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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2024

Registration No. 333-_______

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Unusual Machines, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

4677 L B McLeod Rd

Suite J

Orlando, FL 32811

(855) 921-4600

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Allan Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Unusual Machines, Inc.

4677 L B McLeod Rd

Suite J

Orlando, FL 32811

(855) 921-4600

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Michael Harris, Esq.
Edward Schauder, Esq.

Briana Reed, Esq.

Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero, P.A.
3001 PGA Boulevard, Suite 305
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410
(561) 686-3307

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this Prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Selling Stockholders may not sell these securities until the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED November 27, 2024

UNUSUAL MACHINES, INC.

PROSPECTUS

3,577,568 Shares of Common stock

On October 30, 2024, Unusual Machines, Inc. (the “Company” or “Unusual Machines”) closed a financing in which it received gross proceeds of $1,955,000 before deducting fees to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by the Company (the “Private Placement). In the Private Placement, the Company executed a Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Purchase Agreement”) with accredited investors (each, an “Investor” and together the “Investors”), under which the Investors purchased an aggregate of 1,286,184 units at a per unit purchase price of $1.52 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.99 per share (each an “Investor Warrant”) and collectively, the Investor Warrants”).

Allan Evans, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Sanford Rich and Robert Lowry, each a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, invested an aggregate of $250,000 in the Private Placement on identical terms to the other Investors. Subsequently, in accordance with the Rules of the NYSE American, these three directors increased their purchase price. See “The Private Placement”.

On October 29, 2024, as required by the Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a Placement Agency Agreement (the “PA Agreement”) with Dominari Securities LLC (the “Placement Agent”) to serve as the Placement Agent for the Offering.

Pursuant to the PA Agreement, the Company paid the Placement Agent, a cash fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds raised in the Private Placement or $156,400 and warrants to purchase 102,895 shares of our Common Stock equal to 8% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offering (the “Placement Agent Warrants,” and together with the Investor Warrants, collectively, the “Warrants”). The Placement Agent Warrants have the same terms as the Investor Warrants.

In this Prospectus, we refer to each Investor, the Placement Agent and two of the Company’s officers as a “Selling Stockholder” and collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”.

This Prospectus relates to the offering and resale by the Selling Stockholders, of 3,577,568 shares of our Common Stock (the “Shares”) comprised of (i) 1,286,184 shares of our Common Stock from the Private Placement (ii) 602,305 shares of our Common Stock owned by the Company’s officers and directors, (iii) 1,389,079 shares issuable upon the full exercise of the Warrants from the Private Placement, and (iv) 300,000 shares of our common stock issued to three advisors of the Company pursuant to advisory agreements.

We are obligated to register the Shares and Warrants sold in the Private Placement pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement that we entered into the holders of these securities on October 30, 2024. We are also registering the Shares offered by the Company’s officers and directors to permit them to pay income taxes stemming from grants of Shares and certain shares of our advisors in relation to a consulting agreement.

We refer to the Shares and Warrants together as the “Securities.” For a detailed description of each of the transactions in which the Selling Stockholders obtained the Securities being registered in the Prospectus and the terms of such Securities.

The Company is not selling any securities in this offering, and therefore will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders. To the extent that Shares are issued upon a cash exercise of the Warrants, we will receive the proceeds. See “Use of Proceeds.”

We have agreed to pay the expenses of the registration of the Shares offered and sold under the Registration Statement by the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder will pay any commissions or discounts applicable to the Shares it sells.

Our Common Stock is traded on the NYSE American under the symbol “UMAC.” On November 25, 2024, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on the NYSE American was $5.91.

Investing in our securities involves various risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this Prospectus for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this Prospectus is ___________ __, 2024

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You should rely only on information contained in this Prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained in this Prospectus. The Selling Stockholders are not offering to sell or seeking offers to buy securities in jurisdictions where offers and sales are not permitted. We are responsible for updating this Prospectus to ensure that all material information is included and will update this Prospectus to the extent required by law.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Prospectus, contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. We make such forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Prospectus are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance, and are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

You should read this Prospectus and the documents we have filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, of which this Prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. You should not assume that the information contained in this Prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of those documents.

Risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be different from those expressed or implied in our written or oral forward-looking statements may be found in this Prospectus under the heading “Risk Factors.”

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of the information presented in this Prospectus particularly our forward-looking statements, by these cautionary statements.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

Background of Unusual Machines

Unusual Machines is a Nevada corporation originally incorporated in Puerto Rico with our principal place of business in Orlando, Florida. The Company reincorporated from Puerto Rico to Nevada on April 22, 2024.

Initial Public Offering

On February 16, 2024, the Company closed its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock at a public offering price of $4.00 per share. The shares of Common Stock are traded on the NYSE American. Simultaneous with the closing of the IPO, the Company acquired Fat Shark Holdings Ltd. (“Fat Shark”) and Rotor Riot LLC (the “Rotor Riot”) from Red Cat.

The Business Combination and Business Overview

Under the terms of Share Purchase Agreement with Red Cat, (the “Purchase Agreement”), the Company purchased Rotor Riot and Fat Shark subsidiaries for $22.1 million (the “Purchase Price”) comprised of (i) $1.1 million in cash, (ii) a $2.0 million promissory note (the “Original Note”) issued by the Company to Red Cat, and (iii) $17.0 million of the Company’s Common Stock or 4,250,000 shares of Common Stock at the $4.00 per share IPO price. On July 22, 2024, the Company finalized the working capital adjustment as stipulated in the Purchase Agreement, which resulted in an increase in the overall purchase price by an additional $2.0 million. The Company agreed to increase the principal amount of the Original Note for the working capital adjustment, which increased the total Note Payable to $4.0 million.

Fat Shark is a leader in designing and manufacturing ultra-low latency first-person-view (“FPV”) video goggles for drone pilots, which it markets towards retail distributors including Rotor Riot.

Rotor Riot is a rapidly growing e-commerce marketplace, backed by the largest community of FPV drone pilots in the world and retails FPV drones and goggles, parts, tools, drone components, and accessories manufactured by third-parties.

Unusual Machines specializes in the production and sale of small drones and essential components and with the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, it brings brand recognition and a strong curated retail channel in the FPV drone market segment. Unusual Machines intends to build its business both organically and through strategic acquisitions that leverage our retail business to onshore production of critical drone components. With the transition to onshoring production of drone components, the Company is expanding its business to sell drone parts to other businesses for customers that require a domestic supply chain including the United States Department of Defense. In this Prospectus, we refer to that business as “B2B.”

The Drone Industry

The drone industry continues to expand to become a powerful business tool and recreational activity, with growth occurring broadly and across our targeted industries. According to Drone Industry Insights, the global drone market is expected to grow to $54.6 billion by 2030, with the commercial market growing at a 7.7% compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”). According to Allied Market Research, the drone component industry is likewise expanding. The drone flight controller market, valued at $6.6 billion in 2022 is expected to reach $13.8 billion by 2032. The drone motor market, valued at $2.6 billion in 2021 is projected to reach $9.9 billion by 2031.

Unusual Machines intends to pursue strategic acquisition targets that are cash flow positive and either sell drone parts or allow us to vertically integrate the production of drone parts. The Company believes that very promising, private companies (such as those the company will likely target) are in many instances underfunded and missing out on the ability to go public and bring their innovative products and solutions to a larger set of customers globally. We believe that unlocking this potential will be key to industry consolidation and breaking the dominance of China in the drone industry.

First Person View (FPV) Market Segment

Fat Shark and Rotor Riot principally operate in the FPV segment of the drone industry. This segment focuses on drones piloted with wearable display devices. These are head mounted displays (“HMDs”) or goggles for drone pilots. These goggles give pilots FPV perspective to control their drone in flight. This is a unique experience where the pilot is interacting with an aircraft through visual immersion. This experience is accomplished by live streaming footage from a camera mounted on the nose of the drone directly into specially designed goggles worn by the pilot. The image is transmitted via radio (traditionally analog but increasingly digital) to the pilot. The drone remote control unit, the drone, and the FPV goggles are all interconnected via radio. This effect requires sophisticated electronics that transmit visual information with sufficient speed and reliability to allow pilot control over the drone in real-time. Pilots routinely achieve speeds of over 90 mph in racing and other mission critical applications.

There are four common categories of FPV flight – freestyle flight, racing, cinema photography, and defense. In freestyle, the pilot navigates around obstacles focused on acrobatics and exploring the environment around the aircraft through the HMD. FPV racing describes a spectator sport where pilots fly their drones in competitions through a series of obstacles, flags, and gates in a racetrack. Cinema photography is the process of viewing and recording a subject matter from the air from the viewpoint of the pilot. Defense is a newer market segment characterized by the use cases emerging in the Ukrainian conflict.

Plans for Growth, Development, and Expansion

The Company’s initial revenues have been generated from sales to consumers or what we call “B2C.” In the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the Company generated its initial B2B sales to a European customer.

Unusual Machines plans to strengthen its market position through continued organic revenue growth. In parallel, the Company intends to aggressively invest in the extension of their business from just B2C sales to B2B sales of drone components.

On August 7, 2024, Unusual Machines’ Brave 7 controller became listed on the United States Department of Defense’s Blue UAS Framework (the “Blue List”) for drone parts. Following that key achievement, Unusual Machines launched commercial sales of its Brave F7 Flight Controller which was the first flight controller for first-person view drones to be listed. As of October 11, 2024, we had purchase orders for approximately 7,000 Brave 7s including 6,600 from a European customer. We expect that one or two additional drone components may be added to the Blue List this quarter.

Unusual Machines’ business strategy includes (i) accelerating its B2B business, (ii) increasing its overall customer base with its products and rapid adoption; (iii) investing in new products and IP, starting with the Fat Shark and Rotor Riot acquisitions that were completed with our IPO; (iv) expanding and growing Unusual Machine’s customer base and revenue streams from its existing customer base using a “land-and-expand” model that establishes initial relationships and grows those relationships through the provision of high quality products and services; (v) enhancing the Company’s products to improve the integration of third-party solutions; and (vi) seeking strategic partnerships and sponsorships with companies that want access to the FPV community.

For more information, see “Business” beginning on page 43 of this Prospectus.

THE OFFERING

Summary Risk Factors

Our business and an investment in our Common Stock are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in this “Risk Factors” section below. Some of these risks include:

Risks Related to our Business and Financial Condition

Risks Related to Our Sale of Drone-Related Products and Operations in the Drone Industry

Risks Related to Intellectual Property Protection

Risks Related to Government Regulation of Our Operations and Industry

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. Investors should carefully consider the following Risk Factors before deciding whether to invest in the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, may also impair our business operations or our financial condition. If any of the events discussed in the Risk Factors below occur, our business, consolidated financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In such case, the value and marketability of our securities could decline.

Risks Related to our Business and Financial Condition

Because the Company had a very limited operating history prior to its acquisition of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, any investment in us is highly speculative.

We completed our acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot simultaneously with the closing of our IPO in February 2024. Both companies, prior to the completion of the acquisitions, were operated by Red Cat since their acquisition by Red Cat in 2020. While the management of each company remained as employees, no Red Cat officer, other than Dr. Allan Evans who became our Chief Executive Officer in December 2023, is joining us. Our management team will be headed by our executive officers including Andrew Camden, our new Chief Operating Officer who joined us from Rotor Riot together with individuals from Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, and our operations going forward are therefore subject to ordinary integration risks where two companies and two cultures are combined. Further, we may not accurately forecast customer behavior and recognize or respond to emerging trends, changing preferences or competitive factors facing us, and, therefore, we may fail to make accurate financial forecasts. Our current and future expense levels are based largely on our budgeted plans and estimates of future revenue. Similarly, if we are able to raise additional funds in future financing transactions, we may use a portion of those proceeds to acquire other operating businesses in our industry or in related industries to facilitate strategic growth and build our market presence and revenue potential. If we do acquire one or more businesses in the future, we may be unable to adjust our spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall, which could then force us to curtail our business operations or plan of operations or acquisitions.

Additionally, our current revenue projections are based largely on customer and partner relationships and contracts that are still the subject of negotiation, the results of which remain uncertain. In addition to having no experience as a public company, our new operations will be subject to the risk of a lack of diversification, as today we are limited to drone products designed for consumer or recreational use rather than military or industrial applications. In the future, we may diversify our products beyond the consumer and recreational use but the timeline and success of those efforts are uncertain. Our new subsidiaries will lack the support they previously had in terms of their product development and production efforts, as they can no longer access the more vertically integrated resources that were available to them at Red Cat. The risk of this occurring will intensify if a recession occurs in the U.S. or global economy, as our future business is aimed at consumers whose spending patterns will likely decline as a result of inflation and the prospect of an economic downturn.

Fat Shark and Rotor Riot must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stages of operations, integration and growth process. Due to these contingencies, we may be unable to achieve or maintain profitability in some or all of our business segments in a timely manner or at all.

Fat Shark and Rotor Riot have incurred net losses since their acquisition by Red Cat and may fail to achieve or maintain profitability.

Since their acquisition by Red Cat in 2020, Fat Shark and Rotor Riot incurred net losses for each reported quarter with the exception of Fat Shark which reported a small net income in the quarter ended July 31, 2022. Further, Unusual Machines was formed in July 2019 and has not conducted any active business. Following our acquisition of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, their operations constitute our business. Further, Fat Shark had lower revenues in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022, and Rotor Riot had higher net losses in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022, and generally experiences fluctuating revenue as a result of recurring seasonal sales cycles. We will need to generate higher revenues and control operating costs in order to attain profitability. There can be no assurances that we will be able to do so or to reach profitability.

We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and we expect costs to increase in future periods as we expend substantial financial and other resources on, among other things:

These expenditures may not result in additional revenue or the growth of our business in the manner or to the extent anticipated or intended or at all. If we fail to grow revenue or to achieve or sustain profitability, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be materially adversely affected and the market price of our Common Stock could be adversely affected.

