Oshkosh Defense and Grid Aero Announce Strategic Partnership
Business Wire•02/11/2026•08:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Oshkosh Defense partners with Grid Aero to industrialize autonomous logistics aircraft
- ➤Oshkosh will support Lifter aircraft design, production planning, and supply-chain optimization
- ➤Partnership targets scalable, low-cost Group 4 and 5 unmanned aircraft
- ➤Initial work covers production engineering, manufacturing design, and defense-customer engagement
Expert Statements
Logan Jones, Chief Growth Officer of Oshkosh Defense
“This partnership represents a new model for defense innovation, bringing Silicon Valley's transformative technology development together with the Midwest's unmatched manufacturing capability”
Logan Jones, Chief Growth Officer of Oshkosh Defense
“Grid Aero brings cutting-edge autonomous aircraft innovation, and Oshkosh brings the industrial capability to make it real at scale. Together, we're addressing critical defense needs with American innovation and American manufacturing.”
Arthur Dubois, CEO of Grid Aero
“We designed our Lifter aircraft platform to bend the cost curve for long-range airpower. It is simple, rugged, piston-powered, and built from ubiquitous materials, borrowing as much from military trucks as from traditional aircraft.”
Arthur Dubois, CEO of Grid Aero
“That is what makes Oshkosh the right partner. Their manufacturing expertise and defense experience let us build at the quality, cost, and scale that today's customers require.”
Collaboration Pairs Silicon Valley Innovation with Midwest Manufacturing Excellence to Deliver Advanced Autonomous Logistics Capabilities
Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh Corporation [NYSE: OSK] company, and Grid Aero , a Silicon Valley-based autonomous aircraft company, today announced a strategic partnership to bring cutting-edge autonomous modular payload aircraft technology into production-ready reality for America's defense needs.
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