Xtremis Wins Army Contract for AI Drone-Detection Research
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Xtremis Wins Army Contract for AI Drone-Detection Research

The Washington, D.C., firm secured a firm-fixed-price award valued at up to $46.8 million to develop machine-learning methods for spotting unmanned aircraft, with work running through October 2029.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: August 4, 2026, 1:15 PM ET

Xtremis Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based technology firm, won an Army contract to develop artificial intelligence that detects hostile drones, its first federal award recorded in the database, as announced on war.gov.