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The American Drone Revolution
How the Drone Dominance Program, SkyFoundry, and the Foreign Drone Ban Are Converging to Reshape American Manufacturing, Defense, and Investment
A Strategic Briefing for Manufacturers, Entrepreneurs, and Investors · By Brian Southers, CEO, Mule Works Inc.
Five things happened in the last six months that most people outside defense aren't talking about:
- The Drone Dominance Program — $1B, 340,000+ drones, 25 vendors
- The SkyFoundry Act — 1 million drones/year government facility
- The Foreign Drone Ban — FCC blocked ALL foreign-made drones
- The Blue UAS Cleared List — direct lane to billions in federal contracts
- The Executive Order — "Unleashing American Drone Dominance"
The U.S. Army target: from ~50,000 drones/year to 1 million. A 20x increase.
The full white paper breaks down every initiative, timeline, and funding source.