Powerus, a US defence technology company, has ordered $16.9 million of drone parts from Unusual Machines. Unusual Machines announced the order on 22 October. Four months earlier, it had paid $30 million for a stake in Powerus.
The order covers motors, batteries, cameras and video transmitters for Powerus’s drones, including its counter-drone systems. Neither company gave a delivery date. Brett Velicovich, Powerus’s co-founder and president, said buying American parts lets it deliver “faster and more affordably”.
Money going both ways
On 11 June, Unusual Machines paid about $30 million for pre-funded warrants in Powerus, then a private company called Autonomous Power Corporation. Pre-funded warrants are paid for up front and turn into shares at a nominal price.
On 1 October, Powerus merged with Aureus Greenway Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed owner of two golf courses near Orlando. The warrants now convert into 8,571,303 shares. Powerus said on 19 October that Unusual Machines holds 4.9% of it.
Powerus’s merger prospectus said the June deal strengthened a relationship in which it “sources drone components” from Unusual Machines. Its 19 October filing says it buys at arm’s length, on terms no more favourable than unrelated suppliers would offer.
Large for both companies
The order is worth more than half of what Unusual Machines invested in June. It is also large next to both companies’ sales.
Powerus reported $5.7 million of revenue for the first half of 2026 and lost more than $17 million. The order is about three times that revenue. Unusual Machines reported $16.7 million of revenue for its second quarter, so this one order roughly matches a full quarter.
The first order was smaller. In April, Powerus ordered more than $5 million of parts for counter-drone interceptors and 10-inch drones, to be delivered by the end of June.
Neither company said whether the new order is fixed or spread over time. On 30 June, Powerus held $25 million in cash and $62.9 million in bonds and other debt securities. That came after it raised about $50 million in April and the $30 million from Unusual Machines in June.