The Company may be unable to repay its indebtedness

On August 21, 2024, the Company entered into two Exchange Agreements with investors, under which each investor exchanged their respective Old Notes for the New Notes, with an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000. Each New Note bears interest at 4% annually with interest payable monthly and the principal due on November 30, 2025. In the event of a qualified financing of debt or equity where the Company receives net proceeds of $5.0 million in one or more related transactions, the Investors may require the Company to repay the New Notes with accrued interest thereon in cash. The New Notes are convertible at any time by the holder into common stock at $1.99 per share (125% of the closing bid price on August 20, 2024). Upon an event of default, the Investors may require the Company to convert the New Notes into shares of our Common Stock, subject to beneficial ownership limitations set forth in the New Notes, at a conversion price equal to the 10% discount of the average three day VWAP, as defined in the New Notes, prior to the conversion date.

In order to repay the New Notes we will need to expend proceeds, obtain additional debt financing, or refinance the New Notes. Although we consummated the Private Placement on the Closing Date and received approximately $1.7 million of net proceeds, there is no guarantee that any additional refinancing or debt financing will be successful or on favorable terms. Any additional convertible debt or equity financings may be dilutive to our stockholders, and such dilution may be significant based upon the size of such financing. Further, because of our lack of operating history, we may be unable to generate enough capital to fulfill the obligations under the New Notes issued to the two holders of the New Notes. If we fail to repay the New Notes, each Note holder may exercise all rights and remedies owed to it under their New Note, including conversion of their New Note. If any such investor converts their New Note, our stockholders will experience dilution.

If our existing cash is insufficient to meet our working capital needs, and if we are then not able to obtain sufficient capital, we may be forced to limit the scope of our operations.

We expect that our existing cash and net proceeds received from the Private Placement will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs for at least 12 months from November 14, 2024. However, due to our continued negative cash flow and the need to pay the New Notes which are due on November 30, 2025, we may require substantial additional working capital.

There can be no assurance that our businesses will reach profitability. If adequate additional debt and/or equity financing is not available on reasonable terms or at all, then we may not be able to continue to develop our business activities, and we will have to modify our business plan. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our future operating results and our financial condition.

Our ability to raise financing through sales of equity linked securities depends on general market conditions and the demand for our Common Stock. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of stockholders will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of existing stockholders. Debt transactions often include restrictive covenants that could limit our ability to engage in strategic transactions, acquire complimentary businesses, or adjust to changing market environments as quickly or efficiently as we otherwise would or at all. Further, if adequate financing is not available or is unavailable on acceptable terms, we may find we are unable to fund our planned expansion, continue offering the Fat Shark and Rotor Riot products, take advantage of acquisition opportunities, develop or enhance or products, or to respond to competitive pressures in the industry which may jeopardize our ability to continue operations.

If we lose key personnel, it may adversely affect our business.

Our future success depends in large part on the continued contributions of our executive officers, members of senior management and other key personnel, particularly Dr. Allan Evans, our Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Evans’ leadership, knowledge and experience in the drone industry is expected to be crucial to our business plan and any future successes and progress we experience. The loss of Dr. Evans’ services would therefore materially adversely affect our business and prospects. As a condition to the consummation of the IPO, we obtained “key person” insurance for Dr. Evans but not for any other officers or employees. Our executive officers, senior management and key personnel are all employed on an at-will basis, which means that they could terminate their employment with us at any time, for any reason and without notice. The loss of any of our key management personnel could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our development and strategic objectives and adversely affect our business.

Conflicts of interest involving our Board and other parties could materially harm our business.

Our Board on which we heavily depend are or may become involved in other endeavors giving rise to conflicts of interests that are adverse to the Company. See “Management” and “Corporate Governance.” Mr. Jeffrey Thompson, a member of our Board is the Chief Executive Officer of Red Cat, a drone company with which we expect to partner on some of our B2B business. These arrangements could cause him to be unable or decline to devote sufficient time and attention to our Company and favor Red Cat, and/or to face a conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, adverse to us and in favor of Red Cat. Accordingly, from time-to-time our directors may not devote sufficient time and attention to our affairs, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results, and there can be no assurance that other conflicts of interest will not arise from their other business ventures, any of which could materially and adversely impact our business.

Finally, Rotor Riot offers a variety of drone products through its website, which includes a number of product offerings from competitors in the drone industry. While these relationships have enabled us to generate revenue, by virtue of their involvement in the sale of drones and drone-related products these customers also have interests that are adverse to ours, and may determine to reduce their expenditures on our products in the future and/or to vertically integrate their operations to reduce or eliminate their reliance on our products.

Any of the foregoing developments could result in materially adverse consequences to our Company, results of operations and financial condition.

If we are unable to attract new customers or maintain and grow Fat Shark and Rotor Riot existing customer relationships in a manner that is cost-effective, our revenue growth could be slower than we expect and our business may be harmed.

To increase our revenue following the acquisition of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, we must add new customers, upsell to our existing customers, enhance our products with features that set us apart from our competitors, and effectively develop and market new products that enable us to maintain and expand our brand and market share. Demand for our products is affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. Additionally, the projections and estimates about the future success and growth of the drone industry and demand for drone-related products such as ours, could prove to be incorrect, in which case our results of operations and prospects will decline. For example, if a recession occurs in the U.S. or global economy, we expect that consumer spending, particularly for non-essential goods such as our drone products which are largely focused on recreational uses, may decline, limiting our ability to attract or maintain a sufficient customer base to achieve or maintain the revenue we seek in the development and sale of our products. Even if we do attract customers, the cost of new customer acquisition may prove so high as to prevent us from achieving or sustaining profitability.

Our future success also depends on our ability to increase the use of our products and solutions within and across our existing customers and future customers. While we believe there is a significant opportunity to further expand within Fat Shark and Rotor Riot’s existing customer base, including due to our planned employment of a “land-and-expand” business model in which we plan to establish relationships with new customers and grow those relationships over time by providing high quality products and services, our growth prospects depend on our ability to persuade customers to buy more product, and if we fail to do so, our business goals and prospects may not be achieved to the extent sought or anticipated or at all.

Future operating results and key metrics may fluctuate significantly from period-to-period due to a wide range of factors, which makes our future results difficult to predict.

Our operating results and key metrics could vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter as a result of various factors, some of which are outside of our control, including:

Any one of these or other factors discussed elsewhere in this Prospectus may result in fluctuations in our operating results, meaning that quarter-to-quarter comparisons may not necessarily be indicative of our future performance.

Any failures of or damage to, attack on or unauthorized access to our information technology systems or facilities or disruptions to our continuous operations, including the systems, facilities or operations of third parties with which we do business, such as resulting from cyber-attacks, could result in significant costs, reputational damage and limits on our ability to conduct our business activities.

Our operations will depend on information technology infrastructure and computer systems, both internal and external, to, among other things, record and process customer and supplier data, marketing activities and other data and functions and to maintain that data and information securely. In recent years, several organizations have suffered successful cyber-attacks launched both domestically and from abroad, resulting in the disruption of services to customers, loss or misappropriation of sensitive or private data and reputational harm. If we are subject to a cyber-attack, we could suffer a similar breach or suspension in the future. Further, we may be unaware of a prior attack and the damage caused thereby until a future time when remedial actions cannot be taken. Cyber-threats are often sophisticated and are continually evolving. We may not implement effective systems and other measures to effectively identify, detect, prevent, mitigate, recover from or remediate the full diversity of cyber-threats or improve and adapt such systems and measures as such threats evolve and advance in their ability to avoid detection.

A cyber-security incident, or a failure to protect our technology infrastructure, systems and information and our customers, suppliers and others’ information against cyber-security threats, could result in the theft, loss, unauthorized access to, disclosure, misuse or alteration of information, system failures or outages or loss of access to information. The expectations of our customers and regulators with respect to the resiliency of our systems and the adequacy of our control environment with respect to such systems may increase as the risk of cyber-attacks, and the consequences of those attacks become more pronounced. We may not be successful in meeting those expectations or in our efforts to identify, detect, prevent, mitigate and respond to such cyber-incidents or for our systems to recover in a manner that does not disrupt our ability to provide products and services to our customers or product personal, private or sensitive information about our business, customers or other third parties.

In July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved final rules requiring public companies to report material cybersecurity incidents and disclose their cybersecurity risk management, strategy and governance. The new rules will require us to enhance our cybersecurity compliance efforts and have the effect of causing us to expend funds to prevent material cybersecurity incidents and begin making cybersecurity-related periodic and annual disclosures.

Specifically, the new rules impose a new Form 8-K disclosure requirement about material cybersecurity incidents within four business days after we determine that a cybersecurity is material. Annually we will be required to disclose in our 10-K our processes, if any, to assess, identify and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats including whether we have hired third parties in connection with the processes. We also will be required to disclose whether any risks from cybersecurity threats have or are materially reasonably likely to materially affect us. Finally we must describe our Board’s oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats and management’s role in assessing and managing these risks. We expect to incur material additional compliance and reporting costs, including monitoring, collecting, and analyzing data concerning cyber-security incidents and evaluating and preparing the required disclosure. We may also be required to incur third party compliance costs.

The failure to maintain an adequate technology infrastructure and applications with effective cyber-security controls could impact operations, adversely affect our financial results, result in loss of business, damage our reputation or impact our ability to comply with regulatory obligations, leading to regulatory fines and sanctions. We may be required to expend significant additional resources to modify, investigate or remediate vulnerabilities or other exposures arising from cyber-security threats. Failing to prevent or properly respond to a cyber-attack could expose us to regulatory fees or civil liability, cause us to lose customers or suppliers, prevent us from offering our products including due to resulting regulatory action, impair our ability to maintain continuous operations, and inhibit our ability to meet regulatory requirements.

Our failure to effectively manage our growth could harm our business.

Businesses, including development stage companies such as ours which often grow rapidly, may have difficulty managing their growth. These challenges are exacerbated in circumstances such as ours following a recent acquisition of operating businesses. We intend to expand the number and types of products we sell as we grow, if and as capital becomes available. Further, because of our reliance on consumer spending which depends on novelty and social trends, and the rapid and constant technologically advancements that characterize our industry, we are subject to periodic sales cycles, and we will therefore need to replace and regularly introduce on a timely basis new products and technologies, enhance existing products, and effectively stimulate customer demand for new products and upgraded or enhanced versions of our existing products. Similarly, because our product offerings are largely dependent on others’ drone-related products and activities, we may need to adjust or update as third parties advance or alter their technology and activities. If we are able to successfully develop, produce and market our products, we will likely need to incur additional expenditures and expand our personnel with additional employees and consultants who are capable of providing the necessary support. We cannot assure you that our management will be able to manage our growth effectively or successfully.

The replacement and expansion of our products is expected to place a significant strain on our management, operations and engineering resources. Specifically, the areas that are strained most by these activities include the following:

The drone industry relies on limited sources to supply certain components and materials used in the manufacturing of drones. Our intention is to purchase certain components from suppliers based in the United States, which may lead us to pay higher prices, or select parts from a more limited number of suppliers relative to our competitors, which would adversely impact our gross margin and operating results. Our operating results could be materially adversely impacted if our suppliers do not provide the critical components used to assemble our products on a timely basis, at a reasonable price, and in sufficient quantities.

Our ability to meet customer demand depends, in part, on our ability to obtain timely and adequate delivery of components for our products. All of the components that go into the manufacturing are sourced from third-party suppliers.

Some of the key components used to manufacture our products come from a limited or single source of supply, or by a supplier that could potentially become a competitor. Our contract manufacturers generally purchase these components on our behalf from approved suppliers. We are subject to the risk of shortages and long lead times in the supply of these components and the risk that our suppliers discontinue or modify components used in our products. In addition, the lead times associated with certain components are lengthy and preclude rapid changes in quantities and delivery schedules.

If we lose access to components from a particular supplier or experience a significant disruption in the supply of products and components from a current supplier, we may be unable to locate alternative suppliers of comparable quality at an acceptable price, or at all, and our business could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, if we experience a significant increase in demand for our products, our suppliers might not have the capacity or elect not to meet our needs as they allocate components to other customers. Developing suitable alternate sources of supply for these components may be time-consuming, difficult and costly, and we may not be able to source these components on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all, which may adversely affect our ability to meet our development requirements or to fill our orders in a timely or cost-effective manner. Identifying a suitable supplier is an involved process that requires us to become satisfied with the supplier’s quality control, responsiveness and service, financial stability, labor and other ethical practices, and if we seek to source materials from new suppliers, there can be no assurance that we could do so in a manner that does not disrupt the manufacture and sale of our products.

Our reliance on single source, or a small number of suppliers involves a number of additional risks, including risks related to supplier capacity constraints, price increases, timely delivery, component quality, failure of a key supplier to remain in business and adjust to market conditions, delays in, or the inability to execute on, a supplier roadmap for components and technologies; and natural disasters, fire, acts of terrorism or other catastrophic events, including global pandemics.

Certain components and services necessary for the manufacture of our products are available from only a limited number of sources, and other components and services are only available from a single source. Our relationship generally is on a purchase order basis and these firms do not have a contractual obligation to provide adequate supply or acceptable pricing to us on a long-term basis. These suppliers could discontinue sourcing merchandise for us at any time. If any of these suppliers were to discontinue its relationship with us, or discontinue providing specific products to us, and we are unable to contract with a new supplier that can meet our requirements, or if they or such other supplier were to suffer a disruption in their production, we could experience disruption of our inventory flow, a decrease in sales and the possible need to re-design our products. Any such event could disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Several new and alternative suppliers have begun offering components suitable for use in our products. With new tooling and electronics, any one of these alternative components could be incorporated into our products but our costs could be higher, they may offer less performance, and, as a result, make our products too costly and less desirable.

If we are unable to attract, integrate and retain additional qualified personnel, including top technical talent, our business could be adversely affected.

