Smart Shooter Wins Up to $150 Million Army Domestic Shield Counter-Drone Contract

Smart Shooter Inc. of Herndon, Virginia, has won an Army contract worth up to $150 million to provide commercial counter-unmanned aerial system and counter-small-unmanned aerial system capabilities. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award gives the Army a vehicle for placing orders for counter-drone equipment; it does not represent a purchase of the full contract value. Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, made the award on Sept. 28, 2026, with estimated completion on Sept. 27, 2029. Work locations will be determined with each order.

Counter-Drone Contract Details

The award notice describes the scope broadly as commercial counter-drone capabilities rather than identifying a purchase quantity or a single system to be delivered. In a Sept. 29 account of the awards, the Army placed Smart Shooter among vendors in a marketplace spanning technologies that detect, track, disrupt and defeat drones. That account describes equipment categories across the marketplace, including rifle-mounted optical fire-control systems, robotic weapon stations, compact radars and tracking cameras; it does not assign every category to Smart Shooter’s contract.

Smart Shooter’s rifle-mounted technology has an established Army training use case. A September 2025 account of training at Fort Sill’s Joint Counter-Small UAS University described operators using a Smart Shooter optic alongside a Dronebuster device. The Dronebuster could disrupt a drone’s control link, while a second operator used the optic to help engage the aircraft kinetically. The training account illustrates how the company’s technology can fit into a layered defense, but the new award notice does not identify which products the Army will order.

Domestic Shield Background

The Army identified the award as part of Domestic Shield, an effort to improve counter-drone protection for risk-prioritized U.S. facilities and assets. Its counter-UAS marketplace is intended to bring commercial equipment into use against validated requirements, with attention to testing, lifecycle needs and open-architecture standards. The Army describes the multi-vendor approach as a way to sustain competition and reduce dependence on a single supplier.

Award and Contractor Background

The Army solicited bids online and received 50. Under the award, the value and location of Smart Shooter’s work will depend on subsequent orders.

In a related Army procurement, Smart Shooter holds a contract for SMASH 2000LE fire-control systems, associated spares and a training course worth up to $4.7 million, with a potential performance end in May 2027. That earlier purchase provides context for the Army’s use of the company’s fire-control technology; it does not define the equipment to be ordered under the new marketplace contract.

This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov in approximately 90 days under W912CH26DA089 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.