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Volansi Looks to Offer Drone Payload/Communications Relay Capability for Skyborg

Volansi Looks to Offer Drone Payload/Communications Relay Capability for Skyborg
Volansi's Voly M20 drone can carry 20 pounds of payload and 10 pounds of sensors up to 350 miles, the company said (Volansi Photo)

Calfornia-based Volansi is looking to offer drone payload and communications relay capability for Skyborg, one of three U.S. Air Force Vanguard programs to speed the fielding of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). The Air Force recently chose Volansi to participate in in the service’s prototype effort for the Skyborg low-cost attritable demonstrator–a project worth up to $400 million (Defense Daily, Dec. 21). "We got introduced to the Skyborg program [in 2020]," Volansi CEO and co-founder Hannan Parvizian said in…

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