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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AeroVironment wins $80.5 million JIATF-401 award for Titan MS
- JIATF-401 selected Titan MS for an $80.5 million Domestic Shield contract award supporting layered U.S. Air Force base defense.
- The purchase order covers Titan systems for protection against small unmanned-aircraft threats at domestic installations and critical infrastructure.
- Titan MS fuses RF, radar and optical sensing with AI software to detect, identify, track, defeat and report RF-controlled and autonomous drone threats.
U.S. Navy exercises option-year production contract for HII Lionfish SUUV
- HII received an option-year production contract for the U.S. Navy Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle, a REMUS 300-based system for undersea missions.
- The Lionfish program can scale to up to 200 vehicles under a five-year structure.
- HII had completed the 42nd Lionfish vehicle by the end of 2025.
U.S. Army awards AeroVironment $500M counter-UAS contract
- The DoD contract notice lists an estimated completion date of June 29, 2029.
- The award covers commercial counter-unmanned aircraft systems and counter-small-unmanned aircraft systems.
- The contracting authority is U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal.
Redwire wins Taiwan Coast Guard Penguin Mk2.5 VTOL UAS contract
- The award covers Penguin Mk2.5 VTOL unmanned aircraft systems.
- The end user is Taiwan Coast Guard Administration.
- The source did not disclose contract value.
AEVEX wins $50M U.S. Air Force unmanned mission-support contract
- The contract includes $27 million in initial funding.
- AEVEX described the award as support for operationally meaningful unmanned-system capabilities.
Overland AI wins $20M APFIT production OTA for U.S. Marine Corps autonomous ground vehicles
- The award comes through the APFIT program with PM Ground Based Air Defense, U.S. Marine Corps, and is framed as a production OTA agreement.
- The contract funds autonomous ground vehicles in support of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS.
- Overland said the award makes it the first ground-autonomy company to prime a production contract for the U.S. military.
SkySafe extends University of Illinois drone-detection contract
- The deployment covers campus, Memorial Stadium, airport-adjacent areas and major events.
- The extension continues a partnership around real-time drone detection and operator intelligence.
- University police use SkySafe to manage drone incidents across complex public-safety environments.
Poland signs $16 million contract for Shield AI MQ-35 V-BAT UAVs
- The contract covers several MQ-35 V-BAT platforms for delivery to the Polish Navy by the end of 2026.
- Polish authorities say the systems will support maritime ISR and improve protection of critical infrastructure and communication routes.
- The V-BAT’s vertical takeoff and landing profile supports shipboard operations where runway length is limited.
XTEND secures APAC contract for 100+ Scorpio drone systems
- The order is the largest XTEND contract disclosed for the APAC market.
- Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2026 and continue into 2027.
- The contract expands XTEND's disclosed defense-drone activity across APAC, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Shield AI wins USAF production contract for CCA mission autonomy
- Shield AI received a U.S. Air Force production contract for Hivemind mission autonomy on Collaborative Combat Aircraft, extending prior CCA autonomy work into a production award.
- Production contract covers Hivemind mission autonomy for Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
- Award follows Shield AI flight-test and autonomy-provider work tied to the CCA program.
GA-ASI receives U.S. Air Force FQ-42A production contract
- The initial order starts delivery of production aircraft rather than extending only prototype development.
- GA-ASI describes FQ-42A as a purpose-built uncrewed combat aircraft developed for collaborative combat missions.
- GA-ASI disclosed the production award on 17 June 2026; the public release did not state a contract value or quantity.
U.S. Army awards Griffon Aerospace $67.94M Outlaw Gen 3 contract
- Griffon Aerospace was awarded a $67.94 million firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Outlaw Gen 3.
- The award supports Operation Epic Fury and was managed by Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal.
- The contract has an estimated completion date of March 30, 2027.
Redwire Defense awarded $15.86M U.S. Army Stalker Block 35 contract
- Redwire Defense was awarded a $15.86 million firm-fixed-price U.S. Army contract for eight Stalker Block 35 systems.
- The systems are intended to provide reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition capabilities for maneuver commanders.
- The contracting activity is Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, with estimated completion on August 30, 2026.
Tycho.AI secures $2 million AFRL TACFI contract to advance maritime autonomy in GPS-denied environments
- The 18-month Tactical Funding Increase contract from AFRL supports Tycho.AI's TRIDENT program for resilient navigation and autonomous operations.
