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Swarm Aero designs and builds large-scale autonomous UAV swarms along with the Legion command-and-control software that coordinates many drones. Its aircraft use mass-producible composite airframes (Group 5) intended to enable thousands of drones to operate together, even where communications are limited, mainly for U.S. military use. Legion handles distributed autonomy, tasking, and swarm coordination to execute complex missions. The goal is to provide a scalable, affordable air-power option by accelerating high-rate manufacturing as a successor to platforms like the MQ-9 Reaper.
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Bacchus to the future. New Restaurant at Hotel Vin in Rogers, Swarm Aero Gets $10M in Contracts From U.S. Air Force, A Guide to all the Movie Theaters in NWA, and much more! Aug 13, 2026 Together with. Your day is packed with errands and to-do's. Don't add another stop to the list. Generations Online Banking is your very own personal branch here for you 24 hours a day. Visit its website or download its mobile app today. Restaurants. New Restaurant to open inside Hotel Vin in Rogers. A new restaurant is coming to Hotel Vin in Rogers this September. * Grape Expectations: Bacchus Kitchen & Bar will be the boutique hotel's primary dining spot, following in the footsteps of its sister location in Grapevine, Texas. * Wine Down: Expect modern American cooking paired with a curated wine list from around the globe, served indoors or out on the patio. Bite into the details HERE. Economy. Swarm Aero in Fayetteville lands $10M in Contracts. Swarm Aero's manufacturing facility in Fayetteville recently received more than $10M in federal contracts from the Air Force Research Laboratory. * The Contract: The contract will help advance the manufacturing and production of aircraft parts for the U.S. Air Force at the company's 80,000 sqft facility. It will also bring more jobs to Northwest Arkansas, with the team recently reaching 10 employees and two more on the way. * Open for Business: The news comes on the heels of the company receiving approval to remain open in May. Read more from Talk Business & Politics HERE. Sponsored by Adventure Subaru. Meet the all-new 2026 Subaru Outback. The all-new 2026 Subaru Outback has arrived at Adventure Subaru, with special financing available through Monday, Aug 31, to help you get behind the wheel. * Adventure Starts Here: The 2026 Outback is built for wherever the road leads, whether you're tackling Northwest Arkansas trails or cruising around town. 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Plan a stop at Arkansas's first-ever Buc-ee's, set to open in Benton on Monday, Aug 17. * | Bond, Rogers Bond: The City of Rogers will now vote on a proposed $457M bond package after the city council unanimously approved a special election later this fall in November. * | That's Fair: The Washington County Fairgrounds can now host live music after a Fayetteville City Council approval. * | Weave Got Talent: Check out the twenty local individuals who were named to the 2026 Northwest Arkansas Weaver Awards. * | Be A Whisk Taker: After receiving a grant, Brightwater can now offer free culinary training through its B Workforce program to individuals interested in beginning a career in the food industry. * | Pump the Brakes: As of this past Sunday, Arkansas's average gas price is $3.63 a gallon, compared to a national average just over $4 per gallon. * | Listen Online: Want to listen to a summarized audio version of NWA Daily? Head to the top of this email and click "Listen Online" to hear more! [*Content is sponsored] Employment. Find cool jobs in Northwest Arkansas. Whether you're hiring or job hunting, its NWA Job Board connects the right people at the right time. Upload your resume to get noticed by local businesses, or post your openings to reach hundreds of job seekers every day. Game. Trivia question of the Week. Can you guess which NWA landmark inspired this artwork? Advertise with NWA Daily. Reach Northwest Arkansas. Get your brand in front of 46,489 locals! Advertising with NWA Daily LLC means growing your business and supporting a feel-good, homegrown newsletter that's all about building community in Northwest Arkansas.
