Ondas Holdings Inc. has signed an initial purchase of 500 Wåsp attritable drones from Rift Dynamics to support its role as the exclusive U.S. distributor for that platform, the company announced.

Ondas’ American Robotics unit will channel the Wåsp systems into U.S. defense markets, particularly to fulfill demand from the Department of War for cost-effective and mass deployable strike and perimeter defense assets. The Wåsp is designed to comply with NDAA (U.S. defense procurement) requirements and features modular architecture, NATO interoperability, and battlefield-level validation.

According to Ondas, this order represents the launch of a broader scaling initiative to deliver attritable drone systems in quantity to U.S. military customers.

Rift and Ondas have selected Kitron, a defense electronics manufacturer, to handle drone production. The partners claim that Kitron’s distributed manufacturing network can enable throughput exceeding 20,000 units per month globally, within six months of the initial deployment phase.

Knut Roar Wiig, CEO of Rift Dynamics, noted that Wåsp has been engineered to strike the balance between performance, volume, and affordability necessary for modern attritable operations. Wiig added that the combination of an NDAA-compliant design and resilient U.S./European supply chains ensures readiness for both U.S. and allied markets.

Eric Brock, CEO of Ondas, expressed that the first 500 units mark the beginning of a concerted effort to meet expanding demand in the U.S. defense sector. He stressed that Wåsp is intended to address the growing need for affordable platforms that can be deployed extensively.

With exclusive U.S. distribution secured through American Robotics, Ondas is positioning itself to compete in Department of War procurement programs. The move also strengthens the company’s defense portfolio, sitting alongside its existing platforms such as the Optimus UAS and the Iron Drone counter-UAS system.

Rift Dynamics, based in Norway, emphasizes that Wåsp is built around sovereign supply chains and scalability. The platform already sees use with the Norwegian Army, and the strategy is to extend that footprint into allied markets through partners like Ondas.

Ondas sees the order as a first step in what it expects to be a rapid scale-up to meet mounting demand from the U.S. and allied defense entities.