Red Cat Holdings, Inc. has announced a new international defense contract, marking a significant expansion of its presence in the Indo-Pacific region. In December 2025, a second allied nation in the Asia-Pacific selected Red Cat’s Black Widow™ small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) through a competitive tender. The company is scheduled to deliver an undisclosed number of the systems during the 2026 calendar year.
This latest order follows another recent sale to a different Asia-Pacific military, underscoring growing allied demand for U.S.-built, secure drone technology. Each complete Black Widow system includes two aircraft, a ground control station, and essential mission components, providing a portable intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
“This agreement highlights the trust our international partners place in Red Cat to deliver secure, U.S.-built drone systems purpose-built for today’s battlefield,” said Jeff Thompson, CEO of Red Cat. “We’re honored to support our Asia-Pacific allies with a platform engineered for performance in contested environments. As geopolitical dynamics shift, we see accelerating demand for autonomous, interoperable technologies.”
The Black Widow is engineered as a tactical sUAS, featuring a rugged design and secure communications architecture. A key selling point for allied governments is its compliance with the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), as it is manufactured domestically within the United States.
The company indicated that further details regarding the scale and value of both recent Asia-Pacific orders will be released in the near future. This expansion occurs as Red Cat broadens its portfolio beyond aerial systems into the maritime domain through its Blue Ops, Inc. division, focusing on uncrewed surface vessels.
Red Cat provides drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security through its subsidiaries, Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace. Its core product line is a modular “Family of Systems” designed for multi-domain operations.
