--- title: "Autonomous Warfare Market Snapshot: June 2026" description: Explore key opportunities, agencies, programs, vendors, and awards shaping the autonomous warfare market in June 2026—powered by GovTribe intelligence. image: https://blog.govtribe.com/hubfs/2025%20Q2%20Quarterly%20Roundup%20(8).png --- Jun 8, 2026 1:43:35 PM # Autonomous Warfare Market Snapshot: June 2026 ![Picture of GovTribe](https://blog.govtribe.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-15%20at%209.34.45%20AM.png?width=50&name=Screen%20Shot%202022-08-15%20at%209.34.45%20AM.png) [ GovTribe ](https://blog.govtribe.com/author/govtribe) Share: [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.govtribe.com/autonomous-warfare-market-snapshot-june-2026) [Share this page on Facebook ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.govtribe.com/autonomous-warfare-market-snapshot-june-2026) [Share this page on Facebook ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.govtribe.com/autonomous-warfare-market-snapshot-june-2026) [Share this page on Facebook ](mailto:?body=https://blog.govtribe.com/autonomous-warfare-market-snapshot-june-2026) Our parent company, [GovExec](https://about.govexec.com/), recently hosted [*Autonomous Warfare: The New Rules of Combat Acquisition*](https://events.govexec.com/autonomous-warfare-and-the-new-rules/), a webinar exploring how autonomy is reshaping defense acquisition and operations. To add to the conversation, we asked [GovTribe AI ](https://govtribe.com/features/govtribe-ai)to find notable opportunities, agencies, programs, vendors, and awards across the autonomous warfare ecosystem. Here’s what we found. [![Autonomous Warfare Market Snapshot](https://blog.govtribe.com/hubfs/Autonomous%20Warfare%20Market%20Snapshot%20(2).png) ](https://blog.govtribe.com/hubfs/Autonomous%20Warfare%20Market%20Snapshot.pdf) ### Get the snapshot. Download a concise, shareable overview of the opportunities, programs, vendors, and awards shaping the autonomous warfare market. [Download PDF](https://blog.govtribe.com/hubfs/Autonomous%20Warfare%20Market%20Snapshot.pdf) ### Key opportunities & players #### Opportunities Emerging contracting activity - [Department of War Drone OTA Consortium](https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/invitation-to-participate-in-the-department-of-war-drone-ota-consortium-w58rgz262sn01) - [AFCENT Battle Lab Commercial Solutions Opening](https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/afcent-battle-lab-commercial-solutions-opening) - [JATF Autonomous Warfare Proving Ground](https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/jatf-autonomous-warfare-proving-ground-jatfautonomouswarfareprovinggroundce) - [Modular Kinetic Lethal Drones](https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/n0016426sca005-aoi-modular-kinetic-lethal-drones-mkld-n0016426sca005) - [Battalion Reconnaissance UAS](https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/battalion-reconnaissance-uncrewed-aircraft-systems-uas-w58rgz26sc001003) - [Purpose-Built Attritable Systems Expansion](https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/purpose-built-attritable-systems-pbas-bomber-family-of-systems-expansion-panapg26p0000044098) #### Agencies Organizations driving investment - [Air Force Research Laboratory](https://govtribe.com/agency/federal-agency/department-of-the-air-force-materiel-command-research-laboratory-64) - [Chief Digital and AI Office](https://govtribe.com/topic-insights/chief-digital-and-ai-office-cdao-1) - [US Special Operations Command](https://govtribe.com/agency/federal-agency/united-states-special-operations-command-40) - [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency](https://govtribe.com/agency/federal-agency/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency-4) #### Programs Initiatives to watch - [U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12740) - [Defense Autonomous Warfare Group](https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2026/05/pentagons-54-billion-bet-autonomous-warfare/413735/) - [DOD Replicator 2](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12611) #### Vendors Companies active in the market - [General Atomics Aeronautical Systems](https://govtribe.com/vendors/general-atomics-aeronautical-systems-inc-dot-us-gov-ga-aeronautical-uav-0yjb5) - [Anduril Industries](https://govtribe.com/vendors/anduril-industries-inc-dot-85ld7) - [AeroVironment](https://govtribe.com/vendors/aerovironment-inc-dot-60107) - [Shield AI](https://govtribe.com/vendors/shield-ai-inc-dot-7gvz9) ### Key awards General Atomics #### [Production-Ready UAV Test Assets](https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/definitive-contract-w58rgz24c0021) *W58RGZ24C0021*   **$3.26B ceiling; $367.4M obligated.** Supports the development and delivery of production-ready test assets for unmanned aerial vehicle programs. General Atomics #### [DARPA LONGSHOT Autonomous Air-Launched Vehicle](https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/definitive-contract-hr001123c0087) *LONGSHOT Phase III*   **$103.4M ceiling; $101.9M obligated.** Advances DARPA's LONGSHOT program, developing an unmanned air-launched vehicle designed to deploy existing air-to-air weapons. Georgia Tech Applied Research #### [Swarming Autonomy for Heterogeneous Unmanned Systems](https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/definitive-contract-n0001424c1515) *Office of Naval Research*   **$84.7M ceiling.** Expands swarming autonomy capabilities across multiple types of unmanned systems for the Office of Naval Research. General Atomics #### [MQ-9 Autonomy and Sensor Modernization](https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/delivery-order-n0001922g0006-n0001924f5565) *MQ-9 Smart Sensor Payloads*   Supports MQ-9 sensor and autonomy upgrades, helping bridge today's remotely piloted aircraft capabilities with next-generation autonomous systems. ### Explore more with GovTribe Dive deeper into this market and others with GovTribe, a platform that combines live, trusted govcon intelligence  with AI-powered research and capture tools to help contractors find the right opportunities, understand their market, and make informed pursuit decisions faster. [ Log In ](https://govtribe.com/login) [ Start Free Trial ](https://govtribe.com/start-free-trial) ### More resources PDF [ Autonomous Warfare Market Snapshot ](https://blog.govtribe.com/hubfs/Autonomous%20Warfare%20Market%20Snapshot.pdf) Download the snapshot. 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