Rocket One Launches Swarm Stage AI to Counter Autonomous Drone Swarms

Defense platform, built on proven swarm-coordination technology, targets counter-drone training, critical infrastructure protection, and space security

HOBOKEN, N.J., June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket One Inc. (Nasdaq: RKTO) ("Rocket One" or the "Company"), a developer of AI computing, autonomous systems, and infrastructure for the defense and space sectors, today launched Swarm Stage AI™, an autonomous swarm simulation and defense platform that helps military, government, and security organizations prepare for the growing threat of coordinated drone swarms.

Swarm Stage AI is built on swarm-coordination assets and intellectual property that Rocket One acquired from SkyStage, a commercial drone-swarm company whose software has flown thousands of aircraft in synchronized operations. Rocket One is adapting that IP for defense use, including counter-drone training, swarm threat emulation, critical infrastructure protection, and future space-security missions.

The launch marks Rocket One's entry into autonomous defense systems and a significant addition to its portfolio of AI, defense, and space technologies.

"The nature of warfare is changing," said Robb Knie, Chief Executive Officer of Rocket One. "Autonomous systems are getting cheaper, smarter, and more coordinated, and drone swarms have become one of the most disruptive forces on the modern battlefield. Swarm Stage AI lets us simulate, coordinate, and ultimately help defend against these threats, while opening new opportunities across defense, critical infrastructure, and space."

Preparing for the age of autonomous swarms

Recent conflicts have shown that large numbers of low-cost autonomous aircraft can overwhelm traditional defenses through coordinated attacks, electronic warfare, and saturation tactics.

Swarm Stage AI generates flyable autonomous behaviors so operators can train against realistic threats before deployment, including:

• Saturation attacks on military installations and critical infrastructure
  
  
  
  
• Coordinated multi-vector drone incursions
  
  
  
  
• Adaptive autonomous maneuvering
  
  
  
  
• Electronic warfare environments
  
  
  
  
• Counter-swarm detection and engagement exercises
  
  
  
  
• AI-enabled adversarial swarm scenarios

The platform is designed to cut the cost and complexity of large-scale training while giving defense organizations realistic environments to test readiness and response.

Expanding Rocket One's defense and space platform

Swarm Stage AI extends Rocket One's strategy of building technology where AI, autonomous systems, defense, and the space economy meet. The Company recently secured exclusive rights to nanomagnetic and spintronic computing technologies for energy-efficient AI acceleration and radiation-tolerant operation — capabilities Rocket One expects future defense and space systems to require alongside autonomous operation.

Looking ahead, Rocket One plans to explore swarm coordination beyond terrestrial defense, including distributed orbital systems, autonomous space operations, space-domain awareness, and next-generation space-security architectures.

Three strategic growth pillars

Rocket One's technology strategy now centers on three areas it views as critical to the future of defense, AI, and the space economy:

• Nanomagnetic AI computing
  
  
  
  
• Radiation-tolerant space computing
  
  
  
  
• Autonomous swarm defense systems

About Rocket One Inc.

Rocket One Inc. is focused on developing and commercializing infrastructure for the orbital economy, including next-generation nanomagnetic AI chip technology designed for radiation-tolerant, energy-constrained environments such as low-Earth orbit, deep-space platforms, and defense systems. The Company holds exclusive rights to certain technologies, including a nanomagnetic matrix multiplier architecture intended as a hardware accelerator for machine learning and AI workloads, and related magnetic memory technology with potential applications in radiation-tolerant computing for defense and space systems. The Company is also positioned to pursue opportunities in nano-launch systems and nanosatellite deployment. The Company's biotechnology pipeline, including, but not limited to, HT-001, HT-KIT, HT-ALZ, and its GDNF-based metabolic program, will continue to be advanced under a wholly owned subsidiary.

Forward-Looking Statements

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