Bacchus to the future. Aug 13, 2026 Together with. Your day is packed with errands and to-do's. Don't add another stop to the list. Generations Online Banking is your very own personal branch here for you 24 hours a day. Visit its website or download its mobile app today. Restaurants. New restaurant to open inside Hotel Vin in Rogers. A new restaurant is coming to Hotel Vin in Rogers this September. * Grape Expectations: Bacchus Kitchen & Bar will be the boutique hotel's primary dining spot, following in the footsteps of its sister location in Grapevine, Texas. * Wine Down: Expect modern American cooking paired with a curated wine list from around the globe, served indoors or out on the patio. Bite into the details HERE. Economy. Swarm Aero in Fayetteville lands $10M in contracts. Swarm Aero's manufacturing facility in Fayetteville recently received more than $10M in federal contracts from the Air Force Research Laboratory. * The Contract: The contract will help advance the manufacturing and production of aircraft parts for the U.S. Air Force at the company's 80,000 sqft facility. It will also bring more jobs to Northwest Arkansas, with the team recently reaching 10 employees and two more on the way. * Open for Business: The news comes on the heels of the company receiving approval to remain open in May. Read more from Talk Business & Politics HERE. Sponsored by Adventure Subaru. Meet the all-new 2026 Subaru Outback. The all-new 2026 Subaru Outback has arrived at Adventure Subaru, with special financing available through Monday, Aug 31, to help you get behind the wheel. * Adventure Starts Here: The 2026 Outback is built for wherever the road leads, whether you're tackling Northwest Arkansas trails or cruising around town. With a blend of capability, comfort, and reliability, it's ready for everyday drives and weekend adventures alike. * A Special Offer Through Aug 31, Adventure Subaru is offering interest rates as low as 1.9% for up to 75 months, making now a great time to explore the latest Outback. Stop by Adventure Subaru to check it out and take the wheel. Guide. A guide to movie theaters in Northwest Arkansas. Although at-home streaming options continue to grow, there's still nothing quite like a night at the movie theater in Northwest Arkansas. * Movie Magic: From blockbuster releases to a family movie night, Northwest Arkansas has several theaters to choose from. So, to help you find where to go for your next movie theater experience, Frontporchnwa mapped them all out in one guide. * The Reel Deal: As of today, there are six theaters in Northwest Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville. Frontporchnwa also included the closest drive-in theaters to NWA at the bottom of the guide. Events. New creative space to open in Downtown Springdale. A new creative space will celebrate its grand opening in Downtown Springdale this Saturday, Aug 15, from 11a-2p. * Four-for-Four: The space will bring together four businesses, including Snip and Sprout Co., In Bloom Floral Company, Two Friends Books, and KaGie's. * Rooting for This: Expect plants, fresh flowers, books, terrariums, and a workshop studio. It is located at 413 E Emma Ave in Springdale. Follow along HERE. NWA Daily picks. * | Bite Into Bentonville: Bentonville Restaurant Week returns Sunday, Aug 16, through Saturday, Aug 22, offering special menus and exclusive deals from restaurants across the city. Plus, guests can join Dining Bingo in August for a chance to win an artist-designed "All Roads Lead to Yum" t-shirt. Learn more HERE.* * | Build the Box: Big Box Karaoke has invested more than $400,000 and construction is underway on its Bentonville location. Now, the community can help bring it across the finish line. Back the Kickstarter for exclusive rewards, VIP experiences, and founder perks. Don't just visit BBK Bentonville - help build it.* * | Squeal of Approval: Boss Hog Moving Co makes student move-ins a breeze. Mention you found them through NWA Daily to receive 10% off your first move HERE.* * | Scraps to Riches: Fayetteville residents can now sign up for the City's Residential Food Waste Collection Program, turning kitchen scraps into compost instead of landfill waste with biweekly curbside pickup, a 5-gallon collection bucket, and service starting at $15.90 per month for eligible utility customers. Sign up HERE.* * | Beaver Fever: Planning on driving through Central Arkansas soon? Plan a stop at Arkansas's first-ever Buc-ee's, set to open in Benton on Monday, Aug 17. * | Bond, Rogers Bond: The City of Rogers will now vote on a proposed $457M bond package after the city council unanimously approved a special election later this fall in November. * | That's Fair: The Washington County Fairgrounds can now host live music after a Fayetteville City Council approval. * | Weave Got Talent: Check out the twenty local individuals who were named to the 2026 Northwest Arkansas Weaver Awards. * | Be A Whisk Taker: After receiving a grant, Brightwater can now offer free culinary training through its B Workforce program to individuals interested in beginning a career in the food industry. * | Pump the Brakes: As of this past Sunday, Arkansas's average gas price is $3.63 a gallon, compared to a national average just over $4 per gallon. * | Listen Online: Want to listen to a summarized audio version of NWA Daily? Head to the top of this email and click "Listen Online" to hear more! [*Content is sponsored] Employment. Find cool jobs in Northwest Arkansas. Whether you're hiring or job hunting, its NWA Job Board connects the right people at the right time. Upload your resume to get noticed by local businesses, or post your openings to reach hundreds of job seekers every day. Game. Trivia question of the Week. Advertise with NWA Daily. Reach Northwest Arkansas. Get your brand in front of {{active_subscriber_count}} locals! Advertising with Frontporchnwa means growing your business and supporting a feel-good, homegrown newsletter that's all about building community in Northwest Arkansas. Real Estate
