Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) signed a sponsored research agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University to advance its SKYMRAM magnetic memory technology.
The one-year program is scheduled to begin November 1, 2026, targeting proof of concept through switching of a soft magnetic layer. SKYMRAM uses skyrmions, nanoscale magnetic structures, for a proposed memory architecture. Work covers fabrication, materials development and device testing, with a Northwestern University subaward supporting materials research. The program is foundational research, not completed AI processors or validated system-level performance. Potential AI infrastructure, space and defense applications require further development and application-specific validation, including testing needed to establish radiation tolerance.
Rocket One (RKTO) signed a 12-month patent evaluation license with the Department of the Air Force for hostile-drone capture technology. The agreement covers U.S. Patent No. 10,239,637 B2 and grants rights to evaluate the invention in the United States. The technology combines physical containment with shielding designed to isolate a drone's communications.
Rocket One plans to assess configurations, testing requirements and potential integration with its counter-drone initiatives, including Swarm Stage AI. The capabilities remain subject to evaluation and testing, rather than demonstrated Rocket One product performance. The license does not authorize commercial sales; commercialization would require additional rights and applicable approvals. It is not a government procurement award or Air Force endorsement.
Rocket One (RKTO) signed a definitive Membership Interest Purchase Agreement on September 18, 2026 to acquire 100% of Tracer Drone Technologies, a New Jersey-based drone hardware, software, training, maintenance and managed-services provider serving public safety, enterprise and first-responder markets.
Tracer is currently revenue-generating and, at closing, is expected to operate as a wholly owned Rocket One subsidiary. The company cites strategic benefits including an established commercial platform for drone sales, systems integration, training, repair and customer support; expansion into public-safety and enterprise unmanned-aircraft programs; and a direct go-to-market channel for Swarm Stage AI and future AI-enabled autonomous, swarm-simulation and counter‑UAS offerings. The transaction will close following satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) announced that CEO Robb Knie will attend IDGA's Counter UAS Summit on August 25–26, 2026, at the MGM Hotel and Casino in National Harbor, MD. The company highlights its focus on nanomagnetic AI chips, orbital infrastructure, defense applications, and its Swarm Stage AI drone-swarm subsidiary.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) announced the launch of Swarm Stage AI, a large-scale drone-swarm threat-emulation platform now being made available to U.S. military and defense organizations for counter‑UAS training, testing and evaluation. The system adapts commercially proven swarm-coordination technology that has synchronized thousands of aircraft, offering a library of over 2,500 field-tested formations and flight assets.
Key capabilities include large-scale swarm coordination, an AI Threat Builder to translate scenarios into multi‑drone behaviors, 3D mission preview, custom threat scenarios, and representative drone-swarm environments for evaluating detection, tracking and counter‑UAS technologies. Development, operation and deployment are U.S.-based, and current availability does not imply any contract or endorsement by U.S. government agencies.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) announced the launch of Swarm Stage AI, a large-scale drone-swarm threat-emulation platform for U.S. military and defense organizations, on August 18, 2026. The system adapts commercially proven swarm-coordination technology used to synchronize thousands of aircraft.
According to Rocket One, Swarm Stage AI provides large-scale swarm coordination, an AI-based threat builder, 3D mission preview, custom threat scenarios, and C-UAS training and evaluation tools, all designed, developed and operated in the U.S. It is being offered for briefings, demonstrations, testing and potential collaborations, but no contracts or procurement commitments are implied.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) announced its acceptance into the Seagate Partner Program, gaining access to Seagate’s partner resources such as product information, training, and sales and marketing tools via the partner portal. The company frames this as part of its strategy in AI infrastructure, advanced computing, data storage, and next-generation semiconductor technologies for commercial, space, and defense applications.
According to Rocket One, rapidly growing AI workloads increase demand for enterprise-class storage, which it views as a key element of data-intensive AI and mission-critical computing environments. The company continues to seek relationships and technology opportunities across the AI infrastructure stack. Membership in the Seagate Partner Program does not, by itself, make Rocket One an authorized reseller or agent of Seagate or its affiliates.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) announced a nonexclusive patent license agreement with NASA for the Affordable Vehicle Avionics System (AVA), a NASA-developed technology that will underpin Rocket One's planned AI-powered software platform for spacecraft mission planning, avionics modeling, simulation and engineering workflows.
Rocket One gains rights to develop and commercialize software, analytical tools and technical workflows using AVA within a defined field of use focused on modeling, simulation, testing and mission planning for space-vehicle avionics. The company outlines a phased commercialization roadmap including product architecture, prototype development, market validation, pilot programs and an initial commercial launch, targeting commercial launch providers, satellite operators, aerospace firms, defense contractors and government organizations.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) announced a strategic collaboration with Placeve, including an initial investment, to advance its next-generation AI infrastructure platform for defense, space and intelligent edge computing. The companies plan to jointly evaluate Placeve’s proprietary Fourier Processing Unit-based AI processors, software platform and machine-learning technologies across defense, autonomous systems, commercial edge and space applications.
The collaboration is expected to include joint engineering on AI hardware integration, software optimization, workload acceleration and performance-per-watt improvements, targeting commercial, defense and orbital environments. Rocket One said this complements its nanomagnetic and spintronic initiatives and pending provisional patents for an AI-powered autonomous defense and space security platform. Placeve’s photonic-electronic AI processor is currently being evaluated under NASA’s MISSE program on the International Space Station.
Rocket One (Nasdaq: RKTO) added the SpaceXAI API to its AI technology stack after acceptance into the SpaceXAI API program. The company gains access to multimodal AI models for coding, reasoning, text, image, video, and voice, which it plans to evaluate across AI infrastructure, autonomous defense, and space-computing initiatives.
Rocket One’s strategy combines leading AI software platforms with licensed nanomagnetic and spintronic semiconductor technologies targeting energy-efficient, radiation-tolerant, high-performance computing for commercial, defense, and space markets.