Ukraine's Phantom Defense built the counter-drone environment for the Pentagon's Gauntlet II contest
Ukrainian company Phantom Defense built the counter-drone environment for the US Defense Department's Gauntlet II contest and played the role of the adversary in it. After taking part, it has been invited to continue.
Ukrainian company Phantom Defense built the counter-drone environment for Gauntlet II, a contest run by the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense. In the contest the company played the role of the enemy, and it has since been invited to continue its involvement, Euromaidan Press reported on 9 October 2026.
What the company built
According to the outlet, Phantom Defense is the party that constructed the counter-drone environment in which Gauntlet II took place. In other words, the Ukrainian producer set the conditions that the other participants had to work against.
Track record over the past year
The report's headline states that the company neutralized more than 7,000 drones over an area of more than 100 square kilometers within a year. The available part of the article does not say where or in what circumstances this happened.
What comes next
Following its role in Gauntlet II, Phantom Defense has received an invitation to continue. The source does not specify what form the continued cooperation will take or how long it will last.