Swarm Aero demonstrates autonomous drone command-and-control with U.S. Navy during FLEX 2026. Swarm Aero (Swarm), a developer of large uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms, today announced the successful deployment of Legion, the company's command and control (C2) software, during the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026 event. At FLEX, Legion enabled a single operator to orchestrate heterogeneous air and sea assets in a full find, fix, track, target, engage, assess (F2T2EA) chain, ranging from exquisite systems on Group 5 UAS to expendable platforms within a unified operating environment. "We've yet again shown the level of orchestration customers demand - a single operator able to plan and command operations with dozens of heterogeneous, multi-domain assets and diverse autonomy profiles simultaneously executing a mission," said Peter Kalogiannis, CEO and co-founder, Swarm Aero. "FLEX showcased that Legion's unique approach to UXS orchestration is operational and that we move fast to meet existing and emerging mission demands." Held in Key West, Florida, FLEX is USNAVSOUTH/4th Fleet's premier experimentation campaign to evaluate advanced robotic and autonomous systems (RAS), addressing the challenge of patrolling vast maritime regions with a limited number of traditional naval assets. These Fleet Experiments focused on operationalizing AI alongside innovative multi-domain uncrewed platforms to accelerate the delivery of next-generation capabilities to the fleet. The event was attended by distinguished visitors, including Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael; Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command; and Vice Adm. John Dougherty IV, commander of Naval Air Systems Command alongside additional leaders from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Joint Interagency Task Force South, partner-nation militaries, and various industry partners. The FLEX exercise marks another successful demonstration of Legion's ability to enable a single operator to command and orchestrate heterogeneous assets at scale across complex, multi-domain operations. This achievement represents a significant milestone in Swarm Aero's growth and further validates Legion's readiness to support and scale with increasingly complex Department of War missions. "We made engineering and design choices around Legion's architecture to enable mass control before Replicator or Project Overmatch were even announced, and those decisions plus years of heavy warfighter-driven iteration have enabled Legion to quietly race forward as the leading C2 for UXS," said Oliver Palmer, CRO and co-founder, Swarm Aero. "Legion is highly intuitive, operators with a few hours of exposure can use this single interface to control full missions involving expendable to exquisite assets and leverage many different vendors' autonomy products that we easily integrate. We're incredibly proud of the outcomes at FLEX and excited for what comes next." Operational results for Legion within the FLEX exercise include: * Unified control and monitoring of seven unique platforms and dozens of sensors through Legion's Single Pane of Glass (SPoG) interface * Showcased rapid integration timelines, demonstrating Legion's ability to bring new autonomous platforms online in hours to days * Executed an autonomous maritime operation chain from organic sensing and track generation through target handoff, engagement, and battle damage assessment * Achieved 100% live-fire target hits (3/3) * Demonstrated peer-to-peer multi-user operations afloat and ashore * Enabled one operator to command heterogeneous UxS while maintaining vehicle state awareness, sensor feeds, and track management * Proved Legion's scalability from ISR to kinetic effects, supporting missions from maritime interdiction to live-fire engagement About Swarm Aero Swarm Aero was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Oxnard, CA with locations in Spokane, WA, Fayetteville, AR, and Washington D.C... The team has extraordinary experience working with the Department of War to fulfill critical needs and requirements as well as decades of aerospace accomplishments across Scaled Composites, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Airbus, Archer, and others. The team has previously completed billions of dollars in contracts involving DOW, has built software platforms supporting billions of users, and employed cutting-edge AI in critical applications. Swarm is backed by leading venture firms including Deviation Capital, Silent Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Construct Capital, Coatue, MaC Venture Capital, a16z, and Founders Fund.
