The Pentagon’s Blue UAS list gained at least 20 drones from 15 makers in 2026. The official list dates 49 of its 82 entries to this year, but most of the gap comes from how its new portal recorded aircraft that were already cleared.
The Defense Innovation Unit handed the list to the Defense Contract Management Agency in December 2025. DCMA’s portal gives every entry a “date added”. On 24 October it held 82 entries, and 49 of them carried a 2026 date.
Two dates do most of that work. The portal gives 22 entries 10 July 2026. Among them are Anduril’s Ghost, on the list since May 2024, and Teledyne FLIR’s Black Hornet 4, whose clearance Teledyne announced in June 2025. At least 10 of the 22 were cleared before this year.
Eight more entries share 19 February 2026. Six of those were announced or reported as cleared between 2022 and November 2025. Skydio announced its X10D’s clearance in May 2024.
Three entries repeat aircraft already on the list. On 14 October the portal added two of Harris Aerial’s Carrier H6 drones a second time, under a new category, and moved a third. “It hasn’t been withdrawn!” Benjamin Harris, the company’s president, told FlightBrief the next day. Colsa’s CDS-100 Crest also appears twice.
The 20 that joined this year
FlightBrief checked every 2026 date against the makers’ own announcements. Seventeen aircraft carry a date of their own, and no maker announced any of them as cleared before it. Where makers did announce, they did so days or weeks after the portal date.
Three more joined this year behind a batch date. Vector announced its Longbow four days after 19 February. WISPR announced its SkyScout 2+ in April, and Ondas announced the Optimus in January; both carry 10 July.
| Date on the list | Aircraft | Maker |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct | Cerberus MI | Skyborne Technologies |
| 14 Oct | HAMMER F1 | Vector |
| 24 Sep | Alta X Gen2 | Freefly Systems |
| 8 Jul | X10 and R10 | Skydio |
| 8 Jul | RQ-35 Heidrun | Sky-Watch |
| 5 Jun | Carrier H6 Electric, Heavy Lift and Hybrid EFI | Harris Aerial |
| 5 May | CDU-300 Talon | Colsa |
| 5 May | MONARK | EchoMAV |
| 5 May | Osprey | Skyfish |
| 24 Apr | Trinity Pro | Quantum Systems |
| 21 Apr | Grackle | Purple Rhombus |
| 20 Apr | PROTEUS | Envision Technology |
| 7 Apr | Black Widow | Red Cat |
| 3 Mar | CDS-100 Crest | Colsa |
| 10 Jul (batch) | SkyScout 2+, announced April | WISPR Systems |
| 10 Jul (batch) | Optimus 1-EX, announced January | American Robotics (Ondas) |
| 19 Feb (batch) | Longbow, announced 23 February | Vector |
No entry is dated August 2026. Nine remain unresolved: Wingtra’s WingtraRAY and eight of the 10 July group, among them Neros’s two Archer Block entries and Titan Dynamics’ Raptor. No announcement dates them either way.
One more 10 July entry is not an aircraft. 3DR’s “Autopilot” is the company’s flight controller, Anastasia Zakharova, 3DR’s chief executive, told FlightBrief on 27 October. She said customers had submitted it before 3DR itself was accepted onto the list, and that 3DR is changing the description.
FlightBrief’s Blue UAS table carries every entry with its official date and source, and may be reused with credit. The two newest aircraft are both from October: Vector’s HAMMER F1 and Skyborne’s Cerberus MI, an armed drone that fires 40mm grenades.
