First Breach completes untethered flight of proprietary drone prototype; readies controller and domestic production roadmap

# What happened

First Breach Inc. announced the first untethered flight of its proprietary drone prototype. The flight confirmed the airframe, propulsion, and core vehicle systems can operate in free flight without a physical tether. Commercial flight electronics were used during this milestone while the company continues parallel development of its proprietary flight controller.

# Flight controller progress and integration plan

Under a strategic agreement with Hellbender, Inc., First Breach developed a flight controller board. That board is currently running Betaflight, an open-source flight control firmware, which establishes an initial operating foundation for the hardware. First Breach treats airframe flight and controller development as separate stages: they validated the airframe first, and the controller independently. The next step is integrating the proprietary controller into the aircraft and testing the combined system.

• Platform: four-rotor Class 1 multirotor
• All-up weight: ~2.2 kg
• Payload capacity: ~500 g via a Picatinny rail and electrical interface
• Effective range demonstrated: 2 km
• Endurance: ~10 minutes

• Navigation: GNSS with visual-inertial augmentation
• Control link: 900 MHz using MAVLink
• Power: swappable LiPo batteries
• Field assembly: designed for under 10 minutes

These figures apply to the proof-of-concept build and may change in production-ready variants.

# Manufacturing and timeline targets

First Breach aims to complete its initial prototypes in Q4 2026. The company targets the start of production scaling in Q2 2027 and describes an intended production capacity exceeding 2,500 drones per week as manufacturing operations expand. The timing and pace of expansion are contingent on development, testing, and manufacturing readiness.

# What comes next

1. 1Integrate the proprietary flight controller into the prototype airframe and conduct combined-system flight testing.
2. 2Evaluate integration of energetics (payload and related systems) and finalize manufacturing processes.
3. 3Complete initial prototype builds in Q4 2026, then proceed toward production readiness criteria before scaling in Q2 2027.

Successful integration and iterative testing will determine adjustments to specifications and the final design for production. The company's path emphasizes domestic manufacturing control and in-house IP ownership while leveraging Hellbender for engineering and component production.