DroneShield Stock Skyrockets 40%: What’s Behind the Surge and What’s Next?
DroneShield’s share surge comes on the heels of specific contract announcements and sales milestones. On September 17, 2025, DroneShield confirmed it had secured two new U.S. Department of Defense contracts totaling AUD $7.9 million for handheld counter-drone systems (mainly the RfPatrol) channellife.com.au. The company also announced that its cumulative deployments had now passed 4,000 devices worldwide – a threshold underscoring the maturity and trust in its technology. As DroneShield’s U.S. CEO Matt McCrann noted, “Passing 4,000 systems in service is an important milestone… It underlines the performance and dependability of our solutions in the field, and the trust placed in DroneShield by those who