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Pentagon x Darkhive 49.7M drone contract
The Pentagon fast-tracked a 49.7M contract to Texas startup Darkhive for autonomous defense drones. Darkhive also raised 30M Series B led by RTX Ventures for US-produced open autonomous robotics systems for defense and public safety.
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- deployment
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2026-06-172 months ago
- Active for
- 2 months
Who’s involved
Darkhivetechnology provider
Darkhive is a US-based autonomous drone company developing small unmanned aircraft for defense and public safety, providing autonomous surveillance and reconnaissance drones for military and first responder applications.
Off-registry parties
- Pentagon · customer
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