Drone Dominance program

Ukraine's State Export Control Service issued the first permit for exporting combat drones. F-Drones shipped 2,000 F10 strike UAVs to the US under a Pentagon contract in the Drone Dominance program, where the system ranked sixth among 25 competitors.

The Pentagon announced five companies as winners of the Lethality Prize Challenge under its Drone Dominance program, which aims to develop cost-effective, mass-producible lethal payloads for small military drones. Selected designs, including Northrop Grumman's Common UAS Payload, will be promoted as preferred munitions for one-way attack drones, with a focus on rapid integration and deployment.

Ukraine’s BlueBird Tech has partnered with the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program through a collaboration with US-based Zaruba, focusing on advanced UAV and AI battlefield systems. The initiative aims to enhance US mass UAV warfare capabilities through international defense innovation.

Skycutter, a British-Ukrainian drone company, won a U.S. drone competition with its Shrike 10-F drone, outperforming American competitors. The victory highlights non-U.S. innovation in battlefield drone technology amid the Russia-Ukraine war's influence on defense tech development.