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accession: "0001193125-25-213281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PDYN"
cik: "0001826681"
company_name: "Palladyne AI Corp."
filed_at: "2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:53:52.642769+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Palladyne AI appoints retired Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty to board of directors

## Summary
- Appointment effective September 22, 2025; Twitty will serve as Class I director until 2028 annual meeting.
- Twitty is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General with 40 years of military service, including as Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command.
- He currently serves on the boards of Karman Space & Defense (NYSE: KRMN), Weibel Scientific, and Mexora, Inc.
- Twitty had served as an advisor to Palladyne AI since 2022 prior to his board appointment.
- Press release highlights Twitty's expertise in defense and AI to accelerate Palladyne's autonomous drone swarming technology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-213281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PDYN
- cik: 0001826681
- company_name: Palladyne AI Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826681/000119312525213281/0001193125-25-213281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826681/000119312525213281/pdyn-20250922.htm

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