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Air Force Skips Phase I for Air-Launched Drone Swarms
The service says industry has solved basic swarm autonomy, narrowing its $2 million competition to vendors with systems already validated outside the laboratory.
Unusual Machines says Powerus placed a $16.9 million order for U.S.-made motors, batteries, cameras and video transmitters. The supplier also holds a $30 million stake in the counter-drone maker.
The service says industry has solved basic swarm autonomy, narrowing its $2 million competition to vendors with systems already validated outside the laboratory.
The first live missile shot from a US robotic wingman came ten months after first flight and ran on Anduril's own Lattice software, in the middle of a three-way autonomy contest the Air Force decides by summer 2027.