Exedy engineers working through a design at the whiteboard
Our Story / Build record
Exedy Drones / Exedy Globalparts Corporation

Not born in a garage.

70+ years of automotive-grade engineering, now in the air.

Breaking point / Standard / Michigan / Testing / TeamRecord 01 / 07
02Breaking pointLog

Why Exedy builds spray drones.

U.S. growers were left with fragile parts supply and few dealer-supported options. The log below is how Exedy read the market.

Entry 01Condition

Supply chain volatility.

Entry 02Condition

Scrutiny of foreign UAVs.

Entry 03Condition

Import barriers.

Entry 04Result

Fragile parts supply and few dealer-supported options.That left U.S. growers exposed in season.

Entry 05Decision

“American agriculture deserved better.”

03LineageExedy engineering
00+
Years of Exedy engineeringOne standard

70+ years, one standard.

Exedy Drones comes from Exedy Globalparts Corporation, a U.S. company and employer, part of the EXEDY group, backed by 70+ years of Exedy engineering.

Sign-off
Each drone is signed by an authorized Exedy technician as Exedy’s commitment that it was built to the highest quality standards
Standard
Automotive-grade manufacturing standards
Practice
Lean automotive practices
Company
U.S. company and employer, part of the EXEDY group
PhilosophyIt just works.

Focused on what works: time-tested, production-ready flight systems.

Flight systemsProduction-ready
SystemsTime-tested
MindsetZero-defect
04ProductionSoutheast Michigan

Made in Michigan.

Drones will be assembled on a U.S. production line in Southeast Michigan.

Production line / Van Buren Twp, MILocation
42.22° N83.49° WVan Buren Twp, MI
Exedy technician assembling an AYRE CX frame
Line
U.S. production line, Southeast Michigan
Sign-off
Signed by an authorized Exedy technician
Practice
Lean automotive practices
Fabrication
Domestic fabrication
Assembly
Vertically integrated assembly
Components
Locally and globally sourced

Built in the USA with locally and globally sourced components.

05TestingReal U.S. farms

Tested in the dirt, not the lab.

Tested on real U.S. farms, with operators.

01Payload

Heavy payloads, flown on working fields.

PayloadsHeavy
SettingU.S. farms
02Flight

Aggressive maneuvers and long spray cycles.

ManeuversAggressive
Spray cyclesLong
03Telemetry

Telemetry fed back to engineering.

DataTelemetry
LoopTo engineering
06PartnersTwo teams

The team behind it.

Exedy builds the drones. An industry-leading enablement partner supports the dealer network.

01Drones and manufacturing

Exedy

Exedy Globalparts Corporation. Engineering and manufacturing. Drones will be assembled on a U.S. production line in Southeast Michigan. Software coded in the U.S., with data on U.S. servers.

Sign-offExedy technician
SoftwareCoded in the U.S.
DataU.S. servers
02Dealer and service network

Dealer network

Supported by an industry-leading enablement partner.

NetworkDealer + service
07NextKeep reading

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