Federal Ammunition, Mossberg, and Palladyne AI Launch Joint Development of SwarmShot™, a Modular Autonomous Airborne Counter-UAS System
Business Wire•07/10/2026•07:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Palladyne AI, Federal, and Mossberg launch joint SwarmShot counter-UAS development
- ➤SwarmShot initially targets Palladyne AI’s Gremlin-X Group 1 quadcopter mini-bomber
- ➤Planned third-party integration kit could expand SwarmShot beyond Gremlin-X platforms
- ➤Development schedules, customer engagements, and financial terms were not disclosed
Expert Statements
Ben Wolff, President and CEO of Palladyne AI
“SwarmShot is a defensive application of the true autonomous swarming capability we demonstrated with the Army at PC-C6 and other exercises”
Jason Vanderbrink, Chairman and CEO of The Kinetic Group
“Federal has always engineered ammunition around the mission.”
Doug Bell, President and COO of Mossberg
“This is not simply an existing shotgun mounted to a drone”
Federal Ammunition, Mossberg, and Palladyne AI Launch Joint Development of SwarmShot™, a Modular Autonomous Airborne Counter-UAS System
Purpose-built ammunition, an airborne weapon module, and Army-demonstrated true autonomous swarming will create a reusable kinetic swarm designed to defeat hostile drones
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