Our future success depends in part on our ability to identify, attract, integrate and retain highly skilled technical, managerial, sales and other personnel, particularly as we attempt to expand our operations and further develop and market our products. We face intense competition for a limited number of qualified individuals with the requisite skills and experience from numerous other companies, including other software and technology companies, many of whom have greater financial and other resources than we do. These companies also may provide more diverse opportunities and better chances for career advancement. Some of these characteristics may be more appealing to high-quality candidates than those we have to offer. In addition, new hires often require significant training and, in many cases, take significant time before they achieve full productivity. We may incur significant costs to attract and retain qualified personnel, including significant expenditures related to salaries and benefits and compensation expenses related to equity awards, and we may lose new employees to competitors or other companies before we realize the benefit of our investment in recruiting and training them. Moreover, new employees may not be or become as productive as we expect, as we may face challenges in adequately or appropriately integrating them into our workforce and culture. In addition, if we move into new geographies, we will need to attract and recruit skilled personnel in those areas. We have limited experience with recruiting in geographic areas outside of the United States, and may face additional challenges in attracting, integrating and retaining international employees. If we are unable to attract, integrate and retain suitably qualified individuals who are capable of meeting our growing technical, operational and managerial requirements, on a timely basis or at all, our business will be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Sale of Drone-Related Products and Operations in the Drone Industry.

We operate in an emerging and rapidly evolving industry which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and future prospects.

The drone industry is relatively new and is growing rapidly. As a result, it is difficult to evaluate our business and future prospects. We cannot accurately predict whether, and even when, demand for our products will increase, if at all. The risks, uncertainties and challenges encountered by companies operating in emerging and rapidly growing industries include:

As such, our current expectations and projects about future events and trends may be different from the actual results. Furthermore, if we are unable to address any of the above challenges successfully, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may be adversely affected by such failure.

We face competition from larger companies that have substantially greater resources which challenges our ability to establish market share, grow the business, and reach profitability.

The drone industry is attracting a wide range of significantly larger companies which have substantially greater financial, management, research and marketing resources than we have. The drone hardware and parts and components spaces are dominated by larger Chinese companies such as SZ DJI Technology Company, Ltd and T-Motor. With respect to our FPV products, current and potential future competitors also include a variety of established, well-known diversified consumer electronics manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, LG Electronics (LGE), HTC, Lenovo, Epson, Yuneec, Boscam, Eachine, Walkera, SkyZone, MicroLED and large software and other products companies such as Alphabet Inc. (Google), Microsoft, Facebook and Snap. The large number of smaller and/or private companies focused on drone solutions also have competitive advantages over us which we may struggle to overcome, particularly as we seek to further establish and grow our customer base. Our competitors may be able to provide customers with different or greater capabilities than we can provide, including technical qualifications, pricing, and key technical support. Many of our competitors may utilize their greater resources to develop competing products and technologies, leverage their financial strength to utilize economies of scale and offer lower pricing, and hire more qualified personnel by offering more generous compensation packages. On the other hand, other small business competitors may be able to offer more cost competitive solutions or may be able to adapt more quickly to market developments due to lower overhead costs, leveraging of their professional relationships and networks, geographic or specialty focuses or greater flexibility inherent in smaller operations and a lower number of personnel.

Among product and service features that drive competition in our industry are breadth of product line, quality and durability of products, stability, reliability and reputation of the provider, along with cost. Quantity discounts, price erosion, and rapid product obsolescence due to technological improvements are therefore common in our industry as competitors strive to retain or expand market share. The Company’s ability to compete effectively will depend on, among other things, the Company’s pricing models, quality of customer service, development of new and enhanced products and services in response to customer demands and changing technology, reach and quality of sales and distribution channels and capital resources. Competition could lead to an inability to sustain sales levels, a reduction in the rate at which the Company adds new customers, a decrease in the size of the Company’s market share and a decline in its customers and revenue. In order to secure sales, we may have to offer comparable products and services at lower pricing, which could adversely affect our operating margins. Our inability to compete effectively against these larger companies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The development and manufacture of FPV goggles encompasses several complex processes and several steps of our production processes are dependent upon third party vendors, supply chains, the availability of PCBs, optics, and certain chips. Any change in availability of these components, manufacturing or design partners could result in delivery interruptions, which could adversely affect our operating results.

As we continue to develop our products, we must progress through the complex and challenging processes involved in the technology and designs on which Fat Shark and Rotor Riot products are founded. Fat Shark and Rotor Riot rely on third party suppliers for the resources needed to navigate these processes and expect to continue to rely on such parties when we reach the manufacturing and marketing stages. Our reliance on third-party manufacturers and service providers will entail risks to which we may not be subject if our future operations were more vertically integrated, including:

Given our early stages, our product technology and manufacturing processes are evolving, which can result in production challenges and difficulties. We may be unable to produce our products in sufficient quantity and quality to maintain existing customers and attract new customers. In addition, we may experience manufacturing problems which could result in delays in delivery of orders or product introductions. Any of these events could lead to production and marketing delays or failure or impact on our ability to successfully commercialize our products. If we fail to contract with third parties on favorable terms, coordinate with and supervise their services and contributions to our processes, and leverage those relationships to deliver quality products in a timely manner to customers, we could experience reductions or delays in revenue, reputational harm and diminished brand recognition, higher than expected expenses, or other adverse developments that would materially harm our business.

Several steps of our production processes are dependent upon certain critical machines and tools which could result in delivery interruptions and foregone revenues.

Fat Shark currently has no equipment redundancy to manufacture its products, meaning we will rely on a limited number of machines to perform a large quantity of steps in the manufacturing and assembly processes. Rotor Riot is limited by the number of personnel it has on staff to assemble custom drones. This may, among other things, delay delivery timelines or reduce our revenue and accounts receivable, and/or force us to rely more heavily on third parties to meet customer deadlines or volume demands, either of which will adversely affect our results of operation and ability to achieve and maintain profitability. If we experience any significant disruption in manufacturing, a serious failure of a critical piece of equipment, or an inability to hire personnel, we may be unable to supply products to our customers in a timely manner. Interruptions in our manufacturing could be caused by us or our partners including but not limited to equipment problems, the introduction of new equipment into the manufacturing process or delays in the delivery of new manufacturing equipment. Lead-time for delivery, installation, testing, repair and maintenance of manufacturing equipment can be extensive. We can provide no assurances that we will not lose potential sales or be able to meet production orders due to future production interruptions in our manufacturing lines.

We may not be able to procure necessary key components for our products or may produce or purchase too much inventory.

The drone industry, and the electronics industry as a whole, can be subject to business cycles. During periods of growth and high demand for products, we may not have adequate supplies of inventory on hand to satisfy customers’ needs. Furthermore, during these periods of growth, our suppliers may also experience high demand and, therefore, may not have adequate levels of the components and other materials that the Company requires to manufacture products so that it can meet customers’ needs. Our inability to secure sufficient components to produce products for customers, or similar challenges faced by the drone manufacturers we serve, could negatively impact our sales and operating results. We may choose to mitigate this risk by increasing the levels of inventory for certain key components assuming we have available cash resources. Increased inventory levels can increase the potential risk for excess and obsolescence should our forecasts fail to materialize or if there are negative factors impacting our customers’ end markets. Such a risk becomes especially prevalent during a recession and market downturn. If we purchase too much inventory, we may have to record additional inventory reserves or write-off the inventory, which could have a material adverse effect on our gross margins and on our results of operations.

We may not be able to keep pace with technological advances; and we depend on advances in technology by other companies.

The drone industry in general, and the market for the sale of drone hardware and component parts in particular, continues to undergo significant changes, primarily due to technological developments. Because of the rapid growth and advancement of technology, shifting consumer tastes and the popularity and availability of other forms of activities, it is impossible to predict the overall effect these factors could have on potential revenue from, and profitability of the drone industry. The development of both drone-related software and hardware is a costly, complex and time-consuming process, and investments in product development often involve a long wait until a return, if any, can be achieved on such investment. We might face difficulties or delays in the development process that will result in our inability to timely offer products that satisfy the market, which might allow competing products to emerge during the development and certification process. We anticipate making significant investments in research and development relating to our products and technology, but such investments are inherently speculative and require substantial capital expenditures. Any unforeseen technical obstacles and challenges that we encounter in the research and development process could result in delays in or the abandonment of product commercialization, may substantially increase development costs, and may negatively affect our results of operations. In the time it takes to develop or improve upon a product, that product may become obsolete.

It is impossible to predict the overall effect these factors could have on our ability to compete effectively in a changing market, and if we are not able to keep pace with these technological advances, then our revenues, profitability and results from operations may be materially adversely affected. It is impossible to predict the overall effect these factors could have on our ability to compete effectively in a changing market, and if we are not able to keep pace with these technological advances, then our revenues, profitability and results of operations may be materially adversely affected. However, if we struggle to adapt to an industry-shifting technological advancement or competitor offerings that render our products relatively less attractive or obsolete, including due to competitive pressures we face relative to other drone companies, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Further, we rely on and will continue to rely on components of our products that are developed and produced by other companies over which we have limited control. The commercial success of certain of our planned future products will depend in part on advances in these and other technologies by other companies, and our ability to procure them from such third parties in a timely manner and on economically feasible terms. We may, from time-to-time, contract with and support companies developing key technologies in order to accelerate the development of such products for our specific uses. Such activities might not result in useful technologies or components for us.

Lack of long-term purchase orders and commitments from customers in our B2C business may lead to a rapid decline in sales.

Our B2C customers issue purchase orders or use our e-commerce site solely at their own discretion, often shortly before the requested date of shipment. Both our distributor relationships through Fat Shark and our online sales through Rotor Riot entail short-term contracts under which customers are generally able to cancel orders (without penalty) or delay the delivery of products on relatively short notice, regardless of whether or not we are in default under our agreements. The online business involves retail customers who are not likely to be repeat customers unless a need arises for updated hardware or software solutions offered by us, which may not occur on a frequent basis, resulting in lack of reliable recurring revenue in that part of our business. In addition, current customers may decide not to purchase products for any reason. If those customers do not continue to purchase products, sales volume could decline rapidly with little or no warning.

We cannot rely on long-term purchase orders or commitments to protect from the negative financial effects of a decline in demand for products. Fat Shark and Rotor Riot typically plan production and inventory levels based on internal forecasts of customer demand, which are highly unpredictable and can fluctuate substantially. Fat Shark resellers issue purchase orders but they have options to reschedule or pay cancellation fees. The uncertainty of product orders makes it difficult to forecast sales and allocate resources in a manner consistent with actual sales. Moreover, expense levels and the amounts invested in capital equipment and new product development costs are based in part on expectations of future sales and, if expectations regarding future sales are inaccurate, we may be unable to reduce costs in a timely manner to adjust for sales shortfalls. As a result of lack of long-term purchase orders and purchase commitments, and long product development lead times, we may experience a rapid decline in sales.

As a result of these and other factors, investors should not rely on revenues and operating results for any one quarter or year as an indication of future revenues or operating results. If quarterly revenues or results of operations fall below expectations of investors or public market analysts, the price of our Common Stock could fall substantially.

Our products require ongoing research and development and may experience technical problems or delays, which could lead the business to fail.

Our future research and development efforts will remain subject to all of the risks associated with the development of new products based on emerging and innovative technologies, including, for example, unexpected technical problems or the possible insufficiency of funds for completing development of these products. If technical problems or delays arise, further improvements in products and the introduction of future products could be adversely impacted, and we could incur significant additional expenses and the business may fail. Additionally, we may deploy significant capital or human resources towards developing or improving upon a product, only for such efforts fail to yield the results we hoped for or intended, which would materially adversely affect our financial condition. This is an acute risk given the relatively new and evolving nature of the drone industry, and constant entrance of new market participants attempting to compete with us. Similarly, if we invest in product research and development efforts and a competitor brings a similar product to market before us, or alleges an infringement of their intellectual property, our ability to market the product or compete effectively could be lost. Any such development could materially harm our business.

If we are involved in litigation, it could harm our business or otherwise distract management.

If we become a party to a substantial, complex or extended litigation, it could cause us to incur large expenditures and could distract management. For example, lawsuits by licensors, consumers, employees or stockholders or litigation with federal, state or local governments or regulatory bodies could be very costly and disrupt business. As described elsewhere in these Risk Factors, our operations and products, as well as those of our customers, collaborators and product end-users, come with the inherent possibility of lawsuits arising from product liability, property damage and personal injury, breach of contract and product warranty claims, intellectual property infringement, regulatory violations and sanctions, and data privacy issues, any of which can result in costly and time-consuming litigation which would divert our limited human and capital resources and could cause other adverse impacts on our business such as reputational harm and loss of future business. While disputes from time-to-time are not uncommon, we may not be able to resolve such disputes on terms favorable to us which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

Among other things, claims could be brought against us if use and misuse of our products causes personal injury or death. If a consumer causes damage to a person or property using our drone, we as a reseller of the drone could be sued for selling an allegedly defective product. The possibility that the foregoing events occur from events involving our products is particularly high, because we supply technology used in the operation of drones which is relatively novel and are frequently operated at high speeds and altitudes, and often in densely populated areas and/or by individuals who lack a high level of experience operating them. These characteristics increase the probability that injury or damage to personal property might occur, even absent a defect. Additionally, because Fat Shark’s products are used as ancillary or supplemental components of a drone’s functions, we may become involved in disputes arising from a third party’s actions or products that utilize its technology, even if we were not the direct cause of the issue. Any claims against us, regardless of their merit, could severely harm our financial condition, strain our management and other resources.

Product liability claims might be brought against us by customers, civilians or private entities or others using or otherwise coming into contact with our products. If we cannot successfully defend against product liability claims, we could incur substantial liability and costs. Regardless of merit or eventual outcome, product liability claims may cause:

We anticipate the risk of product liability and other claims related to our products and their uses will grow as our products begin to be used. We are unable to predict if we will be able to obtain or maintain insurance for such claims. Insurance coverage is becoming increasingly expensive. We do not have such insurance and we may not be able to obtain it at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses due to liability. A successful product liability claim or series of claims brought against us could cause our stock price to decline and, would adversely affect our results of operations and business.

Our business is highly dependent upon our brand recognition and reputation, and the failure to maintain or enhance our brand recognition or reputation, including due to our high reliance on online and social media platforms, would likely adversely affect our business and operating results.

