Seventeen makers head to Michigan to test bomber drones for the Pentagon, and Ukrainian firms are back in field, some under US partners
Seventeen companies, including Ukrainian firms and partners fielding their drones, will test bomber drones at Camp Grayling in October.
Ukrainian drone manufacturers are set to return to the Pentagon's Drone Dominance program, participating in the Phase 2.5 Bomber Qualifier at Camp Grayling in Michigan this October. Among the seventeen companies involved are both Ukrainian firms and Western partners utilizing Ukrainian designs. The contest aims to test bomber drones, which are responsible for dropping munitions from above.
Participants must bring at least six fully constructed systems each, with the testing divided into two stages: the Bomber Qualifier, conducted by the manufacturers themselves, and the Bomber Gauntlet, overseen by US soldiers. Winners of the program may secure Pentagon supply contracts.
Companies participating in the event include UFORCE USA Services, Grim Tech, Gurzuf Defence, UA Defense Tech, Skycutter, and UDD Tech Corp. Specific models to be brought by these firms have yet to be disclosed. UFORCE is recognized for its Nemesis bombers, while Grim Tech showcased a light bomber, the Grim-18, at the MSPO defense expo in Poland recently. Gurzuf constructs heavy bombers, including the Ayudag-6, which recently set a record for Ukrainian multirotor drones' payload capacity at 130 kilograms.
This bomber round presents another opportunity for Ukrainian manufacturers to transform battlefield-proven hardware into a US contract.
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