- The work covers overland and over-water autonomy in GPS-denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited environments, including long-range ISR requirements.
- The program will mature Voyager through test flights, platform integration, autonomous waypoint traversal, multi-agent coordination, and resilient perception demonstrations.
Hermeus scales DIU high-Mach flight contract ceiling to $219M
- The expanded scope covers work with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.
- The programme aims to demonstrate uncrewed aircraft reaching high-Mach speeds and releasing payloads in flight.
- The disclosed figure is a contract ceiling, not a statement that the full amount has been obligated or recognised as revenue.
F4 Defense and Draganfly win DEVCOM C-UAS development contract
- The contract covers a modular, multi-layered counter-UAS platform.
- The system scope includes detecting, identifying, tracking, targeting, and defeating hostile drones.
- The program combines tethered aerial sensing, targeting, and coordinated ground and air drone defeat.
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 is a major fielding signal for low-cost counter-drone systems already being used by U.S. forces.
Shield AI selected to integrate Hivemind autonomy on LUCAS combat drone program
- Shield AI secured a Pentagon contract to integrate Hivemind autonomy software onto the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System program.
- The LUCAS effort is aimed at fielding lower-cost uncrewed combat aircraft and drone-swarm concepts.
- The selection adds another combat-aircraft integration path for Hivemind beyond Shield AI's existing V-BAT and collaborative-combat-aircraft work.
Redwire wins multi-year NATO contract for Penguin Mk3 tactical UAS
- Redwire secured a multi-year, high-eight-figure contract from an undisclosed NATO country for its Penguin Mk3 tactical UAS.
- The award covers delivery of next-generation Penguin Mk3 systems and long-term program support.
- Reporting says the Penguin platform's operational experience in Ukraine supported the selection.
AEVEX wins $18.5 million U.S. Air Force one-way-attack contract
- The production contract also includes support by AEVEX engineering and field services teams.
- The order supports deployment of AEVEX’s additive ‑ manufactured Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems , which leverage advanced 3D‑printing processes to enable scalable production and rapid fielding.
AEVEX secures $18.5 million U.S. Air Force order for UAS and engineering services
- AEVEX secured an $18.5 million order to deliver unmanned aircraft systems and engineering services to the U.S. Air Force.
- The order supports additive-manufactured Group 3 UAS designed for scalable production and rapid fielding.
- AEVEX positioned the work within its autonomous systems, launched-effects, unmanned-platform, and defense-manufacturing portfolio.
U.S. Army selects AeroVironment Switchblade 400 for LASSO program
- AeroVironment received a prototype agreement from the U.S. Army for the Low-Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance program.
- The award supports rapid development, delivery and testing of Switchblade 400, AV’s medium-range man-portable anti-armor loitering munition.
- AV said the selection establishes Switchblade 400 as a key component of the Army’s enduring next-generation loitering munition program.
U.S. Navy awards Peraton MK 18 underwater drone support contract
- The base contract covers operation and maintenance of MK 18 UUV systems, mission support equipment and 11M RHIBs.
- The base value is listed at $17.4 million, with options that could bring total value to $90.7 million if fully exercised through May 2031.
U.S. Army awards SURVICE Engineering production contract for JTAARS autonomous aerial resupply systems
- PM UAS awarded SURVICE Engineering a production contract for Joint Autonomous Aerial Resupply Systems through the Army UAS Marketplace Basic Ordering Agreement.
- JTAARS is an autonomous aerial cargo delivery system for rapid resupply of dispersed tactical forces.
- The system is built on the Tactical Resupply Vehicle platform developed with Malloy Aeronautics and supports autonomous battlefield logistics.
Textron Systems wins DIU contract to provide TSUNAMI USVs to SOUTHCOM and U.S. Navy Fourth Fleet
- Textron Systems received a Defense Innovation Unit contract to produce and deliver multiple TSUNAMI uncrewed surface vessels.
- The USVs will support the U.S. Navy Fleet Experimentation exercise in Key West, Florida and three months of joint operations with SOUTHCOM and U.S. Navy Fourth Fleet.
- Textron will provide long-dwell TSUNAMI interceptor USVs and field service representatives, demonstrating cooperative ISR-T with its Aerosonde 4.7 VTOL UAS from a Littoral Combat Ship.
Mistral wins $20 million U.S. Army THOR UAS contract
- The award covers THOR Group 2 unmanned aircraft systems and associated mission payloads for company-level small-UAS needs.
