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AP Drones In Development · Pilot Program

Where intelligence becomes field action.

AP Drones is the action layer of the American Prime system: agricultural drone platforms and workflows that take a flagged field from priority to targeted response. It is being built and validated now, in real fields.

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Not yet a commercial product line. Pilot and partnership opportunities only.
American Prime spray drone in flight low over a corn field during field validation
AP spray drone during field validation over corn, 2026 season.
Development status
  • Aircraft validation In progress
  • Mission workflows In progress
  • Field operations In progress
  • Commercial hardware sales Not available
The system concept

Most drones fly a grid. These fly a reason.

From AP Intelligence
A flagged area, not a whole field

Satellite and weather signals identify where attention is needed, so aircraft time goes to the acres that matter.

Through AP Drone Hub
A mission with full context

Boundaries, obstacles, conditions, and records are already organized before the aircraft leaves the trailer.

With AP Drones
Targeted scouting and application

Aircraft and semi-autonomous workflows for verification and treatment of the flagged area, capturing ground truth as they work.

The connected satellite-to-drone workflow is the development goal, not a shipped commercial integration. Current work focuses on aircraft validation, mission workflows, and field operations.

Field validation

Real aircraft, real fields.

Validation work spans multirotor spray platforms and fixed-wing agricultural aircraft, flown in real field conditions.
American Prime spray multirotor staged on the ground at the edge of a corn field
AP spray multirotor during field validation.
Experimental fixed-wing agricultural spray aircraft in a hangar
Fixed-wing spray platform, experimental designation.
Agricultural spray aircraft on display at a field-day hangar
Spray aircraft at a Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems field-day event.

Engineering the action layer takes both kinds of experience.

The AP Drones program draws on uncrewed-systems engineering and large-scale agricultural automation experience.

Antonio R. Segales, Ph.D. · Drone Systems
Uncrewed aircraft systems, sensor integration, and autonomous flight; work with OU-CIWRO and the CopterSonde weather-sensing UAS.
John Reid, Ph.D. · Agricultural Engineering Advisor
National Academy of Engineering member, elected for contributions to automation in agriculture.
Pricing In Development

No hardware prices while the aircraft are being validated.

Interested in pilots, hardware partnerships, testing, or field validation? That is how to get involved with AP Drones today.

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Help build the action layer.

We are looking for service providers, farm operations, and technology partners for pilots, field validation, and integration work. If that is you, let's talk about what a pilot would look like on your ground.

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