Powerus teams with Swarmer to add swarming capability to its drones

Matrix family FPV drones (Powerus)

Autonomous Power Corporation, doing business as Powerus, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Swarmer to evaluate the integration of Swarmer's co-ordination software with Powerus' air and maritime unmanned systems.

The MOU aims “to explore the technical and operational feasibility of integrating Swarmer's vendor-agnostic swarming and co-ordination software with Powerus' unified autonomous systems architecture. The collaboration is exploratory and is intended to evaluate joint deployment concepts for defence, critical infrastructure protection, border security, and counter-drone missions”, according to a Powerus statement on 3 June 2026.

“The MOU establishes a framework for good-faith technical exchanges, integration testing, and demonstration planning, and does not commit either company to any production, procurement, or financial obligation,” the statement noted.

The statement identified potential areas for collaboration, such as interoperability between Swarmer's co-ordination system and Powerus' drones; “co-ordinated multi-drone operations, including swarming, deconfliction, and distributed mission execution across heterogeneous unmanned systems; candidate concepts of operation (CONOPS) and demonstration scenarios for counter-UAS [unmanned aircraft system], interceptor co-ordination, and critical-infrastructure protection; and manufacturing and integration feasibility, supported by Powerus' US-based production base and strategic supplier network”.

Battlefield drones

Powerus was founded in 2025 by a group that worked with Ukrainian personnel on drones after the Russian invasion in 2022, Brett Velicovich, co-founder and chief operations officer (COO) of Powerus, told Janes on 12 June.

The war in Ukraine revealed areas where the US may lack capabilities. “Powerus was formed to basically plug the gaps and bring battle-tested technology and put it in the hands of the [American] warfighter,” he said.

Powerus has three operating companies, Kaizen Aerospace, which produces autonomous heavy-lift drones; Tandem Defense, which builds tactical drones; and Agile Autonomy, which supplies autonomy capabilities for maritime platforms.