Mercury Systems partners with Palantir to automate factory operations under Pentagon-funded deal

Safe Pro Group Inc. announced preliminary, unaudited revenue expectations for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, projecting revenue to increase by over 2,300% to more than $2.5 million, compared with $101,422 in the third quarter of 2025. For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the company expects revenue to increase by over 1,200% to more than $5.0 million compared with $378,977 in the same period of 2025. The growth is driven by multiple U.S. Government subcontract awards supporting the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, including a $1.3 million subcontract from a U.S. defense prime contractor to integrate real-time AI threat detection onto autonomous unmanned ground vehicles and a $780,000 U.S. Army award for a package including its NODE AI edge-processing systems and Blue UAS drones. Third quarter 2026 revenue represents an increase of approximately 88% on a sequential basis compared with the second quarter of 2026. Safe Pro continues to deliver against U.S. Army and recent government contract awards for its AI software powering edge-based compute solutions, representing more than $5 million in aggregate awarded contract value year-to-date.

Federal Ammunition, Mossberg and Palladyne AI Corp. announced the joint development of SwarmShot, a modular autonomous airborne counter-unmanned aircraft system designed to turn compatible drones into reusable air-to-air interceptors operating as a collaborative kinetic defensive swarm. SwarmShot will combine Federal's specialized counter-UAS shotshell ammunition, a lightweight Mossberg weapon module purpose-engineered for airborne operation, and Palladyne AI's IntelliSwarm autonomy system, which pairs BRAIN avionics with SwarmOS collaborative autonomy software. The system will first be developed as a modular mission add-on for Gremlin-X, Palladyne AI's Group 1 quadcopter mini-bomber, after which the companies plan to offer SwarmShot to other manufacturers as an integration kit for compatible unmanned aircraft. Federal will lead ammunition design and terminal-effect optimization, drawing on its recent U.S. Army counter-UAS ammunition contract, while Mossberg leads the airborne weapon module and Palladyne AI leads UAS integration, fire control, terminal-intercept autonomy and multi-interceptor coordination. The effort is a defensive application of Palladyne AI's predictive autonomy collaborative swarming capability, recently deployed with the U.S. Army at Project Convergence Capstone 6 and other Army exercises. Development schedules, potential customer engagements and financial terms were not disclosed.

REDLattice CEO Andy Boyd said the cyber and intelligence technology company expects to become public and begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker "REDL" by the end of 2026 through its business combination with Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: BEAG). Speaking at an IPO Edge fireside chat at Nasdaq MarketSite on Oct. 5 with Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone, Boyd positioned REDLattice as a mission-critical cyber and intelligence technology company serving U.S. and allied governments, with capabilities spanning vulnerability research, lawful intercept and intelligence collection. He said the cyber threat environment is accelerating rapidly, particularly because of AI, with adversaries becoming more sophisticated and governments needing advanced technology and specialized expertise. REDLattice sees substantial growth potential in government cybersecurity and intelligence spending, and its strategy is to expand existing customer relationships, broaden its product portfolio and pursue opportunities across the U.S. defense and intelligence ecosystem. Boyd, a former Senior Intelligence Service officer at the CIA who culminated his career there as Director of the Center for Cyber Intelligence, is also an Operating Partner at AE Industrial Partners.