SECTION 06

Adjacent Partners &Coalition Landscape

Companies with aligned policy interests, active DoW relationships, or complementary capabilities. These are not competitors — they are potential co-advocacy partners for NDAA provisions and joint testimony. The Domestic Drone Industry Coalition is built from this roster.

CONFIRMED ADJACENT PARTNERS

Auterion Government Solutions

ALIGNED

RELATIONSHIP

Gauntlet I & II participant; Gauntlet I winner

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Aligned — domestic UAS, anti-DJI

NOTES

Software integration platform. Different product category. Strong Hill relationships.

Firestorm Labs

ALIGNED

RELATIONSHIP

Gauntlet II participant

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Aligned — domestic UAS procurement

NOTES

Attack-drone focus. Not a direct competitor to the C100 public safety platform.

Skydio

WATCH

RELATIONSHIP

Blue UAS listed; active DoW contracts

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Aligned — actively lobbying for domestic drone procurement and against DJI

NOTES

Skydio occupies the LE/public safety market. Watch — their platform competes with C100 here. Selective co-advocacy on NDAA provisions.

Shield AI

ALIGNED

RELATIONSHIP

DoW contracts; $2B Series E; Gauntlet II-adjacent

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Aligned on DAWG funding

NOTES

Pentagon tapped Shield AI for low-cost drone program (May 2026). Focus on autonomy software and VTOL — not a direct hardware competitor to PDW.

Anduril

ALIGNED

RELATIONSHIP

Major DoW contractor; $60B valuation

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Broadly aligned on domestic manufacturing

NOTES

Primarily larger systems (Fury CCA, Ghost). Different acquisition tier. Co-advocacy on domestic industrial base makes sense.

Ascent Aerosystems

ALIGNED

RELATIONSHIP

Gauntlet I & II winner

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Aligned on domestic UAS

NOTES

Coaxial drone design. Not a direct C100 competitor. Gauntlet co-participant.

AUVSI

ALIGNED

RELATIONSHIP

Industry association

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Aligned — Defense and Air Advocacy Committees are the primary industry coalition venue

NOTES

Provides access to Hill relationships and co-advocacy opportunities. If PDW is not advocacy-level, that should be evaluated.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE NOTE

No verified defense-adjacent drone company named "Rainmaker" was found in current sourcing. The name matches a cloud-seeding company (Rainmaker, Pocatello ID). If you're thinking of a specific company, flag it and we'll research and add.