Catalysts & risks
Industry calendar (qualitative)
- FY2027 NDAA and appropriations — C-UAS and sUAS plus-ups vs. plus-down.
- Army SRR full-rate production and fielding evidence for Black Widow.
- AVAV FY27 execution vs. $2.125–2.225B guide; BlueHalo integration quality.
- RTX Coyote multi-year / LIDS follow-on orders vs. $5.04B IDIQ ceiling.
- DCMA Blue List additions/removals; Neros, Skydio (private), Teal, AV Red Dragon.
- Ondas conversion of $613M reported / $757M pro forma backlog — funded vs. acquired.
- AEVEX BlackSea close and Deep Strike replenishment after backlog drawdown.
Name-level catalysts
- AVAV 2026-09 earnings
FY27 Q1 print (historically early September)
- RCAT 2026-H2 procurement
SRR LRIP / FRP delivery-order evidence
- RCAT 2026-11 earnings
Q3 2026 earnings (est.)
- ONDS 2026-11-12 earnings
Q3 2026 earnings (Yahoo est.)
- ONDS 2026-H2 M&A
DZYNE / Cyberhawk funded vs. pro forma backlog bridge
- UMAC 2026-11-05 earnings
Q3 earnings (est.)
- KTOS 2026-YE procurement
Possible additional USMC Valkyrie order (company commentary)
- AVEX 2026-H2 M&A
BlackSea Technologies close / break
- AVEX 2026-11-12 earnings
Q3 earnings (est.)
- TDY 2026-10 earnings
Q3 earnings (typical late Oct)
- LHX 2026-08-25 industry
IDGA Counter-UAS Summit (Washington area)
- RTX 2026-H2 policy
FY27 multi-year Coyote language in budget/NDAA
- PLTR ongoing product
Army demo of VNav on fielded Black Widow (company intent)
- DPRO 2026-11 earnings
Next earnings (est.)
Risk register (high)
- AVAV · Acquisition accounting
Impairment already taken; SCDE mix risk.
- RCAT · Program conversion
Selection without funded FRP is a narrative.
- RCAT · Production yield
GM 16% while ramping.
- RCAT · Dilution
Loss-making small cap.
- ONDS · Dilution
571M shares; ~320M potentially dilutive.
- ONDS · Backlog quality
Pro forma vs. reported; pipeline ≠ RPO.
- UMAC · China materials
Motors without a published origin matrix.
- UMAC · Valuation
Price/sales on a small base.
- KTOS · CCA competition
Primes and private attritable OEMs.
- AVEX · Backlog replenishment
Funded book $260M vs. $710M guide.
- PLTR · Immateriality
Drone is not the stock.
- PLTR · Valuation
Premium software multiple.
- DPRO · Scale
~$6M TTM.