{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"122192","rtpr_id":"nACSpsdGga","ticker":"RKTO","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["RKTO"],"title":"Rocket One Launches Swarm Stage AI Drone-Swarm Threat Emulation Platform for U.S. Military Counter-UAS","author":"ACCESSWIRE","published_at":"2026-08-18T20:18:00.527Z","article_body":"Commercially Proven Swarm Technology Capable of Coordinating Thousands of\nAircraft Now Available to U.S. Defense Organizations for Drone-Swarm Training,\nTesting and Evaluation\n\nHOBOKEN, NJ / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / August 18,\n2026 / Rocket One Inc. (Nasdaq:RKTO) (\"Rocket One\" or the \"Company\"), a\ntechnology company focused on next-generation defense, space and advanced\ncomputing technologies, today announced the launch of Swarm Stage AI, a\nlarge-scale drone-swarm threat-emulation platform being made available to U.S.\nmilitary and defense organizations for counter-unmanned aircraft system\n(\"C-UAS\") training, testing and evaluation.\n\nSwarm Stage AI is built upon commercially proven swarm-coordination technology\nthat has been used to coordinate thousands of synchronized aircraft. Rocket\nOne is adapting this technology to create realistic, repeatable, and scalable\nadversarial drone-swarm scenarios designed to help defense organizations train\npersonnel and evaluate technologies against the growing threat posed by\ncoordinated unmanned aircraft.\n\n\"Mass drone attacks are rapidly changing the modern battlefield and creating\nan entirely new challenge for military defense systems,\" said Robb Knie, Chief\nExecutive Officer of Rocket One. \"A system designed to detect or defeat a\nsingle drone must increasingly be prepared to confront coordinated groups of\ndrones arriving simultaneously. Swarm Stage AI is designed to help create the\nrealistic training and testing environment required to address that\nchallenge.\"\n\n\"We are making Swarm Stage AI available to the U.S. military and broader\ndefense community for capabilities briefings, demonstrations, testing and\nevaluation,\" Knie continued. \"Our objective is to help provide the adversarial\nswarm environments needed to develop, test and validate the next generation of\nAmerican counter-drone technologies.\"\n\nFrom Commercial Swarm Scale to Defense Threat Emulation\n\nThe underlying Swarm Stage technology was developed to coordinate large\nnumbers of aircraft simultaneously and includes a library of more than 2,500\nfield-tested formations and flight assets.\n\nSwarm Stage AI is adapting coordination architecture for defense applications,\nincluding the creation and execution of multi-drone threat scenarios that\ncould be used to evaluate\n\nC-UAS technologies and train personnel against increasingly complex aerial\nthreats.\n\nThe platform's capabilities include:\n\nLarge-Scale Swarm Coordination - Technology derived from a platform with\nexperience coordinating thousands of synchronized aircraft.\n\nAI Threat Builder - Designed to translate defined threat scenarios into\ncoordinated multi-drone behaviors.\n\n3D Mission Preview - Enables swarm scenarios to be visualized and reviewed\nbefore flight.\n\nCustom Threat Scenarios - Enables new swarm configurations and flight\nscenarios to be developed for specific training and testing requirements.\n\nC-UAS Training and Evaluation - Designed to provide representative drone-swarm\nscenarios against which detection, tracking and counter-UAS technologies can\nbe evaluated.\n\nU.S. Based Development - Swarm Stage AI is designed, developed, and operated\nin the United States.\n\nMass-Drone Threat\n\nThe proliferation of inexpensive unmanned aircraft and increasingly\ncoordinated drone operations is creating new challenges for military forces\nand critical infrastructure.\n\nRocket One believes that developing effective counter-UAS capabilities\nrequires not only improved detection and defensive technologies, but also\nrealistic environments in which those systems can be repeatedly tested against\ncoordinated multi-drone scenarios.\n\nRather than developing another counter-drone weapon, Swarm Stage AI is\ndesigned to provide the adversarial swarm environment against which\ncounter-drone systems can train and be evaluated.\n\nPotential applications include evaluating radar and sensor systems, drone\ndetection and tracking technologies, command-and-control systems, counter-UAS\ntechnologies and operational responses to coordinated drone incursions.\n\n\"If America is going to build the world's most capable counter-drone systems,\nthose systems need realistic threats to train against,\" Knie said. \"We believe\nour experience coordinating large numbers of aircraft provides Rocket One with\nan opportunity to develop an important capability within the U.S. counter-UAS\necosystem.\"\n\nAvailable to U.S. Military and Defense Organizations\n\nRocket One is making Swarm Stage AI available for capabilities briefings,\ndemonstrations, evaluations and potential collaborations with U.S. military\norganizations, government agencies, defense contractors, counter-UAS\ndevelopers and authorized test and training facilities.\n\nThe Company intends to pursue opportunities to demonstrate Swarm Stage AI\nalongside existing and emerging counter-UAS technologies and to work with\ndefense organizations to develop increasingly sophisticated drone-swarm\ntraining scenarios.