We believe that maintaining and enhancing Fat Shark and Rotor Riot brand identity, and our reputation are critical to our relationships with customers and strategic partners and to our ability to attract new customers and strategic partners. We also believe that the importance of our brand recognition and reputation will continue to increase as competition in our market continues to develop. Our success in this area will depend on a wide range of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including the following:

Any of the foregoing developments or an inability to navigate these or other challenges to establish and grow our brand recognition and current and future product popularity could materially adversely affect us.

In addition, particularly with respect to Rotor Riot, we are highly dependent on online social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to advertise our products, market our brand and develop and maintain customer loyalty. Each of these platforms requires that users adhere to strict terms and conditions governing content, communications and other activities on their platform, which are generally heightened for commercial uses such as ours. If we or third parties such as drone pilots who Rotor Riot uses to market our products online fail to adhere to these requirements, we could be limited, restricted or banned from some or all uses, which would materially adversely affect our business.

Future growth and ability to generate and grow revenue and achieve or maintain profitability may be adversely affected if our marketing initiatives are not effective in generating sufficient levels of brand awareness.

Our future growth and profitability will depend in large part upon the effectiveness and efficiency of our marketing efforts, including our ability to:

Planned marketing expenditures are unknown and may not result in increased total sales or generate sufficient levels of product and brand name awareness. We may not be able to manage marketing expenditures on a cost-effective basis.

Future acquisitions could disrupt our business and adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.

We may make acquisitions that could be material to our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows. Our ability as an organization to successfully acquire and integrate technologies or businesses is unproven. Acquisitions involve many risks, including the following:

We may not succeed in addressing these or other risks or any other problems encountered in connection with the integration of any acquired business. The inability to successfully integrate the business, technologies, products, personnel or operations of any acquired business, or any significant delay in achieving integration, could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows.

Because we will incur impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill assets and begin to write-off of our general intangibles, the costs could depress our stock price.

As of September 30, 2024, we had $19,666,086 of estimated goodwill and intangible assets on our balance sheet. In the fourth quarter of 2024, we may begin to amortize our intangibles, which will result in a non-cash charge going forward. Until we do a valuation, which will occur in the fourth quarter, the amount of future amortization charges is uncertain, and the future charge may or may not be material. Moreover, we expect to incur a goodwill impairment charge in the fourth quarter which could be material. Goodwill and intangible assets must be evaluated for impairment annually or more frequently if events indicate it is warranted. If the carrying value of a reporting unit asset exceeds its current fair value, the goodwill asset is considered impaired. Events and conditions that could result in impairment in the value of our goodwill and intangible assets include, but are not limited to, significant negative industry or economic trends, significant decline in the Company’s stock price for a sustained period of time, significant decline in market capitalization relative to net book value, limited funding that could delay development efforts, significant changes in the manner of use of the assets or the strategy for the Company’s overall business, or safety issues that surface during development efforts, or the end of our product life cycles that will result in impairment of goodwill. Our stock price could be negatively impacted should future impairments of our goodwill and/or intangible assets occur. A valuation will be performed related to the closing of the Business Combination based on final assets acquired and liabilities assumed and final amounts of goodwill and other intangibles will be determined. These changes could depress our stock price.

Product quality issues and a higher-than-expected number of warranty claims or returns could harm our business and operating results.

The products that we sell could contain defects in design or manufacture. There can be no assurance we will be able to detect and remedy all defects in the hardware we sell, which could result in product recalls, product redesign efforts, loss of revenue, reputational damage and significant warranty and other remediation expenses. Similar to other mobile and consumer electronics, our products have a risk of overheating in the course of usage or upon malfunction. Any such defect could result in harm to property or in personal injury. If we determine that a product does not meet product quality standards or may contain a defect, the launch of such product could be delayed until we remedy the quality issue or defect. The costs associated with any protracted delay necessary to remedy a quality issue or defect in a new product could be substantial.

Fat Shark and Rotor Riot generally provide a one-year warranty on all of our products, except in certain European countries where it can be two years for some consumer-focused products. The occurrence of any material defects in our products could expose us to liability for damages and warranty claims in excess of our current reserves, and we could incur significant costs to correct any defects, warranty claims or other problems. In addition, if any of our product designs are defective or are alleged to be defective, we may be required to participate in a recall campaign. In part due to the terms of our warranty policy, any failure rate of our products that exceeds our expectations may result in unanticipated losses. Any negative publicity related to the perceived quality of our products could affect our brand image and decrease retailer, distributor and consumer confidence and demand, which could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. Further, accidental damage coverage and extended warranties are regulated in the United States at the state level and are treated differently within each state. Additionally, outside of the United States, regulations for extended warranties and accidental damage vary from country-to-country. Changes in interpretation of the regulations concerning extended warranties and accidental damage coverage on a federal, state, local or international level may cause us to incur costs or have additional regulatory requirements to meet in the future in order to continue to offer our support services. Our failure to comply with past, present and future similar laws could result in reduced sales of our products, reputational damage, penalties and other sanctions, which could harm our business and financial condition.

Estimated future product warranty claims may be based on a variety of factors including the expected number of field failures over the warranty commitment period, the term of the product warranty period, and the costs for repair, replacement and other associated costs. Because of the foregoing or other contingencies, these estimates could prove to be incorrect, such that our warranty obligations are higher than anticipated. Our warranty obligations may be affected by product failure rates, claims levels, material usage and product re-integration and handling costs. Should actual product failure rates, claims levels, material usage, product re-integration and handling costs, defects, errors, bugs or other issues differ from original estimates, we could end up incurring materially higher warranty or recall expenses than we anticipate, which would materially adversely affect our business.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property Protection

If third-party intellectual property infringement claims are asserted against us, it may prevent or delay our product development and commercialization efforts and have a material adverse effect on our business and future prospects.

Companies in the consumer electronics, wireless communications, semiconductor, AI, IT, and display industries steadfastly pursue and protect intellectual property rights, often times resulting in considerable and costly litigation to determine the validity of patents and claims by third parties of infringement of patents or other intellectual property rights. Other companies may hold or obtain patents or inventions or other proprietary rights in technology necessary for our business. If we are forced to defend against infringement claims, we may face costly litigation, diversion of technical and management personnel, and product shipment delays, even if the allegations of infringement are unwarranted.

Numerous U.S. and foreign issued patents and pending patent applications, which are owned by third parties, exist in the fields in which we are pursuing product development and sales. As the consumer electronics and drone industries expand and more patents are issued, the risk increases that our current and future products may be subject to claims of infringement of the patent rights of third parties. Third parties may assert that we are employing their proprietary technology without authorization. There may be third-party patents or patent applications with claims to inventions, materials, engineering designs, or methods of manufacture related to the design, use or manufacture of our products. Because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be patent applications currently pending that may later result in patents that our products may infringe upon. Third parties may obtain patents in the future and claim that use of our technologies or those of third parties with which our technologies are integrated infringes on these patents. If any third-party patents were to be held by a court to cover the manufacturing process of any of our products, or any of the characteristics or related components thereof, the holders of any such patents may be able to block our ability to commercialize such product unless we obtained a license under the applicable patents, or until such patents expire. Similarly, if any third-party patents were to be held by a court to cover aspects of our or our customers’ or strategic partners’ products or processes, the holders of any such patents may be able to block our ability to develop and commercialize the applicable product unless we obtained a license or until such patent expires. In either case, such a license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Parties making intellectual property claims against us may obtain injunctive or other equitable relief, which could block our ability to further develop and commercialize one or more of our products. Defense of these claims, regardless of their merit, involves substantial litigation expense and diversion of our management’s attention from our business.

If we are unsuccessful in defending against patent infringement claims in any jurisdiction where such a dispute arises, our products could be found to infringe on the intellectual property rights of others. If a claim of infringement against us succeeds, we may have to pay substantial damages, possibly including treble damages and attorneys’ fees for willful infringement, pay royalties, redesign our infringing products or obtain one or more licenses from third parties, which may be impossible or require substantial time and monetary expenditure. The financial harm caused by any such development with respect to intellectual property disputes and litigation will be heightened to the extent we do not possess, acquire or maintain adequate insurance coverage for these contingencies now or in the future. Further, if there is a successful claim of infringement against us and we are unable to develop non-infringing technology or license the infringed or similar technology on a timely basis, or if we are required to cease using one or more of our business or product names due to a successful trademark infringement claim against us, it could materially adversely affect our business.

We may depend on intellectual property rights including patent rights that have not yet been and may not be obtained by us, and our intellectual property rights and proprietary rights may not adequately protect our products.

Our commercial success will depend substantially on the ability to obtain patents and other intellectual property rights and maintain adequate legal protection for products in the United States and other countries. We will be able to protect our intellectual property from unauthorized use by third parties only to the extent that these assets are covered by valid and enforceable patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property rights, or are effectively maintained as trade secrets. With the closing of our IPO in February 2024, we have 12 issued patents, including four issued in the United States, and nine pending patent Applications, including two pending in the United States which were assigned to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company by UAV Patent Corp. (“UAV”) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red Cat, in each case with a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable royalty free perpetual license back to UAV for Red Cat and its present and future subsidiaries to make, use and sell products subject to such assigned patents and applications solely with respect to military and defense drone applications.

We will apply for patents covering our products, services, technologies, and designs, as we deem appropriate. We may fail to apply for patents on important products, services, technologies or designs in a timely fashion, or at all. We do not know whether, and there can be no assurance that, any of our patent applications will result in the issuance of any patents. Even if patents are issued, they may not be sufficient to protect our products, technologies, or designs. Our existing and future patents may not be sufficiently broad to prevent others from developing competing products, technologies, or designs. Intellectual property protection and patent rights outside of the United States, particularly in China, are even less predictable. As a result, the validity and enforceability of patents cannot be predicted with certainty. Moreover, we cannot be certain whether:

The patents we own or license and those that may be issued to us in the future may be challenged, invalidated, rendered unenforceable or circumvented, and the rights granted under any issued patents may not provide us with proprietary protection or competitive advantages. Moreover, third parties could practice our inventions in territories where we do not have patent protection or in territories where they could obtain a compulsory license to our technology where patented. Such third parties may then try to import products made using our inventions into the United States or other territories. We cannot ensure that any of our pending patent applications will result in issued patents, or even if issued, predict the breadth, validity and enforceability of the claims upheld in our and other companies’ patents. Further, patents have a limited lifespan. In the United States, the natural expiration of a patent is 20 years after it is filed, although various extensions may be available. The life of a patent, and the protection it affords, is limited. When the patent life has expired for a product, we will become vulnerable to competition from competitors attempting to replicate the technology that was formerly patent protected. Further, if we encounter delays such as due to regulatory approvals, the time during which we will be able to market and commercialize a product under patent protection could be reduced.

Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise use aspects of our processes and products that we regard as proprietary. While we plan to enter into written agreements with certain of our employees and consultants with terms designed to protect our intellectual property rights, there cannot be any assurance that these provisions will provide us with the protection sought. Further, any third parties with whom we do not execute such agreements, such as certain of our suppliers, could attempt to dispute our intellectual property rights or misappropriate our technology or trade secrets. Policing unauthorized use of our proprietary information and technology is difficult and can be costly, and our efforts to do so may not prevent misappropriation of our technologies. We may become engaged in litigation to protect or enforce our patent and other intellectual property rights or in International Trade Commission proceedings to abate the importation of goods that would compete unfairly with our products and, if unsuccessful, these actions could result in the loss of patent or other intellectual property rights protection for the key technologies on which our business strategy depends.

We also rely in part on unpatented proprietary technology, and others may independently develop the same or similar technology or otherwise obtain access to our unpatented technology. We plan to require employees, contractors, consultants, financial advisors, suppliers, and strategic partners to enter into confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements (as appropriate), but these agreements may not provide sufficient protection for our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information.

The laws of certain countries do not protect intellectual property and proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States and, therefore, in certain jurisdictions including China, we may be unable to protect our products, services, technologies and designs adequately against unauthorized third-party copying, infringement or use, which could adversely affect our competitive position. To protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, we may initiate proceedings or litigation against third parties. Such proceedings or litigation may be necessary to protect our trade secrets or know-how, products, technologies, designs, brands, reputation, likeness, authorship works or other intellectual property rights. Such proceedings or litigation also may be necessary to determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. Any proceedings or lawsuits that we initiate could be expensive, take significant time and divert management’s attention from other business concerns. Additionally, we may provoke third parties to assert claims against us, which could invalidate or narrow the scope of our own intellectual property rights. We may not prevail in any proceedings or lawsuits that we initiate and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may be significant. The occurrence of any of these events may adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

We will register for certain of our trademarks in several jurisdictions worldwide. In some jurisdictions where we will apply to register our trademarks, other applications or registrations may exist for the same, similar, or otherwise related products or services. If we are not successful in arguing that there is no likelihood of confusion between our marks and the marks that are the subject of the other applications or registrations owned by third parties, our applications may be denied, preventing us from obtaining trademark registrations and adequate protection for our marks in the relevant jurisdictions, which could impact our ability to build our brand identity and market our products and services in those jurisdictions. Whether or not our application is denied, third parties may claim that our trademarks infringe their rights. As a result, we could be forced to pay significant settlement costs or cease the use of these trademarks and associated elements of our brand in the United States or other jurisdictions.

Even in those jurisdictions where we are able to register our trademarks, competitors may adopt or apply to register similar trademarks to ours, may register domain names that mimic ours or incorporate our trademarks, or may purchase keywords that are identical or confusingly similar to our brand names as terms in Internet search engine advertising programs, which could impede our ability to build our brand identity and lead to confusion among potential customers of our products and services. If we are not successful in proving that we have prior rights in our marks and arguing that there is a likelihood of confusion between our marks and the marks of these third parties, our inability to prevent these third parties from using our marks may negatively impact the strength, value and effectiveness of our brand names and our ability to market our products and prevent consumer confusion.

If we lose our rights under our third-party technology licenses, our operations could be adversely affected.

Our current or future products may depend in part on technology rights licensed from third parties. We could lose our exclusivity or other rights to use the technology under our licenses if we fail to comply with the terms and performance requirements of the licenses. In addition, certain licensors may terminate a license upon our breach and have the right to consent to sublicense arrangements. If we were to lose our rights under any of these licenses, or if we were unable to obtain required consents to future sublicenses, we could lose a competitive advantage in the market, and may even lose the ability to commercialize certain products or technologies completely. Either of these results could substantially decrease our revenues.

