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Unmanned Systems

Special Operations Command Awards Small Contracts For Kinetic Drones

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, October 23rd, 2026

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Special Operations Command Awards Small Contracts For Kinetic Drones

EchoMAV's MONARK small drone. Photo: EchoMAV

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) recently awarded contracts to six companies to further mature their solutions for small, first person view attritable kinetic drones for use by tactical units. Awards were made to DFA Systems, $2.3 million, EchoMAV Technologies, $1 million, ModalAI, $1.7 million, Neros, $3.1 million, Vector, $111,640, and XTEND AI Robotics [XTND], $497,748, for Phase III of the Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone (MKLD) program, SOCOM told Defense Daily last week. XTEND in late September announced it had been…

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