Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
SciTec receives $1.5M CBC2 contract extension for counter-drone sensor integration
- The extension brings the cumulative CBC2 contract value to $31 million.
- The work supports the Department of the Air Force’s Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management organisation and its wider Battle Network.
VideoRay selected for AEVEX-led Navy mine-countermeasure prototype
- The Defender launched and recovered autonomously from an unmanned surface vessel, with operators supervising from a ground control station.
- Trials covered target investigation, simulated neutralisation and post-action assessment, alongside autonomous vessel transit and stationkeeping.
- The selection followed a Navy and Defense Innovation Unit challenge in which BlackSea, now AEVEX Maritime Systems, was one of three prize winners.
Shield AI receives $150 million Navy modification for X-BAT
- The modification supports Defense Exportability Features through the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment.
- A separate August action and matching company commitment bring announced public and private X-BAT commitments to $400 million.
- Flight testing is scheduled for later in 2026; engine light-off and thrust-vectoring nozzle integration have been completed.
UNIFY.C2 renews Nellis counter-drone software contract
- The platform consolidates sensor displays, tracks and alerts into a common operating picture.
- Its vendor-neutral architecture integrates radar, RF, Remote ID, optical and infrared sensors, acoustic sensing and cooperative surveillance.
- The programme supports installation defence, flight-line security, training and range operations across the Las Vegas valley.
Kymeta wins DoD contract for Osprey u8 edge-platform development
- The cartridge is designed to add mission functions while maintaining the Osprey u8’s multi-orbit satellite communications performance.
- RF Space Domain Awareness functions are intended to detect interference, analyze satellite behavior and protect communications services.
- Additional software applications could extend the platform over time without installing separate hardware on the mission vehicle.
Anduril wins Navy contract of up to $2.9B for Arsenal-2 submarine components
- Anduril is committing $3.7B of private capital alongside the Navy contract, whose payments depend on demonstrated production outcomes.
- The planned facility exceeds 2 million square feet on a 187-acre site; initial operations are expected in 2030.
- ArsenalOS will connect fabrication, material movement, inspection and documentation, with assemblies delivered to Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding.
BLADE selected for Army Infantry Last Tactical Mile initiative with Hunter WOLF
- The submitted Hunter WOLF is a six-wheel diesel-electric hybrid designed for light and dismounted infantry formations.
- BLADE rates payload capacity at 2,800 lb and describes the vehicle as production-ready at TRL 9.
- Configurable payloads support different missions, and the vehicle can export power to external equipment.
Overland AI receives $4.5M APFIT extension for the 75th Ranger Regiment
- The additional funding supports production and fielding of autonomous ground vehicles for the 75th Ranger Regiment.
- It extends the original $20M APFIT award supporting the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, in coordination with Marine Corps PM GBAD.
RTD receives NASA order for RAVEN computers
- NASA Shared Services Center issued purchase order 80NSSC27P0008.
- The recorded performance period runs from 6 October 2026 to 26 January 2027.
- The procurement used simplified acquisition procedures for commercial products and services.
Powerus awarded $82 million order for counter-unmanned aerial systems
- The contract also covers ancillary equipment, operator training and field-service support.
- The systems are manufactured in the United States using NDAA-compliant components.
- Further orders can be placed at the customer’s discretion as requirements arise.
Ditto wins $17 million USSOCOM award for enterprise edge-data fielding
- The platform synchronizes data between human users and autonomous systems in denied, degraded, intermittent and limited-connectivity environments.
- The award follows three years of work with Special Operations Forces end users across multiple USSOCOM components.
- The contract was awarded through the U.S. Air Force’s BESPIN office.
Anduril wins $162.8M Army NGC2 fielding contract with options up to $1.8B
- The initial base period is valued at $162.8 million; exercising options could bring the total to $1.8 billion over five years.
- Lattice connects applications, AI models, sensors, vehicles and other battlefield systems through the NGC2 common data baseline.
- I Corps commands four divisions across the Pacific, where the architecture must support units operating with disrupted or intermittent connectivity.
AeroVironment, Epirus, Kord and Boeing selected for JIATF-401 pilot
- Selected systems are AeroVironment's P-HEL, Epirus' Leonidas, Kord's Firefly and Boeing's Compact Laser Weapon System.
- The evaluation will gather performance, cost, sustainment and operating-practice data in coordination with the FAA, U.S. Northern Command and the services.
