7 Drone Stocks to Watch for 2022 US NEWS & World Report
The drone market could be worth more than $41 billion by 2026. Here are seven drone stocks to watch now.


UAV Corp. (UMAV)
Drones are often fixed-wing or multirotor aircraft, but UAV Corp. is part of a group developing dirigible technology. In October, the company announced it had successfully flown a prototype airship and was ready to manufacture it with its business partners and support from the U.S. Air Force. It says the technology can be developed to reach 100,000 feet, and the company aims to add high-altitude human flights to its business model. It should be noted that penny stocks like UAV Corp. can be risky bets. But at just a few cents per share, the stock could produce above-average returns if its business plan gets off the ground.

https://money.usnews.com/investing/stock-market-news/slideshows/drone-stocks-to-consider-as-the-technology-soars?slide=7

Update: Company is talking to Space Florida trying to get financing to build more hangers to accommodate sales of airships. They have an order from a Central American company for an airship, with more possible.

Check County Meeting here and go to minute 36:30 to hear details from Jim McKnight.

Things are happening for $UMAV.

GLTA
NP

You're welcome.

Yes indeed. Just getting started. Taking their time and doing it right. All good IMO

NEWS OUT: UAV CORP (UMAV) ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL PRE-FLIGHT TESTING OF AWERX, THE U.S. AIR FORCE PROTOTYPE DATT MA 600 HYBRID ELECTRIC AIRSHIP
Port St. Joe-Wewahitchka, Florida and Auburn, Alabama, Sept. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UAV Corp’s (OTC Pink: UMAV) Skyborne Technology (STI), Research in Flight (RIF) as Prime contractor, Auburn University and Gulf Coast State College have successfully tested the pre-flight systems of the U.S. Airforce AFWERX program prototype the DATT MA 600 (Detachable Airship from a Tether Technology) Hybrid Electric Extended Range Airship with Modular Payload (e2RAMP) under the 1St phase of the Air Force AFWERX contract. With initial buoyancy modifications, multiple test flights are planned for later this month.

With support of AFWERX, a United States Air Force program, the four partners are ready to gear up for a Phase II contract. Under a Phase II agreement the team will manufacture and test a detachable airship from a tether (DATT) as a cylinder shape aerial platform with new aerodynamic properties for extended flight. In addition to the DATT airship, the electric propulsion (5 motors) will be powered by advanced fuel cells. The lifting gas for the platform will involve the integration of a mixture of both helium and hydrogen gases to reduce the cost of operations.

“At Research in Flight, our partnership with Skyborne Technology, Auburn University and Gulf Coast State College is leading to novel cutting-edge airship technologies which will change the way airships are used in pursuit of security,” stated Dr. Roy Hartfield

“We are quite pleased with the successful testing of all pre-flights systems of the prototype airship as we prepare to scale up to the 250-foot DATT MA 600 airship. We are increasing buoyancy and adding additional optics to the prototype to capture the advanced gimbled two axis propulsion system with state-of-the-art proprietary software, stated Michael Lawson CEO of STI.”

“The novel airship capabilities being developed and operationalized by Skyborne Technology and their partners provide a unique and robust set of observation, communication, and data collection tools for Gulf Coast, as we equip and implement Team Tempest,” said Dr. John Holdnak, President of Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida.

This successful prototype pre-test in preparation for upcoming flight tests for the U.S. Air Force proves out our next generation airship design. The semi-rigid airship design with advance propulsion and aerodynamic lifting capabilities is unique to airships currently operating. Our design allows a coupling of the airship with onboard eVTOL drones, this gives the users eyes in the sky for long term surveillance and transmitting capabilities with immediate close inspection in real-time. Previously, operating airships did not have these combined integrated features; our new DATT MA600 will be able to perform a vast array of missions. Our partnership with Auburn University, Research in flight along with Gulf Coast State College and Gulf County is why the prototype and our future fully operation DATT MA 600 is quickly moving to a future launch date,” stated Billy Robinson Chairman of UAV Corp.

