{"id":22589,"date":"2026-02-19T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:35:32","slug":"dfg-joins-drone-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/02\/dfg-joins-drone-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender Media reported that two Ukrainian drone makers were bidding for Pentagon contracts. In fact, there is a third one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 5 February, Defender Media <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/02\/drone-dominance\/\">reported<\/a> that Ukrainian companies <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/general-cherry\/\">General Cherry<\/a> and Ukrainian Defence Drone Tech had been included in the Pentagon\u2019s list of 25 drone manufacturers selected for the first stage of the Drone Dominance programme. It has now emerged that an alliance including the Ukrainian project <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/drone-fight-group\/\">Drone Fight Group (DFG)<\/a>, founded by Vladyslav Plaksin, will also compete in the selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DFG itself is not listed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4396462\/war-department-announces-vendors-invited-to-compete-in-phase-i-of-the-drone-dom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">among the vendors<\/a> approved by the US Department of War for participation in the programme. However, the list does include the US company Anno.ai, with which Plaksin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/vladyslav-plaksin-319014284_war-department-announces-vendors-invited-activity-7430110098968035328-9FZo?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAKX9icBH_I7t66qPEfi-hl0DAeQ7tyThd4\">announced<\/a> a partnership today. The third partner in the alliance is the US fund Ondas Capital, which previously stated its intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/01\/ondas-invests-up-to-11-in-drone-fight-group\/\">invest up to $11 million in DFG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/insights\/vladyslav-plaksin-udfc\/\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> A full-cycle unmanned business. Drone Fight Club founder Vladyslav Plaksin on manufacturing, pilot training, and investment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anno.ai is a US startup developing AI solutions, including drone autonomy. Defender Media found no evidence of any prior connection between the project and Ondas Group. At the same time, the X account YoYInvestor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YoYInvestor\/status\/2024161727605018879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">claims<\/a> that Ondas is linked to three separate participants in the 25-company \u201cDrone Dominance\u201d selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Drone Dominance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon launched the Drone Dominance programme on 17 December last year. The US Department of War is prepared to spend more than $1 billion on the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme will run in four stages. Every six months, the Pentagon plans to select vendors and procure systems from the winners of the trials. Following the first stage, which begins today, the US plans to order 30,000 drones from the 12 best-performing companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those 12 winners will be ranked and awarded different order volumes. For example, the first-ranked company could receive an order for 2,500 drones, while the twelfth-ranked supplier would supply 1,400 units. In stages two to four, both the number of drones and the number of participating companies may change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"font-size:15px\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dates<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Units<br>Purchased<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Average Price<br>Per Unit<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Total Orders<br>Value<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Maximum Vendors<br>Receiving Orders<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Phase 1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">February 2026 &#8211; July 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$5000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$150m<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Phase 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">August 2026 &#8211; January 2027<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">60,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$5000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$300m<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Phase 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">February 2027 &#8211; July 2027<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$3000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$300m<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Phase 4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">August 2027 &#8211; January 2028<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">150,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$2300<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$345m<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drone Dominance phases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first stage of the programme kicks off today, 19 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian Drone Fight Group has joined the selection process through a partnership with two US companies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,31],"tags":[2303,2213,127,642,2214,373,242,2215],"class_list":["post-22589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","category-investments","tag-drone-dominance","tag-drone-fight-group","tag-drones","tag-export","tag-ondas","tag-pentagon","tag-usa","tag-vladyslav-plaksin","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukrainian Drone Fight Group bids for a Pentagon contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ukrainian Drone Fight Group has joined the selection process through a partnership with two US companies. 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