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The drone industry is just starting to take off, creating opportunity for ZenaTech (NASDAQ: ZENA), Leonardo DRS Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS), Ondas Holdings (NASDAQ: ONDS), and AIRO Group Holdings (NASDAQ: AIRO).
That’s because drones are quickly becoming an essential tool for the U.S. government, and multi-billion-dollar businesses involved in engineering, defense, construction, logistics, agriculture, oil and gas, public security and even deliveries.
Look at the drone-as-a-service (DaaS) market, for example.
According to Research and Markets, the industry is expected to be worth about $355.55 billion by 2032. All thanks to strong business demand for enhanced efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Plus, with DaaS there’s no need for upfront costs or operational licensing.
All of which is a solid catalyst for ZenaTech. It’s also what sets the company apart from its competition. Unlike its peers, ZenaTech is unique with its DaaS model for drones.
In fact, ZenaTech’s Drone as a Service (DaaS) business model provides flexible, on-demand subscription or pay-per-use access to drone services for surveying, inspections, automation, and more, eliminating the need to invest in drone hardware and software, pilots, maintenance, or regulatory compliance.
The model also offers scalability to use more often or less often based on business needs and utilizes ZenaDrone’s multifunction AI autonomous drones.
Fueling momentum, ZenaTech Announces the Acquisition of Lescure Engineers Inc. Expanding Drone as a Service (DaaS) to California’s Precision Agriculture and Viticulture Markets
ZenaTech just announced acquisition of Lescure Engineers Inc., an established Santa Rosa, California-based civil engineering and land surveying firm. The acquisition will close by September 12th and will mark ZenaTech’s first Northern California DaaS acquisition, establishing a strategic foothold in one of the nation’s most dynamic precision agriculture, viticulture, and commercial land development markets.
According to Shaun Passley, Ph.D., ZenaTech CEO:
“California’s massive agricultural economy, diverse crops, and labor and water challenges, make it a prime market for ZenaTech’s AI-powered DaaS solutions. By combining Lescure Engineers’ decades of trusted expertise with our AI-powered drone platform, we can bring greater precision, sustainability, and scale to California’s agriculture and viticulture sectors in a way that can transform the landscape of farming.”
Moving forward, the company will continue to acquire land surveying and other businesses ripe for drone innovation, to advance its national vision for a scalable, tech-enabled multiservice drone business anchored by existing customers and recurring revenue.
Plus, this will be the ninth US acquisition toward ZenaTech’s goal of acquiring and establishing 25 Drone-as-a-Service locations by mid-next year.
Other related developments from around the markets include:
Leonardo DRS announced that is has successfully completed its first series of open-water demonstrations of its advanced maritime Mission Equipment Package (MEP) for counter‑UAS (C‑UAS) naval fleet protection. The DRS maritime MEP is a scalable C-UAS system based on DRS’s proven land-based mobile short-range air defense and C-UAS systems. This system is designed to be mounted on a range of small uncrewed surface vessels providing remote ship protection at varying distances, providing a real solution as the Navy looks to autonomous surface vessels to protect ships from air and surface threats. “The U.S. Navy faces the same evolving drone threats as our land forces, and we recognize the urgency of delivering a reliable solution to protect the lives of sailors,” said Cari Ossenfort, senior vice president and general manager of the Leonardo DRS Naval Electronics business unit. “By leveraging our proven expertise in mobile ground-based counter-UAS and short-range air defense systems, we have rapidly developed and demonstrated a maritime force protection capability that provides sailors with full-spectrum situational awareness and the tools to detect, track, and defeat threats at the tactical edge.”
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, today announced the launch of its redesigned corporate website at www.kratosdefense.com. The new website reflects Kratos’ bold vision and evolving identity as an agile leader delivering high-performance-per-cost systems to the warfighter—at the speed of relevance. The site introduces Kratos’ new brand tagline, “Readiness Delivered,” which encapsulates the company’s mission-driven focus on enabling U.S. and allied defense forces to deter and defeat threats in a rapidly changing global security environment, today, affordably, and in mass. “Our new digital presence reflects who we are today: a company that is focused on execution, delivery, and getting the job done—whether it’s hypersonics, drones, propulsion systems, or autonomous vehicles,” said Eric DeMarco, President and CEO of Kratos. “We exist to enable readiness affordably and at speed and scale, and tha
Ondas Holdings, a leading provider of private industrial wireless networks and autonomous drone and robotics solutions, announced the launch of Ondas Capital, a new business unit focused on accelerating the global deployment of unmanned and autonomous systems to Allied defense and security markets. The Company also announced that James Acuna, who recently joined the Ondas Autonomous Systems Advisory Board, will lead the investment program for the Ondas Capital business unit. Ondas Capital will combine advisory services with direct investment to support rapid scaling of mature and combat-proven defense technologies. The unit will initially emphasize activity in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Ukraine, and build bridges to Allied markets in the United States and Europe. Ondas expects to deploy at least $150 million to this initiative over the next two years, with investments expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025.
AIRO Group Holdings, a global leader in advanced aerospace and defense technologies, today announced at EAA AirVenture 2025 in Oshkosh, WI, the development of its new middle-mile, medium-lift cargo drone and the expansion of its operations into the YMX Innovation Zone in Mirabel, Quebec. The initiative is led by its Electric Air Mobility segment, Jaunt Air Mobility, and its Canadian subsidiary, Jaunt Air Mobility Canada. Jaunt’s presence in this hub for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) innovation strengthens its collaboration with Vertiko Mobilité, a Canadian leader in AAM operations and ground infrastructure development, and benefits from the support of Aéroports de Montréal (ADM).
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