SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy software just won a 2026 Physical AI Product of the Year Award from @tmcnet!   The award recognizes technologies bringing AI into the physical world. SwarmOS brings AI to the edge, enabling individual platforms to make decisions and collaborate with one another.  We’re proud to see SwarmOS recognized. Huge thanks to TMC, and congratulations to the entire Palladyne AI team who made this happen.  Read the full announcement: na2.hubs.ly/H08zQGD0

One soldier. Multiple drones from different manufacturers. AI operating at the edge, without relying on the cloud.  Our President and CEO Ben Wolff joined @SchwabNetwork’s Trading 360 to discuss how embodied AI is advancing autonomous warfare.  Ben explains how SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy software enables a single operator to direct a heterogeneous swarm of drones from multiple OEMs. He also discusses our partnership with @ILAerospaceIAI to bring their loitering munition systems to the U.S.  Watch the full interview: na2.hubs.ly/H08z32Y0

What does it take to translate embodied AI into scalable revenue?  Part two of our President and CEO Ben Wolff’s conversation with @Zero_Hour_Group is now available. Ben discusses our path from technology validation to commercialization across defense and industrial markets, including:  - Growth opportunities for Palladyne™ IQ closed-loop autonomy software, SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy software, and the BRAIN flight computers  - The role of demonstrations and military exercises in advancing defense opportunities  - Potential recurring software-licensing models  - Commercial applications beyond defense, including manufacturing, infrastructure inspection, agriculture, and search and rescue  Watch the full segment: na2.hubs.ly/H08xGTx0

IntelliSwarm™ just took Platinum!  We're proud to share that IntelliSwarm has been named a Platinum Honoree in the 2026 @MilAero Innovators Awards, the program's highest honor.  The Platinum tier recognizes innovations that take a groundbreaking approach to a real need or deliver a new level of performance, efficiency, or ease of use. IntelliSwarm does so by uniting our SwarmOS™ collaborative swarming software with the BRAIN X2 edge-AI flight control computer into a single plug-and-fight autonomy suite, enabling cross-platform UAVs to sense, decide, and act together in real time, even when communications are denied or degraded.  Congratulations to our team on this well-deserved recognition.  Read more from Military + Aerospace Electronics: na2.hubs.ly/H08wHDl0

It was a productive week at @AUSAorg 2026! Thank you to ORKID Tech for hosting us and to everyone who stopped by the booth.  Throughout the show, we connected with Department of War, industry, and international leaders. Those conversations reinforced strong interest in hardware-agnostic autonomy that runs entirely at the edge, multiplies operational impact without increasing personnel, and keeps humans in control without slowing the mission.  We look forward to building on this week’s momentum and delivering collaborative autonomy that is ready to deploy today.

Parts never land in the same spot twice. Watch a robot handle it.  When a part is out of place, most robots stop. At @FabtechExpo 2026 in Las Vegas, watch a @FANUCAmerica CRX running our Palladyne™ IQ closed-loop autonomy software handle it live.  We’re working with FANUC America’s industrial robot portfolio to integrate Palladyne AI’s physical AI software platform to simplify deployment, increase adaptability, and expand automation across manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics applications.  Find us in the FANUC America paint booth, S11008, October 21 to 23.

AUSA 2026 is in full swing, and our team has been making the rounds, meeting with partners and sharing how Palladyne AI is redefining readiness through embodied AI.  That includes our work with ORKID Tech, bringing SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy to the ORKID 260 VTOL. Across our portfolio, our hardware and software solutions are built to give U.S. forces a strategic advantage: multiplying combat power affordably and scaling rapidly through domestic production.  At the show? Stop by ORKID booth 7415 to meet our team and learn more about our defense solutions.

Going to @AUSAorg 2026? Come find us at ORKID Booth 7415.  Palladyne AI and ORKID partner to unify SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy software and ORKID's fixed-wing UAVs.  Our partnership brings SwarmOS to ORKID’s proven, NDAA-compliant VTOL fixed-wing UAV platform. The integration with SwarmOS will enable a multi-vendor, multi-aircraft swarm that a single pilot can operate while reducing cognitive load.   Learn more about our partnership with ORKID in the full press release.  na2.hubs.ly/H08gVhY0

Federal Ammunition, Mossberg, and Palladyne AI have launched the joint development of SwarmShot™, a modular autonomous airborne counter-UAS system.  SwarmShot will combine Federal’s specialized counter-UAS shotshell ammunition, a lightweight Mossberg weapon module purpose-engineered for airborne operation, and Palladyne AI’s IntelliSwarm™ autonomy system, which combines BRAIN avionics with SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy software.  “SwarmShot is a defensive application of the true autonomous swarming capability we demonstrated with the Army at PC-C6 and other exercises,” said Ben Wolff, President and CEO of Palladyne AI. “One SwarmShot-equipped aircraft is a reusable interceptor. Multiple aircraft operating through IntelliSwarm become a coordinated kinetic swarm. Gremlin-X gives us the first complete system, and the multi-OEM kit gives the partnership a path to scale.”   “Federal has always engineered ammunition around the mission,” said Jason Vanderbrink, President and CEO of The Kinetic Group. “Our recent counter-UAS work for the U.S. Army provides a strong technical foundation for SwarmShot. Working with Mossberg and Palladyne AI allows us to optimize the ammunition, weapon, and engagement geometry together from the outset.”  “This is not simply an existing shotgun mounted to a drone,” said Doug Bell, President and COO of Mossberg. “Mossberg will engineer a lightweight airborne weapon module around the unique requirements of recoil, remote actuation, reliability, and safety. SwarmShot extends trusted firearms engineering into an entirely new defense application.”  Read the full release: na2.hubs.ly/H08fqZg0