- A separate December shoot-off at Dugway Proving Ground will assess additional laser and microwave candidates.
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 deep-strike category.
Lockheed Martin awarded up to $57.7 million for MQ-25 MDCX software
- The Navy obligated $14,124,363 at award, covering research and procurement funding.
- Work is scheduled through September 2027 in Marietta, Fort Worth and Patuxent River.
- The sole-source contract includes a qualification-tested software build and integrated testing.
MRV Systems joins shared $51.2 million U.S. Navy IDIQ and receives first task order
- The $51.2 million ceiling is shared across the three awardees; task orders are competed and the framework guarantees no minimum order volume or revenue.
- MRV is also working with the Navy on air-deployment certification for a next-generation float.
- The company joined General Oceans in April 2026 and supplies scientific floats to the global Argo programme.
Ondas secures first Dronebuster REACH contract with ONR
- ONR will use the system for counter-UAS research, evaluation and test activities.
- REACH extends the Dronebuster electronic-attack approach to engagements beyond handheld-effector range.
Northrop Grumman wins $18.8M XRC counter-drone propulsion contract
- The programme includes ground and flight testing of the propulsion system and its production processes.
- Development will take place at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia.
- XRC is intended to extend the Army’s Maneuver Short Range Air Defense capability against uncrewed aerial threats.
Neros wins over $100M Drone Dominance order for 14,000 drones
- The order covers the terminal-guidance Archer AI 10-inch platform and the Archer 5-inch close-quarters variant.
- Neros placed first in close-quarters battle and third in deep-strike missions during Gauntlet II.
- The programme marks the first mass shipment of drones using the modular Adaptive Payload Exchange standard.
OWT Global wins counter-UAS training contract with estimated $38.2 million ceiling
- The work includes mobile training teams, curriculum development, instruction and joint-service training coordination.
- Training will adapt lessons from combat zones to the operating environments of participating units.
- The $38.2 million figure is the contract ceiling; the Army announcement does not specify obligated funding.
Allen Control Systems receives Domestic Shield IDIQ with $500M ceiling
- The contracts support the Domestic Shield programme and JIATF-401 C-UAS Marketplace for risk-prioritized military facilities and assets in the United States.
- The marketplace requires open architecture so new systems can integrate with existing defense networks and compete across multiple vendors.
- The wider procurement covers layered drone detection and defeat, including optical scopes, robotic weapon stations, compact radars and long-range tracking cameras.
Echodyne receives Domestic Shield IDIQ with $250M ceiling
- The contracts support the Domestic Shield programme and JIATF-401 C-UAS Marketplace for risk-prioritized military facilities and assets in the United States.
- The marketplace requires open architecture so new systems can integrate with existing defense networks and compete across multiple vendors.
- The wider procurement covers layered drone detection and defeat, including optical scopes, robotic weapon stations, compact radars and long-range tracking cameras.
SRC receives Domestic Shield IDIQ with $500M ceiling
- The three-year IDIQ supports counter-UAS protection for priority U.S. military facilities and assets.
- SRC disclosed an initial $10.24 million delivery order covering one Gryphon R1440 and two R1540 radar systems.
- The initial order also includes integration, programme support, installation and training.
HII wins U.S. Navy contract for 10 ROMULUS USVs
- ROMULUS uses HII's modular, open-architecture Odyssey Autonomous Control Solutions.
- HII began securing ROMULUS production capacity, infrastructure, partners and suppliers in 2025.
- Incat Crowther confirmed on October 6 that its Louisiana team will continue providing naval architecture and design services throughout the ROMULUS build programme.
Joby Aviation receives $45M AFWERX contract ceiling increase
- The modification applies to contract FA2280-24-D-0001 and raises available contract capacity rather than recording immediate revenue.
- No funding was obligated at award; funding can be placed through later orders under the contract.
- Work is scheduled in Santa Cruz, California, through March 1, 2029.
DZYNE receives $14.83M USAF reconnaissance-aircraft modification
- Modification P00005 raises contract FA8691-26-C-B007 to $100.469 million from $85.643 million.
- The full $14.826 million action was obligated at award using fiscal 2025 rapid-acquisition-authority funds.
- Work will take place at locations globally and is scheduled through March 26, 2031.
Radeus Labs secures GA-ASI ground-control-station contracts through 2029
- The work covers both new-build ground control stations and systems already fielded with unmanned-aircraft programmes.
