With this qualification, Powerus becomes part of the $1 billion Pentagon initiative to procure and field tens of thousands of low-cost, one-way attack drones, with the aim of accelerating combat capability and strengthening the U.S. drone manufacturing base.

Winners of the Program will have demonstrated the ability to produce capable, low-cost, secure supply chains for sUAS at scale, enabling the U.S. military to integrate these capabilities into future acquisition pathways. Following qualification, the next parts of Phase II involve a production and delivery test to prove manufacturing readiness, and the Gauntlet II to identify the most capable systems for scaling and fielding. The Gauntlet test event concludes with the delivery of sUAS orders to the winners. The Phase II Qualifier window is currently estimated for June 2026.

The Powerus Matrix Series is a U.S.-made line of modular first-person view platforms designed for rapid deployment across strike, ISR, and heavy-payload missions. Built with lightweight folding airframes for rucksack and vehicle transport, the systems can be configured in seconds around a common operational architecture. The MatrixFold platform is Blue UAS-compatible and NDAA-compliant.

"The math of war has changed. A thousand-dollar drone can take out a multi-million-dollar target, and whoever can put a combat-ready first-person view in a soldier's hands at scale wins that exchange," said Andrew Valkenburg, Executive Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing at Powerus. "Our MatrixFold platform is built for that fight. It is a multipurpose, quick-to-deploy airframe built on the same Matrix architecture already in the hands of every U.S. Service. Our manufacturing posture was designed for the volumes Phase II calls for, and we are ready to deliver."

"Phase II comes down to who shows up with a drone that serves soldiers on the ground through a supply chain the Pentagon can trust," said Brett Velicovich, Co-Founder of Powerus. "The MatrixFold platform reflects what end users have asked us for, manufactured in the U.S., trusted by U.S. military units, and ready for the missions ahead."

This announcement follows Powerus' previously announced merger agreement with Aureus Greenway Holdings, Inc. (AGH), a transaction that, upon completion, is expected to result in Powerus becoming publicly traded on Nasdaq. Recently, AGH announced the change of its Nasdaq ticker symbol to PUSA.

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