AMERICAN UAS MANUFACTURING PARTNER

Build Your Drone
Entirely in America

As the DoW's $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program reshapes military procurement, drone companies need a proven U.S. manufacturing partner — with the airframe engineering depth, avionics integration capability, and production infrastructure to bring your sUAS program to scale without leaving American soil.

Domestic Supply Chain

FCC / FAA Compliant

ITAR Registered

Full ODM & Contract Mfg

Chip-Down Avionics

$1.1B

DoW Program Funding

340K

Drones Targeted by 2027

<$2K

Target Unit Cost

4

Program Phases / Gauntlets

PROGRAM ALERT

The DoW's Drone Dominance Program is actively ordering. Phase I placed $150M in prototype delivery orders — Phase II scaling is underway. If you're a vendor in the program or looking to compete, you need a manufacturing partner now.

70+ YEARS OF USA
DESIGN & MANUFACTURING

The Strategic Moment

THE DRONE DOMINANCE IMPERATIVE

The U.S. military has declared drones the most significant battlefield innovation in generations. Small drone companies that can scale domestic manufacturing now will define the next era of American defense capability.

ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES OVERVIEW

CHINA HOLDS 90% OF THE MARKET

China has captured more than 90% of the global commercial drone market through subsidies, pricing pressure, and supply-chain control. The U.S. military has explicitly recognized it is "years behind the curve" — and is using the Drone Dominance Program to rapidly reverse that gap.

DRONES ARE THE DECISIVE WEAPON

Conflicts in Ukraine, Israel, Iran, and beyond have proven that low-cost drones now account for a staggering proportion of battlefield casualties. Adversaries collectively produce millions of inexpensive drones each year. The U.S. must match and exceed that capacity.

A STEADY $1B DEMAND SIGNAL

With ~$1.1 billion in committed funding and an iterative Gauntlet structure, DoW is creating the first sustained, predictable demand signal in U.S. drone history — enabling manufacturers to invest in capacity with confidence for the first time.

SMALL COMPANIES NEED TO SCALE FAST

The 25 vendors selected for Phase I Gauntlet represent innovative, agile drone developers — but most lack the production infrastructure to fulfill orders in the hundreds of thousands. That gap is the manufacturing opportunity.

THE DRONE DOMINANCE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Initiated under an executive order from President Trump and operationalized by Secretary Hegseth's "Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance" memorandum, the program is structured across four competitive phases — each beginning with a "Gauntlet" evaluation at Fort Benning, Georgia. Unit prices are designed to fall from $5,000 in Phase I to under $2,000 by the program's conclusion, while volumes scale dramatically. All systems must be domestically designed and manufactured.

300K+

Drones for Combat Units

17

Initial Military Units Receiving Drones

2027

Full Deployment Target

Engineering Depth

WHAT WE BUILD

From frame design through avionics integration, firmware, and flight testing — our team executes the full UAS development stack. We don't bolt components together. We engineer systems from first principles.

PLATFORM TYPES

Quadrotor sUAS, fixed-wing, hybrid VTOL, one-way attack, ISR platforms

DESIGN SERVICES

Airframe, avionics, payload integration, flight control system architecture

MANUFACTURING

Composite layup, CNC machining, PCBA, final assembly, functional test

SOFTWARE

Flight controller firmware, GCS software, MAVLINK/proprietary stack

SUPPLY CHAIN

100% domestic sourcing strategy, NDAA-compliant component qualification, custom IC design to replace China-only sourced components

VOLUMES

Prototype through high-volume production — scalable to program demand

01 AIRFRAME DESIGN & COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING

Carbon fiber and advanced composite airframes engineered for the specific mission profile — optimized for payload, endurance, survivability, and producibility at scale. In-house layup and tooling means no IP exposure.

02 AVIONICS INTEGRATION & FLIGHT CONTROL

Full avionics stack integration from chip-down: flight controllers, IMUs, GPS/anti-spoofing receivers, RF communications, and payload interfaces. Our engineers understand every trade-off from silicon to mission system.

03 FIRMWARE & EMBEDDED SOFTWARE

Flight firmware and ground control software developed and audited on U.S. soil — zero exposure to undisclosed foreign code. Full source access, no vendor lock-in, cleared for ITAR-sensitive programs.

04 PCB FABRICATION & PCBA

In-house printed circuit board assembly for flight-critical electronics. IPC-A-610 workmanship standards. Functional test fixtures developed alongside production to catch failures before they leave the floor.

05 RF & COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

C2 link design, frequency hopping, spectrum characterization, and jamming resilience validation. In-house RF test infrastructure — signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and shielded chambers — available for your program.

06 PRODUCTION SCALING & KITTING

From prototype to volume production, our facility scales with your program. Lean manufacturing processes, rigorous in-process quality controls, and kitting operations ensure the ten-thousandth drone performs like the first.

07 CHINA-SOURCED IC REPLACEMENT — A CAPABILITY MOST CMs CANNOT OFFER

Many drone designs today rely on integrated circuits — video overlay processors, image signal processors, ESC controller ICs, and others — that are sourced exclusively from Chinese manufacturers. These components create hard NDAA §889 compliance barriers, supply chain fragility, and potential security exposure that can disqualify a program entirely. Most contract manufacturers have no answer to this problem beyond "find a different part" — which often means rearchitecting the design from scratch.