- Radeus has supplied digital flight recorders and mission-computing systems to GA-ASI ground stations during a 25-year relationship.
- The company configures and ruggedizes commercial components to meet defence programme requirements.
Anduril receives $15.71M Marine Corps Pulsar-L counter-UAS order
- The order addresses an urgent requirement to protect the Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle family from small drones; the awarded system quantity was not disclosed.
- Pulsar-L combines a sensor and jammer to detect, track, identify and defeat radio-frequency-dependent Group 1 and Group 2 UAS.
- The Marine Corps justification describes a vehicle-integrated system intended to operate without exceeding the ACV space, weight and power allocation.
Cleo Robotics wins $1.04M CBP Dronut DD1 contract
- Contract 70B06C26C00000158 is an SBIR Phase III procurement with fixed-price terms.
- Field repair kits, shipping and onsite training cover three CBP locations.
- The performance period runs from 24 September 2026 to 29 September 2027.
XTEND wins USSOCOM MKLD Phase III award
- The MKLD system combines Striker, Scorpio 500 and Scorpio 1000 drones with a common ground-control station and XOS operating system.
- The programme targets recoverable and reusable systems for small tactical units in confined, urban and outdoor environments.
- Phase III follows earlier USSOCOM development, testing and operational feedback; no production order was announced.
Katalyst Space selected for OECIF ASGARD robotic assembly programme
- NEXUS is planned to launch with modular tiles under development by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and assemble them using robotic arms.
- The assembled system is intended to collect solar energy, convert it to microwave energy and transmit power to Earth.
- Contract value was not disclosed, and the orbital assembly remains a future demonstration rather than a completed operation.
True Anomaly selected to deliver Jackal for GHOST-R GEO reconnaissance mission
- True Anomaly will initially operate Jackal jointly with U.S. Space Force mission operators.
- The spacecraft is intended to transition to a government-owned, government-operated on-orbit asset after joint operations.
- GHOST-R is positioned as a pathfinder for the Space Force RG-XX persistent reconnaissance programme.
Powerus receives initial Pakistan Army UAS order
- The agreement was signed in Islamabad and covers discussion of procurement, production and long-term capacity building.
- Velicovich said the parties are exploring joint technology development and potential local production in Pakistan.
- Pakistan’s military separately confirmed discussions with the company but did not itself describe the MoU or initial order.
U.S. Navy places Blackbeard production order worth up to $200M
- The production rounds follow 50 early-operational-capability weapons ordered in June 2026.
- Work will be performed at Castelion’s 1,000-acre Project Ranger manufacturing campus in Rio Rancho and its Torrance facility.
- The SBIR Phase III award moves Blackbeard from pre-production prototypes into production deliveries for the fleet.
AEVEX secures $20.5M in one-way attack system awards
- The awards combine system deliveries with engineering, development and integration work for future capability.
- AEVEX says the systems will support both operational and training environments.
- The company ties the work to its autonomy software, modular deployment architecture and U.S. manufacturing capacity.
Overland AI wins $20M U.S. Army autonomous-breaching contract
- The package uses Overland’s OverDrive ground-autonomy stack for vehicle integration and multi-robot coordination.
- The Army selected Overland for the program in July; the funded contract is the new Sept. 8 milestone.
- The award is separate from Overland’s June U.S. Marine Corps APFIT production contract.
L3Harris selected to deliver VAMPIRE counter-UxS systems to U.S. Navy
- The maritime configuration is being ruggedised against environmental stresses encountered in naval operations.
- VAMPIRE combines reconnaissance and precision-strike functions against drones and remotely piloted platforms.
- L3Harris is separately delivering VAMPIRE systems to the U.S. Army.
Sea Machines secures five-year U.S. SOF vessel-autonomy IDIQ
- The commercial, non-developmental systems are described as Technology Readiness Level 9.
- The drop-in kits provide autonomous command and control for expeditionary logistics, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime-security missions.
- Sea Machines says the kits can be installed and made operational within hours; the contract ceiling was not disclosed.
Intuitive da Vinci 5 selected in $2.96M VA delivery order
- The firm-fixed-price order, 36C24726F0321, was awarded to SDV Office Systems LLC, which does business as SDV Medical.
- The $2,956,840 ceiling is fully obligated under parent contract 36C10G25D0013.
- The federal record identifies the purchased system as a da Vinci DV5 surgical robot and schedules performance from September 14 through December 14, 2026.