About Research in Flight

The company was established with the aim of developing new aerodynamic and hydrodynamic analysis tools for aerospace engineering applications. The nucleus of this startup is the FlightStream® umerical flow solver that allows for rapid analysis of flow results over advanced geometries. The FlightStream® solver is versatile and foundational in its ability to work with unstructured surface meshes and have solver run times of only seconds.

Skyborne Updates
- Hired 11 people at the Skyborne site
- Nearing completion of DATT Airship in conjunction with Gulf Coast State College
- Test flight expected in October
- Central America deals expected near end of October

Go to Report from Jim McKnight around 46 minutes into Gulf County Meeting from Aug. 24

SA 70-12 Helium Inner Envelope Inflation Test June 29th 2021
Florida State University Civic Center

https://backend.otcmarkets.com/otcapi/company/financial-report/290085/content

$UMAV DEALS COMING

MEETING TODAY 6/22 IN GULF COUNTY, FLA

Go to approximately 1:14:00 mark. Jim McKnight from Gulf County Economic Development Coalition
Speaking about Skyborne - "They are very close with some discussions with some Central American countries"

$UMAV FROM TODAY'S MEETING IN GULF COUNTY

Go to approximately 1:14:00 mark. Jim McKnight from Gulf County Economic Development Coalition
Speaking about Skyborne - "They are very close with some discussions with some Central American countries"

$UMAV Nice Update on Progress this morning:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uav-corp-umav-subsidiary-research-120000916.html

Nice volume today

Good - Feel free to ignore it.

$UMAV NEWS OUT: UAV Corp's Subsidiary Skyborne Technology and Gulf Coast State College Execute Phase II Binding MOU

"Our goal is to be testing 5G capabilities with a national carrier late summer followed by flight readiness in case of a disaster or other national needs, stated Michael Lawson CEO of STI."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uav-corps-subsidiary-skyborne-technology-120000315.html

I'm begging to think your on to something.

I'm very aware of the offering, and SS. BTW - Check your facts. It's no longer .50

I update the iBox every day. They're starting with fewer than 8 million OS. And you think issuing shares is a problem?

NP

Might want to do your own research. I know what I own.

Lol that’s funny

Volume has been increasing. Noted the SEC site now lists SIC as:
3842 - Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies


Someone may have a plan

Thanks for supplying the link. I forgot to add it. UMAV will go in the not-too-distant future. I'm willing to wait it out.

GLTA
NP

April 30 - Aerospace faculty member part of six Air Force Agility Prime awards

In partnership with Flugauto and Research in Flight, Chakraborty is helping to analyze the performance of Flugauto’s novel cargo delivery drone and assessing its potential dual use for civil and military applications. This tandem-wing concept is powered by four ducted fan propulsors that provide not only thrust but are also used to control the aircraft. This concept does not have any control surfaces on the wings.

“We’re going to analyze the stability and control characteristics of this concept and explore some novel flight control solutions using our simulation capabilities,” Chakraborty said.

Chakraborty’s sixth Agility Prime project is a collaboration with Research in Flight and Skyborne Technology aimed at analyzing an electric airship concept. The team is currently in the process of studying the payload, range and performance requirements of this airship as well as technology assumptions for the propulsion system components.

Agility Prime aims to bring together industry, investor and government communities to establish safety and security standards while accelerating commercialization of advanced air mobility vehicle technology.

They were listed as Limited Info. Now listed as Pink. I think they had to keep pressuring OTC to get that changed.

$RIGL Positive Results, next step EUA -
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/positive-topline-data-shows-fostamatinib-110000249.html

They posted a new Annual Report and Attorney Letter yesterday.

