Ondas places initial order for 500 Wasp drones from Rift Dynamics

Ondas (ONDS) Holdings placed its initial order of 500 Wasp drones from Rift Dynamics to launch U.S. defense market distribution through its American Robotics subsidiary. The Wasp is a combat-ready, NDAA-compliant, attritable drone system designed to meet the growing demand from the U.S. Department of War for “mass affordable” strike and perimeter defense platforms. With its modular architecture, NATO interoperability, and battlefield validation, Wasp strengthens Ondas’ layered defense portfolio alongside the Optimus autonomous aerial system and Iron Drone Raider counter-UAS solution. Production of the initial 500 Wasp units will be carried out by Kitron. Kitron’s distributed network provides Rift and Ondas with the ability to rapidly scale to more than 20,000 units per month worldwide within six months of order. With exclusive U.S. distribution rights secured through American Robotics, Ondas is actively pursuing DOW program bids and expects to receive its initial deliveries of Wasp systems in Q4 2025.