Further, to the extent we need to obtain licenses from third parties to advance our research and development efforts or commercialize or improve upon our products, we may fail to obtain these licenses at a reasonable cost or on reasonable terms, if at all. In that event, we would be unable to further develop and commercialize those products, which could harm our business significantly.

The licensing and acquisition of third-party intellectual property rights is a competitive practice, and companies that may be more established, or have greater resources than we do, may also be pursuing strategies to license or acquire third-party intellectual property rights that we may consider necessary or attractive in order to develop and commercialize our products. More established companies may have a competitive advantage over us due to their larger size and cash resources or greater hardware or software development, production and commercialization capabilities. We may not be able to successfully complete such negotiations and ultimately acquire the rights to the intellectual property surrounding product candidates that we may seek to acquire, in which case our business could be harmed.

Significant inflation could adversely affect our business and financial results.

The high rate of inflation and resulting pressures on costs and pricing of business such as ours focused on the manufacture and sale of electronics products could adversely impact our business and financial results. While inflation has created some salary pressure with our employees who wish to mitigate the impact of inflation, we have not yet suffered inflationary pressures in procurement. A rise in inflation can adversely affect us by increasing our operating costs, including by increasing the costs of materials, freight and labor, which have already been under pressure due to supply chain constraints and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of chips. The Company has not identified, planned or taken any actions to mitigate inflationary pressures. Further, in the U.S. the Federal Reserve has responded by increasing interest rates to combat inflation, however such increases may result in a reduced demand for our products and/or an economic downturn. In a highly inflationary environment, or any recession or economic downturn that may result, we may be unable to adjust our business is a manner that adequately addresses these challenges, and these developments could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Government Regulation of Our Operations and Industry

If we fail to have other drone products approved for the Department of Defense’s Blue List, our future results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

During the summer of 2024, our first United States made drone product was approved and added to the Department of Defense’s Blue List. By virtue of being on the Blue List, it enables us to receive orders from agencies of the United States federal government. It also provides credibility to potential B2B customers who might be interested in purchasing drone components from us. We are seeking to add additional products to the Blue List. If these additional products are not added to the Blue List, our future results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals from the FAA or other governmental agencies by us, our customers, or others who use our products, or limitations put on the use of unmanned aircraft systems, or “UAS,” in response to public privacy or safety concerns, may prevent us from expanding the sales of our drone solutions in the United States.

The regulation of UAS and drone solutions and component parts such as those we offer is subject to substantial change, with regulators including potential alterations, enhancements and additions to existing laws and regulations, and the ultimate treatment is uncertain. A substantial majority of our products are subject to drone-related regulations enforced by the FAA, either directly or due to their inclusion in UAS offered by third parties. Further, even if some of our operations or products are not directly subject to such regulations, Fat Shark’s customers’ operations of UAS that includes our products and technology are subject to those regulations, and their failure to comply will adversely affect our ability to sell to them in the future. Further, adverse regulatory actions such as enforcement proceedings affecting customers and other third parties with which we do business can also adversely affect us, even if the violation or harm alleged did not arise from our conduct or products. Generally, under current FAA regulations the failure to register a UAS, including model aircraft, in accordance with these rules may result in regulatory and criminal sanctions. The FAA may assess civil penalties up to $33,333. Criminal penalties include fines of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment for up to three years. However, the FAA and other government bodies and agencies are considering changes to address the drone industry, which is relatively new and rapidly evolving. In addition, there exists public concern regarding the privacy and safety implications of the use of UAS. This concern has included calls to develop explicit written policies and procedures establishing usage limitations. We cannot assure you that the response from regulatory agencies, customers and privacy advocates to these concerns will not delay or restrict the adoption of UAS and related products and technologies in certain markets. These developments, and any additional regulatory or other burdens imposed on our business and industry due to public health and safety or other concerns presently faced by the drone industry, could harm us and our customers and suppliers by increasing compliance costs and restricting our operations and product offerings and uses, which could materially adversely affect us.

Rising threats of international tariffs, including tariffs applied to goods between the U.S. and China, may materially and adversely affect our business.

Our B2C business has been heavily dependent on Chinese imports for our products and operations. For example, a substantial majority of Rotor Riot’s products are manufactured, directly and indirectly, using Chinese vendors. Fat Shark’s primary contract manufacturer is Shenzhen Fat Shark Technology Ltd. (the “Supplier”), which is located in Shenzhen, China and provides product manufacturing services, including raw material procurement. The majority owner of this entity is the wife of Fat Shark’s founder. We do not have any written agreements with the Supplier and rely only on purchase orders. In addition, Fat Shark’s principal contract manufacturer is located in China. We do not have any written agreements with our other suppliers in China. We rely only on purchase orders. There are inherent risks and uncertainties regarding the enforcement of our rights with respect to our oral agreements and purchase orders. Should our suppliers in China fail to honor our oral agreements and purchase orders we will not have any recourse against such suppliers under Chinese law. The legal system in China and the enforcement of laws, rules and regulations in China can change quickly and the Chinese government may intervene or influence the operations of our suppliers which would adversely impact our business insofar as we would have to seek other suppliers outside of China and such suppliers would most likely charge us more for our products. As a result of the recent United States presidential election, President-elect Trump is expected to threaten to and may impose steep tariffs on the importation from China of goods including the drones we use in our B2C business. If there are increased tariffs imposed, it could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations. Since the beginning of 2018, there has been increasing rhetoric, in some cases coupled with legislative or executive action, from several U.S. and foreign leaders regarding the possibility of instituting tariffs on the foreign imports of certain materials and products. During this trend, the U.S. and China imposed tariffs or announced proposed tariffs to be applied in the future to certain of each other’s exports. Beginning in 2019, first the Trump administration imposed tariffs on imports of electronics products, including drones and component parts, of up to 25%. These tariffs apply to the vast majority of Rotor Riot’s and Fat Shark’s respective inventory, and Rotor Riot has in the past been, and either or both entities may in the future be, forced to implement price increases to adjust to the higher costs of production and sale, which imposes the risk of reduced demand for such products and lower sales and resulting revenue. Future tariffs or any further costs or restrictions imposed on products that we import, could require us to raise our prices on our B2C products, which may result in the loss of customers and harm our business, particularly since we rely on consumer spending and our products are typically considered non-essential, and purchases are therefore highly price sensitive.

In addition, changes in political conditions in China and changes in the state of China-U.S. relations, including any tensions relating to potential military conflict between China and Taiwan, are difficult to predict and could adversely affect the operations or financial condition of the Company. In addition, because of our B2C involvement in the Chinese market, any deterioration in political or trade relations might cause a public perception in the U.S. or elsewhere that might cause that business to become less attractive. Such an impact could adversely affect our revenues and cash flows.

We are subject to a number of supply risks concerning our Brave7 Flight Controller which could adversely impact our ability to deliver such products to the United States Department of Defense and commercial customers.

We purchase our Brave7 Flight Controllers from a privately-held United States based manufacturer pursuant to a purchase order for the initial order of 10,000 units. We are subject to a number of risks including:

We are or may become subject to governmental export and import controls, economic sanctions and other laws and regulations that could subject us to liability and impair our ability to compete in international markets.

While we understand Fat Shark and/or Rotor Riot have had minimal sales outside of the U.S., we expect to seek to market our products outside of the U.S. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, we commenced sales of our Brave7 Flight Controller to a European customer as part of a larger order. The U.S. and various foreign governments have imposed controls, export license requirements and restrictions on the import or export of some technologies. Our products are subject to U.S. export controls, including the Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations and various economic and trade sanctions regulations established by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls, and exports of our products must be made in compliance with these laws. Furthermore, U.S. export control laws and economic sanctions prohibit the provision of products and services to countries, governments, and persons targeted by U.S. sanctions. Even though we take precautions to prevent our products from being provided to targets of U.S. sanctions, our products, including our firmware updates, could be provided to those targets or provided by our customers despite such precautions.

Further, the manufacture and sale of our products in certain states and countries may subject us to environmental and other regulations. For example, many of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot’s products rely on electricity generated by lithium-ion batteries, which implicate a variety of environmental and other regulations designed to control the production, use, and transportation of hazardous materials such as lithium and other components and minerals deployed in these batteries. In addition, the increasing global focus on climate change, including greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions, has resulted in legislative and regulatory efforts to address the causes and impacts of climate change, and any new and more strict laws and regulations to reduce GHG emissions and address other aspects of climate change, including carbon taxes, cap and trade programs, GHG reduction requirements, requirements for the use of green energy, and changes in procurement requirements, may result in increased operational and compliance obligations, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Our failure to obtain required import or export approval or to comply with other applicable domestic or international laws and regulations for our products or operations could harm our international and domestic sales and adversely affect our revenue, or could subject us to costly proceedings, penalties or damages and negative publicity.

If we fail to comply with U.S. and foreign laws related to privacy, data security, and data protection, it could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

We, either directly or through our customers, collaborators or end-users of our products, are or may become subject to a variety of laws and regulations regarding privacy, data protection, and data security. This includes the European Union’s (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (the “EU GDPR”) and the United Kingdom’s General Data Protection Regulations (the “UK GDPR”) as a result of our sales in the EU. These laws and regulations are continuously evolving and developing. The scope and interpretation of the laws that are or may be applicable to us are often uncertain and may be conflicting, particularly with respect to foreign laws. The application of these laws and regulations can arise from our e-commerce platform, social media activities, drone technology and applications, relationships with third parties and their operations, or from other activities we undertake now or that we may undertake in the future. Data privacy and protection regulations are frequently broad in terms of scope of the information protected, activities affected, and geographic reach.

In particular, there are numerous U.S. federal, state, and local laws and regulations and foreign laws and regulations regarding privacy and the collection, sharing, use, processing, disclosure, and protection of personal data. Such laws and regulations often vary in scope, may be subject to differing interpretations, and may be inconsistent among different jurisdictions. For example, the GDPR includes operational requirements for companies that receive or process personal data of residents of the EU that are broader and more stringent than those previously in place in the EU and in most other jurisdictions around the world. The GDPR includes significant penalties for non-compliance, including fines of up to €20 million or 4% of total worldwide revenue. Additionally, in June 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). In November 2020, the CCPA was amended by Proposition 24, the California Consumer Privacy Act, which extends the CCPA. The CCPA requires covered companies to provide California consumers with new disclosures and will expand the rights afforded consumers regarding their data. Fines for noncompliance may be up to $7,500 per violation. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the GDPR, CCPA, and similar laws may limit the use and adoption of our products and services and/or require us to incur substantial compliance costs, which could have an adverse impact on our business.

Since the CCPA was enacted, the U.S. currently has at least 20 states – California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia, that have comprehensive data privacy laws in place, or enacted comprehensive data privacy laws set to soon take effect. An additional seven states have enacted narrower privacy laws – Florida, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Vermont, and Washington. So far during the 2024 legislative cycle, at least four states have introduced comprehensive privacy bills that address a range of issues, including protecting biometric identifiers and health data, or governing the activities of specific entities. However, this patchwork approach to privacy legislation could pose compliance and liability risks for companies that have multistate operations. Proposed and enacted bills in various states have similar rights in preexisting privacy legislation but differ in implementation and enforcement. In June 2024, the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and was subsequently referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has and is not yet adopted. As introduced, this proposed legislation would establish requirements for how companies handle personal data by, among other things, limiting the collection, processing, and transfer of personal data, prohibiting companies from transferring individuals’ personal data without their affirmative express consent, establishing a right to access, correct, and delete personal data, requiring companies to provide individuals with a means to “opt out” of the transfer of non-sensitive covered data and the right to opt out of the user of their personal information for targeted advertising, requiring companies to implement security practices aimed at protecting personal data, and imposing enforcement actions and the possibility of civil proceedings for violations. Proposed federal legislation, like the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024, will likely continue to be debated and, at some point, may be enacted in some form.

We intend to strive to comply with all applicable laws, policies, legal obligations, and industry codes of conduct relating to privacy, data security, and data protection. Our limited resources may adversely affect our compliance effort. Given that the scope, interpretation, and application of these laws and regulations are often uncertain and may be in conflict across jurisdictions, it is possible that these obligations may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. Any failure or perceived failure by us, customers, or third-party vendors or end-users involved with our products to comply with our privacy or security policies or privacy-related legal obligations, or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personal data, may result in governmental enforcement actions, litigation, or negative publicity, and could have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.

Governments are continuing to focus on privacy and data security, and it is possible that new privacy or data security laws will be passed or existing laws will be amended in a way that is material to our business. Any significant change to applicable laws, regulations, or industry practices regarding the personal data of our employees, agents or customers could require us to modify our practices and may limit our ability to expand or sustain our salesforce or bring our products to market. Changes to applicable laws and regulations in this area could subject us to additional regulation and oversight, any of which could significantly increase our operating costs and materially affect our operating results and financial condition.

Risks Related To Our Common Stock

Because the Purchase Price for Fat Shark and Rotor Riot exceeds an independent valuation that Red Cat received for the enterprise value of the target companies, you may lose all or part of your investment.

In connection with the acquisition, we paid Red Cat the Purchase Price of $22.1 million to acquire Fat Shark and Rotor Riot comprised of (i) $1.1 million in cash, (ii) the $4.0 million Note issued by the Company to Red Cat after the working capital adjustment, and (iii) $17.0 million of the Company’s Common Stock. In November 2020, Red Cat acquired Fat Shark for a purchase price of $8.4 million and in January 2020, Red Cat acquired Rotor Riot for a total purchase price of $2.0 million. In connection with the transaction, Red Cat received a valuation from a valuation expert engaged by Red Cat that estimated that Fat Shark and Rotor Riot had a combined enterprise value range of $5.1 million to $5.7 million, as of November 30, 2022. While the Purchase Price was negotiated in good faith between our Chief Executive Officer at that time and an independent special committee of the Red Cat Board, the Company does not intend to obtain an independent valuation on the assets and liabilities assumed. We anticipate to perform a valuation during the fourth quarter of 2024 based on final assets acquired and liabilities assumed to determine the final amounts of goodwill and other intangibles. See also the “Risk Factors – If we incur any future impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill asset or write-off our general intangibles, it could depress our stock price.” Accordingly, if the Company’s management is unsuccessful in implementing its growth strategy to grow its business to justify what it is paid for the Purchase Price, it is possible that an investor may lose all or part of its investment.

