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California Drone Firm Receives Skyborg Contract

Frank Wolfe

Monday, December 21st, 2020

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California Drone Firm Receives Skyborg Contract

A Skyborg conceptual design for a low cost Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) (Air Force Research Laboratory)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Concord, Calif.-based Volansi a contract to participate in the service's prototype effort for the Skyborg low-cost attritable demonstrator--a project worth up to $400 million. The company was founded "in 2015 as a direct response to inventory and supply chain problems at Tesla," according to the company's website. "Founders Hannan Parvizian and Wesley Zheng saw that emerging drone technologies could be used to drastically improve the way Tesla was serving its customers. Now, Volansi’s technologies are…

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