Seasats books more than $24M of Lightfish orders
- The disclosed total represents funded customer commitments rather than ceiling values on contract vehicles.
- The order mix includes direct Lightfish procurement and Robot-as-a-Service contracts for long-endurance maritime autonomy.
- Seasats identified the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy among the customers receiving Lightfish systems for multiple mission sets.
AZAK signs U.S. Army OTA after soldier-led UGV evaluation
- G-TEAD uses soldier-led evaluation and accelerated acquisition to move selected technologies toward fielded units.
- AZAK says it is among the first technologies selected directly through this pathway.
- The evaluated robot uses AZAK's distributed wheel-centric mobility architecture for tactical ground movement.
AeroVironment LOCUST X3 enters Army production under E-HEL award
- AeroVironment will deliver dozens of LOCUST X3 systems over the next several years.
- The system is intended to defeat Group 1-3 uncrewed aircraft within layered air defence.
- The award moves the Army's high-energy laser programme from prototype development into production.
AEye Apollo selected for Lunar Outpost Pegasus vehicle
- Pegasus is being developed to transport Artemis astronauts across the lunar surface under NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services programme.
- Apollo is intended to support terrain perception, obstacle detection and autonomous navigation in lunar operating conditions.
- The award extends AEye's commercial lidar work beyond automotive, defence and industrial applications into space mobility.
Leidos awards Curtiss-Wright $40 million of IFPC contracts
- Curtiss-Wright will provide electromechanical actuators and DuraCOR 8044 rugged mission computers for the mobile ground-based system.
- The DuraCOR 8044 uses an 11th-generation Intel Xeon W processor and is designed for size-, weight- and power-constrained defence applications.
- IFPC Increment 2 is intended to acquire, track and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles and rockets, including in support of Guam defence.
U.S. ICE awards Auterion $1.235M sUAS contract
- The procurement was issued by ICE Investigations and Operations Support Dallas under award number 70CMSD26P00000078.
- The notice classifies the purchase under aircraft manufacturing NAICS 336411 and aircraft component PSC 1550.
- The award date was August 28, 2026; the federal award notice was posted on August 29.
NASA/JPL awards AeroVironment contract for three SkyFall helicopters
- AeroVironment will co-design and co-manufacture the three aircraft with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- The autonomous rotorcraft are planned to map subsurface ice and terrain while operating as independent aerial scouts.
- SkyFall targets a late-2028 launch, and the contract value was not disclosed.
Heaviside wins $99 million U.S. Army IDIQ for MOTH spectrum analyzer
- The firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity award has a ceiling of $99 million and a five-year ordering period.
- The contract covers MOTH procurement, fielding, upgrades and sustainment; individual orders will determine work locations and funding.
- MOTH is a ruggedized, lightweight passive radio-frequency spectrum analyzer worn by soldiers to detect drone and radio emissions; the ordering period runs through 27 August 2031.
AeroVironment receives $51M Switchblade 600 follow-on order
- The order was placed under the Army’s existing five-year, $990 million Lethal Unmanned Systems IDIQ.
- AeroVironment described it as a follow-on procurement to the Army’s initial next-generation Switchblade order.
- Switchblade 600 Block 2 adds upgraded avionics, automatic target recognition and resilient communications for contested operations.
AEVEX receives $77.77M U.S. Army Casper systems IDIQ
- The award covers Casper 1 and Casper 3 uncrewed systems plus associated support equipment.
- Field-service representatives are included in the contract scope.
- The official contract notice gives a January 31, 2027 completion date.
Stratom wins SBIR Phase III award for Autonomous Pallet Loader
- The award supports work with USTRANSCOM, Air Force CyberWorx, USCENTCOM, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force.
- Stratom’s Autonomous Pallet Loader is designed around CH-53K and C-130 cargo workflows.
- The company says the system has demonstrated autonomous handling of a 10,000-pound 463L pallet.
U.S. Navy awards Castelion $89,997,162 Blackbeard EOC order
- The order funds engineering, technical, logistics and manufacturing services supporting 50 early-operational-capability weapons.
- It also covers work supporting Blackbeard's transition to a Navy Program of Record and Defense Exportability Features design changes.
- Castelion said work will be performed in Torrance, California and is expected to complete in August 2028; that future completion date is a programme target, not a published future event.
Powerus signs $22.3M counter-UAS contract for Middle East energy sites
- The contract covers hardware, software, site activation, installation and a 24-month integrated maintenance programme.
