Swift Engineering Inc.

Successfully Flies VTOL Drone Swift020 in Kobe, Japan

San Clemente, CA, August 01, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Swift Engineering, Inc. flew the first fully
autonomous flight demonstration in the port city of Kobe, Japan on July 21, 2018. In attendance during
the event was Governor of the Hyogo prefecture, Toshizo Ido, and Mayor of Kobe City, Kizo Hisamoto
as well as other government officials and media. The flight took place in Meriken Park, located in the
Port of Kobe City in the Hyogo Prefecture. “We are proud and honored to be a trailblazer in the next
industrial revolution of autonomy and robotics. The vision of innovation embraced by the Hyogo
Prefecture and the city of Kobe will impact worldwide urban aviation,” said Rick Heise, President and
Chief Strategy Officer of Swift Engineering.

“We are all very excited to be a part of this historic event,” said Andrew Streett, Vice President of
Technology and Chief Scientist at Swift Engineering. “This was a collaboration with the Osaka Aviation
Bureau, the city and port of Kobe, which culmulated in the Swift020 flying over a 'densely inhabited
district', a standard used in Japan to describe an area of 4,000 people per 1 sq. kilometer. The teamwork
between multiple agencies was key to the success of this demonstration.”

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to release drone legislation, including beyond the line of sight
provisions before the end of 2018. Streett added, “This is a preemptive success before the release of the
regulations for drone use in Japan. This flight provides a solid foundation for a successful progression
towards Prime Minister Abes' goal.”

The Swift020, the first UAS featuring X-Blade Technology™, is the culmination of over 18 years of
research and development in unmanned systems. The Swift020 Unmanned Air System (UAS) vertical
take-off and landing (VTOL) technology takes off and lands anywhere and transitions to efficient
fixed-wing forward flight without additional launch and recovery equipment allowing it to reduce
operational time and cost. The Swift020 UAS is a family of systems servicing linear infrastructure, oil
and gas, maritime, emergency services, delivery, agriculture, scientific research, surveillance and security
markets.

Swift-Xi is a Japanese joint venture by Swift Engineering, Inc. headquartered in San Clemente,
California, USA and the Kobe Institute of Computing located in Kobe, Japan. Swift-Xi provides data and
IT services, logistics, and full-service operations of autonomous and robotic technologies in Japan and
around the world.

Swift Engineering, Inc. is an innovation company providing products, technologies and fully integrated
product development solutions from ideation to market. Swift has over 30 years of design, engineering
and build heritage in intelligent systems, and advanced vehicles; including autonomous systems,
helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, and robotics.

For more information, see www.swiftengineering.com

Contact: Kanna Place, Swift Engineering, Inc.

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