COUNTER-DRONE CONTRACT AWARDS // UPDATED 29 OCTOBER 2026
Who won counter-drone contracts, 2025 to 2026.
42 entries covering counter-drone contract awards and orders, from 6 Jan 2025 to 8 Sep 2026. A few entries group several contracts announced together. Each row names the winner and links to the announcement or contract record it comes from.
Values are shown as the source states them. A ceiling (“up to”) is the most that can be ordered under a contract, not money already spent. Where the source gives no buyer or value, the row says “not stated” or “not named”.
Left out on purpose: budgets, funding programmes, grants, tenders, competitions, and selections that had not been signed at the time of checking.
United States
18 awards, newest first
| Date | Buyer | Winner | Value | What it is for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 2026 | JIATF-401 (Domestic Shield) | AeroVironment | $80.5m task order | AI-enabled tech (Titan MS) to defend Air Force bases against small drones; task order under a new $500m IDIQ | defensescoop.com |
| Jul 2026 | US Department of Defense | AeroVironment | Up to $500m (three-year, sole-source IDIQ) | Layered counter-UAS for homeland and military site protection | Military Aerospace |
| 10 Jun 2026 | US Army | L3Harris | up to $106m | VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems, for urgent defence against hostile drones | L3Harris |
| 2 Jun 2026 | US Department of War, JIATF-401 | DroneShield | $24.9m ($19.3m initial, $5.6m options over 5 years) | Mobile and fixed-site counter-drone solutions: hardware, subscriptions, warranties and services | DroneShield |
| 19 May 2026 | Pentagon counter-drone task force | Perennial Autonomy | $500m (three-year IDIQ) | AI-enabled counter-UAS systems, including Bumblebee, Hornet and Merops | defensescoop.com |
| 11 May 2026 | US Army | Smart Shooter | About $10.7m | Follow-on order: SMASH 2000LE fire control systems for individual counter-small-UAS, with support | EDR Magazine |
| 16 Apr 2026 | US Army | Dynetics | $617m | IFPC Increment 2 production; Increment 2 extends IFPC to cruise missiles and unmanned aerial systems | The Defense Post |
| Mar 2026 | US Army | Anduril | Ceiling up to $20bn | Enterprise contract for battlefield software and technology; the Army calls it a step towards a common counter-UAS framework | Pulse 2.0 |
| 12 Feb 2026 | US Department of Homeland Security | Fortem Technologies | Multimillion-dollar order | DroneHunter interceptors to protect US venues at the 2026 FIFA World Cup | fortemtech.com |
| Feb 2026 | US Air Force | BAE Systems | $145m (sole source) | Dual-mode APKWS upgrade to counter large groups of drones, particularly lower-cost Group 3 | Defence Industry Europe |
| Feb 2026 | US Army | Fortem Technologies | $18m (three years); initial task order nearly $4m | Equipment and field support services | DroneXL |
| 14 Jan 2026 | JIATF-401 (Replicator 2) | Fortem Technologies | Not stated (two systems) | Two DroneHunter F700 counter-UAS systems; first Replicator 2 contract | dronelife.com |
| 29 Sep 2025 | US Department of War | Raytheon | $5.04bn | Coyote counter-UAS system: launchers, kinetic and non-kinetic effectors, and KuRFS radars | Army Recognition |
| Aug 2025 | US Air Force | Trust Automation (Echodyne radar) | $490m IDIQ | Air Force counter-UAS systems (RD-SUADS, FS-SUADS, EX-SUADS) using Echodyne radar | soldiersystems.net |
| Aug 2025 | US Department of Defense | ELTA North America | $5m | MADS-K Gen II modular anti-drone kits | Defence Industry Europe |
| 17 Jul 2025 | US Army RCCTO | Epirus | $43,551,060 | Two IFPC-HPM Generation II high-power microwave systems | Epirus |
| Jul 2025 | US Army | MyDefence | $26m | 485 wearable counter-UAS systems for EUCOM and other commands | The Defense Post |
| May 2025 | Not stated | QinetiQ US | $41m task order (three years) | Software and technology integration support for a counter-UAS project | ASDNews |
United Kingdom
3 awards, newest first
| Date | Buyer | Winner | Value | What it is for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2026 | UK Ministry of Defence | Thales UK | £36m | Hundreds more Lightweight Multirole Missiles, which have shot down more than 100 drones in the Middle East | Defence Industry Europe |