Palladyne AI's BRAIN Selected as Finalist in @USArmy FUZE xTech|Apex Intercept Competition  Palladyne AI Corp. (NASDAQ: PDYN) announced that BRAIN, its edge AI flight computer, has been selected as a finalist in the U.S. Army FUZE xTech|Apex Intercept competition. The selection gives Palladyne AI the opportunity to demonstrate BRAIN's edge AI flight-control and autonomy capabilities in a mission-relevant setting as the Army evaluates technologies that could support next-generation interceptor and fire-control modernization.  "Low-cost interceptor modernization is one of the clearest examples of where edge intelligence, flight control and autonomy must come together," said Ben Wolff, President and Chief Executive Officer of Palladyne AI. "Being selected as a finalist gives Palladyne AI the opportunity to demonstrate BRAIN directly to Army and DoW evaluators in a mission-relevant setting."  As a finalist, Palladyne AI will demonstrate BRAIN to U.S. Army and @DeptofWar end-users during the xTech|Apex Intercept finals demonstration event, expected in October/November 2026.  Read the full release: na2.hubs.ly/H089fLW0 $PDYN

🪖 One operator. Multiple dissimilar aircraft. Detection to precision strike. Northern Strike 26-2 brought together more than 9,000 military personnel for one of the U.S. military’s largest reserve component readiness exercises. During the event, the @armyreserve75 tested and evaluated more than 20 types of military technology, including UAS, C-UAS, detection, and contested logistics capabilities. We demonstrated integrated ISR and strike capability powered by our SwarmOS™ collaborative autonomy software. SwarmOS's one-to-many wolf-pack teaming enabled a single operator to direct dissimilar aircraft working together on one mission. The ISR aircraft shared targeting data with our Gremlin-X™ mini-bomber, which performed a precision strike. The demonstration showed how collaborative autonomy can transform individual platforms into a team capable of finding, tracking, and acting on high-value targets. Read the full @USArmy Article: na2.hubs.ly/H087wGB0

Physical AI is changing what robots can do in the real world.   In a new @TechTargetNews feature examining the growing role of physical AI, Palladyne AI President and CEO Ben Wolff discusses why this evolution matters: 💬 “But there are still millions of tasks that are dull, boring, and sometimes dangerous that humans have to do because robots haven't been able to deal with unpredictable, unstructured, or highly variable tasks and environments. That's where embodied AI comes in.”   The article explores how advances in edge AI, perception, and autonomous decision-making are enabling robots to take on increasingly complex real-world tasks.   Read the full article: na2.hubs.ly/H085t3m0

Automation isn't autonomy, and that distinction matters on the battlefield. In an interview with Breaking Defense, Palladyne AI President & CEO Ben Wolff breaks down what actually separates the two: capabilities like pre-programmed flight paths and waypoint following are automation, table stakes. True autonomy is a drone sensing its environment and adapting its mission in real time, within the parameters the operator has set, without a human on the joystick for every move. That's the problem SwarmOS collaborative autonomy software is built to solve. Drawing on the same principles that let ants and bees collaborate at scale, SwarmOS runs entirely at the edge with no cloud connectivity required, enabling real-time perception, reasoning, and action in GPS-denied and communications-contested environments. Humans stay responsible for the decisions that matter most, while the swarm handles execution in real time. As Wolff puts it, “autonomous navigation and mission adaptation, followed by human intervention for any go/no-go decision involving a kinetic effect.” Palladyne AI recently completed a joint field exercise flying drones from multiple OEMs, all running SwarmOS, all managed by a single soldier, collaborating as one swarm. Read the full Q&A: na2.hubs.ly/H07-kX00

"Autonomy" has become one of the most overused words in defense technology. In a new piece, our CEO Ben Wolff makes the case for why an automated system and an autonomous system are fundamentally different things, and why the industry needs to respect that distinction. According to ASTM International standards, an automated system follows a process defined in advance, while an autonomous system has the authority to determine a new course of action when no predefined plan exists. Waypoint flight, collision avoidance, formation flying, object tracking. All useful. None of them is autonomy. If a machine operating autonomously cannot alter its behavior based on real-time changes, it is not autonomous. Ben makes the full case below. na2.hubs.ly/H07TLzk0

Matt Muta is speaking at IMTS 2026: embodied AI for safety and throughput in hazardous finishing environments.

TAM is one of the questions we hear most often from investors, and one of the most misunderstood. In a new post, Palladyne AI President and CEO Ben Wolff looks back on three decades of technology transitions, wireless, personal computing, smartphones, to show why traditional TAM models break down once a technology fundamentally changes what a product can do. He also explains why the real question for embodied AI isn't how many robots will be sold, but what becomes possible once machines can perceive, reason, adapt, and act on their own. Read more: na2.hubs.ly/H07KZHW0

Palladyne AI and @FANUCAmerica have announced a strategic collaboration focused on advancing the next generation of intelligent robotic automation. Read more: na2.hubs.ly/H07GhSf0

Palladyne AI and NORDA Dynamics collaborate to integrate Palladyne AI’s SwarmOS™ decentralized, collaborative autonomy platform with the Underdog Autonomy Module, NORDA’s autonomous terminal guidance product for next-generation unmanned swarm operations.   Read more: na2.hubs.ly/H07rbgT0

Prediction may be one of the most important parts of embodied AI.   In a new article, Palladyne AI President and CEO Ben Wolff explores why autonomous machines need to continuously observe, predict, act, and correct locally and in real time.   Read more: na2.hubs.ly/H07q67F0

Palladyne AI President CEO Ben Wolff joined Federal Drive with Terry Gerton on @FederalNewsNet, in conversation with host Eric White, on the real difference between automation and true autonomy in military robotics and drones.   Listen here: na2.hubs.ly/H07m7nm0