Who makes Pelican Spray?

Pelican Spray is made by Pyka, based in Santa Cruz, CA.

Where is Pelican Spray deployed?

No verified deployments of Pelican Spray are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Is Pelican Spray safe?

Pelican Spray has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Pelican Spray · DEPLOY

Name: Pelican Spray
Brand: Pyka

Overview

Pyka's Pelican Spray is a large autonomous electric fixed-wing agricultural aircraft for crop spraying; it received FAA approval to operate crop-spraying missions in the US, offering higher capacity and speed than multirotor spray drones.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments: None on file
Sources on file: 1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Pelican Spray.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

https://dronedj.com/2023/08/03/pykas-large-autonomous-pelican-ag-drone-wins-faa-approval-for-us-wide-crop-spraying-duties/

Common questions

What is Pelican Spray?: Pyka's Pelican Spray is a large autonomous electric fixed-wing agricultural aircraft for crop spraying; it received FAA approval to operate crop-spraying missions in the US, offering higher capacity and speed than multirotor spray drones.
Who makes Pelican Spray?: Pelican Spray is made by Pyka, based in Santa Cruz, CA.
Where is Pelican Spray deployed?: No verified deployments of Pelican Spray are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Pelican Spray safe?: Pelican Spray has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for Pelican Spray yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /models/pyka-pelican-spray.md
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/models/7a9ac682-8041-4075-8a4d-7102d75f224c
Revision history: /models/pyka-pelican-spray/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

DEPLOY Intelligence Score

0.0/ 100

vs 6 months ago

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 47% of Agriculture

Analysis

Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.

Signal flags

No new deployment (12 months)

Dimension breakdown

Safety Record

95.0LOW

Adoption Spread

0.531.8LOW

IP Activity

5.0LOW

Deployment Scale

0.0LOW

Market Presence

0.0LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

Last computed: Jul 3, 2026

Intelligence layer