- Mistral will integrate payloads with FUSE THOR platforms under the Army contract.
- The announced estimated completion date is 17 March 2027.
HII wins £3.04 million UK REMUS fleet-support contract
- The contract covers project management, technical support, repairs, maintenance and training.
- The £3,044,857.50 award excludes VAT and has no options.
- The agreement was concluded on November 18, 2025, following a competitive procedure with negotiation.
UK Ministry of Defence awards HII follow-on REMUS fleet support contract
- The £3.04 million award covers project management, technical support, repairs, training and maintenance for both fleets.
- The contract was concluded on 18 November 2025 and the award notice was published on 24 April 2026.
- The Ministry of Defence’s SALMO team identified HII Unmanned Systems as the sole awarded contractor.
XTEND wins Israeli Ministry of Defense drone-systems contract
- XTEND won a $1.67 million contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
- The award expands the company's operational defence footprint with human-guided autonomous systems.
- The announcement was issued through JFB as XTEND moves toward its planned public-market transaction.
U.S. Army awards GA-ASI contract for Gray Eagle electronic intelligence upgrade
- The U.S. Army awarded GA-ASI a contract to add enhanced electronic intelligence capabilities to MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range.
- The ELINT upgrade supports long-range sensing against integrated air defence systems.
- The award extends the Gray Eagle UAS roadmap around survivable sensing and electronic-warfare missions.
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace awarded $270 million AFCENT contract to accelerate deployment of K1000ULE
- U.S. Air Forces Central awarded Kraus Hamdani Aerospace a $270 million single-source IDIQ rapid deployment contract tied to the K1000ULE unmanned aerial system.
- The company framed the award around faster fielding of long-endurance ISR and resilient connectivity capabilities for U.S. forces and partner nations operating in contested Middle East conditions.
- The post says the K1000ULE is integrated into the U.S. Army's Next Generation Command and Control environment through Anduril's Lattice platform.
Ondas selected to deploy counter-drone protection for 2026 FIFA World Cup
- Ondas Sentrycs was selected to deploy counter-drone protection across multiple 2026 FIFA World Cup host venues in North America.
- The deployment uses Sentrycs' Cyber-over-RF technology for detection and mitigation of unauthorized drones.
- The event provides a public-safety validation point for Ondas' counter-UAS portfolio in dense civilian environments.
U.S. Navy selects AeroVironment for ISR services with JUMP 20-X
- AeroVironment was selected by the U.S. Navy to provide contractor-owned, contractor-operated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services.
- The work will use the JUMP 20-X Group 3 VTOL uncrewed aircraft system to support naval operations.
- AeroVironment said the platform offers more than 13 hours of endurance, a 115-mile range, and a 30-pound payload capacity.
Darkhive secures $49.7 million APFIT contract for tactical-edge command and control
- The Pentagon awarded Darkhive a $49.7 million APFIT contract tied to the Army's Real-Time Command and Control at the Tactical Edge effort
- Reporting describes the award as support for faster fielding of autonomous drone and tactical-edge command-and-control capabilities
- The contract marks a step up from earlier prototype-stage work into larger-scale defense procurement
PM UAS Awards Production Contract for Long Range Reconnaissance Systems to AV
- The U.S. Army UAS Project Office awarded AeroVironment a production contract for Long Range Reconnaissance Systems.
- The contract covers AV P550 Long Range Reconnaissance systems.
- The buyer is the U.S. Army UAS Project Office.
JIATF-401 selects Lattice for enterprise tactical counter-UAS command and control
- JIATF-401 selected Anduril's Lattice platform as its enterprise tactical command-and-control solution for counter-UAS.
- The selection extended Lattice from program-specific deployments into broader operational command infrastructure.
- The win reinforced Anduril's software-control layer as a procurement object in its own right.
Army awards Anduril $20 Billion Dollar contract for counter-drone capabilities
- The U.S. Army awarded Anduril a contract for counter-drone capabilities.
- The transaction is valued at approximately $20 billion.
- The contract covers Anduril's Lattice platform and integrated hardware.
Anduril receives additional $43.7 million DPA Title III funding for rocket motors
- Anduril announced an additional $43.7 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding to expand domestic solid rocket motor production.
- The company linked the funding to recently opened Mississippi production capacity.
- The award reinforced Anduril's role as a scaling domestic propulsion supplier rather than an entrant-only player.