- The system will provide detection, tracking, classification, early warning and unified command-and-control capabilities.
- The customer and deployment locations are undisclosed; the architecture can later add Powerus Guardian interceptors.
AEVEX receives $41M one-way attack systems award
- The award covers delivery of one-way attack systems and draws on AEVEX design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
- AEVEX described the contract as a new government award supporting U.S. government customers.
General Atomics wins ₹19.43 billion Indian Navy MQ-9B lease contract
- The agreement covers two high-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft for a 30-month term.
- The aircraft will support maritime domain awareness and persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance across the Indian Ocean region.
- Reuters reported the contract value as approximately US$203 million at the time of signing.
Kratos and GE win USAF JASSM EMD contract for F143 engine
- The GEK800 received the U.S. military designation F143-ZZ-100 and was selected as a second-source propulsion system for JASSM.
- The 800-pound-thrust turbofan is also intended for cruise missiles, collaborative combat aircraft and other uncrewed aerial vehicles.
- The joint team reported more than 50 ground-test starts and successful altitude testing completed in 2025.
NODA AI wins $100M contract to scale autonomous mission command
- The vendor-agnostic orchestration layer is designed to work across government and OEM platforms without requiring hardware or software modifications to the underlying systems.
- NODA combines its URZA orchestration platform with a software-defined-effects engine to translate commander intent into actions across manned and unmanned teams.
- NODA reports integrations with more than 30 OEM-specific vehicles and control systems, spanning subsurface platforms to space and supporting degraded or denied communications.
XTEND signs NATO-member defense contract worth up to $15M
- Approximately $4.5 million is secured for the first year of the program.
- Delivery will draw on XTEND’s XFAB manufacturing network and XOS operating system.
Elroy Air wins $46.06M Army contract for autonomous hybrid-VTOL UAS
- $5,135,354 in fiscal 2026 research, development, test and evaluation funds was obligated at award.
- The firm-fixed-price work will be performed in South San Francisco and is scheduled for completion on February 18, 2029.
- Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground is the contracting activity under contract W911QX-26-C-A016.
May Mobility joins Aichi-commissioned Nagoya autonomous-vehicle trial
- The planned route links five stops including Nagoya Station, STATION Ai, Aichi Arts Center, IG Arena and the city science museum.
- The operating system will integrate on-demand dispatch and test vehicle control at intersections as part of work toward Level 4 service.
- NTT Docomo Business, NTT Mobility and NTT Docomo are delivering the Aichi Prefecture-commissioned programme.
Swarm Aero secures more than $10m in AFRL manufacturing contracts
- The manufacturing work supports Swarm Aero’s planned mass-producible Group 5 autonomous aircraft.
- A related AFRL Phase II programme applies high-automation commercial composite processes to low-cost aerostructure production.
- The company is developing the aircraft alongside a swarm-autonomy architecture for coordinated operations.
Ondas wins Israeli tender for Digital Bat tactical attack drones
- The programme covers the aerial platform, autonomous functionality, mission software, system engineering, production readiness and command-and-control compatibility.
- Ondas is designing the system as a low-cost, scalable capability for rapid deployment across frontline combat units.
- The award expands Ondas’s aerial-attack business within a broader autonomous defence portfolio spanning counter-UAS, ISR and unmanned ground systems.
ePropelled announces government-backed U.S. manufacturing expansion
- Funding comes through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program.
- The company expects propulsion-system production capacity to rise by more than fourfold.
- Full operation is expected after facility upgrades and equipment installation.
US Marine Corps awards V2X Tempest counter-UAS vehicle IDIQ
- The US$19.06 million award covers 10 Tempest vehicles plus software, spares, training and associated services.
- The vehicles are intended to provide counter-UAS protection for Marine Corps manoeuvre forces.
- Vertex Modernization and Sustainment is the legal contract awardee within the V2X group.
Marine Corps exercises US$47.36 million MQ-9A support options
- The modification covers engineering, logistics, software sustainment, payload integration and airworthiness support.
- The work supports operational capability for the Marine Corps expeditionary medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned-aircraft programme.
Epirus receives $11 million Marine Corps award for HAVOC
- HAVOC packages Leonidas-derived high-power-microwave technology on a universal sled mount to protect mobile forces and forward assets from drone swarms.
- The Office of Naval Research manages the programme, which follows Epirus's earlier ExDECS delivery for Marine Corps evaluation.
