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Since our last offering, Parallel Flight has reached multiple milestones:

• We have increased customer traction with deployments planned 2021.

• We have designed the new hybrid power module for the Beta aircraft and have been testing for several months.

• Under a NASA grant, we successfully completed the development of a redundancy system that will provide a safety advantage over other technologies.

• Under an NSF grant, we have developed computer models of our aircraft system to validate control algorithms.

• We were awarded a grant from the USDA for the development of a large scale platform for controlled ignition (preventative burns and firebreak burns).

• We filed two additional provisional patent applications for our key algorithms and the safety mechanism developed under NASA. 

• We continued to grow our team by bringing all co-founders on as full-time employees and hiring a mechanical engineer, business operations manager and communications lead. 

Electric drones can only fly for fifteen minutes when carrying a heavy payload. Existing gas-powered drones have the ability to fly longer, but can’t carry heavy payloads. Ongoing and dangerous problems, like the wildfire crisis, could seriously benefit from the use of drones, but need long flight-time and heavy-lift.  The Forest Service, military, and private companies are actively looking for heavy lift solutions for wildfire and other applications, but the existing solutions are too limited in terms of flight duration and payload. 

Our new Parallel Hybrid technology is a 10X improvement over existing solutions in terms of flight-time with a heavy payload. Our Parallel Hybrid system increases efficiency and eliminates a heavy generator component used in other hybrids. This means higher efficiency and more payload capability. Parallel hybridization is used in the automotive world, but has never been applied to drones, until now.  

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The market for wildland firefighting is $10B in the USA, Canada, and Australia and is growing by around 10% per year.[1]  The commercial drone sector is estimated to reach $33B by 2022[2] and the Urban Air Mobility market should reach $15B by 2030.[3] Our technology will have important verticals in all of these markets. In the commercial drone industry, our technology will enable logistics missions, Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), heavy sensor payloads, and long hover missions. In the Urban Air Mobility space, our technology will be ideal for developing air ambulances, which have been identified as a technology better suited to hybrid technology. By partnering with companies across various industries, Parallel Flight can provide full-stack solutions to multiple worldwide markets. 

Our initial market is wildland firefighting support. Wildfires are an urgent public safety crisis that has been exacerbated by environmental problems. Every year, thousands become victims of wildfires and there is a constant search for new technology that will help combat these fires. Our drone technology will help firefighters by bringing them supplies such as tools, fuel, food, water, etc.  while they are in the field. It will also be able to perform controlled burns, which is an important tool for fighting wildfires. Our aircraft will also be able directly drop water on spot fires when manned aircraft are grounded due to heavy smoke or during the night. 

Parallel Flight is on the cusp on commercialization. Our beta pipeline has multiple customers worldwide, with aircraft deliveries planned to begin in mid 2021. Applications for our first customers include wildfire applications, powerline construction, and heavy sensor payloads.

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In addition to private customers, we have received grants from NASA, NSF, and most recently from the USDA. This latest grant is for us to begin developing a large scale unmanned system for controlled ignition. This is a key land management tool for removing combustible fuels and preventing wildfires. It is also used for fighting wildfires by creating fire breaks. The US spends hundreds of millions each year on controlled burns. Several pilots have tragically died over the years in these missions, so the agencies are beginning to use drones, but they need aircraft with larger payloads and longer flight times.

Parallel Flight is developing a large-scale controlled burn platform in partnership with Drone Amplified through funding from the USDA.

Our beta-level aircraft is now under construction at PFT

Our product has evolved from a prototype to a production-intent aircraft featuring:

• Compact Hybrid Power Module Design

• Large Cargo Volume

• Lightweight Carbon Fiber Body

• Shock Absorbing Landing Gear

• All-Weather Flight Capability
  
  

The target maximum payload for our beta level aircraft is 100 lbs, not including fuel.

Our heavy-lift unmanned aircraft are programmed from a ground station, and then autonomously perform the mission. The aircraft can also be remote-controlled by a pilot. Because our technology greatly expands the flight-time and payload capability of drones, there are many use-cases including firefighting, agriculture, search-and-rescue, medical delivery, and logistics. Performing these missions autonomously will increase safety and reduce cost. 

