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AEVEX x US Air Force Strike Drones
US Air Force awarded AEVEX 0M contract with 7M initial funding for GPS-resistant autonomous strike drones for one-way attack missions.
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- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2026-06-303 months ago
- Active for
- 3 months
Who’s involved
AEVEX Aerospace is a California-based defense technology company producing autonomous unmanned aircraft, including the Phoenix [Ghost](/companies/ghost-robotics) and Disruptor strike drones used extensively in Ukraine. The company delivered over 5,000 drones to Ukraine with $582 million in Pentagon contracts, making it the largest U.S. drone supplier to the conflict. AEVEX went public on NYSE under ticker AVEX in April 2026, raising $320 million in its IPO. The company also provides ISR services for wildfire response through the FIRIS program in California.
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- US Air Force · customer
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