- Epirus said the award includes a HAVOC system, testing, training and support; its facilities can support low-rate output of roughly one system per week.
Stratom-led TALUS team wins U.S. Army Project Sustainment contract
- The TALUS capability set combines autonomous transport of multiclass supplies, operational-energy generation and distribution, and mission-payload integration.
- Stratom leads integration alongside ND Defense, Forterra, GS Engineering and Waltonen Engineering.
- The team is preparing TALUS to support an upcoming Transformation in Contact unit Combat Training Center rotation.
Ginkgo wins autonomous-laboratory projects at three U.S. universities
- The new autonomous-laboratory projects cover Caltech, Northwestern University and the University of Maryland.
- The MIT Media Lab's Cloud Laboratory for Learning will deploy Ginkgo Reconfigurable Automation Carts.
- The projects extend Ginkgo's modular laboratory robotics from its internal Nebula and Cloud Lab infrastructure into university research and education sites.
DZYNE receives more than $6 million AFRL award for Long-Range Grasshopper
- The work covers enhancements to the Long-Range Grasshopper autonomous launch-and-landing system under an Air Force Research Laboratory contract valued at more than $6 million.
- The programme will advance long-range precision delivery and contested-logistics applications for the autonomous glider system.
- Earlier 2024–2025 testing validated autonomous deployment, jet-engine air-start, extended-range navigation and precision payload delivery; the Grasshopper glider architecture has carried payloads of up to 500 pounds.
Shield AI expands Taiwan Hivemind contract after three-UAV swarm exercise
- NCSIST engineers developed AI pilots and implemented them on three locally produced Mighty Hornet III aircraft in less than three months with Shield AI support.
- Hivemind launched the aircraft, assigned separate search sectors, coordinated communications around a partial no-fly zone and landed all three autonomously.
- The demonstration completed the initial NCSIST contract and expanded the partnership to broader sovereign-AI and autonomy development across the institute.
HII signs up to $900M in HYPR production agreements with Path and GrayMatter
- HII may award up to $900 million in combined work to Path Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics over seven years.
- Awards depend on technology, manufacturing-readiness and performance milestones.
- The agreements cover development, qualification and later sourcing of autonomous shipbuilding processes.
Boumarang enters $1.2 million UAS development agreement with Eva Defense
- The programme targets 10 to 20 beta-ready prototypes rather than a production-volume order.
- Work includes design and validation of jam-resistant aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds.
NAVO names Ocean Power Technologies one of six $40m ocean-survey IDIQ awardees
- The shared contract ceiling is $40 million and does not represent booked revenue for any single awardee.
- Individual firm-fixed-price task orders will be competed among the six selected companies.
- The 24-month ordering period runs from August 2026 through July 2028.
Fortem selected for five-year DHS counter-UAS IDIQ
- The ceiling belongs to the multi-award Track 1 contract vehicle and is not a booked order or guaranteed revenue for Fortem.
- DHS components can issue direct task orders for DroneHunter interceptors, TrueView radars and SkyDome command-and-control software.
- The vehicle covers counter-UAS equipment and services across participating DHS agencies for five years.
Saildrone receives $16.3 million Navy task order for Voyager operations
- The extended operations support Joint Interagency Task Force South and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet.
- Saildrone has operated Voyager vehicles in the region since 2023, providing persistent surveillance across large maritime areas.
- The company said Voyager operations directly supported an October 2025 interdiction that seized more than $81 million of cocaine.
Safe Pro wins approximately $730,000 U.S. government subcontract
- The approximately $730,000 base value excludes additional contract options.
- This is the fourth recent U.S. government contract for the patented AI technology.
- The deployment expands the installed base and visibility into recurring software-subscription revenue.
Advanced Acoustic Concepts receives $53.94m U.S. Navy minehunting contract
- The base award covers two remote minehunting modules for the Navy’s mine-countermeasure mission package.
- Engineering and technical support are included alongside module production and delivery.
- Exercising all options would increase the potential contract value from $53.94 million to $196.21 million.
Harbinger joins American Rheinmetall team for U.S. Army autonomous-logistics contract
- American Rheinmetall received an 18-month contract and leads the industry team as prime contractor.
- The programme covers hybrid-powered autonomous UGVs for load handling and transport in company-sized sustainment missions.
- Forterra supplies autonomous-driving capability and Primordial Labs contributes its Anura human-machine interface.