Annual Report Is Out
https://backend.otcmarkets.com/otcapi/company/financial-report/276032/content

Summary
The marketing plan targets the high probability sale of 100+ systems over a three-year period. Potential additional target markets include the Maritime Services, Critical Infrastructure, Transportation Industry, Telemedicine, and foreign government sales.
Initial plan targets high confidence sales of 100+ devices over a 3-year period, at a distributed sales price of $25,000 depending on volume of purchase, plus planed technology upgrades increases the growth potential.
We are entering a period of rapid expansion, where organic growth is anticipated to surpass 100% annually. In addition to the organic growth, we anticipate additional growth from the following sources:
? Acquisitions
? Line Extension
? Product upgrades
? New financing options
? Service contracts

CHECK THIS OUT - JANUARY PUBLIC MEETING
Go to Minute 28 -

Modular Generalized Framework for Assessing Aircraft Aero-Propulsive, Stability, and Control Characteristics
https://www.vsddl.com/projects/

Status: Active
Collaborators: Dr. Vivek Ahuja (Research in
Flight), Prof. Roy Hartfield (Auburn University)

This multi-year project, funded by NASA Langley Research Center, aims to develop tools, processes, and methods to assess and evaluate stability and control characteristics of unconventional aircraft configurations in early design. The joint proposal was submitted by Research in Flight and VSDDL (Auburn University) in response to NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH18ZEA001N, Amendment No. 2, Subtopic 2.1.6 of the Transformational Tools and Technology (TTT) project, “Stability and Control Characteristic Estimation Methods for the Conceptual Design Phase of Unconventional Aircraft for Physics-Based Analysis, Sizing, and Optimization”.

The joint research will contribute towards NASA’s interest in developing methods for analysis of aircraft static and dynamic stability characteristics that are applicable to unconventional aircraft concepts and also suitable for the conceptual design stage. The goal is to demonstrate the developed capabilities through simulation of the dynamics of unconventional fixed-wing aircraft configurations with tight coupling of propulsion and
aerodynamic characteristics, including evaluation of active control systems. The team will make use of and further develop Research in Flight’s trademark Flightsteam tool, as well as link it with a flexible and modular MATLAB/Simulink-based flight simulation framework.

Sorry Robostock. I meant to reply during Happy Hour but I got sidetracked. I don’t have private messaging capabilities.

Source of mine told me UAV has been working on a deal with Guatemala. The deal was supposed to be pretty close and with the company filing with SEC looks like they expect to do deals this year with Central America. So my source seems to be correct. Not sure how much $ that equates to but it would be a perfect customer for the Airship technology

Also heard the my are talking with customers in Costs Rica and Mexico.

Looking for news soon on any of those.

GLTU
NP

ABC NEWS TV Report March 9, 2021 - https://www.mypanhandle.com/gulf-county/skyborne-technologies-and-gcsc-emergency-communications-airship-undergoes-testing/

NEWS OUT: Skyborne Technology and GCSC emergency communications airship undergoes testing

https://www.uavcorp.net/post/skyborne-technology-and-gcsc-emergency-communications-airship-undergoes-testing

GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — In Wewahitchka on Monday, technology took flight.

Skyborne Technology, in partnership with Gulf Coast State College and Gulf County are testing an inflatable airship; it’s one of the first of its kind in the entire world.

“This is sort of a one of a kind type design,” said Skyborne’s CEO, Michael Lawson. “It’s kind of unusual, it’s almost a UFO looking airship.”
It’s seven stories tall and it’ll fly tethered or untethered thousands of feet above the ground, as a piece of technology being utilized like never before.

“In case there is a disaster, we would come in after the disaster and be a communication hub,” Lawson explained.

It will act as a satellite in the sky, hovering thousands of feet above the ground with emergency equipment, drone launching and receiving capabilities, cameras and data collection tools. Gulf Coast State College partnered with Skyborne to make it happen with support from Triumph Gulf Coast and Gulf County.

“There’s a lot of people that are really interested in it now,” said GCSC President, Dr. John Holdnak.

He said the idea came from one of the many lessons learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael.

“When decision makers don’t have enough data to make decisions, you’ll make a decision that can turn out to waste time, waste energy, waste resources,” Holdnak said.

GCSC is working on a comprehensive emergency response program to assist in future disasters, training students to be ready to operate the state of the art equipment, such as the inflatable airship.

“Our goal is to start creating capabilities along coastal communities in Florida to begin with and then around the rest of the country,” Holdnak said. “Where the equipment is there and the trained people will come into the area and we’re going to provide a lot of that training to all the people who are interested in receiving it.”

Lawson said they’re planning on building several more of these blimp-type satellites, able to be manned or unmanned and used around the world to help with communication networks.

