Perennial trains U.S. Marines with Bumblebee counter-drone system - 2026-08-03 - Demonstration - 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… - source: dvidshub.net
JIATF-401 begins Bumblebee V2 operational testing at Fort Bragg - 2026-04-22 - Demonstration - 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… - source: army.mil