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The United States Army is making a concentrated push to have a fully domestic supply chain for drone components. Which is exactly why they’re doing a new deal with Unusual Machines.
What’s happening:
- Unusual Machines (NYSE: UMAC) has won a new contract with the United States Army to supply them with 3,5000 National Defense Authorization Act compliant drone motors
Why it matters:
- This is the largest direct contact for drone motors that Unusual Machines has ever done with the United States Army
Going deeper:
- Unusual Machines will produce all the drone motors ordered by the United States Army at their production facility located in Orlando, Florida
- The United States Army has publicly stated that the drone motors being manufacture by Unusual Machines will be integrated into the Attritable Battlefield Enable drones which are small tactical drones used largely for surveillance and reconnaissance missions
