Company
Badland Batteries
Badland Batteries makes lithium-ion batteries for drones and other unmanned aircraft systems, built in Fargo, North Dakota. ↗
| Headquarters | Fargo, ND ↗ |
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| Leadership | Terri Zimmerman, CEO ↗; Andrew Paulsen, CTO ↗ |
| Ownership | Packet Digital (parent) ↗ |
Products
- Badland drone batteries are U.S.-made lithium-ion packs for UAS, and they are third-party UN38.3 certified. ↗
- The Badland battery cell plant in Fargo is an 80,000-square-foot facility that makes the cells used in Packet Digital battery packs. ↗
- The cell plant is designed to support multiple high-performance lithium-ion chemistries. ↗
Customers
- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division awarded Packet Digital a $27 million SBIR Phase III contract to scale domestic battery cell manufacturing, announced April 8, 2026. ↗
- The U.S. Navy awarded Packet Digital $9.8 million as its Logistics UAS Family of Advanced Batteries contract moved to Phase 3, announced May 5, 2026. ↗
- Lockheed Martin contracted with Packet Digital to design and manufacture batteries for its Indago 4 UAS. ↗