Drones

Drones, counter-drone and autonomous systems: programs, money and the companies building them

Spear Signals | Week of October 19: DIU budgets $200M for counter-drone boats

Production-ready counter-drone USVs are due to DIU by November 30.

Oct 23, 2026

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4 min read

Mass Production: missiles by the family, drones by the half-billion

♠️ The Pentagon signed three companies to build cheap cruise missiles at volume. Read it beside last week's drone buys, and the pattern looks like policy.

Jul 21, 2026

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4 min read

Drone Czar

Hegseth centralizes unmanned programs while recent strikes in the Strait show why speed matters now.

Jul 2, 2026

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5 min read

Autonomous Mass

The Pentagon shifts from precision to scale as attritable systems move into production.

Apr 14, 2026

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10 min read

Swarm Wars

Why counter-UAS technology is becoming the next major defense market

Mar 5, 2026

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9 min read

Drones, Reactors, and the Return of Industrial Deterrence

Ukraine pushes for Tomahawks, the Army arms up for drone swarms, and new nuclear programs open billion-dollar lanes for contractors.

Oct 15, 2025

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9 min read

AI Swarms, $9.8B Missiles, and Indo-Pacific Tensions

Friday’s defense-tech briefing. Geopolitics, contracts, and emerging capabilities in 5 minutes

Sep 5, 2025

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7 min read

Eyes in the Sky. The Drone Warfare Shift

How UAS Innovation, Contracts, and Global Partnerships Are Reshaping the Defense Landscape

Aug 11, 2025

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10 min read

Trump’s Executive Orders Just Lit a $15B Fire Under U.S. Drone Market

New rules. Faster waivers. Bigger budgets. Here's how defense contractors can take advantage before Q4.

Aug 6, 2025

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5 min read