Neros says the deal includes a taxpayer ownership stake, with terms unpublished, as the Pentagon's lender wants it supplying parts to other U.S. and allied drone makers.
About half the 17 firms in the Pentagon's bomber-drone round are Ukrainian, and the round slipped to November. Kyiv's export fast track has issued no permits, US visas take weeks, and the next round requires American final assembly.
The Pentagon's autonomy build-out now rides on a reconciliation request of at least $350 billion that the House has budgeted at $60 billion.
Vector and Nammo Defense Systems expanded their teaming agreement on Oct. 12 to put Nammo munitions on Vector's small drones. Vector says it was selected for up to 5,000 Drone Dominance systems; the agreement names no value or quantity.
The Pentagon wants a 12th combatant command for drones and robotics by Oct. 1, 2027, and until Congress agrees, the work runs through the office already buying them.
Finland has signed and a US framework is ready. The Iran war showed why Ukrainian interceptors have to travel with Ukrainian components, software and operators.
The Gauntlet II leaderboard picks the vendors in line for a 60,000-drone Pentagon order, but the program still calls them finalists and says awards are not guaranteed.