{
  "schema_version": "uav-manufacturing-atlas.v1",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-17T06:03:24.486Z",
  "program_source": "https://dronedominance.mil/leaderboard.html",
  "program_snapshot_retrieved_at": "2026-09-17T06:03:24.486Z",
  "program_snapshot_sha256": "38a1882182311d0157dbd74b6e554002f7ac13f4b0179120eb912e15cf66678d",
  "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
  "manufacturer_count": 11,
  "rules": {
    "capacity": "Unknown unless a checked primary source publishes a current capacity figure.",
    "geography": "Only locations explicitly supported by checked manufacturer-controlled sources are included.",
    "program_output": "Orders, shipments and acceptance are kept separate from capacity and endorsement."
  },
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      "manufacturer": "Skycutter",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 1,
      "official_points": 99.3,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 2560,
        "shipped": 1280,
        "accepted": 0
      },
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        "uncrewed aircraft systems",
        "ISR aircraft",
        "multirotor aircraft"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://skycutteruas.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SC-ISR.pdf",
        "https://skycutteruas.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Battery-Powered-Gryphon.pdf"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Product documentation identifies SC-ISR and Gryphon systems; manufacturing location is not established by the checked primary pages.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Neros",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 2,
      "official_points": 87.5,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 4400,
        "shipped": 4400,
        "accepted": 2400
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [
        {
          "place": "Torrance, California, United States",
          "evidence": "Official site identifies the headquarters and its assembly/test operation."
        }
      ],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "tactical FPV aircraft",
        "one-way aircraft",
        "ground control stations",
        "radios",
        "propulsion components",
        "assembly and test"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://www.neros.tech/"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official site describes in-house vehicle, radio, powertrain and software work plus a secure supply-chain focus.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Perennial Autonomy",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 3,
      "official_points": 80.3,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 2320,
        "shipped": 1160,
        "accepted": 0
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "fixed-wing strike aircraft",
        "counter-UAS interceptors",
        "quadcopter aircraft",
        "autonomy software"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://www.perennial.ai/"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official site lists HORNET, AS3/AS4 and BUMBLEBEE systems and describes hardware optimized for high-volume production; no facility location is asserted here.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "ModalAI",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 4,
      "official_points": 77.7,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 2240,
        "shipped": 2240,
        "accepted": 1840
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [
        {
          "place": "United States",
          "evidence": "Official site states its perception and communications systems are manufactured in the U.S.A."
        }
      ],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "autonomy compute",
        "flight controllers",
        "communications systems",
        "reference drones",
        "developer software"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://www.modalai.com/",
        "https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-computers/"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official pages document VOXL compute/flight-control products and ready-to-fly reference aircraft.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Auterion",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 5,
      "official_points": 77,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 2160,
        "shipped": 1120,
        "accepted": 560
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [
        {
          "place": "Arlington, Virginia, United States",
          "evidence": "Official 2024 headquarters announcement."
        }
      ],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "autonomous-systems software",
        "drone computing platform",
        "swarm software",
        "Skynode strike kits"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://auterion.com/auterion-moves-corporate-headquarters-to-arlington-virginia/",
        "https://auterion.com/company/press/"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Auterion is represented as a software and computing-platform supplier; this dataset does not recast it as a general airframe contract manufacturer.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Ukrainian Defense Drones (UDD)",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 6,
      "official_points": 72.9,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 2000,
        "shipped": 2000,
        "accepted": 2000
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [],
      "evidenced_services": [],
      "primary_sources": [],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "The official Drone Dominance source identifies the program participant, but a manufacturer-controlled source was not established in this bounded pass.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Griffon Aerospace",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 7,
      "official_points": 72,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 1920,
        "shipped": 1920,
        "accepted": 1920
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [
        {
          "place": "Madison, Alabama, United States",
          "evidence": "Official company page gives its Madison address."
        }
      ],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "UAS design",
        "UAS production",
        "flight services",
        "advanced composite manufacturing"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://www.griffonaerospace.com/our-story/"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official history describes design, build and flight experience plus aerial-target and UAV production.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Nokturnal AI",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 8,
      "official_points": 70.3,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 1840,
        "shipped": 1840,
        "accepted": 920
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "autonomous strike aircraft",
        "GPS-denied navigation",
        "computer vision",
        "autonomy software"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://www.nokturnal.ai/"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official site lists Unruly, Menace, Nightmare and the Odyssey navigation module; manufacturing location is not asserted here.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Halo Aeronautics",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 9,
      "official_points": 70.2,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 1760,
        "shipped": 1760,
        "accepted": 880
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "UAS design",
        "rapid prototyping",
        "full-scale production"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://bylight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/HALO-UAS-CATALOG_10312025.pdf"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "The manufacturer catalog describes warfighter-driven design, rapid prototyping and full-scale production; a production location is not asserted here.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Ascent Aerosystems",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 10,
      "official_points": 70.1,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 1600,
        "shipped": 1320,
        "accepted": 800
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [
        {
          "place": "Massachusetts, United States",
          "evidence": "Official company white paper identifies Ascent as Massachusetts-based."
        }
      ],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "coaxial UAS design",
        "coaxial UAS manufacturing",
        "payload integration"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://ascentaerosystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Coaxial-Advantage-White-Paper-Ascent-AeroSystems.pdf"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official material covers rugged coaxial systems for commercial, defense, public-safety and industrial use.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    },
    {
      "manufacturer": "Farage Precision",
      "official_program": "Gauntlet I",
      "official_source_order": 11,
      "official_points": 70,
      "program_output": {
        "ordered": 1520,
        "shipped": 760,
        "accepted": 760
      },
      "headquarters_or_manufacturing_geography": [],
      "evidenced_services": [
        "procurement",
        "training",
        "consulting",
        "design",
        "manufacturing"
      ],
      "primary_sources": [
        "https://farageprecision.com/pages/frontpage"
      ],
      "source_checked_on": "2026-09-16",
      "buyer_note": "Official site lists service categories but does not publish a checked facility location or capacity figure.",
      "stated_current_capacity": null,
      "capacity_status": "unknown_not_published_in_checked_primary_sources",
      "capacity_note": "Program orders, shipments and acceptances are historical program-output fields, not production-capacity claims."
    }
  ]
}