Perennial Autonomy Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-01 - Contract Award - Perennial Autonomy receives 8,000-drone Pentagon order after Gauntlet II - Perennial placed first in the deep-strike category with 80.1 points, 9.2 points ahead of the next competitor. The evaluation at Fort Carson included day and night operations and contested beyond-visual-line-of-sight testing. Eleven providers competed in the… - source: defensenews.com
• 2026-08-03 - Demonstration - Perennial trains U.S. Marines with Bumblebee counter-drone system - The activity took place during Service Level Training Exercise 4-26 and marked the first Marine unit to work directly with Perennial. Marines flew Bumblebee V1 and Hornet aircraft while AS-3 Merops demonstrated autonomous interception against a Hornet… - source: dvidshub.net
• 2026-05-18 - Contract Award - Perennial Autonomy wins $500M JIATF-401 counter-UAS procurement contract - The Pentagon awarded Perennial Autonomy a $500 million contract through JIATF-401 to accelerate counter-UAS procurement. The contract covers AI-enabled systems including Merops interceptors, Bumblebee quadcopters, and Hornet midrange strike drones. The award… - source: defensenews.com
• 2026-05-13 - Demonstration - Twentyfour demonstrates Merops counter-UAS interceptor to German Armed Forces - Merops is a low-cost counter-drone interceptor developed by Perennial Autonomy. Twentyfour's role spans European manufacturing, system deployment and soldier training. - source: twentyfour.industries
• 2026-05-05 - Commercial Order - Lithuania buys 48 Merops interceptors as NATO evaluates low-cost counter-UAS systems - Lithuania bought 48 Merops interceptors from Perennial Autonomy on April 22, 2026. The purchase followed Merops deployments and training with Polish and Romanian forces along NATO's eastern flank. Perennial confirmed Merops can intercept Shahed, Gerbera and… - source: militarytimes.com
• 2026-04-22 - Demonstration - JIATF-401 begins Bumblebee V2 operational testing at Fort Bragg - On 22 April 2026, 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers joined an inaugural training event at Fort Bragg that marked JIATF-401's first operational test of Bumblebee V2 prototypes. The V2 is a first-person-view multirotor funded through a $5.2 million February… - source: army.mil