---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001575705-22-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAVS"
cik: "0000008504"
company_name: "AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:40:37.217073+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AgEagle CEO Brandon Torres Declet resigns; Chairman Barrett Mooney reappointed as CEO

## Summary
- CEO Brandon Torres Declet resigned effective Jan 17, 2022, to pursue new career opportunities.
- Chairman Barrett Mooney appointed CEO immediately; he previously served as CEO from July 2018 to June 2020.
- Company to refocus on robotics, automation, and manufacturing to drive growth and profitability.
- Mooney cited need to regain Wall Street confidence after market valuation decline, noting three strategic acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001575705-22-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAVS
- cik: 0000008504
- company_name: AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000157570522000064/0001575705-22-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000157570522000064/uavs_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001575705-22-000064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001575705-22-000064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001575705-22-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barrett Mooney was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Barrett Mooney, the Company’s current Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), has been appointed to serve as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000157570522000064/0001575705-22-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon Torres Declet resigned as Chief Executive Officer at AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 17, 2022, AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (the “Company”) and Brandon Torres Declet mutually agreed to Mr. Torres Declet’s resignation as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000157570522000064/0001575705-22-000064-index.htm

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