Scout, Bomber, Carrier, Logistics: New U.S. Army Drone Does It All - Forbes
Last month Performance Drone Works (PDW) won a contract to supply small drones to the U.S. Army for its Company Level Small UAS requirement, beating tough competition from primes like General Dynamics and other established suppliers. This is quite an achievement for the small, little-known outfit based in Huntsville, Alabama. Much of the credit goes to the vision of PDW CEO and Co-founder Ryan Gury.
Gury is a lifelong enthusiast who sees small drones as a transformational capability –- “arguably the biggest change in airpower since WWII,” he says – and points to the way drones have come to dominate the war in Ukraine. PDW is committed to supplying U.S. forces with low-cost, ‘consumable’ drones at scale, unlike the boutique, expensive models currently in use. His company is supplying with Army with the C-100 multi-mission drone which comes with a whole slew of new capabilities.
