📢 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: $Ondas(ONDS.US) Ondas to Acquire Aran Defense for Approximately $33 Million
👉 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:➤ 𝗢𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘀 will acquire Israel-based 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 for approximately $𝟯𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻.➤ Deal consideration consists of 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 or Ondas common stock.➤ Aran Defense expects approximately $𝟮𝟲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 revenue in 2026.➤ Purchase price represents approximately 𝟭.𝟯𝘅 expected 2026 revenue.➤ Aran Defense generated $𝟭𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 revenue in 2025.➤ Acquisition adds approximately 𝟰,𝟰𝟬𝟬 square meters of Israeli manufacturing facilities.➤ Ondas expects the acquisition to close during 𝗤𝟯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.➤ Deal expands production for 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗨𝗔𝗦, 𝗜𝗦𝗥 and autonomous systems.➤ Aran Defense is expected to deliver 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗗𝗔 in 2026.👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:➤ Expands Ondas' 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 capacity in Israel.➤ Could accelerate production as Ondas' 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 and backlog grow.➤ Adds established engineering, prototyping and 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 capabilities.➤ Strengthens Ondas' strategy to become a 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 defense company.👉 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸, Chairman and CEO of Ondas:"As demand across our defense businesses continues to grow, expanding localized manufacturing capacity is becoming increasingly important to our ability to execute," said Eric Brock, Chairman and CEO of Ondas. "Aran Defense will provide us with an established production platform in Israel that can support multiple Ondas businesses and programs, allowing us to industrialize products faster, increase manufacturing scale and respond more efficiently to customer requirements. This is another important step in building Ondas into a vertically integrated defense technology company with the capabilities not only to develop differentiated technologies, but to manufacture and deliver them at scale."𝗢𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘆, co-CEO of Ondas Autonomous Systems:"Aran Defense is a world-class engineering and manufacturing organization and its addition to Ondas will allow us to meet the urgent needs of our customers by expanding our scalable manufacturing footprint," said Oshri Lugassy, co-CEO of Ondas Autonomous Systems. "Ondas is committed to delivering timely, low-cost operational autonomous platforms across the market segments we address, and Aran's engineering and manufacturing capabilities are central to that commitment. These capabilities can support the continued development and scaling of our counter-UAS, ISR, loitering munition, autonomous aerial and ground robotic systems, while Aran Defense continues to serve its established governmental and defense-industry customers. This combination is expected to shorten development cycles, strengthen manufacturing readiness and help us deliver integrated autonomous systems at greater scale."