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Tekever
Portuguese-UK drone unicorn; AR3 ISR in Ukrainian service; £1bn+ UK contracts.
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#18 16 Sept
Won the Watchkeeper replacement contract
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK awards Tekever up to £400m for AR5#18 16 Sept
#16 21 Jul
Unveiled the AR6 heavy-lift drone and is bidding it into combat autonomy
Drones: Industry & Defence: Tekever climbs weight classes with AR6#11 8 Jun
Mentioned in: Drone Dominance Gauntlet opens 8 June
Drones: Industry & Defence#10 20 May
committed GBP 400 million five-year UK investment and opened a US office targeting SOCOM
Drones: Industry & Defence: Tekever commits £400M to UK expansion#10 15 May
selected for Project NYX Apache loyal-wingman assessment phase
Drones: Industry & Defence: UK launches Apache drone wingman trial#8 8 May
Mentioned in: Ukraine lands 347 drones on Moscow's Victory Day
Drones: Industry & Defence#6 15 Apr
Named as one of three primary suppliers in the £752M package
Drones: Industry & Defence: Healey commits £752M for 120,000 Ukraine drones in Berlin#6 15 Apr
Disclosed £270M in prior MoD contracts and announced 254,000 sq ft Swindon factory opening summer 2026
Drones: Industry & Defence: Malloy revealed as BAE subsidiary as Tekever scale emerges#6 15 Apr
#6 15 Apr
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#6 15 Apr
“contracted as primary supplier”
Drones: Industry & Defence · source event