Parallel Flight plans to make money by selling full-stack unmanned aircraft solutions, service plans, operator training, and non-recurring engineering. Our initial target customers are federal, state, and municipal agencies tasked with wildland firefighting, private contractors that provide wildfire services, and customers from other industries. Aircraft purchased outright will have a service plan associated with the aircraft. In addition to aircraft sales, customers can also contract aircraft on an Exclusive Use or Call When Needed basis. Both the aircraft sales (with service contract) and contract models are planned sources of recurring revenue for Parallel Flight. 

In 2020, we completed the NSF's Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program. This allowed us to connect with potential customers worldwide to better understand the scalability of our product and the potential of our customer base. We continue to integrate the feedback received through this program into our development strategy, and we have seen strong customer traction as a result. 

Our systems are designed around heavy lift applications which go beyond carrying sensors. One of our greatest advantages is flight time while carrying a heavy payload. Most other drones can fly for 15 minutes with a heavy load; we can fly for hours. We expect our platform will also be less expensive than all-electric drones because of the large number of batteries they have to carry. Often users of all-electric platforms buy multiple battery sets, expensive charging systems, and generators, but our customers will not incur these costs.

In three years, our goal is to be the premier supplier of heavy-lift unmanned systems for heavy-lift public safety applications, such as firefighting and search-and-rescue. We will also have pilot programs underway for adjacent markets such as ship-to-shore, remote logistics, and agriculture. In the future we plan on scaling our technology for the Urban Air Mobility market for applications such as air ambulances.

CEO and co-founder Joshua Resnick led system architecture and electrical engineering for the Tesla Semi Truck program. Before moving to California, he led research for the State of Alaska developing hybrid commercial fishing boat technology. He has been building and flying RC planes and helicopters since he was 13. Our founding team has core competencies in the key areas of hybrid powertrains, drone operations, control theory, machine vision, and robotics. We bring experience from Tesla, Verb Surgical, and the Navy.  We have brought in advisors related to our market, business development, and strategy. 

Dear Investor,

I am striving to build a company that reflects the values that my co-founders and I hold dear.  We will do this by applying our technology to use-cases that save lives, property, and the environment. 

Lives

Whether it is making firefighting safer and more effective, delivering supplies after a natural disaster, performing search and rescue, or bringing medical supplies to a remote village, our technology can be used to  save lives in life or death situations. 

Property

As I write this letter, I am evacuated with my family, and firefighters on the CZU Complex fire are fighting to save my home and community. Over the past twenty years, wildfires have been getting steadily worse, but 2017 was a tipping point with the devastating fires in Santa Rosa and Ventura, CA. Then the 2018 fire season came. The Camp Fire destroyed the entire town of Paradise, CA - it killed 86 people and destroyed 18,804 structures. There was also the Mendicino Complex fire which burned almost half a million acres. In 2020,  the August Lightning Complex fires burned more than 3 million acres in Northern California - the worst wildfires in the state’s history. This is not to mention the massive wildfires in Greece, Alaska, Australia and the Amazon. Parallel Flight Technologies is committed to developing new solutions to this worldwide problem.

Environment

Ok, I admit it. I am green at heart! That's why I spent 5 years developing energy efficient power systems for fishing boats in Alaska, and why I joined Tesla in 2015 to lead the electrical engineering efforts for the Tesla semi truck. One of my core values is building technologies that reduce carbon emissions. So, why am I building a hybrid aircraft? Doesn't hybrid still mean petrol powered? In the case of firefighting, gasoline is the best option because it is already part of the firefighting supply chain. However, I am committed to carbon neutral fuels for all applications that are not life-critical. 

I hope you will join us on this exciting journey to save lives, property, and the environment!

Sincerely,

Joshua Resnick, CEO - Parallel Flight Technologies 

In a short time period, we have already created new technology and a working prototype. Our technology has expanded the performance envelope beyond the capability of competitive technologies. Because of this, we were awarded a NASA SBIR, Phase 1 grant and used this funding to continue prototype development. We have also received funding from NSF and the USDA for the development of our technology. PFT has one patent pending and two provisional patents around its core technology.

Building new technology is hard. But getting that technology deployed in the field is harder. At Parallel Flight Technologies, we are passionate about getting the word out to customers and the community about our technology and mission. We are also dedicated to learning from our customers about their pain points and discovering how we can help. 

We deeply value community involvement and support. We have been overwhelmed by the response from our family, friends, and community. At speaking events, conferences, or just in conversation, people have shown tremendous support for our company and mission.

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