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US Drone Makers Are Building a Different Kind of Factory

Additive Manufacturing Helps Build Flexibility, Scale, and Supply Chain Resilience At AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2026 conference in Detroit, one theme surfaced repeatedly across panels and...

Africa’s Drone Manufacturing Push Signals a New Global Supply Chain

Nigeria-based Terra Industries scales production with backing from U.S. investors, pointing to a third path beyond the U.S. and China A Nigerian startup is drawing global attention...

Drone Dominance: The Defense Department’s Push to Build a Scalable U.S. Drone Supply Chain

At this morning’s keynote roundtable at XPONENTIAL 2026, government and industry leaders outlined a new phase in the effort to scale the U.S. drone industry: moving from innovation...

This Detroit company is tapping the auto industry to build all-American drones

Many proponents of American manufacturing talk about making cars domestically and helping the U.S. auto industry soar. In the case of Detroit-based drone startup Birdstop, that is...

Is U.S. Manufacturing the Answer? SKYROVER Signals a New Strategy as FCC Pressure Mounts

A Hong Kong-based drone company outlines a five-year U.S. roadmap, raising questions about compliance, supply chains, and market access A recent letter from Hong Kong-based drone c...

US drone makers race to build supply chains as China ban bites

Detroit Aims to Become Center of U.S. Drone Manufacturing

The state, known for making cars, is spending millions to entice drone manufacturers that can bring new business to auto suppliers.

Skydio to spend $3.5B expanding U.S. drone manufacturing

Skydio to spend $3.5B expanding U.S. drone manufacturing

U.S. Air Force Expands X10D EOD Program With Multi-Million Dollar Follow-On Award

Skydio, the largest U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in flying robots, today announced a

California drone maker to spend billions of dollars as it expands manufacturing in the state

Skydio, a San Mateo-based company, committed $3.5 billion over the next five years to boost production of domestic defense technology.

Pentagon funds drone microfactories that print UAVs in the field

San Diego drone startup Firestorm Labs has secured a $30 million contract under the Pentagon’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program to deploy...

Skydio Raises $110M Series F, Signals Strong Revenue and U.S. Manufacturing Push

CEO Adam Bry highlights reduced capital needs as company expands production and commits billions to domestic manufacturing Skydio has raised $110 million in Series F financing, led...

Industrial Policy and Wright’s Law: A New Perspective on Building the U.S. Drone Industry

At the AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 conference this week, Red Cat Holdings executive Brendan Stewart delivered one of the more historically grounded and economically detailed discussions...

US ‘Drone Dominance’: How XDOWN’s STUD Interceptor Fits the $1.1B Strategy

California-based defence technology startup XDOWN has developed the small tactical unmanned drone (STUD), an attritable,

The US has banned the world’s best drones. It has not figured out how to make them.

Skydio, the largest American drone manufacturer, announced in late April that it would invest $3.5 billion over five years to expand US drone production, open a factory five times...

Drone Makers ACSL and Draganfly Partner to Bring NDAA-Compliant Japanese Drones to Canadian Market; Signs Exclusive Dist...

Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading

One hour per drone: KIHOMAC takes on America’s UAV supply crisis

KIHOMAC’s founder and CEO Ki Ho Kang took to social media on Friday to share flight test footage of Agami, the company’s fixed-wing drone developed under Project Liberty, a program...

Applied Aeronautics Launches SkyBeam Heavy Lift Drone Platform

New U.S.-Made quadrotor targets defense, public safety, and commercial operations with modular design and lower cost Applied Aeronautics has introduced SkyBeam, a new heavy lift qu...

U.S. firm DZYNE builds Blitz for affordable mass drone missions

California-based DZYNE Technologies has developed Blitz, a Group 1 expendable unmanned aircraft system designed for mass deployment and swarm operations, announcing the system on M...

Government Signals Drive Rally in US Drone Stocks

Red Cat, Ondas, and Unusual Machines Gain as Investors Respond to Growing Federal Support for U.S. Drone Industry Several publicly traded U.S. drone companies saw significant stock...

US-designed STUD drone enters Romanian mass production

A Romanian deep-tech company is preparing to mass-produce a lightweight interceptor drone in Bucharest capable of destroying Russian Shahed kamikaze Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, with...

Skydio announces $3.5 billion U.S. manufacturing expansion — and the timing is no coincidence

Huge news comes out of Skydio this month, when it announced in April 2026 that it will invest $3.5 billion in U.S. manufacturing over the next five years. The Skydio U.S. manufactu...

Department of War launches phase two of $1.1bn drone dominance programme

The Department of War is advancing its $1.1bn Drone Dominance Program with the launch of Phase II . This initiative aims to procure 30,000 low-cost, scalable one-way attack drones...

Odisha’s New Horizon: BonV Aero Launches Strategic UAV Manufacturing Hub

The drone manufacturing start-up BonV Aero has officially broken ground on a substantial ₹300 crore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) facility located in Khordha, Odisha. This ambitiou...