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Navy Orders 30 Medium Drone Ships at About $40M Each
The Navy published an average price, not a total. Saronic, HII and Galliano Marine build ten each, with the first due by September 2027.
Taiwan Coast Guard Reopens NT$783 Million Drone Tender
The first round was voided in August. The 18 drones were meant to reach Taiping Island in the Spratlys by March; bids now close 9 November.
EU Pays €1.24B for Ukrainian-Made Drones and Interceptors
It is the fifth defence payment from the €90 billion loan, and €15.4 billion of this year's defence money is still unpaid.
Pentagon Picks Three Lasers and a Microwave for US Bases
A year-long trial at US bases follows February's El Paso airspace closure. The Pentagon has not said which weapon goes where, how many, or the cost.
DroneShield's $500m counter-drone deal is one of ten
The Army set $4.15 billion of counter-drone ceilings across ten firms on 28 September. About $50 million has been committed to them so far.
Dedrone wins first orders on DHS counter-drone contract
TSA and FEMA spent $6.8 million in the last three days of the fiscal year. One order buys a system built on rival Motorola's D-Fend.
Northrop flies self-funded Talon Blue drone autonomously
The Air Force gave its first combat-drone production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril. Northrop paid for this one itself.
Counter-UAS Contracts Reach $53B in First Eight Months
Publicly announced counter-drone contracts passed $53 billion by September 2026. One ten-year Anduril award accounts for $20 billion of it.
MSPO 2026 Hits 1,000 Exhibitors With Canada as Lead Nation
Poland's defence exhibition sold out two months early and drew a record field, with 25 Ukrainian firms and the first non-European lead nation.
Army's first laser production contract goes to AeroVironment
The Army awarded AeroVironment $464.8 million on 2 September for LOCUST X3 laser weapons, the first US production contract for a high-energy laser.
Anduril's Barracuda-500M Deal Sets 3,000 Missiles, No Price
The May agreement sets minimums, not a value. A low-cost cruise missile flew at White Sands in August; the Army did not say whose.
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.
Destinus Has Not Confirmed Its €200M Pre-IPO Round
Bloomberg reported the round and a €5 billion valuation in May. Five months on, there is no company statement, filing or listing date.
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.
How $50,000 Drones Are Breaking Modern Air Defenses
A $50,000 Shahed forces a $4 million Patriot shot, and Russia launched 6,583 of them in April. The economics of drone warfare have shifted.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
RTX Corporation
RTX is a US aerospace and defense company formed from the 2020 Raytheon–United Technologies merger, run as Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon.
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
Boeing
Boeing is a US aerospace manufacturer with commercial-airplane, defense and space, and fleet-services businesses.
United States
Funding
Growth
Advent International, JPMorganChase Strategic Investment Group, Snowpoint Ventures, InnovationX, Riot Ventures, Disruptive, Apandion
Shield AIContracts
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…
U.S. Navy
Galliano Marine Services, HII, Saronic Technologies
Three production other transaction agreements for 10 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels each, 30 in…
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