Parallel Flight Technologies

Summary

About

About Parallel Flight Technologies

Parallel Flight Technologies develops heavy-lift hybrid multirotor aircraft for logistics, wildfire response, surveillance and industrial operations. Firefly uses a redundant petrol-electric propulsion architecture to combine vertical flight with longer endurance and rapid refuelling.

The aircraft is designed to carry up to 100 pounds for roughly 1.4 hours and can be transported and deployed by a small team. A modular payload interface supports cargo, sensors and mission equipment, while autonomous control manages flight and propulsion. Parallel Flight is progressing commercial and government programmes, including maritime development and United States heavy-aircraft operating approvals.

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Products

Operations

Orders & commitments

  • Order / commitment

    2025-09-09 - Parallel Flight received a $3.74 million Office of Naval Research contract to adapt Firefly heavy-lift UAS for maritime operations. - contract value

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  • Order / commitment

    2024-03-07 - Alpha Drones USA ordered five Parallel Flight Firefly heavy-lift UAVs, with options for additional units. - Alpha Drones heavy-lift UAV operations

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Team

  • Craig Stevens - CEO - CEO leadership supports Parallel Flight's heavy-lift hybrid UAS commercialization.
  • Joshua Resnick - Founder and former CEO - Founder context anchors the company's original hybrid heavy-lift drone development.
  • Bobby Hulter - Director of Software and Controls - Software and controls leadership is directly tied to the Firefly UAS autonomy and flight-control stack.

Timeline

Events

Relations

Relationships

  • Areté

    Maritime Demo Partner - Parallel Flight Technologies demonstrated Firefly maritime surveillance and countermeasure capabilities with Areté at TCE 24.2.

  • Office of Naval Research

    Maritime UAS Contract Customer - Parallel Flight received an Office of Naval Research contract to adapt Firefly heavy-lift UAS for maritime operations.

  • Alpha Drones USA

    Firefly UAV Order - Alpha Drones USA ordered five Parallel Flight Technologies Firefly heavy-lift UAVs with options for additional units.

Context

Comparable profiles

Shared workflows

Context tags

  • Drone delivery operations - Workflow - Parallel Flight Technologies belongs in the aerial delivery robotics peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
  • Cargo UAV development and operations - Workflow - Official Firefly page documents a heavy-lift UAS for long-range logistics. Source: https://www.parallelflight.com/firefly
  • Heavy-lift cargo drones - Capability - Official Firefly page documents a heavy-lift UAS for long-range logistics and industrial missions. Source: https://www.parallelflight.com/firefly
  • Enterprise drone OEM - Stack Layer - Parallel Flight builds commercial and industrial UAS systems.
  • Commercial drone OEM - Stack Layer - Parallel Flight Technologies belongs in the commercial drone oem peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
  • Heavy-lift VTOL aircraft ecosystem - Stack Layer - Parallel Flight builds heavy-lift hybrid UAS platforms.

Commercial

  • ONR awards Parallel Flight USD 3.74M maritime Firefly UAS contract

    2025-09-09 · Order / contract · The Office of Naval Research awarded Parallel Flight Technologies a USD 3.74 million contract to develop a maritime-capable Firefly UAS.

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  • Alpha Drones orders five Parallel Flight Firefly UAVs

    2024-03-07 · Order / contract · Alpha Drones USA ordered five Parallel Flight Technologies Firefly heavy-lift UAVs with options for additional units.

    Source