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DIU Drone Dominance Program — Lethality Challenge
DIU competition to identify solutions for its Drone Dominance Program; Kela Technologies was named one of five winners of the Lethality Challenge, receiving a placement on a preferred-solutions list for Gauntlet II applicants.
Overview
- Agency
- U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
- Acronym
- Domain
- Small lethal-drone acquisition — $1.0 billion Big Beautiful Bill Act earmark at the program's Dec 2025 launch, grown to $1.1 billion in prototype orders across four phases per the War Department's Feb 2026 Phase I announcement
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