Xtremis Awarded $13.9 Million Army Deal for AI Drone Detection
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Xtremis Awarded $13.9 Million Army Deal for AI Drone Detection

The Washington startup will develop AI and machine learning to detect unmanned aircraft, in a firm-fixed-price contract that could reach $46.8 million through October 2029.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: August 4, 2026, 1:23 PM ET

Xtremis Inc., a Washington-based artificial intelligence startup spun out of Vanderbilt University in 2021, was awarded an Army contract worth up to $46.8 million to build AI systems that detect unmanned aircraft, as announced on war.gov.