPH.

Partnering with Nvidia, PDW hosts an international competition to rapidly scale autonomous drone systems with the world’s top autonomous software groups.

A new initiative begins to train special forces on high performance FPV drones.  From this effort, the DRL team begins to understand the potential and future disruption small drones will have on the battlefield.

Key leadership, engineering, and software team members from DRL officially form a new company: Performance Drone Works. 

Backed by RSE Ventures, the firm co-founded by real estate icon Stephen M. Ross and PDW co-founder Matt Higgins, PDW continues to develop advance drone capabilities for the DoD.

A prototype C100 flies for 2 hours, 14 minutes and 15 seconds, the longest continuous flight for a battery-powered sUAS.

The world’s most capable multi-mission drone system, the C100 is a modular, tactical quadcopter designed for military use.

Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command.

The PDW Attritable Multicopter is purpose-built for harsh, contested environments with best-in-class endurance and payload capacity.