PTERODYNAMICS INC.

Moorpark, CA · Defense · Private

Autonomous aerial vehicles for military logistics and rapid deployment

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · pterodynamics.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Moorpark, CA
Latest Form D: $4.5M, Dec 2022
Total capital: $13M

Federal grants: $1.2M; 1 award · 2023; Rank in peer group#51 of 66
Private capital raised: $5.1M; 2 Form D · last Dec 2022; 46 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $6.7M; 6 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#465 of 1442
Granted patents: 3; 2 pending · first 2020; Rank in peer group#11 of 66

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Developing the X-P5 Transwing UAS for Autonomous Agile Combat Logistics within INDOPACOM$1.2M
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · Developing The X-P5 Transwing Unmanned Aerial System For Autonomous Agile Combat Logistics$3.2M
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Developing Electric Vertical Take-off And Landing Unmanned Aircraft System For Extending Tactical Communications Networks$3.1M
Dec 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$4.5M
Dec 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$586K
Nov 2022Federal contractDefense · Transwing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) For Tactical Logistics$74K
Nov 2022Federal contractDefense · Transwing UAS For Long-dwell Communications Relay$75K

Show 2 earlier federal awards

Nov 2022Federal contractDefense · Pterodynamics- Transwing Unmanned Aircraft System For Tactical Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance$75K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · FX201-CSO1-0218- Transwing UAS$50K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Federal first

33months

from PTERODYNAMICS INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Mar 2020: Defense · $50K
First Form D · Dec 2022: $586K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 4 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 66 peers

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Defense · System

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#11 · top 17%

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Matthew GraczykExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 5

Oct 28, 2025GrantedControl of Aircraft with Vertical Take-Off and Landing CapabilitiesUSPTOUS 12,455,574
Apr 6, 2021GrantedVertical Takeoff and Landing AirframeUSPTOUS 10,967,969
Feb 11, 2020GrantedVertical Takeoff and Landing AirframeUSPTOUS 10,556,679

Show all 5 patent records

Control of Aircraft with Vertical Take-Off and Landing CapabilitiesOct 28, 2025 · US 12,455,574Granted
Vertical Takeoff and Landing AirframeApr 6, 2021 · US 10,967,969Granted
Vertical Takeoff and Landing AirframeFeb 11, 2020 · US 10,556,679Granted
Control Of Aircraft With Vertical Take-off And Landing CapabilitiesApplication PCTUS2021032258Pending
Control of Aircraft With Vertical Take-off and Landing CapabilitiesApplication 63024693Pending

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.