\n\nGovernment and defense organizations interested in evaluating the platform can\nrequest a capabilities briefing through SwarmStage.ai\n(https://pr.report/p8we).\n\nThe availability of Swarm Stage AI does not represent a contract, procurement\ncommitment, endorsement, certification or selection by the U.S. Department of\nDefense, any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces or any other government agency.\n\nAbout Swarm Stage AI\n\nSwarm Stage AI, a Rocket One company, is developing large-scale drone-swarm\nthreat-emulation technology for counter-UAS training, testing, and evaluation.\nBuilt upon commercially proven swarm-coordination technology used to\nsynchronize thousands of aircraft, Swarm Stage AI is adapting large-scale\nswarm capabilities to help defense organizations prepare for emerging unmanned\naerial threats.\n\nFor additional information, visit SwarmStage.ai (https://pr.report/p8wf).\n\nAbout Rocket One Inc.\n\nRocket One Inc. is focused on developing and commercializing infrastructure\nfor the orbital economy, including next-generation nanomagnetic AI chip\ntechnology designed for radiation-tolerant, energy-constrained environments\nsuch as low-Earth orbit, deep-space platforms, and defense systems. The\nCompany holds exclusive rights to certain technologies, including a\nnanomagnetic matrix multiplier architecture intended as a hardware accelerator\nfor machine learning and AI workloads, and related magnetic memory technology\nwith potential applications in radiation-tolerant computing for defense and\nspace systems. The Company is also positioned to pursue opportunities in\nnano-launch systems and nanosatellite deployment. The Company's biotechnology\npipeline, including, but not limited to, HT-001, HT-KIT, HT-ALZ, and its\nGDNF-based metabolic program, will continue to be advanced under a wholly\nowned subsidiary.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of\nSection 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation,\nstatements regarding the Company's strategic repositioning, the development\npotential of the licensed technologies, the suitability of those technologies\nfor orbital, defense, and other applications, anticipated future operations\nand market opportunities. You should not place reliance on these\nforward-looking statements, which include words such as \"could,\" \"believe,\"\n\"anticipate,\" \"intend,\" \"estimate,\" \"expect,\" \"may,\" \"continue,\" \"predict,\"\n\"potential,\" \"project\" or similar terms, variations of such terms, or the\nnegative of those terms. There are a number of factors that could cause actual\nevents to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking\nstatements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's\ncurrent expectations and assumptions and are subject to numerous risks and\nuncertainties, including, without limitation: the early-stage nature of the\nlicensed technologies, which have not been fabricated as integrated devices,\nvalidated in space environments, or qualified for any commercial or government\nprogram, and the absence of any commercial product; the substantial additional\ncapital the Company will require to fabricate, test, and qualify the licensed\ntechnologies, including for radiation tolerance and space deployment; the long\ndevelopment timelines associated with novel semiconductor and materials\nplatforms; competition from larger, better-funded and well recognized\ncompanies in the semiconductor, AI hardware, space, and defense computing\nsectors; the Company's ability to recruit qualified leadership and technical\npersonnel in nanomagnetic devices, semiconductor engineering, and aerospace\nsystems; the Company's ability to comply with diligence milestones under the\nVirginia Commonwealth University license agreements, the failure of which\ncould result in loss of license rights; intellectual property risks; export\ncontrol and government contracting risks associated with defense and space\napplications; and the risks inherent in a strategic pivot. Additional risk\nfactors are described in the Company's filings with the Securities and\nExchange Commission (\"SEC\") including the Company's most recent Annual Report\non Form 10-K and the Company's other filings made with the SEC. Although the\nCompany believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking\nstatements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee such outcomes. The\nCompany may not realize its expectations, and its beliefs may not prove\ncorrect. All such statements speak only as of the date made. Consequently,\nforward-looking statements should be regarded solely as the Company's current\nplans, estimates, and beliefs. Investors should not place undue reliance on\nforward-looking statements. The Company cannot guarantee future results,\nevents, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. The Company does not\nundertake and specifically declines any obligation to update, republish, or\nrevise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future\nevents, or circumstances or to reflect the occurrences of unanticipated\nevents, except as may be required by applicable law.\n\nInvestor Contact\nLR Advisors LLC\nEmail: investorrelations@rocketone.space\nPhone: (678) 570-6791\nwww.rocketone.space\n\nSOURCE: Rocket One Inc.