The market price of our shares of Common Stock is subject to fluctuation.

The market price of shares of our Common Stock may fluctuate and has fluctuated significantly in response to factors, some of which are beyond our control, including:

Recently, the stock market, in general, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations due to, among other factors, concerns involving the U.S. presidential election, inflation, the Federal Reserve interest rate increases or decreases, supply chain shortages, recession fears, and geopolitical turmoil including the war in Ukraine and Israel. The current prolonged delay in providing new aid to Ukraine and Israel are evidence of the political uncertainties. Continued market fluctuations could result in extreme market volatility in the price of our Common Stock which could cause a decline in the value of our Common Stock below its recent price.

Our stock price may be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors.

In addition to changes to market prices based on our results of operations and the factors discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section, the market price of and trading volume for our Common Stock (including any stock-run ups or price declines) may change for a variety of other reasons, not necessarily related to our actual operating performance. The capital markets have experienced extreme volatility particularly with small public companies with relatively smaller public floats that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our Common Stock. In addition, the average daily trading volume of the securities of small companies can be very low, which may contribute to future volatility.

Factors that could cause the market price of our Common Stock to fluctuate significantly include:

Any of these factors, as well as broader market and industry factors, may result in large and sudden changes in the trading volume of our Common Stock (including stock run ups or price declines) and could seriously harm the market price of our Common Stock, regardless of our operating performance. This may prevent you from being able to sell your shares at or above the price you paid for your shares, if at all. In addition, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s shares, shareholders often institute securities class action litigation against that company. Our involvement in any class action suit or other legal proceeding could divert our senior management’s attention and could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

An active trading market for our Common Stock may not develop.

Prior to the IPO, there was no public market for our Common Stock. The IPO price for our Common Stock was determined through negotiations with the underwriters. Although our Common Stock trades on the NYSE American, an active trading market for our shares may never develop or be sustained following this IPO. If an active market for our Common Stock does not develop, it may be difficult to sell our Common Stock without depressing the market price for the Common Stock, or at all.

Because our sole remedy under the Purchase Agreement in the event of any breaches of representations and warranties is to cancel some or all of the 125,000 shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Jeffrey Thompson, the value of such shares may be an insufficient remedy.

The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties made by Red Cat and Mr. Jeffrey Thompson, Red Cat’s Chief Executive Officer. Based upon negotiations with Red Cat and its counsel, we agreed that Mr. Thompson, one of our founders, and a member of our Board, will backstop Red Cat’s indemnification obligations under the Purchase Agreement in the event we claim Red Cat and/or Mr. Thompson have breached any of their respective representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement, as amended, with 125,000 shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Jeffrey Thompson (after giving effect to the 1-for-2 reverse stock split). Such shares will not be placed into escrow. Red Cat has no liability for such breaches by it. That means if the value of such shares held by Mr. Thompson is not at least equal to our damages, we will not have a remedy sufficient to permit us to recoup all of our damages. The only exception is fraud. Although we negotiated this limited remedy in good faith, it is possible that the shares held by Mr. Thompson may not be sufficient in which case such breach may adversely and materially affect our Common Stock price.

We are incurring significant additional costs as a result of being a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to compliance with our public company responsibilities and corporate governance practices.

With the completion of our IPO, we are incurring increased costs associated with corporate governance requirements that will become applicable to us as a public company, including rules and regulations of the SEC under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Customer Protection Act of 2010, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as well as the rules of NYSE American. These rules and regulations are expected to significantly increase our accounting, legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time consuming, including due to increased training of our current employees, additional hiring of new employees, and increased assistance from consultants. The SEC’s new cybersecurity rules and if upheld the new climate change rules will increase our compliance costs. We also expect these rules and regulations to make it more expensive for us to maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board or as executive officers. Furthermore, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we will incur as a public company or the timing of such costs. In addition, our management team will need to devote substantial attention to interacting with the investment community and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies, which may divert attention away from the day-to-day management of our business, including operational, research and development and sales and marketing activities. Increases in costs incurred or diversion of management’s attention as a result of becoming a publicly traded company may adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Our failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting could have an adverse impact on us.

We are required to establish and maintain appropriate disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed or other matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting, disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our Common Stock. In our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, we reported that we did not maintain effective disclosure controls or internal controls over financial reporting and in our Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we reported that we had not remediated those material weaknesses. Investors may not purchase or hold our Common Stock as a result of these failures, which may result in lower prices.

Because our Common Stock is listed on NYSE American, we are subject to additional regulations and continued requirements.

With the completion of our IPO in February 2024, we are required to meet the continued listing standards for NYSE American. If we fail to meet NYSE American’s listing standards, our Common Stock may be delisted. NYSE American requires that the average closing price of its listed common stock remain above $1.00 over a 30 consecutive day period, in order to remain listed. In addition, to maintain a listing on NYSE American, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, and certain corporate governance requirements. If we are unable to satisfy these requirements standards, our Common Stock could be subject to delisting. Delisting would have a negative effect on the price of our Common Stock and would impair your ability to sell our Common Stock when you wish to do so.

Our Board may authorize and issue shares of new series of preferred stock that could be superior to or adversely affect current holders of our Common Stock.

Our Board has the power to authorize and issue shares of classes of stock, including preferred stock that have voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations and special rights, including preferred distribution rights, conversion rights, redemption rights and liquidation rights without further stockholder approval which could adversely affect the rights of the holders of our Common Stock. In addition, our Board could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred stock that has greater voting power than our Common Stock or that is convertible into our Common Stock, which could decrease the relative voting power of our Common Stock or result in dilution to our existing common stockholders.

Any of these actions could significantly adversely affect the investment made by holders of our Common Stock. Holders of Common Stock could potentially not receive dividends that they might otherwise have received. In addition, holders of our Common Stock could receive less proceeds in connection with any future sale of the Company, in liquidation or on any other basis.

If we raise capital in the future, it may dilute our existing stockholders’ ownership and/or have other adverse effects on us, our securities or our operations.

If we are required to raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our existing stockholders’ percentage ownership will decrease, and these stockholders may experience substantial dilution. Additionally, the issuance of additional shares of Common Stock or other securities could result in a decline in our stock price. Further, if we are required to raise additional funds by issuing debt instruments, these debt instruments could impose significant restrictions on our operations, including liens on our assets and negative covenants prohibiting us from engaging in certain transactions or corporate actions that may have the effect of limiting our ability to pursue our business strategy and growth objectives.

Common Stock eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market.

We entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with each Selling Stockholder under which the Company agreed to file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 to register the Common Stock, within 30 days of October 30, 2024 and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective 60 days (or 75 days if such registration statement is reviewed by the SEC) after filing the registration statement. This Registration Statement covers the sale of 3,577,568 shares of our Common Stock. This includes (i) 2,188,489 shares of our Common Stock, and (ii) 1,389,079 shares issuable upon the full exercise of the Warrants as well as certain other shares (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”).

Upon registration, the Registrable Securities, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations, will be freely-tradable. The following discussion refers to the public sale of our Common Stock by our other stockholders beginning after expiration of the lock-up agreement all of our officers, directors and 5% shareholders have entered into. From time-to-time after the expiration of the lock-up period, our stockholders may be eligible to sell all or some of their Common Stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), subject to certain limitations. In general, Rule 144 provides that any non-affiliate of the Company who has held restricted Common Stock for at least six months, is entitled to publicly sell their restricted stock, provided that the Company stays current in its SEC filings. Affiliates, which would include an officer, director or other person in control of the Company may sell after a six month holding period from the date of purchase) with the following restrictions: (i) the Company is current in its SEC filings, (ii) the holders comply with certain manner of sale provisions, (iii) the holders file a Form 144, and (iv) the holders comply with volume limitations limiting the sale of shares within any three-month period to the greater of (1) a number of shares that does not exceed 1% of the total number of outstanding shares, or (2) the average weekly trading volume computed over a four week period. A person who has ceased to be an affiliate at least three months immediately preceding the applicable sale and who has owned such shares of Common Stock for at least six months may sell the shares under Rule 144 without regard to any of the limitations described above except for the current public information requirement.

Future sales of substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market, or the anticipation of these sales, could materially and adversely affect market prices prevailing from time-to-time, and could impair our ability to raise capital through sales of equity or equity-related securities. In addition, the market price of our Common Stock could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our Common Stock in the market or the perception that these sales may occur.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our Common Stock, the market price for our Common Stock and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our Common Stock will be influenced by research or reports that industry or securities analysts publish about our business. We do not currently have any analysts publish research reports about us, and we cannot assure you that any will. If analysts do, and one or more analysts who cover us downgrade our Common Stock, the market price for our Common Stock would likely decline.

We and our investors face the implications of our status as an emerging growth company under the federal securities laws and regulations.

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we have elected to take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements compared to those that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include but are not limited to: reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements; and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (a) the last day of the fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of at least $1.235 billion; (b) the last day of our fiscal year following February 16, 2029; (c) the date on which we have, during the preceding three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” under the Exchange Act, which would occur as of the end of any fiscal year if the market value of our Common Stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter. Once we cease to be an emerging growth company, we will not be entitled to the exemptions provided in the JOBS Act discussed above.

We have never paid dividends and we do not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

We intend to retain earnings, if any, to finance the growth and development of our business and do not intend to pay cash dividends on shares of our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. The payment of future cash dividends, if any, depend upon, among other things, conditions then existing including earnings, financial condition and capital requirements, restrictions in financing agreements, business opportunities and other factors. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our Common Stock, will be your sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

Our Articles of Incorporation contains certain provisions which may result in difficulty in bringing actions against or on behalf of the Company or its affiliates.

Section 7 of our Articles of Incorporation provides that the internal affairs of the Company, including derivative actions, shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in Clark County, Nevada. To the extent that any such action asserts a claim under the Exchange Act, that claim must be brought in federal court. Section 7 also provides that the United States federal courts generally shall have exclusive jurisdiction over claims brought under the Securities Act, the effect of which is that an action under the Securities Act with respect to the Company may only be brought in the federal courts, whereas absent such provision the federal and commonwealth courts would otherwise have concurrent jurisdiction over such a matter. Any claim seeking relief under the Exchange Act may only be brought in federal court. Further, Section 7 also provides for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada as the exclusive venue for any cause of action under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, meaning such federal court is the only court in which such a case may be brought and heard. These provisions may have the effect of precluding stockholders from bringing suit in their forum or venue of choice. Further, these provisions may give rise to a potential ambiguity as to which courts – state or federal – should preside over certain cases such as cases with overlapping claims under both Nevada corporate law and the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. While the Supreme Court of Delaware has upheld a charter provision designating federal courts as the exclusive forum for actions brought under the Securities Act, it is unclear how a court in Nevada, might rule. Therefore, an investor seeking to bring a claim against or on behalf of the Company or its affiliates under Nevada law or the federal securities laws may be forced to litigate their case in a court which poses geographic or other hardships, and could face uncertainty as to which jurisdiction and venue the case will ultimately be heard in, which may delay, prevent or impose additional obstacles on the investor in such litigation. Investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, and there is uncertainty as to whether a state or federal court would enforce this charter provision.

USE OF PROCEEDS

This Prospectus relates to the Shares that may be offered and sold from time-to-time by the Selling Stockholders. We will not receive any proceeds upon the sale of the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders in this offering See “Plan of Distribution” elsewhere in this Prospectus for more information, except that if all of the Warrants are exercised for cash, we will receive approximately $2.7 million. We will use any proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes including expansion of our B2B business.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We have never declared nor paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock, and currently intend to retain all our cash and any earnings for use in our business and, therefore, do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock will be at the discretion of the Board and will be dependent upon our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and such other factors as the Board deems relevant.

DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

Each Selling Stockholder will determine at what price(s) such Selling Stockholder may sell the Securities, and such sales may be made at prevailing market prices, or at privately negotiated prices.

CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of September 30, 2024:

The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted information below is illustrative only and our capitalization following the adjustments outlined above are subject to change. You should read this table in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Recent Developments” on page 48 of this Prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Prospectus.

THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT

On October 30, 2024, Unusual Machines closed a financing in which it received gross proceeds of $1,955,000 before deducting fees to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by the Company. In the Private Placement, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with accredited investors, under which the investors purchased an aggregate of 1,286,184 units at a per unit purchase price of $1.52 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of or Common Stock and one Warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.99 per share.

Allan Evans, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Sanford Rich and Robert Lowry, each a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, initially invested an aggregate of $250,000 in the Private Placement on identical terms to the other Investors. Subsequently, in order to comply with NYSE American rules, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rich and Mr. Lowry each agreed to pay an additional $36,842, $36,842, and $18,421, respectively, to the Company.

On October 29, 2024, as required by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with a broker-dealer (the “Placement Agent”) to serve as the Placement Agent for the Private Placement. Pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement, the Company paid the Placement Agent, 8% of the gross proceeds raised in the Private Placement or $156,400 and issued the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase 102,895 shares of our Common Stock equal to 8% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Private Placement. The Placement Agent Warrants have the same terms as the Investor Warrants. We refer to the Warrants issued in the Private Placement and the Placement Agent Warrants together as the “Warrants”.

The Company issued the Selling Stockholders a five and a half year Warrant exercisable for an aggregate of 1,389,079 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Warrants have a term of five and a half years from the Closing Date and may not be exercised for 180 days after the Closing Date (the “Exercise Date”) and, subject to certain limited adjustments, are exercisable at $1.99 per share, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the Warrants. If at any time after the Exercise Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the Prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares (as defined in the Investor Warrants) by the Investor, then the Investor Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise.” The Warrants contain beneficial ownership limitations preventing the holders from owning in excess of 4.99% or 9.99% of outstanding shares of Common Stock at any given time and, subject to stockholder approval, 19.99% of all current outstanding Common Stock currently outstanding or such lesser percentage required by the NYSE American without first obtaining approval in accordance with the NYSE American rules.

