
Beyond Legacy Primes: U.S. Drone Dominance Program Issues First Purchase Order as Gauntlet II Kicks Off
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the first purchase order under its Drone Dominance Program, while simultaneously launching the second-round competition, Gauntlet II. The milestone signals a formal shift from evaluation to procurement and deployment, with emerging drone manufacturers increasingly displacing traditional defense contractors as the backbone of the Pentagon's low-cost, rapid-deployment unmanned systems strategy.
Source: DroneLife