This airship is still undergoing FAA testing, but Lawson hopes to have it ready, up and running in the next few months.

Agree 100 percent. Really wish the Reddit crowd would take a run at this. The Institutions need to be taught a lessen.

Tired of them selling shares: OS as of February 23, 2021, there were 170,041,848 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

Had been around 168 million. They get $125 million from Lily and for some reason still feel the need to issue shares. Starting to piss me off.

UMAV is going to be a billion dollar stock IMO. Lots of applications and interest for commercial, governmental and military applications. Huge dollars coming our way down the road.


NP

AFWERX CONTRACT INSIGHT:

https://www.afwerx.af.mil/sttr.html

If Phase 1 goes well, could see huge money down the road

The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program ‘Open Topic’ aims to help small businesses commercialize emerging research in partnership with a university, non-profit entrepreneurship center, or research center. Different from the traditional STTR program, the Open Topic is ‘open’ to any technology, customer, or application.

The following opportunities are available through AFVentures and the STTR Open Topic:
- Many Small Bets (Phase I) "a simple, open door for innovation" - Up to $50,000 per award | 1000-1500 awards per year | Three solicitations per year
- Some Medium Bets (Phase II) - Up to $1.5M per award matched funding encouraged | 300-500 awards per year | Live & Virtual Matching
- A Few Big Bets (Strategic Financing) - Up to $15M (SBIR) Awards | 20+ Awards per year | 1:1:2 Program-SBIR-Private Matching | Annual Solicitation

NEWS - UAV Corp (UMAV) subsidiary, Research in Flight (RIF), and Auburn University receives 1st phase of Air Force AWERX contract for an Electric Extended Range Airship with Modular Payload (e(2)RAMP)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uav-corp-umav-subsidiary-research-130000388.html

Port St. Joe-Wewahitchka, Florida--(Newsfile Corp. - March 2, 2021) - UAV Corp's (OTC Pink: UMAV) Skyborne Technology (STI), Research in Flight (RIF) as Prime contractor and Auburn University have teamed up to explore the potential of STI's aerial transport platform for civilian and military support missions. With support of AWERX, a United States Air Force program, the three partners have recently launched Phase I leveraging NASA software for the design of a sub-scale flying prototype. This prototype will serve as a platform for testing and data collection in preparation for a proposed full-scale vehicle with expansive logistics and support applications. Insights gained from the tests will allow computer-simulated scenario modeling to assess the STI DATT tether-airship platform for various applications.

"STI's platforms are designed for versatility as both an airship and an aerostat (DATT System), according to Skyborne's CEO Mr. Michael Lawson, which enables maximum versatility for support and rescue missions." STI's newest platform under development will be electrically powered with vertical take-off and landing capabilities for unrestricted access, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance in difficult terrain.

"These contracts are the beginning of what expect to be long term relationships that have developed thru our many years of UAV and Airship technology research that we believe will benefit both our shareholders and regional communities," stated William Robinson, Chairman of UAV Corp.

The "STI" DATT platform is to offer the ultimate versatility of aerial transport and support at affordable costs. Insights gained during phase I allow the team to adapt the STI's DATT platform to specific requirements during future phases. "We are very excited at the prospect of applying our lab's tools and capabilities to the analysis of STI's novel and very versatile air vehicle concept." says Dr. Imon Chakraborty, the project lead faculty at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University. The Phase I project runs for six months and flight tests are anticipated to take place during summer 2021.

Feb. 2021 Newsletter Opportunity Florida
Skyborne Technology is Making Waves in Gulf County
https://backend.otcmarkets.com/otcapi/company/financial-report/271803/content

NEW ARTICLE: State Grant Provides Help For Airport Infrastructure
https://www.starfl.com/story/news/2021/02/11/state-grant-provides-help-airport-infrastructure/4467455001/

By David Adlerstein, The Star - Feb 11, 2021

Gulf County has been awarded close to a half-million dollars in rural infrastructure dollars that will go towards completing infrastructure improvements at Costin Airport.

Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the county will receive $489,420 that will go towards building infrastructure to a new hangar facility and a development property adjacent to the Port St. Joe airport to attract businesses in the aerospace industry.