| Jan 2026 | MBDA (DragonFire prime contractor) | QinetiQ | £67m | Continued work on the DragonFire laser source | The Defense Post |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Royal Navy | MBDA UK (with QinetiQ and Leonardo) | £316m | DragonFire laser systems for the Royal Navy from 2027 | GOV.UK |
Europe
12 awards, newest first
| Date | Buyer | Winner | Value | What it is for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2026 | Denmark (DALO) | Terma | Not stated | Nationwide counter-drone command-and-control system | Defence Industry Europe |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Türkiye’s Defense Industries Secretariat (SSB) | Aselsan | €780m (~$905m) | Air defence for Steel Dome, which includes low-altitude layers against drone swarms | hurriyetdailynews.com |
| By 30 May 2026 | Romania (SAFE procurement) | Rheinmetall Italia | €981.95m (excluding VAT) | Counter-drone products: 7 SKYNEX, 2 SKYRANGER 35 and 2 Millennium systems | english.mapn.ro |
| May 2026 | Netherlands Ministry of Defence | Anduril | Not stated | Counter-UAS capabilities against drone threats | Defence Industry Europe |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Sweden (FMV) | Saab | About SEK 2.6bn | Mobile and modular counter-UAS system; deliveries 2027-2028 | EDR Magazine |
| Mar 2026 | Germany, for the National Guard of Ukraine | Quantum Systems | Not stated | 15,000 Strila interceptor drones | The Defense Post |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Polish Armaments Agency | Kongsberg with PGZ | About NOK 16bn (Kongsberg’s share) | SAN CUAS: 18 counter-UAS batteries | Kongsberg |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Netherlands Ministry of Defence | Robin Radar Systems | Not stated (100 radars) | 100 IRIS drone-detection radars | Robin Radar |
| Dec 2025 | Netherlands | Rheinmetall | Potential value in the upper hundreds of millions of dollars | Skyranger 30 on armoured vehicles or static sites; deliveries late 2028 to end 2029 | IRIA |
| Dec 2025 | European military end-customer | DroneShield | $49.6m | Handheld counter-drone systems, accessories and software updates | DroneShield |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Germany (BAAINBw) | TYTAN Technologies | Several hundred million euros (as reported) | Anti-drone system development for the Bundeswehr (interceptor drones) | Defence Industry Europe |
| 6 Jan 2025 | NATO European country (not named) | Elbit Systems | About $60m | Multi-layered counter-UAS (ReDrone) | EDR Magazine |
Middle East
3 awards, newest first
| Date | Buyer | Winner | Value | What it is for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2026 | UAE customer | Electro Optic Systems | US$124m | Slinger counter-drone remote weapon systems; delivery during 2027 and 2028 | Defence Industry Europe |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Middle Eastern country (not named) | MBDA | Not stated | SKY WARDEN counter-UAV system; first export contract | EDR Magazine |
| 23 Jun 2025 | Qatar (part of a US agreement) | SRC Inc | Part of a $1bn agreement | Detection and electronic warfare technologies; first international sale | SRC Inc |
Asia-Pacific
5 awards, newest first
| Date | Buyer | Winner | Value | What it is for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2025 | Customer in the Republic of Korea | EOS (Electro Optic Systems) | US$80m (about A$120m), conditional | 100kW-class laser defence system | Electro Optic Systems |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Republic of Korea and UAE Armed Forces | Allen Control Systems | Not stated | Export contracts for close-in counter-drone defence (Bullfrog) | Army Recognition |
| 24 Jul 2025 | Australian Defence Force (LAND 156) | DroneShield | About $5m (of $16.9m across 11 vendors) | Handheld counter-drone equipment | ASDNews |
| May 2025 | Indian Army Air Defence | BEL (Bharat Electronics) | Part of ₹572 crore in recent BEL orders (not separated) | IDDIS counter-drone system | idrw.org |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Asia-Pacific military customer | DroneShield | $32.2m (five contracts) | Vehicle-mounted and fixed counter-drone systems | DroneShield |
Buyer not named
1 award, newest first
| Date | Buyer | Winner | Value | What it is for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | International customer (not named) | AeroVironment | More than $50m | LOCUST high-energy laser weapon systems; first international order | AeroVironment |
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