Electric Aviation for Agriculture & US Defense
Safer. Cheaper. More Effective. The Heavy 1 — a full-scale electric agricultural aircraft — and the autonomous defense platforms built on the same distributed-electric architecture.
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Safer
Save agricultural pilot lives — no flammable fuel on board. Achieve military objectives with fewer losses.
Cheaper
Cut 53% of operating costs compared to traditional ag aircraft. Accomplish mission objectives at lower cost.
More Effective
Fly non-stop, all day and into the night, with hot-swap battery operations. Create a novel force multiplier.
Civilian Aviation — Heavy 1 eSTOL Agricultural Aircraft
Edison Aerospace's flagship Heavy 1 is a patent-pending distributed-electric eSTOL aircraft engineered to replace traditional crop-duster turbines: 40‑ft wingspan, 200 gallon spray capacity, 8 electric motors, ground-effect operation, and extreme short-takeoff-and-landing from unprepared fields.
The aircraft brings 53% lower operating costs, zero combustion emissions, and a substantially safer cockpit profile — addressing the leading cause of agricultural pilot fatalities. Edison is the only company building a full-scale electric replacement for traditional ag aviation, not a sub-scale drone.
Heavy 1 is covered by USPTO Provisional #63/667,697 and serves as the dual-use airframe substrate underwriting Edison's defense portfolio.
Heavy 1
The flagship: 40-ft wingspan, 200-gallon hopper, 8 electric motors, 300-ft STOL from unprepared fields. 53% lower operating costs than turbine ag planes.
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The proven airframe as an autonomous cargo aircraft: 1,200+ lb payload for remote supply, medical delivery, humanitarian aid, and island logistics.
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Battery charging, mission control, and aircraft hangar in one towable trailer — fly non-stop, all day and into the night, no infrastructure required.
Learn MoreUS Defense — Autonomous Constellations for Contested Environments
Edison's defense portfolio is the natural extension of Heavy 1: same airframe family, same distributed-electric propulsion, same autonomy stack — re-tasked into LionFish (autonomous aerial decoy & EW), Heavy 1 Defense (unmanned cargo/munitions delivery), UNCV (unmanned naval combat vessel), SeaWatch (maritime sensor & decoy network), and the Mobile Power & Command Hub for containerized constellation operations.
Four USPTO provisional patents filed. Edison is SAM.gov active (UEI V3Z7BRFKMHS3, CAGE 1ZZD3) and engaged across USAF, Navy, USDA, and DARPA SBIR programs. The dual-use grounding — agricultural commercial revenue underwriting defense innovation — lets Edison deliver constellation-scale autonomy at a unit cost competitive with adversary attritable platforms.
Defense advisor: Dr. Thomas De La Garza, Lt. Colonel (Retired) — 29-year U.S. Army veteran with SOCOM and NORAD Joint Operations Center experience.
Heavy 1 Defense
Unmanned aerial platform for cargo delivery and munitions deployment in contested airspace. Based on the proven Heavy 1 airframe.
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Unmanned Naval Combat Vehicle — an autonomous surface and subsurface vessel for maritime patrol, mine detection, and anti-submarine operations.
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Surface-skimming ground-effect platform for munitions launch, mine laying, UNCV deployment, and high-speed cargo delivery. Dual-use defense and civilian.
Learn MoreLionFish AUAV
Group 3 hybrid-electric decoy & EW aircraft — variable-sweep wings, 250-knot dash, DARPA L4 autonomy, constellations of 50–500 platforms at attritable unit cost.
Learn MoreContainerized Hub
ISO-container "airbase-in-a-box" — power, command, launch, recovery, and recharge for drone constellations at austere forward bases.
Learn MoreHeavy 1 Specifications
Purpose-built electric agricultural aircraft engineered for performance, safety, and economy.
Heavy 1 Cargo Variant
The same proven airframe configured for autonomous cargo delivery — remote areas, medical supplies, humanitarian aid, and e-commerce logistics.
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Watch how Edison Aerospace is building the future of agricultural aviation with all-electric technology.
Ground Control Station
Your Complete Field Operations Hub
The Edison Ground Control Station (patent pending) turns our Heavy 1 aircraft — both civilian and defense variants — into a complete unmanned operations package: battery charging station, mission control center, maintenance workspace, and aircraft hangar in one towable trailer. Keep flying non-stop, all day long and into the night.
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Our Partners
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Team
Leadership & Advisors
Gene Avakyan
PRESIDENT/CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
Chief engineer, Aerospace Engineering and MBA degrees. Primary inventor of the Edison product line, with 26 years of US Federal government experience, including the FAA.
Victoria Unikel
VICE-PRESIDENT, CMO AND CO-FOUNDER
Celebrity and public persona, successful serial entrepreneur with global marketing and import experience.
Dr. Thomas De La Garza
ADVISOR
Decorated US Army officer and PhD with 29 years of experience in multi-domain and special operations.
David Golubchik
COUNSEL
Award-winning attorney and partner at prestigious Los Angeles law firm LNBY&G.
Renee Shelton
ADVISOR
Commercialization Specialist, University of North Dakota.
Research Partners
Prof. Leon Schumacher
RESEARCH PARTNER
Ph.D., NDSU Chair of Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
Prof. William Devenport
RESEARCH PARTNER
R&D Director of VT Stability Wind Tunnel, Virginia Tech.
Asst Prof. Samik Bhattacharya
RESEARCH PARTNER
Ph.D., University of Central Florida - CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis of airframe.
Prof. Yong Hou
RESEARCH PARTNER
Materials research engineer at ND Institute of Energy Studies.
Asst Prof. Michael Kinzel
RESEARCH PARTNER
University of Central Florida - FEA and CFD analysis of flight structures.
From our CEO
"Our goal is nothing less than to replace every single turbine and piston Ag spray aircraft with one of our electric models. Our spray operators and pilots deserve nothing less than to operate more profitable, cleaner, safer, and more efficient spray aircraft! It's about time they've been liberated from dependence on foreign oil as well!"
Gene Avakyan
CEO, Edison Aerospace Inc
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