Our U.S.-based engineering team can do what few CMs can: design custom IC-level replacements and mixed-signal solutions that substitute for China-only components while maintaining full software compatibility with your existing firmware and ecosystem. Whether it's a video overlay IC, a motor controller, or another function currently locked to a Chinese-sourced part, we can engineer a domestically sourced or custom alternative — keeping your architecture intact, your software unchanged, and your program NDAA-compliant.

CERTIFICATIONS
FCC	FCC Part 15 (unlicensed WiFi), Part 22, Part 24, and Part 27 (licensed cellular bands) authorization. Full pre-compliance and submission support through accredited labs.
IC	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) certification for Canadian market access — typically addressed in parallel with FCC filings to optimize schedule.
WIFI	WiFi Alliance certification experience from chip-down wireless solutions — covering 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi-Fi 4 through Wi-Fi 6E). Ensures interoperability and brand mark authorization for market differentiation.
BQB	Bluetooth BQB (Bluetooth Qualification Body) Mandatory Bluetooth SIG certification covering RF performance, protocol conformance, and profile compatibility for any Bluetooth-enabled product.
PTCRB	Global cellular device certification covering LTE and 5G NR protocol conformance. Required baseline for carrier submission across all major North American operators.
T-MOBILE	T-Mobile device approval including band-specific performance validation across its expansive 5G SA and NSA network footprint, including 600 MHz low-band coverage tiers.
VERIZON	Verizon Open Development Certification — one of the industry's most rigorous carrier approval processes, covering RF performance, protocol compliance, and network operations testing.
AT&T	AT&T Device Certification for network attachment, data session handling, and device behavior on the FirstNet and commercial LTE/5G infrastructure.

THE WINEGARD ADVANTAGE

One Partner.
Complete Domestic Execution.

Router and gateway program leaders choose Winegard because we collapse the vendor map. Engineering, RF characterization, PCB fabrication, PCBA, mechanical production, firmware integration, certification, and final assembly — all under one roof in Burlington, Iowa. That means tighter feedback loops, faster iteration, and supply chain control that foreign manufacturing simply cannot offer.

01 VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PRODUCTION

PCB fabrication and assembly, CNC machining, injection molding, metal fabrication, painting, and kitting — all in-house. No hidden subcontractor dependencies that introduce schedule risk or IP exposure.

02 RF-LITERATE ENGINEERING TEAM

Our engineers have designed and validated wireless products at the chip level. When you bring a router architecture to us, you're working with a team that speaks your language across every RF, firmware, and antenna trade-off.

03 DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE

In a world of tariff volatility and foreign supply chain disruption, a U.S.-manufactured router program managed by Winegard provides the sourcing visibility and procurement agility your customers and government clients require.

04 IP STAYS IN AMERICA

Your firmware, antenna designs, and hardware schematics never cross a border. For defense, government, and enterprise clients operating under ITAR, CMMC, or other compliance frameworks, this is non-negotiable.

05 ACCELERATED TIME-TO-MARKET

Eliminating overseas logistics, re-work shipping cycles, and international coordination overhead compresses program schedules. Our co-located design and manufacturing teams move at the speed your roadmap demands.

06 SCALABLE PRODUCTION CAPACITY

From prototype runs through volume production, our Burlington facility scales with your program. Rigorous quality systems and in-process controls ensure the thousandth unit performs identically to the first.

THE WINEGARD ADVANTAGE

One Partner.
Complete Domestic Execution.

READY TO BUILD YOUR AMERICAN WIFI ROUTER?

Talk to our wireless engineering team about your program requirements — architecture, certification targets, production volumes, and timelines.

AMERICAN UAS MANUFACTURING PARTNER

Build Your Drone Entirely in America

$1.1B

340K

<$2K

4

PROGRAM ALERT

The DoW's Drone Dominance Program is actively ordering. Phase I placed $150M in prototype delivery orders — Phase II scaling is underway. If you're a vendor in the program or looking to compete, you need a manufacturing partner now.

70+ YEARS OF USA DESIGN & MANUFACTURING

The Strategic Moment

THE DRONE DOMINANCE IMPERATIVE

ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES OVERVIEW

CHINA HOLDS 90% OF THE MARKET

DRONES ARE THE DECISIVE WEAPON

A STEADY $1B DEMAND SIGNAL

SMALL COMPANIES NEED TO SCALE FAST

THE DRONE DOMINANCE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

300K+

17

2027

Engineering Depth

WHAT WE BUILD

PLATFORM TYPES

DESIGN SERVICES

MANUFACTURING

SOFTWARE

SUPPLY CHAIN

VOLUMES

01

AIRFRAME DESIGN & COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING

02

AVIONICS INTEGRATION & FLIGHT CONTROL

03

FIRMWARE & EMBEDDED SOFTWARE

04

PCB FABRICATION & PCBA

05

RF & COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

06

PRODUCTION SCALING & KITTING

07

CHINA-SOURCED IC REPLACEMENT — A CAPABILITY MOST CMs CANNOT OFFER

THE WINEGARD ADVANTAGE

One Partner. Complete Domestic Execution.

01

VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PRODUCTION

02

RF-LITERATE ENGINEERING TEAM

03

DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE

04

IP STAYS IN AMERICA

05

ACCELERATED TIME-TO-MARKET

06

SCALABLE PRODUCTION CAPACITY

THE WINEGARD ADVANTAGE

One Partner. Complete Domestic Execution.

READY TO BUILD YOUR AMERICAN WIFI ROUTER?

Build Your Drone
Entirely in America

70+ YEARS OF USA
DESIGN & MANUFACTURING

One Partner.
Complete Domestic Execution.

One Partner.
Complete Domestic Execution.