Hidden Level secures $100m Pentagon-wide drone-detection OTA
- The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering sponsored the OTA through Army Contracting Command.
- The agreement provides a Pentagon-wide ordering vehicle for Breaker, Surge, BYOTx and Airspace Monitoring Service capabilities.
- Hidden Level said initial task orders worth several million dollars had already been placed.
Blue Water Autonomy joins $40m NAVOCEANO ocean-survey IDIQ
- The contract has a $40 million combined ceiling; Blue Water's minimum guarantee is $10,000, and additional revenue depends on competed task orders.
- NAVOCEANO can issue work for international waters across the Indian Ocean and Pacific basins during the August 2026–July 2028 ordering period.
- The small-business competition received nine offers and produced six awardees; no survey task order was disclosed with Blue Water's selection.
CACI wins first JIATF-401 SkyValor task order
- SkyValor is the first task order issued under a three-year counter-UAS IDIQ with a ceiling of $500 million.
- CACI will deliver SkyValor systems to critical mission locations for the Domestic Shield effort.
- Testing at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma covered small-drone detection and defeat beyond line of sight, with CACI reporting minutes of warning rather than seconds before approval for full-rate production.
Teledyne FLIR receives Argus XL order for AV Titan MS deployments
- Argus XL supplies radar, visible and thermal imaging sensors and command-and-control software within the Titan MS architecture.
- JIATF-401 selected Titan MS to protect U.S. domestic installations and critical infrastructure.
- The Argus order supports deliveries under AeroVironment’s three-year, $500 million JIATF-401 Domestic Shield IDIQ contract.
BLADE selected for U.S. Army Project Sustainment autonomous-logistics programme
- BLADE was selected as one of five industry partners for the U.S. Army's NAMC-led Project Sustainment programme for contested supply distribution.
- The proposed Dire WOLF is a six-wheel diesel-electric hybrid UGV designed to carry thousands of pounds, pivot steer and climb vertical two-foot steps.
- The platform combines non-pneumatic Michelin Tweels with onboard energy storage and exportable power; BLADE is working with the Army, NAMC, Michelin and Carnegie Robotics.
NODA AI receives $10M award to develop MAESTRO multi-domain autonomy software
- MAESTRO is intended to coordinate heterogeneous autonomous platforms as one mission team.
- The programme focuses on operations where communications are intermittent, degraded or denied.
- The $10 million award covers development of the MAESTRO software programme.
AeroVironment receives 82-aircraft P550 full-rate production order
- The award covers 82 P550 uncrewed aircraft systems and represents the platform's initial full-rate procurement.
- P550 supports battalion reconnaissance with field-swappable payloads and batteries, up to five hours of all-battery endurance and a modular open-systems architecture.
- The contract advances the Army's Long Range Reconnaissance and Drone Dominance priorities through a vetted commercial UAS marketplace.
U.S. Air Force awards Powerus subsidiary a $90m-ceiling aerial-denial IDIQ
- The contract covers Group 1 aerial-denial UAS, ancillary support equipment, operator training and field-service representative support.
- The Air Force received 10 offers; $98,000 of fiscal 2026 procurement funding was obligated at award, so the $90 million figure is a ceiling rather than committed revenue.
- Performance locations will be set by follow-on task orders and the ordering period runs through 19 July 2028.
Machina wins Lockheed Martin qualification contract for JASSM assembly
- The assembly is the first product from a Machina Factory to enter qualification for a defence missile system.
- Machina produced it in Los Angeles using RoboForming and precision laser welding.
- Factory 3 is under development as a 200,000-square-foot site designed for up to 50 RoboCraftsman cells and high-rate defence production.
True Anomaly wins U.S. Space Force Kronos software award
- Mosaic will provide large-scale target pairing and asset orchestration that matches available assets to mission requirements.
- The Commercial Solutions Opening award sits within a programme modernizing command and control, battle management and space intelligence.
- Mosaic simulates interactions across heterogeneous asset fleets and produces metric-backed, traceable options for operators.
Seatrec, Precise Systems and Airtronics team tied to $30.8M Navy PSAP award
- The government award notice names the PSAP programme and $30.8 million value but does not list suppliers.
- An April team announcement identifies Seatrec, Precise Systems and Airtronics as the PSAP manufacturing and delivery team.
Zone 5 linked provisionally to $17.5M interceptor-UAS APFIT award
- The government release confirms the programme name, service and $17.5 million amount.
