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The Pentagon says it defeated 300 drones on the US-Mexico border in 2026. The only two targets ever made public were party balloons and a CBP drone.
Neros says the Pentagon gets a small stake with no vote for its $450M loan, its first motors are built, and its growth chief asks who buys the drones.
OSC offered Neros up to $450 million to build drones and parts in Torrance. Neros says taxpayers get an ownership stake. OSC's release doesn't mention one.
The Pentagon wants 250,000 cheap drones by end of 2027. Russia builds 7.3 million a year. Bloomberg's tour of Utah's drone plants shows why the gap stays.
The Pentagon is buying 60,000 attack drones, but one 84-year-old Army plant makes all U.S. HMX and RDX. Odin Energetics says it can make a tenth of that.
An Army official says the Pentagon is artificially inducing drone demand. PDW's CEO wants 12,000 drones a year. No Gauntlet I order reached half.
Greg Reverdiau: spray drone sales fell 59% as dealers seek an FCC carve-out, Pentagon letters join DJI's record, Phantom 4 Pro V2 support ends Oct. 31.
Three FAA NOTAMs ban drones within one nautical mile of the US-Mexico border from Monday to October 2027. CBP approves only listed missions.
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