\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/rocket-one-launches-swarm-stage-ai-drone-swarm-threat-emulation-p-1208870)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nACSpsdGga","title":"Rocket One Launches Swarm Stage AI Drone-Swarm Threat Emulation Platform for U.S. Military Counter-UAS","author":"ACCESSWIRE","ticker":"RKTO","created":"2026-08-18T20:18:00.527Z","tickers":["RKTO"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Commercially Proven Swarm Technology Capable of Coordinating Thousands of\nAircraft Now Available to U.S. Defense Organizations for Drone-Swarm Training,\nTesting and Evaluation\n\nHOBOKEN, NJ / ACCESS Newswire (https://www.accessnewswire.com/) / August 18,\n2026 / Rocket One Inc. (Nasdaq:RKTO) (\"Rocket One\" or the \"Company\"), a\ntechnology company focused on next-generation defense, space and advanced\ncomputing technologies, today announced the launch of Swarm Stage AI, a\nlarge-scale drone-swarm threat-emulation platform being made available to U.S.\nmilitary and defense organizations for counter-unmanned aircraft system\n(\"C-UAS\") training, testing and evaluation.\n\nSwarm Stage AI is built upon commercially proven swarm-coordination technology\nthat has been used to coordinate thousands of synchronized aircraft. Rocket\nOne is adapting this technology to create realistic, repeatable, and scalable\nadversarial drone-swarm scenarios designed to help defense organizations train\npersonnel and evaluate technologies against the growing threat posed by\ncoordinated unmanned aircraft.\n\n\"Mass drone attacks are rapidly changing the modern battlefield and creating\nan entirely new challenge for military defense systems,\" said Robb Knie, Chief\nExecutive Officer of Rocket One. \"A system designed to detect or defeat a\nsingle drone must increasingly be prepared to confront coordinated groups of\ndrones arriving simultaneously. Swarm Stage AI is designed to help create the\nrealistic training and testing environment required to address that\nchallenge.\"\n\n\"We are making Swarm Stage AI available to the U.S. military and broader\ndefense community for capabilities briefings, demonstrations, testing and\nevaluation,\" Knie continued. \"Our objective is to help provide the adversarial\nswarm environments needed to develop, test and validate the next generation of\nAmerican counter-drone technologies.\"\n\nFrom Commercial Swarm Scale to Defense Threat Emulation\n\nThe underlying Swarm Stage technology was developed to coordinate large\nnumbers of aircraft simultaneously and includes a library of more than 2,500\nfield-tested formations and flight assets.\n\nSwarm Stage AI is adapting coordination architecture for defense applications,\nincluding the creation and execution of multi-drone threat scenarios that\ncould be used to evaluate\n\nC-UAS technologies and train personnel against increasingly complex aerial\nthreats.\n\nThe platform's capabilities include:\n\nLarge-Scale Swarm Coordination - Technology derived from a platform with\nexperience coordinating thousands of synchronized aircraft.\n\nAI Threat Builder - Designed to translate defined threat scenarios into\ncoordinated multi-drone behaviors.\n\n3D Mission Preview - Enables swarm scenarios to be visualized and reviewed\nbefore flight.\n\nCustom Threat Scenarios - Enables new swarm configurations and flight\nscenarios to be developed for specific training and testing requirements.\n\nC-UAS Training and Evaluation - Designed to provide representative drone-swarm\nscenarios against which detection, tracking and counter-UAS technologies can\nbe evaluated.\n\nU.S. Based Development - Swarm Stage AI is designed, developed, and operated\nin the United States.\n\nMass-Drone Threat\n\nThe proliferation of inexpensive unmanned aircraft and increasingly\ncoordinated drone operations is creating new challenges for military forces\nand critical infrastructure.\n\nRocket One believes that developing effective counter-UAS capabilities\nrequires not only improved detection and defensive technologies, but also\nrealistic environments in which those systems can be repeatedly tested against\ncoordinated multi-drone scenarios.\n\nRather than developing another counter-drone weapon, Swarm Stage AI is\ndesigned to provide the adversarial swarm environment against which\ncounter-drone systems can train and be evaluated.\n\nPotential applications include evaluating radar and sensor systems, drone\ndetection and tracking technologies, command-and-control systems, counter-UAS\ntechnologies and operational responses to coordinated drone incursions.\n\n\"If America is going to build the world's most capable counter-drone systems,\nthose systems need realistic threats to train against,\" Knie said. \"We believe\nour experience coordinating large numbers of aircraft provides Rocket One with\nan opportunity to develop an important capability within the U.S. counter-UAS\necosystem.\"\n\nAvailable to U.S. Military and Defense Organizations\n\nRocket One is making Swarm Stage AI available for capabilities briefings,\ndemonstrations, evaluations and potential collaborations with U.S. military\norganizations, government agencies, defense contractors, counter-UAS\ndevelopers and authorized test and training facilities.\n\nThe Company intends to pursue opportunities to demonstrate Swarm Stage AI\nalongside existing and emerging counter-UAS technologies and to work with\ndefense organizations to develop increasingly sophisticated drone-swarm\ntraining scenarios.\n\nGovernment and defense organizations interested in evaluating the platform can\nrequest a capabilities briefing through SwarmStage.ai\n(https://pr.report/p8we).