BMSInvests
Aggressive-Growth Investor, Ondas Holdings Focus
The European Space Agency's selection of Rift Dynamics is fresh validation for Ondas's strategic drone investment. Ondas owns 10% of Rift, and American Robotics is the sole US distributor of its Wåsp FPV platform; the ESA's goal is ten minutes of reliable operation without GNSS, likely using Wåsp, though the platform is not confirmed. x.com
World View's UK stratospheric balloon opportunity looks weaker because both balloons in its SNC-backed Project Aether Flight 2 test crashed into the Pacific after launching from Hawaii. Per Big Island Now, both fell 14-15 hours after launch. The UK Ministry of Defence is likely to proceed with Aerostar and Voltitude, which have been involved more recently. Wider interest in stratospheric balloons remains encouraging for the sector. x.com
Ondas' long-term opportunity extends beyond drones into growing counter-drone and unmanned ground vehicle markets. Broad industry estimates for these markets rise from $90.6B in 2025 to $210B by 2033, with counter-drone systems the fastest-growing segment at 26.8% annually. That total is neither Ondas revenue nor its own addressable market and may include overlap. Bullish on the company's future, but execution must earn conviction. x.com x.com
Ondas's new Regna AI venture could make its acquired defense systems work together more effectively by putting mission-trained AI directly on drones, balloons, robots and vessels, even without connectivity. Built on Palantir AIP with Palantir engineering support, it extends SkyWeaver; Ondas is the first customer. Outside customer wins and expanding software spend remain the test. If they materialize, recurring software could make the short case harder to defend. x.com
Ondas's premium purchase of distressed Airobotics and its later options award to former Airobotics chairman Ron Stern raise governance red flags. OurCrowd, where Stern was a partner, owned 19.6% of Airobotics. Ondas paid a 71% premium despite Airobotics warning it might not survive without financing. Stern received options equal to 3% of Ondas's outstanding shares, sold 2.68 million shares for $26.3 million in gross proceeds and resigned after 11 months. x.com x.com
Jan Zuazo Pfingsten
Thematic Investor, Physical Scarcity & AI Infrastructure, Primary-Source Research
Regna is the first credible answer to the biggest question for Ondas: whether roughly 19 acquisitions can operate as one system. Its AI layer spans drones, balloons and ground robots even when communications are jammed; Ondas wholly owns it. Terms are undisclosed, and a first external sovereign customer is the tell. The next print is November 16. x.com
Ondas is uniquely positioned to bring drone and autonomous technology to market, and doubling its revenue forecast reinforces that. Per Ondas, it raised its 2026 revenue target more than 2x to at least $375M and holds about $1.5B in cash to accelerate scale and strategic growth. x.com
Ondas Holdings' valuation is hard to justify, and its long-term risk/reward looks less favorable than AeroVironment or Kratos. Per @rzayev7895's read of the earnings, growth comes from acquisitions rather than organically, share count rose 200-300%, market cap roughly quadrupled, cash comes from stock sales, and most backlog arrived with acquired companies. Ondas is more than drones, with critical private networks, but that does not change the valuation view. x.com x.com x.com
Ondas's rally on recent Trump administration news is the market catching up after months of chopping between $9 and $11. It has signed deals almost biweekly through 2026, a backlog the market under-reacted to. Fundamentals are phenomenal and the team executes well. x.com x.com
Ondas is shifting from drone hardware toward higher-margin AI software and data services, which supports a re-rating. Its Cyberhawk unit renewed and deepened an exclusive three-year deal with SSE for power-grid drone inspections, expanding into offshore wind via its iHawk platform. Ondas bought defense tech firms Insignito, Ottopia Defense and Caribou Labs, and raised 2026 revenue guidance to $525–550M. Even so, its forward P/S trades at a discount to defense-tech peers. x.com
AEVEX Aerospace actually manufactures drones at scale, while Ondas mostly issues shares, making AEVEX the far better long. AEVEX did $432.9M of 2025 revenue to Ondas's $50.7M at 72% of the market cap, with $503M of funded backlog toward an $800M 2026 guide and 1,000 drones a month from Tampa. Ondas lacks a consolidated US factory, its share count went from 49M to 482M in three years, and it trades at 23-28x forward sales versus AEVEX's 4.5x. AEVEX's October lockup expiry is worth trimming into. … Show more
Ondas's dilution-funded acquisitions could build a vertically integrated autonomy and defense contractor worth more than the sum of its parts. After its shares rose about tenfold since 2023, Ondas raised capital and bought 12 companies, and now holds more cash than its entire market cap when it started. Dilution is not inherently bad; what matters is buying IP, customers, talent and capacity that synergize. Integration is hard and execution risk is real, but done well it produces synergy. x.com
