First Breach Advances Ammunition and Drone Manufacturing Expansion as U.S. Reshoring Accelerates
Key Highlights
- ➤Pentagon’s roughly $1 billion Drone Dominance Program targets hundreds of thousands of American-made drones
- ➤First Breach targets scaled drone production at Hagerstown campus by Q2 2027
- ➤More than 200,000 contiguous square feet under development for ammunition and drone manufacturing
- ➤Close Quarters Strike drone reached 100 mph during untethered autonomous flight testing
- ➤Long Range Strike platform completed its initial test flight
Expert Statements
Jeffrey Low, CEO of First Breach
“For 20 years, manufacturing decisions defaulted to building overseas because it was cheaper. Basing decisions on cost alone is now over. One area where this country has decided it will no longer depend on foreign factories is the production of ammunition and drones for its own military and its own agencies' needs. That is what reshoring looks like today, with U.S. manufacturers directly benefitting from billions of dollars in new contracts and investments in facilities and workers to meet increased demand.”
Jordan Low, President and Chief Operating Officer of First Breach
“This is what a serious reshoring effort should look like: policy and manufacturing capacity arriving together rather than years apart. Anyone can say they support American manufacturing, but it’s just talk unless there is investment to back those words up, we are putting money where our mouth is by moving from a single product line to a vertically integrated ammunition and drone operation, built entirely on U.S. soil, on a timeline that gets ahead of the deadlines the federal government has set for itself.”
HAGERSTOWN, MD / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2026 / First Breach Inc. (NASDAQ:FBDT) ("First Breach" or the "Company"), an American-made defense technologies company focused on vertically integrated ammunition production and next-generation unmanned aerial systems, is advancing its Hagerstown manufacturing expansion as federal investment and procurement priorities reinforce demand for domestic defense production. The Company believes this shift reflects a lasting national security priority that extends beyond any single policy cycle.
The Pentagon's roughly $1 billion Drone Dominance Program, announced in December 2025, aims to buy hundreds of thousands of American-made drones and is designed to give industry a steady, long-term demand signal. The program's second phase, which takes effect this year, restricts motors and battery systems from covered countries.
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