\n\nThe availability of Swarm Stage AI does not represent a contract, procurement\ncommitment, endorsement, certification or selection by the U.S. Department of\nDefense, any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces or any other government agency.\n\nAbout Swarm Stage AI\n\nSwarm Stage AI, a Rocket One company, is developing large-scale drone-swarm\nthreat-emulation technology for counter-UAS training, testing, and evaluation.\nBuilt upon commercially proven swarm-coordination technology used to\nsynchronize thousands of aircraft, Swarm Stage AI is adapting large-scale\nswarm capabilities to help defense organizations prepare for emerging unmanned\naerial threats.\n\nFor additional information, visit SwarmStage.ai (https://pr.report/p8wf).\n\nAbout Rocket One Inc.\n\nRocket One Inc. is focused on developing and commercializing infrastructure\nfor the orbital economy, including next-generation nanomagnetic AI chip\ntechnology designed for radiation-tolerant, energy-constrained environments\nsuch as low-Earth orbit, deep-space platforms, and defense systems. The\nCompany holds exclusive rights to certain technologies, including a\nnanomagnetic matrix multiplier architecture intended as a hardware accelerator\nfor machine learning and AI workloads, and related magnetic memory technology\nwith potential applications in radiation-tolerant computing for defense and\nspace systems. The Company is also positioned to pursue opportunities in\nnano-launch systems and nanosatellite deployment. The Company's biotechnology\npipeline, including, but not limited to, HT-001, HT-KIT, HT-ALZ, and its\nGDNF-based metabolic program, will continue to be advanced under a wholly\nowned subsidiary.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of\nSection 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation,\nstatements regarding the Company's strategic repositioning, the development\npotential of the licensed technologies, the suitability of those technologies\nfor orbital, defense, and other applications, anticipated future operations\nand market opportunities. You should not place reliance on these\nforward-looking statements, which include words such as \"could,\" \"believe,\"\n\"anticipate,\" \"intend,\" \"estimate,\" \"expect,\" \"may,\" \"continue,\" \"predict,\"\n\"potential,\" \"project\" or similar terms, variations of such terms, or the\nnegative of those terms. There are a number of factors that could cause actual\nevents to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking\nstatements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's\ncurrent expectations and assumptions and are subject to numerous risks and\nuncertainties, including, without limitation: the early-stage nature of the\nlicensed technologies, which have not been fabricated as integrated devices,\nvalidated in space environments, or qualified for any commercial or government\nprogram, and the absence of any commercial product; the substantial additional\ncapital the Company will require to fabricate, test, and qualify the licensed\ntechnologies, including for radiation tolerance and space deployment; the long\ndevelopment timelines associated with novel semiconductor and materials\nplatforms; competition from larger, better-funded and well recognized\ncompanies in the semiconductor, AI hardware, space, and defense computing\nsectors; the Company's ability to recruit qualified leadership and technical\npersonnel in nanomagnetic devices, semiconductor engineering, and aerospace\nsystems; the Company's ability to comply with diligence milestones under the\nVirginia Commonwealth University license agreements, the failure of which\ncould result in loss of license rights; intellectual property risks; export\ncontrol and government contracting risks associated with defense and space\napplications; and the risks inherent in a strategic pivot. Additional risk\nfactors are described in the Company's filings with the Securities and\nExchange Commission (\"SEC\") including the Company's most recent Annual Report\non Form 10-K and the Company's other filings made with the SEC. Although the\nCompany believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking\nstatements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee such outcomes. The\nCompany may not realize its expectations, and its beliefs may not prove\ncorrect. All such statements speak only as of the date made. Consequently,\nforward-looking statements should be regarded solely as the Company's current\nplans, estimates, and beliefs. Investors should not place undue reliance on\nforward-looking statements. The Company cannot guarantee future results,\nevents, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. The Company does not\nundertake and specifically declines any obligation to update, republish, or\nrevise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future\nevents, or circumstances or to reflect the occurrences of unanticipated\nevents, except as may be required by applicable law.\n\nInvestor Contact\nLR Advisors LLC\nEmail: investorrelations@rocketone.space\nPhone: (678) 570-6791\nwww.rocketone.space\n\nSOURCE: Rocket One Inc.\nView the original press release\n(https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/rocket-one-launches-swarm-stage-ai-drone-swarm-threat-emulation-p-1208870)\non ACCESS Newswire\n\n\nCopyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. 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