Industry Outlook and Company Strategy - The U S and its allies have underinvested in defense spending for 15+ years[10] - The Ukraine conflict has shifted defense spending priorities toward integrated AI platforms such as uncrewed systems and lethal drones[11, 12] - The company blends innovation and experience, using customer partnerships and technologies to balance growth, profitability, innovation, and risk[17] - The company's solutions address the U S DoD's fastest-growing priorities, including precision fires, autonomous UAS, C-UAS, space technologies, cybersecurity, and advanced munitions[19] Autonomous Systems Segment - The Autonomous Systems (AxS) segment's FY2025 pro forma revenue was $1 049 billion, with Q1 FY2026 actual revenue of $285 million[60] - The AxS segment has an addressable opportunity exceeding $15 billion by FY30, with a 16% 5-year CAGR for offensive systems, 12% for defensive systems, 14% for uncrewed systems, and 17% for MW/ADV[81, 82] - The company has potential near-term manufacturing scalability, including 3x for Puma 3 AE and JUMP 20, 5x for P550, 4x for Red Dragon, 2x for VAPOR 55 MX and Switchblade 300, 2 5x for Switchblade 600 Block 1, and 6x for Switchblade 600 Block 2 (LRIP)[68] - The company is pursuing large-scale program opportunities, including the U S Marine Corps OPF (Switchblade) at $2B+, NGCM (Freedom Eagle-1) at $1B+, U S Army LASSO (Switchblade) at $1B+, and U S Army LRR (P550) at $1B+[78] Space, Cyber and Directed Energy Segment - The Space, Cyber, and Directed Energy (SCDE) segment's FY2025 pro forma revenue was $646 million, with Q1 FY2026 revenue of approximately $170 million[90] - The Space and Directed Energy FY30 addressable opportunity exceeds $27 billion, including $4 billion for laser communications (8% 5-year CAGR), $13 billion for directed energy (9% 5-year CAGR), $3 billion for RF SATCOM (24% 5-year CAGR), and $7 billion for space-grade electronics (7% 5-year CAGR)[127] - The company is pursuing large-scale program wins, including SCAR (BADGER) at $1 7B+, Long-Haul Laser Communications at $240M+, and LOCUST AMP-HEL/HELMSMAN (Advanced Materials) at $499M+[106]
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