The award comprises more than half of $927,000 given to three rural Florida communities to strengthen public infrastructure through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rural Infrastructure Fund.

The town of Esto will receive $27,950 to make improvements to its water tank, well, and treatment plant, while Wauchula will be given ($409,697 to assist with the improvement and expansion of parking facilities adjacent to neighboring commercial spaces and the historic City Hall and Auditorium.

Jim McKnight, chairman of the county’s Economic Development Coalition, said the funds will provide the county’s match to a previously announced federal grant and will pay for the water and electric service to the project site.

The grant previously announced was $615,048 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, in support of the infrastructure at the Costin Airport, specifically paving Cessna Drive and providing sewer services.

The combined $1.1 million in grants provide the funding for the road and other needed infrastructure to the $3.8 million hangar Skyborne Technology plans to build at the airport, with projections that other aerospace businesses will locate along Cessna Drive.

“We are thrilled by Governor Desantis’s announcement and thank the Department of Economic Opportunity for these grant funds that will invigorate the developing aerospace business in Gulf County,” said McKnight. “A special thank you goes out to State Rep. Jason Shoaf for his assistance with the grant process.”

DeSantis said in the release that “my administration is committed to strengthening the infrastructure in all of Florida’s communities but particularly in rural areas where there is often a significant need. These investments will help create jobs, provide these communities with the capacity for future growth, and further develop their economies.”

The Rural Infrastructure Fund provides funding to local governments for infrastructure projects in rural communities to encourage job creation, business investment, and strengthen and diversify rural economies.

“I am proud to stand with Governor DeSantis as our state continues to make strategic investments in our communities,” said Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle. “These investments not only grow and diversify our rural communities they impact the Floridians who live there by providing opportunities to expand their careers and improve the quality of life of their families.”

Retiring debt and operational funds - I’ll accept some new shares for that purpose.

NP

Agreed. Expecting News Soon on these two items from the filing:
- The company has current projects scheduled to start in South America and Central America in 2021.
- Additional Grants and contracts are in final stages of development.

Now that these are out in the market, IMO they'll be issuing PRs.

NP

Marketing
Our initial marketing plan will focus on federal, state, and local communities. Emergency responders at all level of government including FEMA, DoD, municipal leaders, and local first responders will be our targeted markets. We also believe that other countries will recognize the critical need for the SENTINEL. For example, recent natural disasters in Haiti rendered most communication inoperable and isolated various parts of the country.

(In order to facilitate securing contracts from these sources, we have established relationships with leader within the various agencies and industrial groups. Such as Federal EMP Taskforce and other meetings to gain a better understanding of the need for emergency communications infrastructure.)

The marketing plan targets the high probability sale of 100+ systems over a three-year period. Potential additional target markets include the Maritime Services, Critical Infrastructure, Transportation Industry, Telemedicine, and foreign government sales.

Initial plan targets high confidence sales of 100+ devices over a 3-year period, at a base sales price of $25,000 depending on volume of purchase, plus planed technology upgrades increases the growth potential.

My source seems to be right - https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=161520703

The company has current projects scheduled to start in South America and Central America in 2021.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843573/000147793221000821/uav_1a.htm#useof

Airships have undergone surprisingly little evolution, and this makes the proprietary designs of the Company so desirable to government and commercial customers. The company has been awarded through Grants and other for a total of $2,004,868. Of those awards, $1,104,868 is part of an infrastructure Grant from the Federal EDA, The Florida State Department of Equal Opportunity and Gulf County Florida, to construct a road, sewer, water and three phase power at Costin Airport, Port St. Joe, Florida in preparation for the build of new hangar to house airships and drones. The combined hangar and airport will support training and operations for domestic and international customers as a one-stop shop. Through Florida’s Gulf Coast State College and the Triumph Fund, Skyborne Technology will complete the DATT SA 70 (Detachable Airship from a Tether) for manned and unmanned operations as a disaster relief program. The award is approximately $900,000 to complete and to certificate the airship/drone system for flight in 2021. Additional Grants and contracts are in final stages of development.