News Highlights
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Parallel Flight Technologies: 2024 Wrapped
Parallel Flight Technologies achieved remarkable milestones in 2024, advancing their Firefly aircraft, securing major contracts, and setting records in unmanned aerial systems, positioning them for an even more impactful 2025.
Fire Foresight Team Visit
The Fire Foresight Team — a consortium of four innovative startups from the Asia-Pacific region tackling wildfire management through cutting-edge technology. XPRIZE competitors 2024.
Parallel Flight Technologies Launches New Services Division for Comprehensive End-to-End Drone Solutions
Parallel Flight Technologies announces a new division to deliver best-in-class services and low-cost solutions to historically underserved end users.
U.S. Special Operations Command Signs CRADA with Parallel Flight Technologies
The U.S. Special Operations Command has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Parallel Flight Technologies to explore the development of the company’s Parallel Hybrid propulsion technology.
Parallel Flight Prescribed Burn Flight Testing
What were most excited about is that our hybrid system allows for an overall mission that is twice as fast, and requires half of the ground crew, as would be needed with an all-electric aircraft.
January 2023 New Tech Videos
Did you miss our first New Tech event of the year? Check out the recordings here!
January New Tech Photos
A little more than 100 people braved the rain and flooding to attend the first Santa Cruz Works New Tech of 2023. Eight companies presented their truly inspirational journeys, their visions for the year, and open job positions.
DART Symposium 2022
This year’s theme, “Innovation Workforce: Ready to Fly,” focuses on the economic development opportunities and challenges of expanding DART-related innovation ecosystem on the Central Coast.
10 Startups to Watch in 2022
Santa Cruz is ripe with startups and “super-startups”. We list the top 10 to watch in 2022.
Recording: 5th Annual Get Hired
Jobs from Monterey Bay Internships, Cabrillo College, Joby Aviation, LIFEAID, Paystand, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Zero Motorcycles, Astrea Forensics, Claret, Biosciences, Parallel Flight, Digital Dynamics, Amazon
Parallel Flight is looking for a "hardcore Mechanical Engineer"
Joshua Resnick, CEO of Parallel Flight Technologies is looking for "a hardcore Mechanical Engineer who wants to suffer in a startup with us”. If interested send us (info@SantaCruzWorks.org) your contact info and resume and we will send it to the correct channels. Or reach out to Parallel Flight Technologies directly at parallel.aero.