- Zone 5 publicly identifies Paladin as its multi-mission autonomous UAS and counter-UAS platform.
- No supplier is named in the award notice; this item must not be read as a confirmed direct award to Zone 5.
DIU selects Tesseract Ventures for CADDS drone-fleet prototype
- The prototype targets mixed fleets operated with minimal personnel.
- A successful prototype may transition to follow-on production without a new competition.
U.S. Army awards Neros a $500 million-ceiling Archer FPV contract
- The vehicle covers Archer purpose-built attritable small UAS, support equipment, testing, engineering support and training.
- The $500 million figure is the contract ceiling, not an obligated order value or booked revenue.
- Work is scheduled through July 13, 2031, with orders placed against the IDIQ over time.
Asylon wins Phase Three U.S. Air Force MARIA inspection contract
- MARIA combines Asylon Guardian sUAS, DroneDog Q-UGV, Range autonomy software and DroneIQ C2/data infrastructure for coordinated autonomous aircraft inspection.
- The work covers development, integration and on-site demonstration for repeatable general visual inspection of Department of the Air Force airframes.
- Asylon said the system will deliver imagery, LiDAR/point-cloud data, telemetry and metadata into 2D inspection workflows and 3D/digital-twin views.
Lockheed Martin Aculight and nLIGHT win $86M JLWS laser-weapon awards
- The initial Joint Laser Weapon System awards are valued at $86 million, with a total programme ceiling of $847 million.
- The work covers containerised high-energy laser systems for defence against UAS swarms and cruise-missile threats.
- The awards sit under the SCADE consortium transaction authority and support a next-generation directed-energy architecture for layered air and drone defence.
AeroDefense selected for MDA SHIELD IDIQ drone-detection vehicle
- The selection lets AeroDefense compete for task orders under the SHIELD vehicle, including Golden Dome-related drone-detection work.
- SHIELD is a long-term IDIQ framework with a stated $151 billion ceiling; AeroDefense has not announced a task-order award under it.
- AeroDefense is positioning its AirWarden drone-detection systems for real-time alerts and historical airspace intelligence at sensitive sites.
NATO DIANA selects Picogrid, Hadean, Flai and Matrix Pro Sims for Decision Superiority challenge
- Each selected company receives €100,000 to integrate and demonstrate its technology in NATO’s Maven Smart System environment.
- The four companies cover sensor and autonomy integration, AI simulation and decision support, LiDAR processing, and military wargaming.
- Teams will work directly with NATO stakeholders on mission-relevant demonstrations.
Greensea IQ receives $3.7M Marine Corps order for additional Bayonet 250 AUGVs
- The order covers four additional Bayonet 250 AUGVs for the Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization family of systems.
- The delivery order is issued under an existing multi-year IDIQ contract supporting mine countermeasures and subsea-threat mitigation in littoral battlespace.
- Greensea describes Bayonet 250 as an amphibious AUGV for seabed, surf-zone and coastal missions powered by its IQ Core open-architecture autonomy software.
NASA awards Ground Control Robotics STRIDE work
- Ground Control Robotics was one of seven companies selected under NASA's Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration initiative.
- The STRIDE awards support commercial robotic mobility concepts intended to reach difficult terrain, travel farther and access scientifically valuable Mars regions.
- NASA stated that the awards have a combined potential value of about $17 million, with work targeted to begin in fall 2026.
Ground Control Robotics receives NASA STRIDE Mars mobility contract
- NASA named Ground Control Robotics among seven STRIDE contract awardees on 8 July 2026.
- The programme targets mobility systems able to access difficult terrain, travel farther and reach scientifically valuable regions on Mars.
- The seven awards have a combined potential value of about $17 million; NASA did not disclose Ground Control Robotics’ individual amount.
Palladyne AI executes $4.2M AFRL SwarmOS contract
- The work connects autonomous systems across space, air, maritime and land domains for coordinated ISR operations.
- The execution follows a previously announced AFRL HANGTIME award and moves the program into contracted delivery.
AeroVironment wins $30.9 million LARUS order for Germany
- The package includes Puma 3 AE and Puma LE configurations, with SIGINT payloads and MANET relay kits.
- New-equipment and specialist payload training are included, with deliveries required by late 2026.
- The order adds VTOL kits, autonomy retrofits and Tomahawk Kinesis-enabled ground-control equipment.