Swarm Aero successfully deployed its Legion command and control software during the US Navy's Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026 event in Key West, Florida. The system enabled a single operator to orchestrate multiple air and sea assets across complex operations, achieving 100% accuracy in live-fire exercises. During FLEX, Legion controlled seven unique platforms and dozens of sensors through a unified interface, executing autonomous maritime operations from target detection through engagement. The software demonstrated rapid integration capabilities, bringing new platforms online within hours to days. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Oxnard, California, Swarm Aero is backed by investors including Khosla Ventures, a16z, Founders Fund and Coatue. The company develops software for large uncrewed aerial vehicle swarms, with Legion designed to support Department of Defense missions ranging from intelligence gathering to kinetic operations.
Swarm Aero's Command and control software successfully completes manned-unmanned teaming exercises at U.S. Navy Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026. * 1 hr ago OXNARD, Calif., June 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Swarm Aero (Swarm), a developer of large uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms, today announced the successful deployment of Legion, the company's command and control (C2) software, during the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026 event. At FLEX, Legion enabled a single operator to orchestrate heterogeneous air and sea assets in a full find, fix, track, target, engage, assess (F2T2EA) chain, ranging from exquisite systems on Group 5 UAS to expendable platforms within a unified operating environment. Niall Horan is glad his final memory of Liam Payne is a 'happy' one "We've yet again shown the level of orchestration customers demand - a single operator able to plan and command operations with dozens of heterogeneous, multi-domain assets and diverse autonomy profiles simultaneously executing a mission," said Peter Kalogiannis, CEO and co-founder, Swarm Aero. "FLEX showcased that Legion's unique approach to UXS orchestration is operational and that we move fast to meet existing and emerging mission demands." Held in Key West, Florida, FLEX is USNAVSOUTH/4th Fleet's premier experimentation campaign to evaluate advanced robotic and autonomous systems (RAS), addressing the challenge of patrolling vast maritime regions with a limited number of traditional naval assets. These Fleet Experiments focused on operationalizing AI alongside innovative multi-domain uncrewed platforms to accelerate the delivery of next-generation capabilities to the fleet. The event was attended by distinguished visitors, including Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael; Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command; and Vice Adm. John Dougherty IV, commander of Naval Air Systems Command alongside additional leaders from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Joint Interagency Task Force South, partner-nation militaries, and various industry partners. The FLEX exercise marks another successful demonstration of Legion's ability to enable a single operator to command and orchestrate heterogeneous assets at scale across complex, multi-domain operations. This achievement represents a significant milestone in Swarm Aero's growth and further validates Legion's readiness to support and scale with increasingly complex Department of War missions. "We made engineering and design choices around Legion's architecture to enable mass control before Replicator or Project Overmatch were even announced, and those decisions plus years of heavy warfighter-driven iteration have enabled Legion to quietly race forward as the leading C2 for UXS," said Oliver Palmer, CRO and co-founder, Swarm Aero. "Legion is highly intuitive, operators with a few hours of exposure can use this single interface to control full missions involving expendable to exquisite assets and leverage many different vendors' autonomy products that we easily integrate. We're incredibly proud of the outcomes at FLEX and excited for what comes next." Operational results for Legion within the FLEX exercise include: * Unified control and monitoring of seven unique platforms and dozens of sensors through Legion's Single Pane of Glass (SPoG) interface * Showcased rapid integration timelines, demonstrating Legion's ability to bring new autonomous platforms online in hours to days * Executed an autonomous maritime operation chain from organic sensing and track generation through target handoff, engagement, and battle damage assessment * Achieved 100% live-fire target hits (3/3) * Demonstrated peer-to-peer multi-user operations afloat and ashore * Enabled one operator to command heterogeneous UxS while maintaining vehicle state awareness, sensor feeds, and track management * Proved Legion's scalability from ISR to kinetic effects, supporting missions from maritime interdiction to live-fire engagement About Swarm Aero Swarm Aero was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Oxnard, CA with locations in Spokane, WA, Fayetteville, AR, and Washington D.C... The team has extraordinary experience working with the Department of War to fulfill critical needs and requirements as well as decades of aerospace accomplishments across Scaled Composites, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Airbus, Archer, and others. The team has previously completed billions of dollars in contracts involving DOW, has built software platforms supporting billions of users, and employed cutting-edge AI in critical applications. Swarm is backed by leading venture firms including Deviation Capital, Silent Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Construct Capital, Coatue, MaC Venture Capital, a16z, and Founders Fund. To learn more please visit: https://www.swarm.aero/ Media Contact Kate Gundry 617-797-5174
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Industries
Robotics & Automation
Industrial & Manufacturing
Aerospace
Defense
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$43M
Headquarters
Oxnard, California
Founded
2022
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