Swarm Aero Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-11 - Contract Award - Swarm Aero secures more than $10m in AFRL manufacturing contracts - The manufacturing work supports Swarm Aero’s planned mass-producible Group 5 autonomous aircraft. A related AFRL Phase II programme applies high-automation commercial composite processes to low-cost aerostructure production. The company is developing the… - source: x.com
• 2026-06-09 - Partnership - Swarm Aero selects Honeywell TPE331 engines for Group 5 UAS - Swarm selected the commercially available Honeywell TPE331 as the powerplant for its large, multi-mission Group 5 uncrewed aircraft. Initial propulsion systems had already been supplied under the contract, and the companies were working together on aircraft… - source: swarm.aero
• 2026-03-11 - Funding - Swarm Aero raises $35M Series A for large UAV development - Swarm Aero announced a $35 million Series A to accelerate development and deployment of its large UAV and swarm software. Two Sigma Ventures and Silent Ventures led the round, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Construct Capital, Coatue, Founders Fund… - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-02-18 - Facility Opening - Swarm Aero opens its Advanced Manufacturing Center in Fayetteville - Swarm Aero announced the opening of its 80,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The company said the site would accelerate development and deployment of its large UAV and eventually support production at the… - source: businesswire.com
• 2024-11-20 - Contract Award - DIU awards Swarm Aero a prototype contract for Replicator's Autonomous Collaborative Teaming effort - The Defense Innovation Unit said Swarm Aero received a prototype award under the Autonomous Collaborative Teaming effort supporting Replicator. DIU said the ACT work is focused on automated coordination of swarms of hundreds or thousands of uncrewed assets… - source: diu.mil
• 2024-03-01 - Facility Opening - Swarm Aero selects Northwest Arkansas for advanced manufacturing - Swarm Aero said it selected Northwest Arkansas as the site for advanced high-volume manufacturing of uncrewed aircraft after evaluating locations in more than 20 states. The announcement established the region as the future home of its production center and… - source: swarm.aero