Red Cat’s drones just got an AI threat detector

New gear for the Black Widow

Red Cat says it will unveil a new InFlight, embeddable, real-time AI threat detection package integrated into Safe Pro’s tech and running on its Black Widow drone platform for the U.S. Army.

That sounds a lot like a product demo, but for defense investors it matters because demos are where “cool idea” starts trying on its “real contract” outfit. If the Army likes what it sees during the upcoming exercises in the third quarter of 2026, Red Cat gets another feather in its cap as it pushes deeper into military robotics.

Why investors should care

This is less about a giant revenue number today and more about proof of concept. Defense buyers tend to move slowly, but when they do move, they tend to bring budgets with them.

For Red Cat, the setup is pretty straightforward:

• more AI capability on the drone
• more relevance in military testing
• more optionality if the platform keeps winning attention from the Army

And yes, this comes on the heels of Red Cat’s recent capital raise, so the market is already watching closely for whether all this drone ambition turns into actual dollars instead of just PowerPoint swagger.

Big picture

If the exercises go well, this could help Red Cat look less like a buzzy drone stock and more like a serious defense-tech supplier. That’s the kind of narrative shift investors love — until the next filing, of course.