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

We are registering the Shares in order to permit the Selling Stockholders to offer the Shares for resale from time-to-time. Except for the ownership of our securities, and as otherwise provided below, the Selling Stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years. However, the Selling Stockholders also consist of our executive officers and directors; three of the Selling Stockholders are directors who purchased units in the Private Placement; in addition, two executive officers, certain advisory board members and our non-employee directors have received stock grants and are offering their Common Stock for sale as Selling Stockholders.

The table below lists the Selling Stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock by each of the Selling Stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Selling Stockholders, based on its ownership of the shares of Common Stock immediately prior to this offering.

The third column also lists the Shares being registered by this Prospectus for resale by the Selling Stockholders.

The Selling Stockholders may sell all, some or none of the offered Shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each Selling Stockholder of the Securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440. The Selling Stockholders may not sell the Shares to a broker-dealer acting as a principal, since this would constitute a material change to this Plan of Distribution, unless we file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing this Prospectus.

In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

BUSINESS

Background of Unusual Machines

Unusual Machines is a Nevada corporation, with our principal place of business in Orlando, Florida. The Company was originally incorporated in Puerto Rico and reincorporated as a Nevada corporation on April 22, 2024.

Initial Public Offering

On February 16, 2024, we closed our IPO for the sale of 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock, at a public offering price of $4.00 per share. The IPO generated gross proceeds of $5.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $4.5 million. We incurred and paid additional direct offering costs prior to the close of the IPO of $0.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and $0.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. We used $1.0 million of proceeds to pay for the acquisition of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot as discussed below.

Acquisition of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company purchased from Red Cat its Rotor Riot and Fat Shark subsidiaries for $20.1 million comprised of (i) $1.1 million in cash, (ii) a $2.0 million promissory note issued by the Company to Red Cat, and (iii) $17.0 million of the Company’s Common Stock or 4,250,000 shares of Common Stock.

Simultaneous with the closing of our IPO, on February 16, 2024, we closed the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot.

On July 22, 2024, we finalized the working capital adjustment as stipulated in the Purchase Agreement, which resulted in an increase in the overall purchase price by an additional $2.0 million. We agreed to increase the principal amount of the original note for the working capital adjustment, which increased the total Note Payable to $4.0 million. In addition, we agreed to extend the maturity date of the promissory note to November 30, 2025.

The Drone Industry

The drone industry continues to expand to become a powerful business tool and recreational activity, with growth occurring broadly and across our targeted industries. According to Drone Industry Insights, the global drone market is expected to grow to $54.6 billion by 2030, with the commercial market growing at a 7.7% compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”). According to Allied Market Research, the drone component industry is likewise expanding. The drone flight controller market, valued at $6.6 billion in 2022 is expected to reach $13.8 billion by 2032. The drone motor market, valued at $2.6 billion in 2021 is projected to reach $9.9 billion by 2031.

Until our Brave 7 Flight Controller was added to the Department of Defense’s Blue List in the summer of 2024, all of our revenues were generated from B2C sales. Following the addition to the Blue List, we sold 6,600 Brave 7s to a European customer and the end of the third quarter began shipments. An important part of our focus is now the B2B market. In addition to future sales of the Brave 7 Flight Controller, we are seeking to get additional drone parts added to the Blue List. Upon approval, our goal is to monetize these products and continue to expand our B2B business. Because our B2B business is focused upon manufacturing of drones and drone parts in the United States and as a result of the recent United States presidential election, we are hopeful that our United States made drone products will generate material sales in the future.

Unusual Machines intends to pursue strategic acquisition targets that are cash flow positive and either sell drone parts or allow us to vertically integrate the production of drone parts. The Company believes that very promising, private companies (such as those the company will likely target) are in many instances underfunded and missing out on the ability to go public and bring their innovative products and solutions to a larger set of customers globally. We believe that unlocking this potential will be key to industry consolidation and breaking the dominance of China in the drone industry.

First Person View (FPV) Market Segment

Fat Shark and Rotor Riot principally operate in the FPV segment of the drone industry. This segment focuses on drones piloted with wearable display devices. These are head mounted displays (“HMDs”) or goggles for drone pilots. These goggles give pilots FPV perspective to control their drone in flight. This is a unique experience where the pilot is interacting with an aircraft through visual immersion. This experience is accomplished by live streaming footage from a camera mounted on the nose of the drone directly into specially designed goggles worn by the pilot. The image is transmitted via radio (traditionally analog but increasingly digital) to the pilot. The drone remote control unit, the drone, and the FPV goggles are all interconnected via radio. This effect requires sophisticated electronics that transmit visual information with sufficient speed and reliability to allow pilot control over the drone in real-time. Pilots routinely achieve speeds of over 90 mph in racing and other mission critical applications.

There are four common categories of FPV flight – freestyle flight, racing, cinema photography, and defense. In freestyle, the pilot navigates around obstacles focused on acrobatics and exploring the environment around the aircraft through the HMD. FPV racing describes a spectator sport where pilots fly their drones in competitions through a series of obstacles, flags, and gates in a racetrack. Cinema photography is the process of viewing and recording a subject matter from the air from the viewpoint of the pilot. Defense is a newer market segment characterized by the uses of drones in the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

Plans for Growth, Development, and Expansion

Unusual Machine’s plans to strengthen its market position through continued organic revenue growth. In parallel, the Company intends to aggressively invest in the extension of their business from just B2C sales to B2B sales of drone components. Unusual Machine’s business strategy includes (i) increasing its overall customer base with its products and rapid adoption; (ii) investing in new products and IP, starting with the Fat Shark and Rotor Riot acquisitions that were completed with our IPO, (iii) expanding and growing Unusual Machine’s customer base and revenue streams from its existing customer base using a “land-and-expand” model that establishes initial relationships and grows those relationships through the provision of high quality products and services, (iv) enhancing the company’s products to improve the integration of third-party solutions, and (v) seeking strategic partnerships and sponsorships with companies that want access to the FPV community.

As discussed above, the approval of our Brave7 Flight Controller to the Blue UAS Framework marked a key step for Unusual Machines to expand into the B2B sector. Following that approval in August 2024, we agreed to sell 6,600 units to an overseas customer.

Customers

Revenues for Fat Shark are principally generated through distributors and for Rotor Riot online through its e-commerce site, www.rotorriot.com. Both Fat Shark and Rotor Riot market their products and services to recreational and professional drone pilots and hobbyists.

Competition

Rotor Riot competes with a number of significantly larger, better capitalized companies. SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., commonly known as DJI, is the dominant market leader with a global market share estimated at more than 70%, according to industry research firms. Other competitors include GetFPV and Lumenier. Race Day Quads is a larger, direct competitor in the FPV sector. Rotor Riot competes against these competitors by leveraging its visibility on the internet through its Facebook page which has more than 43,000 followers and its Rotor Riot YouTube channel which has more than 277,000 subscribers. We believe that the Rotor Riot brand has been at the center of the racing and freestyle culture of drones since registering its domain name in 2015.

Fat Shark also competes with DJI along with other FPV headset companies including Skyzone FPV, Orqa, and HD Zero. The Fat Shark brand has been synonymous with FPV headsets since the emergence of the market in 2008. Fat Shark continues to compete through partnerships with other FPV companies and a focus on manufacturing and product quality.

Suppliers

Rotor Riot purchases inventory from approximately 50 suppliers although 57% of this inventory is purchased from four vendors. The two most critical components are electronics and frames. Approximately 95% of Rotor Riot’s inventory is purchased directly from Chinese vendors, all of which could be subject to varying tariffs. The United States has continuously increased tariffs since 2019, which Rotor Riot is currently subject to and range from 2% to 25%. These tariffs increase the cost of goods which reduces the company’s profit margins.

Fat Shark has sources over 90% of its components and inventory from a single Chinese supplier, Shenzhen Fatshark Co. Ltd. See “Related Party Transactions” for additional information. We source our Brave7 Flight Controller from a U.S. based manufacturer. See “Risk Factors” at page 6.

Government Regulation and Federal Policy

National Defense Authorization Act and American Security Drone Act

In December 2023, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”), which includes the American Security Drone Act (“ASDA”). The bill prohibits, starting in December 2025, federal agencies and federally funded programs from purchasing or using drones manufactured in countries that are viewed as threats to U.S. national security, such as China. The basis for the legislation is that purchases from these countries (i) pose a significant threat to national security, (ii) represent efforts to infiltrate and influence American society, and (iii) risk the theft of personal and business data. Specifically, the American Security Drone Act:

Federal Aviation Administration 

The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) of the United States Department of Transportation is responsible for the regulation and oversight of civil aviation within the U.S. Its primary mission is to ensure the safety of civil aviation. The FAA has adopted the name “unmanned aircraft” (“UA”) to describe aircraft systems without a flight crew on board. More common names include drone, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”) and remotely operated aircraft.

The FAA began issuing regulations governing drones in 2005 with their scope and frequency expanding in recent years with the significant increase in the number of drones sold. In December 2015, the FAA announced that all drones weighing more than 250 grams, or 0.55 pounds, must be registered with the FAA. As of December 2023, the FAA reported the registration of almost 791,000 drones, of which approximately 370,000 were commercial and approximately 416,000 were recreational. In addition, more than 370,000 remote pilots were certified.

In January 2021, the FAA finalized rules requiring that drones be identifiable remotely. These rules are effective for drone manufacturers beginning in September 2022 and for drone pilots in September 2023. The FAA believes that remote ID technologies will enhance safety and security by allowing the FAA, law enforcement, and federal security agencies to identify drones flying in their jurisdiction. These efforts lay the foundation for more complex operations, such as those beyond visual line of sight at low altitudes, as the FAA and the drone industry move toward a traffic management ecosystem for Unmanned Aircraft System flights separate from, but complimentary to, the air traffic management system.

The Company believes that the oversight of the FAA is beneficial to the drone industry generally, and the Company specifically. Approximately 10 % of the drones sold by Rotor Riot are below the weight threshold required to register. The remaining 90% have more functionality, are more likely to be used for commercial purposes, and therefore, should be registered.

Environmental Considerations

Compliance with applicable environmental laws since inception has not had a material effect upon the Company’s capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. However, drones are battery operated which use electricity for charging. To that extent, except for users who use solar and other non-electrical power to charge drones, users of drones the Company sells burn carbon which negatively affects the environment. Further, the SEC’s new climate change rules will likely increase our compliance costs.

Employees and Human Capital Resources

As of the date of this Prospectus, the Company has 15 full-time employees. In addition, our Chief Executive Officer is a full-time consultant through an entity he controls.

Intellectual Property

The Company has consolidated its IP into a subsidiary, UMAC IP Holdings Corp. The IP portfolio primarily includes design and utility patents related to FPV headsets. None of the patents are currently licensed and IP is generated in the general course of doing engineering design. The Company owns the intellectual property and all rights associated with them.

The following table summarizes currently issued patents (indicated by “Issued”) including the grant dates thereof, and patent applications (indicated by “Pending or Published”). As the chart indicates, some of these patents are in the U.S., where when issued the patent protection generally applies for 20 years from the date the patent application was made (subject to potential extension, if applied for and granted). In general, patent protection provides the patent holder with a monopoly on the invention within its scope for the duration of the patent.

Trademark Portfolio

The following table summarizes current registered trademarks (indicated by “Registered”) including the registration dates. As the chart indicates, these trademarks are registered in the U.S. and abroad.

Unusual Machines has recently filed for a trademark on our logo.

Research and Development

Research and development activities are part of Unusual Machine’s business, and the Company will follow a disciplined approach to investing our resources to create new drone technologies and solutions. A fundamental part of this approach is a well-defined screening process that helps us identify commercial opportunities that support desired technological capabilities in the markets we serve.

Legal Proceedings

The Company and its subsidiaries are not defendants (or the equivalents) in any pending litigation.

Properties

We own no real estate properties. With the closing of our IPO, our principal place of business is located in Orlando, Florida at the Rotor Riot facility. In October 2023, Rotor Riot signed a five-year lease for a 6,900 sq. foot facility in Orlando, FL. We currently anticipate that the current leased space will be sufficient to support our current and future needs. In addition, we have an executive office located at 15 Ave. Muñoz Rivera, Suite 2200, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 which we sublet from Red Cat on month-to-month basis.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the audited and unaudited financial statements (prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”)) and related notes included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks, and assumptions associated with those statements. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this Prospectus, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors.” Unless we state otherwise or the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to Unusual Machines, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All amounts presented in tables, other than per share amounts, are in thousands unless otherwise noted.

Recent Developments

Private Placement

On October 29, 2024 we entered into Securities Purchase Agreements with the Selling Stockholders for a Private Placement for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.95 million before deducting fees to the Placement Agent and other expenses payable by us in connection with the Private Placement. We intend to use the net proceeds of the Private Placement for working capital and general corporate purposes. As part of the Private Placement, we issued an aggregate of 1,286,184 units at a per unit purchase price of $1.52 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of Common Stock and one Warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s Common Stock. The Warrants have a term of five and a half years from the Closing Date and may not be exercised for 180 days after the Closing Date and are exercisable at $1.99 per share, subject to certain limitations and adjustments set forth in the Investor Warrants.

Results of Operations

Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

Revenue

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we did not generate any revenues and as such did not incur any cost of goods sold.

Operating Expenses

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred research and development expenses totaling $0 compared to $91,325 for the year ended December 31, 2022, resulting in a decrease of $91,325 or 100%. Prior to the acquisition targets of Rotor Riot and Fat Shark, our primary focus was to create a US made camera sensor, which we no longer pursued after we signed our purchase agreement to acquire Rotor Riot and Fat Shark.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred general and administrative expenses totaling $2,377,862 compared to $1,079,715 for the year ended December 31, 2022, resulting in an increase of $1,298,147 or 120.2%. The increase primarily relates to stock compensation expense of $600,000 related to shares issued for services during 2023 and increased legal expenses and professional fees related to the business combination and for preparation of becoming a public company.

