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Anduril Raises $5B Series H, Valued at $61B
Anduril closed a $5 billion Series H at a $61 billion valuation, led by Thrive and a16z, alongside a contract for 3,000 Barracuda-500M missiles.
DZYNE Unveils Blitz, a Mass-Producible Kamikaze Drone
DZYNE's Blitz is a Group 1 one-way attack drone with 80–150 km range, launched in swarms from a BlitzBox container, aimed at Drone Dominance.
Safran and Baykar Deal Puts French Sensors on TB2 Drones
Safran will fit its Euroflir optronics and navigation systems to Baykar's TB2, replacing the Canadian L3Harris Wescam MX-15.
US Army Requests $994M for Counter-Drone Tech in FY27
The Army's FY27 budget request includes $994 million for small counter-UAS capabilities, nearly double the $596 million enacted for FY26.
Anduril Gets $100M to Upgrade Space Surveillance Network
Anduril received a $100.3M contract increase to upgrade the Pentagon's Space Surveillance Network with mesh networking by September 2027.
Navy Pays $36.9M to HII for More Lionfish Underwater Drones
Naval Sea Systems Command awarded HII a $36.9M contract modification to produce Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicles through May 2027.
Red Cat Q1 2026: Revenue Up 849% to $15.5M on NATO Orders
Red Cat Holdings posted $15.5M in Q1 2026 revenue, up 849% year-over-year, with new Black Widow orders from a NATO ally and a second Asia-Pacific customer.
Coast Guard's Shield AI V-BAT Orders Reach $61M
The Puerto Rico order now runs to December, and new ones cover Guam and sensor upgrades. Insitu's ScanEagle contract ended in June.
Terra Drone Wins Japan Defense Order for 300 Modular UAVs
Terra Drone secured a JPY 115.4M order from Japan's ATLA for 300 domestically produced modular UAVs, its first defense contract since entering the sector.
Anduril Names Space-Based Interceptor Team for Golden Dome
Anduril will work with Impulse Space, K2 Space, Inversion Space, Voyager, and Sandia National Labs on its Space Force Golden Dome interceptor contract.
DAWG Budget, NDAA Batteries and Unusual Machines in Numbers
Trump's $53.6B Autonomous Warfare Group budget is reshaping domestic drone supply chains. Here's how four companies are responding.
Red Cat Holdings: 172% Growth, 35x Price-to-Sales
Red Cat Holdings posted 172% revenue growth on Black Widow drone sales, but trades at 35x price-to-sales against an industry average of 4.6x.
Anduril Copperhead-500M Breaks Speed Records in Sea Trials
Anduril's Copperhead-500M autonomous underwater munition completed high-agility sea trials, moving from concept to capability.
Anduril and Kraken Partner on Unmanned Surface Vessels
Anduril and Kraken partner to develop K5 and K7 unmanned surface vessels for US Navy hybrid fleet programs.
Rheinmetall's €2.4B Drone Contract Can't Stop Stock Slide
Rheinmetall wins a €2.4B loitering munition contract for Germany but shares hit a 52-week low on valuation concerns.
Arcanus Aerial Licenses Beyond Vision UAVs for Canada
Arcanus Aerial signed a production licence with Portugal's Beyond Vision to manufacture UAVs in Canada for NATO customers.
Firestorm Labs Raises $82M for Containerized Drone Factories
Firestorm Labs closes an $82M Series B to expand its xCell containerized drone manufacturing platform, backed by Lockheed Martin and In-Q-Tel.
Red Cat to Deliver 173 Black Widow Drones to Japan
Red Cat Holdings wins ATLA contract to supply 173 Black Widow sUAS to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force under FY2026 procurement.
82nd Airborne Trains on Bumblebee V2 Drone Interceptor
Twenty 82nd Airborne paratroopers trained on the Bumblebee V2 counter-drone system at Fort Bragg under a $5.2M award.
AeroVironment Gets $14.6M Army Contract for VAPOR CLE Drones
AeroVironment secured a $14.6M US Army contract for its VAPOR CLE electric VTOL drone under the CoLvl DR SUAS Tranche 2 program for Brigade Combat Teams.
Companies
Anduril Industries
US defense technology company building autonomous weapons, counter-UAS, and AI command software, and manufacturing them at its own Arsenal-1 plant in Ohio.
United States
AeroVironment
US manufacturer of small tactical UAS, loitering munitions and counter-UAS systems, transformed in scale by its 2025 acquisition of BlueHalo.
United States
Shield AI
US defense technology company building autonomous flight software and the V-BAT and X-BAT uncrewed aircraft for military customers.
United States
General Atomics
Privately held US defense contractor whose GA-ASI division builds the Predator and Reaper families of large military uncrewed aircraft.
United States
Leidos
US defense and government technology contractor providing systems integration, sensing, cyber, and air and missile defense platforms.
United States
Red Cat Holdings
US defense drone company supplying NDAA-compliant small unmanned systems for military reconnaissance through its Teal Drones subsidiary.
United States
Axon Enterprise
US public-safety technology company selling TASER devices, body cameras and evidence software, now a big counter-drone and DFR vendor via Dedrone.
United States
Baykar
Turkish defense company behind the Bayraktar TB2, the most widely exported armed drone of the past decade, now also the owner of Italy's Piaggio Aerospace.
Turkey
Funding
Series D
UC Investments, Baillie Gifford, Merlyn Advisors, Crescent Cove, Ventura Capital, Iberis Capital
TekeverSeries C
Sequoia Capital, American Strategic Technology Fund, Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, Spark Capital, Dylan Field
Neros TechnologiesSeries B
DTCP, British Business Bank, NATO Innovation Fund, Rheinmetall, Inocea Group, HICO, Thesiger Capital Group, BOKA Capital, Supernova Invest, Hakluyt Capital
Kraken Technology GroupContracts
Government of Kuwait
MARSS
Nation-wide counter-drone system built around MARSS's NiDAR command-and-control software, with…
U.S. Navy
Northrop Grumman
Delivery order to retrofit fielded MQ-4C Triton drones with 17 engineering changes for the Navy and…
U.S. Coast Guard
Shield AI
Order 70Z02326F93130011 to add sensors to current and future V-BAT operations, running to 30…
Transportation Security Administration
Dedrone Defense
Split award for fixed and portable counter-drone capability built on a D-Fend EnforceAir2 system…
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dedrone Defense
Survey, installation, integration, testing and support of a counter-drone sensor suite, task order…
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