Pabulo Aviation Tops $2.3 Million in Flame Drone Exports, Enters Defense Industry

Pablo Air, which emerged as a rising star in the drone market just 7 years after its establishment, is making an overwhelming presence on the global stage, leading with its flagship product, the 'Flame Drone'. In particular, by traversing the global stage with its 'Flame Drone', it clinched the 'Tower of $2 Million Export' award. This is a remarkable achievement accomplished in just 3 years since its entry into the U.S. market in 2021, and it is even more valuable as it is the first award since the company's founding. Export figures showed truly explosive growth. Performance, which was merely $76,000 in 2023, surpassed $2.3 million in just over a year, achieving a spectacular leap of nearly 30 times. At the heart of this miraculous growth was its independently developed performance drone, 'PabloX F40', also known as the 'Flame Drone'. The stable swarm flights, performed like a dance even when equipped with flames, draw admiration from viewers. In particular, by passing all the strict approvals from the notoriously rigorous U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC), it built a pinnacle of technological prowess in the global market. Currently, Pablo Air is exporting drone bodies and art show performance solutions in regions such as the U.S., Vietnam, and the Middle East, igniting the sparks of success. Pablo Air is now drawing a bigger picture. It is moving beyond performance drones towards a new horizon: the defense industry. The merger with VOLK, a specialized defense manufacturing company, is central to this strategy, establishing a mass production system and laying the foundation for the future. By accelerating the development of next-generation defense technologies, such as swarm kamikaze drone combat systems and drone platforms for aircraft maintenance (MRO), it is revealing an ambitious aspiration to establish itself as a key player in the global defense market starting in 2026. Chairman Kim Young-jun emphasized, "The greatest significance lies in having proven our competitiveness with our proprietary technology in the fiercely competitive global drone market," and expressed a strong will to leverage the secured mass production capability to move towards an even higher goal of achieving $5 million in exports next year. Pablo Air's fiery growth is just beginning.