Net Loss

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2023, totaled $2,383,462 compared to $1,171,777 for the year ended December 31, 2022, resulting in an increase of $1,211,685 or 103%. The increase in net loss relates to $600,000 in stock compensation expense and the increase in general and administrative expenses as we start to build out our operations for the business combination and becoming a public company.

Unusual Machines Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $1,776,552 during the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to net cash used in operating activities of $1,189,191 during the year ended December 31, 2022, representing an increase of $587,361 or 49.4%. This increase in net cash used primarily resulted from our increase in net loss of $1,211,685, changes in other working capital of $20,554 offset by non-cash expenses of $604,715.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $3,164 during the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $40,647 during the year ended December 31, 2022, representing an overall decrease of $43,811 or 108%. The cash used in investing activities during 2023 related to purchasing computer equipment. The cash provided by investing activities during 2022 primarily related to a related party receivable for $45,222 being paid back, offset by the purchase of computer equipment of $4,575 during the year.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities totaled $424,933 during the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $462,075 during the year ended December 31, 2022, resulting in a decrease in a change in net cash by financing activities of $887,008 or 192%. The decrease is related to proceeds received from exempt private offerings of our common stock in 2022 that were not received in 2023 and the change in deferred offering costs related to our IPO of $337,108.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023

Revenue

During the three months ended September 30, 2024 we generated revenues totaling $1,531,264 compared to $0 during the three months ended September 30, 2023, representing an increase of $1,531,264 or 100%. We did not generate any revenues until the closing of the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot on February 16, 2024. The majority of our revenue during the quarter relates to completed and fulfilled product sales during the period through our Rotor Riot retail channel and from our B2B wholesale through Fat Shark.

Cost of Goods Sold

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, we incurred cost of goods sold of $1,131,777 compared to $0 during the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $1,131,777 or 100%. Similar to revenues, we did not incur any cost of goods sold until the closing of the acquisitions on February 16, 2024. Cost of goods sold primarily relate to product costs from our sales, but also include certain shipping and other direct product costs.

Gross Margin

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, our gross margin was $399,487 compared to $0 during the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $399,487 or 100%. Our gross margin, as a percentage of sales, totaled 26% during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 0% during the three months ended September 30, 2023. We anticipate our gross margin to fluctuate period to period depending on certain promotions and products that are sold during the period and the margins we generated during the quarter are in line with our expectations and normal operating margins.

Operating Expenses

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, operations expenses totaled $218,126 compared to $0 during the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $218,126 or 100%. Prior to the closing of the acquisitions in February 2024, we did not have any operations expenses. Operations expenses primarily relate to our direct operations including our warehouse personnel and warehouse expenses.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, research and development expenses was $15,000 compared to $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $15,000. Prior to the closing of the acquisitions in February 2024, we did not have any research and development expenses during 2023. Research and development expense primarily relates to new product development as we continue to partner with manufacturers to bring drone component manufacturing to the United States.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, sales and marketing expenses totaled $252,253 compared to $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $252,253 or 100%. Prior to the closing of the acquisitions in February 2024, we did not have any sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses primarily relate to advertising spend related to Rotor Riot and payroll expenses.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, general and administrative expenses totaling $1,374,989 compared to $353,029 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $1,021,960 or 289%. The increase primarily relates to stock compensation expense during quarter that we did not have in the previous year, an increase in expenses related to closing the IPO including legal and accounting fees, additional transition and integration related expenses, and the costs related to operating Fat Shark and Rotor Riot.

Net Loss

Our net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2024, totaled $2,144,250 compared to $353,674 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase in net loss of $1,790,576 or 506%. The increase in net loss primarily relates to stock compensation expense taken during the period, the $685,151 loss on debt extinguishment, of which $663,250 was non-cash, in connection with the $1.0 million debt exchange for Series C preferred shares. In addition, the increase in general and administrative expenses related to closing the initial public offering (the “IPO”) and the increased operations and sales and marketing expenses we incurred since the acquisition from Fat Shark and Rotor Riot. This was partially offset by generating gross margin related to the revenue and cost of goods sold from sales for Fat Shark and Rotor Riot. In the fourth quarter of 2024 we expect to complete our valuation and identification of any intangible assets related to the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot. For any identified intangibles, we will begin to amortize during the fourth quarter which will result in a non-cash charge going forward. However, and until we complete our valuation on intangibles, the amount is uncertain, and the future amortization may or may not be material. After the identification and valuation of intangibles is complete, we will complete our impairment analysis on goodwill and the identified intangibles during the fourth quarter. While the amount is uncertain, we expect that our goodwill impairment could be material.

Results of Operations – Nine months Ended September 30, 2024 compared to the Nine months Ended September 30, 2023

Revenue

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 we generated revenues totaling $3,561,303 compared to $0 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, representing an increase of $3,561,303 or 100%. We did not generate any revenues until the closing of the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot on February 16, 2024. Accordingly, our revenues for the nine months ending September 30, 2024 are affected by not having any revenues for half of the first quarter. Revenues relate to completed and fulfilled product sales during the period through our Rotor Riot retail channel and from our B2B wholesale through Fat Shark.

Cost of Goods Sold

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we incurred cost of goods sold of $2,569,209 compared to $0 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $2,569,209 or 100%. Similar to revenues, we did not incur any cost of goods sold until the closing of the acquisitions on February 16, 2024. Cost of goods sold primarily relate to product costs from our sales, but also include certain shipping and other direct product costs.

Gross Margin

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, our gross margin was $992,094 compared to $0 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $992,094 or 100%. Our gross margin, as a percentage of sales, totaled 28% during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 0% during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. We anticipate our gross margin to fluctuate period to period depending on certain promotions and products that are sold during the period and the margins we generated during the quarter are in line with our expectations and normal operating margins.

Operating Expenses

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, operations expenses totaled $544,220 compared to $0 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $544,220 or 100%. Prior to the closing of the acquisitions in February 2024, we did not have any operations expenses. Operations expenses primarily relate to our direct operations including our warehouse personnel and warehouse expenses.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, research and development expenses totaled $42,078 compared to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $42,078 or 100%. Prior to the closing of the acquisitions in February 2024, we did not have any research and development expenses during 2023. Research and development expense primarily relates to new product development as we continue to partner with manufacturers to bring drone component manufacturing to the United States.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, sales and marketing expenses totaled $795,643 compared to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $795,643 or 100%. Prior to the closing of the acquisitions in February 2024, we did not have any sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses primarily relate to advertising spend related to Rotor Riot and payroll expenses.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, general and administrative expenses totaling $3,728,749 compared to $1,965,469 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase of $1,763,280 or 90%. The increase relates to increased expenses related to closing the IPO including legal and accounting fees, additional transition and integration related expenses, and the costs related to operating Fat Shark and Rotor Riot.

Net Loss

Our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, totaled $4,862,490 compared to $1,966,876 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase in net loss of $2,895,614 or 147%. The increase in net loss primarily relates the increase in general and administrative expenses related to closing the IPO with additional increase in expenses for operations, sales and marketing expenses we incurred since the acquisition from Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, and other expenses of $743,381 related to interest expense and a large non-cash loss on debt extinguishment during the period. This was partially offset by generating gross margin related to the revenue and cost of goods sold from sales for Fat Shark and Rotor Riot. In the fourth quarter of 2024 we expect to complete our valuation and identification of any intangible assets related to the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot. For any identified intangibles, we will begin to amortize during the fourth quarter which will result in a non-cash charge going forward. However, and until we complete our valuation on intangibles, the amount is uncertain, and the future amortization may or may not be material. After the identification and valuation of intangibles is complete, we will complete our impairment analysis on goodwill and the identified intangibles during the fourth quarter. While the amount is uncertain, we expect that our goodwill impairment could be material.

Cash Flow Analysis

Prior to the closing of our IPO and the acquisitions of Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, we did not have any cash inflows from operations and all cash outflows related to our activities related to our IPO. Our future cash flows from operating activities will be significantly impacted by revenues received, our investment in sales and marketing to drive growth, and general and administrative expenses related to operating a public company. Our ability to meet future liquidity needs will be driven by our operating performance and the extent of continued investment in our operations. Failure to generate sufficient revenues and related cash flows could have a material adverse effect on our ability to meet our liquidity needs and achieve our business objectives.

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $2,718,513 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $1,382,538 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, representing an increase of $1,335,975 or 97%. This increase in net cash used primarily resulted from our increase in net loss of $2,895,614 and an increase in prepaid expenses of $319,532, accounts receivable of $73,109, other assets of $62,850, offset by a decrease in inventory of $337,562, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $681,414, other liabilities of $153,020 and non-cash expenses of $1,378,790.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $852,801 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to net cash used in investing activities of $3,164 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, representing an increase of $849,637. This increase in net cash used related to the $1,000,000 we paid to purchase Fat Shark and Rotor Riot, offset by $147,199 in cash acquired as compared to $3,164 used for purchase of computer equipment during 2023.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $4,362,313 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $376,702 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, resulting in an increase in net cash provided by financing activities of $4,739,015. The increase primarily relates to proceeds received from our IPO of $5,000,000, offset by change in deferred offering costs and other IPO related expenses of $260,985.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2024, we had current assets totaling $4,517,325 primarily consisting of cash balances of $1,685,772, inventory of $1,453,042 and prepaid deposits for inventory of $1,140,511. Our current liabilities as of September 30, 2024 totaled $2,018,255, primarily consisting of accounts payable and accrued expenses of $1,032,637 and customer deposits and other current liabilities of $985,618. Our net working capital as of September 30, 2024 was $2,499,070.

On October 29, 2024, we completed a Private Placement for the sale of 1,286,184 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.52 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.95 million before deducting fees to the Placement Agent and other expenses payable by us in connection with the Private Placement. We retained approximately $1.7 million in net proceeds.

As of November 13, 2024, we have approximately $2.4 million in cash. We believe that the net proceeds from our 2024 financings and revenues, the Private Placement and existing cash balances will be sufficient to fund our current operating plans through at least the next 12 months. We have based these estimates, however, on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could spend our available financial resources much faster than we currently expect and need to raise additional funds sooner than we anticipate. We do not anticipate any significant cost increases post the Fat Shark and Rotor Riot acquisitions and with consideration of the combined companies’ net low and cash position, we expect we will have sufficient working capital to support our operations for at least 12 months.

As described in Note 8 of our financial statements, we issued the New Notes following our agreement with Red Cat on the Working Capital Adjustment. Once the New Notes mature in November 2025, we will need to either (a) raise additional capital, (b) refinance the New Notes, (c) seek an extension of the maturity date of the Notes, or (d) explore the conversion or exchange of the New Notes into equity, which will result in dilution to our shareholders, if the New Notes have not been converted or paid in full prior to the maturity date. If we are unable to raise capital or explore such other options when needed or on acceptable terms, we may default under the obligation pursuant to the New Notes, or be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate certain operational efforts.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

We regularly evaluate the accounting policies and estimates that we use to prepare our financial statements. A complete summary of these policies is included in the notes to our financial statements. In general, management’s estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates made by management.

Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combination

The Fat Shark and Rotor Riot acquisitions are accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805. We recognized the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value as of the date of acquisition. We have not yet completed our evaluation of the fair value for determining the unallocated purchase price between goodwill and other intangible assets. Such amounts are subject to adjustment during the one-year measurement period. The fair value will be determined based on assumptions used in valuations and estimates determined by management, which are subjective.

Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets

Goodwill represents the future economic benefit arising from other assets acquired in an acquisition that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill represents costs in excess of fair values assigned to the underlying identifiable net assets of acquired businesses. Intangible assets from acquired business are recognized at fair value on the acquisition date. We are continuing our evaluation of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the Fat Shark and Rotor Riot acquisition, and we have not yet determined the unallocated purchase price between goodwill and other intangible assets. Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill might be impaired.

Valuation of Inventory

Our policy for valuation of inventory requires us to evaluate the net realizable value of our inventory using various reference measures including current product selling prices, as well as evaluating for excess quantities and obsolescence. We may be required to record inventory write-downs if actual inventory values are less favorable than those estimates by management.

Stock Based Compensation

Certain employees and directors have received grants of restricted Common Stock in our company. Other employees received grants of stock options in our Company. These awards are accounted for in accordance with guidance prescribed for accounting for equity-based compensation. Based on this guidance and the terms of the awards, the awards are equity classified.

The fair value of restricted stock awards is based on the fair value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant and expensed over the vesting period.

The fair value of each stock option award is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model which values options based on the stock price at the grant date, the expected life of the option, the estimated volatility of the stock, and the risk-free interest rate over the expected life of the option. The expected volatility was determined considering comparable companies historical stock prices as a peer group for the fiscal year the grant occurred and prior fiscal years for a period equal to the expected life of the option. The risk-free interest rate was the rate available from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank with a term equal to the expected life of the option. The expected life of the option was estimated based on a mid-point method calculation.

In addition, the Company issued shares of our Common Stock in 2023 to consultants for services performed. Prior to our IPO in February 2024, we were a private company with no active public market for our Common Stock. Therefore, we have periodically determined the overall value of our Company and the estimated per share fair value of our common equity at their various dates and valuations based on a per share valuation using the private funding transactions as an estimate. These values and estimates are subjective.

Warrant Classification and Fair Value

The Company classifies warrants issued for the purchase of shares of its Common Stock as either equity or liability instruments based on an assessment of the specific terms and conditions of each respective contract. The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments or embedded in a host instrument, whether the warrants meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, whether the warrants meet the definition of a derivative under ASC 815, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their fair value. The fair value of the warrant liability is determined using the binomial option pricing model the binomial option pricing model which values the liability on the stock price at the grant date, the estimate volatility of the stock, the expected term until exercise, the risk-free interest rate over the expected term, certain estimates and probabilities of different outcomes.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect. These pronouncements did not have any material impact on the financial statements unless otherwise disclosed, and the Company does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information regarding our current directors and executive officers: