First Breach Completes First Test Flight of Long Range Strike Drone
Key Highlights
- ➤LRS completes initial test flight, joining CQS in active flight testing
- ➤LRS targets range exceeding 20 km, approximately 120 km/h speed, and ~1 kg payload
- ➤First Breach targets initial prototype completion in Q4 2026
- ➤Scaled production remains targeted for Q2 2027
- ➤LRS sourcing plan calls for 100% non-Chinese components
Expert Statements
Jeffrey Low, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of First Breach
“Having both platforms in flight testing is an important step in expanding our drone product portfolio.”
Jeffrey Low, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of First Breach
“These two aircraft share components, share a supply chain, and share a production line. That was the plan from the first day of the Hellbender agreement, and today both of them are flying.”
Jeffrey Low, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of First Breach
“For the long-range mission, this is the platform the Department of War has been describing, built the way they have asked for it to be built.”
HAGERSTOWN, MD / ACCESS Newswire / October 27, 2026 / First Breach Inc. (NASDAQ:FBDT) ("First Breach" or the "Company"), an American-made defense technologies company focused on vertically integrated ammunition production and next-generation unmanned aerial systems, today announced the successful initial test flight of its Long Range Strike ("LRS") platform, the second of the two proprietary drone platforms under development with Hellbender, Inc. Both the LRS and the Company's Close Quarters Strike ("CQS") platform are now in active flight testing. Close Quarters Strike and Long Range Strike platforms
"Having both platforms in flight testing is an important step in expanding our drone product portfolio," said Jeffrey Low, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of First Breach. "These two aircraft share components, share a supply chain, and share a production line. That was the plan from the first day of the Hellbender agreement, and today both of them are flying. For the long-range mission, this is the platform the Department of War has been describing, built the way they have asked for it to be built."
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