Ondas announced that it secured more than $40 million in new orders for autonomous defense systems in June. The orders include Counter-UAS solutions, Loitering Munition Systems, ground systems, and related defense services from governmental and defense customers across multiple international markets.
Together with previously announced awards, the new orders bring Ondas’ second-quarter-to-date order activity to more than $150 million. The company said the awards reflect continued demand for autonomous defense technologies as governments and defense forces respond to rapidly evolving threats from unmanned aerial systems and rising demand for long-range precision-strike platforms.
Ondas said the growth of the Loitering Munition Systems market represents a natural extension of the same operational forces driving demand for Counter-UAS technologies. The company’s autonomous defense platform is designed to support the convergence of detection, intelligence, protection, and engagement capabilities.
A key part of Ondas’ Loitering Munition Systems strategy is Rotron Aerospace, the company’s wholly owned U.K.-based subsidiary. Rotron recently completed a successful flight trial of its SkyLance system under the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Project Brakestop, a Taskforce Kindred-funded program focused on advancing the United Kingdom’s next-generation long-range strike capability.
SkyLance is a one-way-effect system designed to combine substantial operational range with precision engagement capability. The successful trial validated core technologies that support the SkyLance platform and demonstrated Rotron’s ability to rapidly deliver advanced capabilities in support of sovereign U.K. defense priorities.
SkyLance is designed, developed, and manufactured in the United Kingdom, providing sovereign control over critical propulsion, platform, and integration technologies. Ondas said Rotron’s lean operating model, rapid development cycles, and competitive cost base enable it to deliver advanced long-range strike capability at lower cost and greater speed than traditional procurement models.
The June orders build on Ondas’ previously announced second-quarter commercial momentum, including more than $30 million in orders secured during May across air defense, Counter-UAS, autonomous ISR, robotic systems, and precision engagement technologies. Ondas said the more than $150 million in second-quarter orders and awards demonstrate accelerating customer adoption of its integrated autonomous systems architecture.
Ondas expects continued demand for autonomous defense systems capable of delivering scalable, cost-effective, and integrated mission capabilities across Counter-UAS, Loitering Munition Systems, ISR, ground robotics, electronic warfare, and AI-enabled command-and-control.
KEY QUOTES:
“June new orders demonstrate the increasing demand for autonomous defense technologies capable of addressing the realities of modern warfare. Counter-UAS has become an urgent priority for governments around the world as drone threats continue to accelerate, and we are now seeing the next major wave of demand forming around Loitering Munition Systems and affordable long-range precision engagement. This demand is especially visible across Europe and the United States, where allied defense customers are moving quickly to strengthen both defensive and offensive autonomous capabilities.”
Eric Brock, Chairman and CEO of Ondas
“In a short period of time, Ondas has assembled and integrated what we believe to be some of the most advanced and operationally proven autonomous technologies available anywhere in the world. The market is moving quickly from individual drone systems toward integrated autonomous architectures that can support air defense, intelligence, precision engagement and robotic operations together. C-UAS remains one of the most urgent requirements in the market, and Loitering Munition Systems are becoming a major growth area as customers seek scalable and affordable strike capabilities. Rotron’s SkyLance system adds important sovereign UK long-range strike technology to Ondas’ platform, and we believe it will help accelerate our LMS position across Europe, the United States and allied defense markets.”
Oshri Lugassy, Co-CEO of Ondas Autonomous Systems
