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Company brief
Building the Future of Distributed UAV Manufacturing.
AIRoboticsAdditive ManufacturingAerospace
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Mission
To make UAV manufacturing as simple as defining a mission—powered by AI-driven, fully automated, containerized microfactories.
Los AngelesCivilian UAVsDeep-tech aerospace and advanced manufacturing
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Why
Traditional UAV manufacturing relies on centralized production, long lead times, and complex supply chains. PTDrone brings manufacturing closer to the point of need, enabling faster production, mission-specific customization, and greater operational flexibility.
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How
Our integrated platform connects AI-driven mission planning, UAV configuration, additive manufacturing, robotic assembly, and automated quality validation.
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Who
Los Angeles, CA 34.0522° N 118.2437° W
Founding team
Runze Zhang (RZ)
Founder & CEO
USC Iovine and Young Academy · USC RPL Composites
Deep-tech founder, experienced FPV pilot and researcher with 5+ years in additive manufacturing, advanced materials and aerospace engineering.
- Built a 200+ FPV community and led an international FPV team
- UAV projects involving KONE and World Cup-related productions
- Engineering work exhibited in Munich and at TCT Asia
- Government-supported UAV manufacturing and a Kexcelled collaboration
Jaden Liu
Co-Founder
USC Viterbi · Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Multidisciplinary aerospace engineer specializing in VTOL aircraft, propulsion, aerodynamics and autonomous flight, combining hands-on prototyping with flight-control software, AI and embedded systems on a computer science foundation.
- Designed and prototyped a single-engine, thrust-vectoring VTOL fixed-wing aircraft
- Developed dual-tilt-rotor UAV concepts and flight-control architectures
- Aerodynamics and propulsion simulation in GasTurb, XFLR5 and OpenVSP
- Autonomous flight with PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink and GCS
Get in touch
Investment, collaboration and pilot inquiries.