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Booz Allen's Civil and Commercial revenue falls 15%

National Security's reported revenue barely grew in the fiscal second quarter, while Booz Allen kept its full-year revenue guidance midpoint unchanged.

Booz Allen's Civil and Commercial revenue fell in the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2026. The 15% decline helped pull total revenue down 3.9%.1

Booz Allen's Civil and Commercial revenue falls

Civil and Commercial revenue, USD millions; three months ended Sept. 30

2025$827M
2026$702M

Source: Booz Allen Hamilton, fiscal 2027 second-quarter results, Exhibit 99.1. As of Oct. 23, 2026.

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National Security's reported revenue rose 0.6% to $2.076 billion. Booz Allen now groups defense and intelligence customers in that line, with prior periods presented on the same basis.1 On the company's measure excluding billable expenses, National Security revenue grew 5.9%.2 First-half payments for business acquisitions and dispositions, net of cash acquired, totaled $934 million; the results release and presentation do not separate acquired revenue.1–2

Management attributed the overall revenue decline primarily to a slowed procurement environment in the prior year that led to a slower start to programs this year, predominantly from civil customers.2 Headcount fell to 31,000 from 32,500 a year earlier.1

Booz Allen narrowed fiscal 2027 revenue guidance while retaining its earlier midpoint, following a 4.1% first-half revenue decline. Meeting that outlook requires about $5.72 billion to $6.02 billion in second-half revenue.1

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  1. Exhibit 99.1: Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results www.sec.gov
  2. Exhibit 99.2: Q2 FY27 Earnings Call Presentation www.sec.gov

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Contracts · Drones

PDW plans Booz Allen autonomy software for its AM drones and Army-bought C100

The AM package entered controlled testing on Sept. 30. The Oct. 9 announcement named no government buyer, contract or funding for the software on either aircraft.

Booz Allen's new mission autonomy software has a planned 2027 path onto the C100, a quadcopter from Performance Drone Works (PDW) that the Army already buys.1–3 PDW, the Huntsville, Ala., drone maker, announced Oct. 9 that it is integrating the software, powered by Shield AI's Hivemind, on a different aircraft: its AM (Attritable Multirotor) drones.1

PDW plans Booz Allen autonomy software for its AM drones and Army-bought C100

Dates from PDW's Oct. 9, 2026, announcement; C100 fielding from PDW's Sept. 16, 2025, release

Sept. 30AM drones with the Booz Allen software entered controlled testing
First quarter 2027planned general availability of the AM package
2027planned extension of the software to PDW's C100 quadcopter
SevenArmy units fielded the C100 under the first two Transformation in Contact contracts

The Army has bought the C100; the software is only planned for it. PDW's Oct. 9 announcement named no government buyer, contract or funding for the Booz Allen software.

Source: Performance Drone Works releases, Sept. 16, 2025 and Oct. 9, 2026

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On AM, Booz Allen's software is an add-on: customers can fly the drone in its base configuration or add the software for "autonomy-assisted perception and operator-authorized effects delivery." It is meant to help operators execute parts of the mission workflow with reduced manual control while keeping decision-making authority. AM is a Group 1 drone that can be recovered and reused for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, then configured for attritable strike.1

The C100 went to seven Army units under the first two Transformation in Contact (TiC) contracts. In September 2025, PDW announced a third TiC award, worth $20.9 million.2 It says the Army expanded C100 use through follow-on procurement in the first half of 2026.3

PDW is also integrating a second Booz Allen product, a secure over-the-air fleet update tool, across its aircraft portfolio. Built for denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited-connectivity environments, it is designed to replace aircraft-by-aircraft software changes and cut approved update cycles from weeks or months to hours. Randy Yamada, a vice president and autonomy lead in Booz Allen's defense technology business, said the fleet manager provides "the secure software delivery and lifecycle management needed to update and verify" the autonomy capabilities.1

The AM package is planned for general availability in the first quarter of 2027, and an order naming the Booz Allen option would show a buyer behind it.1

Sources (3)
  1. Performance Drone Works: PDW to Deliver Booz Allen Mission Autonomy Software and Secure Fleet Updates on AM Drones (Oct. 9, 2026) www.prnewswire.com
  2. Performance Drone Works: PDW Awarded $20 Million Army Contract for 'Transformation in Contact' Initiative (Sept. 16, 2025) pdw.ai
  3. Performance Drone Works: First Half 2026 Customer Adoption Update (July 2026) pdw.ai

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Capital · Venture

Aventra plans to take its balloon-deployed Piranha into low-rate initial production

Konvoy led a $17.5 million round, which includes a Western Alliance Bank funding facility of undisclosed size. Aventra's CEO says it has secured first delivery contracts, without naming buyers.

Aventra Defense Systems, founded in 2025, announced a $17.5 million strategic fundraise on Oct. 6 and listed five priorities for the new capital. First is scaling Piranha "from field-evaluation quantities into low-rate initial production," expanding capacity at its Herndon, Va., production facility.1

Aventra lists Piranha production capacity first for its $17.5 million round

The first of five priorities Aventra Defense Systems lists for its new capital. Company plans, announced Oct. 6, 2026

$17.5 million strategic fundraiseLed by Konvoy. Includes a Western Alliance Bank funding facility of undisclosed size
Piranha in low-rate initial productionPlanned: scale manufacturing from field-evaluation quantities, expanding capacity at the company's Herndon, Va., production facility

CEO Michael Weigand says Aventra has secured its first series of delivery contracts. The company's release names no buyer, contract number or value for them.

Source: Aventra Defense Systems release, Oct. 6, 2026. Data as of Oct. 6, 2026.

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CEO Michael Weigand says Aventra took Piranha "from concept to field deployment overseas" in under a year and "secured our first series of delivery contracts." Aventra's announcement names no buyer, contract number or value for them, which leaves a production plan without a named customer.1

The company calls Piranha its low-cost, balloon-deployed autonomous precision payload system. Weigand says the approach uses high-altitude balloons and stratospheric air currents to carry mass downrange "without burning fuel," at "a fraction of the cost of conventional standoff munitions."1 Aventra says Piranha went into operator hands in the Army's Arcane Thunder 26 exercise and in closed evaluations, exercises and combat tests with additional U.S., allied and partner units. Across 400 flights, it says, the system demonstrated autonomous stratospheric reentry, long-range glide and precision kinetic and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) effects.1

Konvoy, a Denver firm investing out of its $150 million Fund III, led the round. Existing investor Lavrock Ventures participated alongside new investment from Booz Allen Ventures, Sands Capital and Langford Industries, and Western Alliance Bank provided a funding facility.1

The plans also reach past Piranha. Another priority is to start development of a new, unannounced platform, and the company says the round expands its roadmap with new offerings in long-range strike, one-way attack and ISR markets.1

One more of the five priorities sets the next thing to watch: expanding flight test and demonstration campaigns with additional services, combatant commands and allied partners. Which of them take part would show how far testing of Piranha extends beyond the Army's Arcane Thunder 26 exercise and the closed evaluations Aventra describes.1

Clarification, October 7, 2026: The headline changed from “Aventra raises $17.5 million to scale production of balloon-deployed Piranha” to “Aventra plans to take its balloon-deployed Piranha into low-rate initial production”. The summary now reads: “Konvoy led a $17.5 million round, which includes a Western Alliance Bank funding facility of undisclosed size. Aventra's CEO says it has secured first delivery contracts, without naming buyers.” Revision notice clarified October 11, 2026.

Sources (1)
  1. Aventra Defense Systems: Aventra Raises $17.5M to Scale Production of Piranha (Oct. 6, 2026) www.prnewswire.com