Unusual Machines (NYSEMKT: UMAC) stock jumped 9.3% through 11:33 a.m. ET this morning, one day after the maker of parts for military drones announced it had picked up a $5 million order for counter-UAS systems (i.e., anti-drone weapons) from privately held Autonomous Power Corporation.
Unusual Machines will supply its customer with “core components used across both counter-UAS interceptor systems and 10-inch class drones,” with deliveries expected to begin within the next week.
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$5 million may not sound like much — but it’s nearly half the revenue Unusual Machines booked in the past year! Relatively speaking, this is big news for the tiny $730 million drone stock. But there’s even bigger news afoot today.
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) announced yesterday it’s requesting $338.8 billion in fiscal 2027 funding, a 37.6% increase over fiscal 2026 levels. $71.1 billion is earmarked for the U.S. Space Force (USSF), but the bulk of the money — $267.7 billion — would go to USAF itself.
Granted, the bulk of even the USAF funding will go to companies other than Unusual Machines. $3.9 billion will go toward buying KC-46A aerial refueling tankers from Boeing (NYSE: BA), for example, and $7.4 billion will be spent on F-35 stealth fighters from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). In the drones field, $2.7 billion will be spent on developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft — large drones designed to operate in tandem with piloted fighter jets.
Smaller drones — the ones UMAC supplies parts for — won’t receive as much funding from this request. But as seen in today’s $5 million order from Autonomous Power Corporation, a little money can go a long way in moving a small defense stock like Unusual Machines.
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