# Perennial Autonomy: company

Canonical ID: `bf4b4053-f086-4305-82bf-f11d193b1ec5`

## Key facts

- **Founder:** Eric Schmidt (former Google CEO)
- **Pentagon contract:** $500M IDIQ (May 2026, 3-year)
- **Combat record:** 4,000+ drones intercepted in Ukraine
- **Unit cost:** approximately $15,000 per Merops interceptor
- **Product family:** Merops (interceptor), Bumblebee (quadcopter), Hornet (strike drone)
- **Also known as:** Project Eagle, White Stork
- **CEO:** Mike Wior
- **Former names:** White Stork (2023), Project Eagle (2024)
- **Key contract:** $500M JIATF-401 IDIQ (May 2026)
- **Merops unit cost:** ~$15,000 per interceptor
- **Bumblebee delivered:** tens of thousands to Ukrainian Armed Forces

- **Slug:** perennial-autonomy
- **Founded:** 2023
- **HQ:** California, USA
- **Funding total (USD):** 505200000

## Models

- [Merops Interceptor](/models/merops.md) (defense) (id: `2df43ab2-a8e8-4fbc-a1b7-22b1581503fe`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Mike Wior](/people/mike-wior.md) Co-founder & CEO (_reported, not verified_)
- [Eric Schmidt](/people/eric-schmidt.md) Founder (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (2)

- [Mike Wior](/people/mike-wior.md) (cofounder)
- [Eric Schmidt](/people/eric-schmidt.md) (cofounder)

## Partnerships (3)

- [Perennial Autonomy x Picogrid](/partnerships/perennial-autonomy-x-picogrid.md) with Picogrid _deployment_
- [Perennial Autonomy x Pentagon Counter-Drone](/partnerships/perennial-autonomy-x-pentagon-counter-drone.md) with U.S. Department of Defense _deployment_
- [Perennial Autonomy x Twentyfour Industries](/partnerships/perennial-autonomy-x-twentyfour-industries.md) with Twentyfour Industries _manufacturing_

## Supplies to

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## Sources (1)

1. https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/05/19/pentagon-inks-500-million-deal-with-perennial-autonomy-for-counter-drone-tech/

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