AIRO Completes Major Delivery of its RQ-35 ISTAR UAS, Highlighting Production Scale

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MCLEAN, Va., July 16, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--AIRO Group Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRO), a next-generation aerospace and defense company, today announced the successful delivery of a major unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) order to a global defense customer. Completed during the second quarter of 2026, the delivery highlights the continued expansion of AIRO's autonomous systems business. The delivery marks another milestone in AIRO's strategy to expand its portfolio of proprietary technologies, increase the value delivered on each platform, and strengthen its ability to scale production for allied defense customers. Importantly, this significant delivery demonstrates AIRO's ability to respond rapidly to large-volume customer demand, leveraging the strength of its SkyWatch brand's supply chain, manufacturing capabilities, and operational execution. The RQ-35 Heidrun is a battle-proven, fixed-wing UAS that gives soldiers and decision-makers real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Its onboard mission-centric AI supports detection, recognition and identification, along with customer-specific edge applications. "Getting proven systems into operators' hands quickly is what matters most in today's environment, and this delivery reflects our ability to do exactly that at scale," said AIRO Executive Chairman Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria. "As demand for unmanned ISR accelerates across allied forces, our focus is on being the partner that delivers reliable capability when and where it is needed." Continuously refined through battlefield feedback and validated in Ukraine, the RQ-35 Heidrun offers up to three hours of endurance, a 50 km operational range, onboard AI processing, electronic warfare-resilient navigation support and a low visual and acoustic profile. The platform is designed for time-sensitive ISTAR, target observation, route reconnaissance and terrain awareness missions. "This delivery underscores AIRO's strategy to build and scale advanced unmanned systems that meet the urgent needs of allied defense and security customers," said Joe Burns, Chief Executive Officer of AIRO. "Because we build the sensor, the autonomy and the airframe in-house, we control quality, cost and delivery in a way competitors relying on outside suppliers cannot. That vertical integration is what let us convert this order into a fielded capability on schedule, and it is how we intend to keep executing against our backlog." This major RQ-35 drone delivery demonstrates the continued scaling of AIRO's unmanned systems production and the growing role of its platforms in allied defense and security operations. The Company remains focused on expanding production capacity, increasing the amount of proprietary technology across its platform, and delivering mission-critical systems that support future growth opportunities across U.S., NATO, and allied markets.

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