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Good Morning Market Enthusiast,

While the headlines chase the usual defense primes, something is quietly happening one level deeper.

In the last 12 days, one small NASDAQ drone company has dropped four consecutive defense announcements:

✅ March 5: ZenaDrone 2000 maritime interceptor announced, introducing a fight-drone-with-drone approach at a fraction of missile cost ⁽⁵⁾

✅ March 10: IQ Glider development commenced, an autonomous marine launch and refueling station purpose-built for continuous ship-based operations ⁽³⁾

✅ March 12: Patent filed with the USPTO covering the combined maritime defense system ⁽⁷⁾

✅ March 17: Interceptor P-1 unveiled, a low-cost, single-use autonomous drone designed to physically intercept hostile drones in flight ⁽⁶⁾

The name? ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA).

👉 This one deserves front-row status on your screen.

Let's get into what's really powering this story.

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🏭 From Software Roots to Full-Spectrum Drone Company

ZenaTech isn't a startup with a drone prototype and a pitch deck. It's a company that designs and manufactures drones and is engaged in integrating and operating drones while generating real recurring revenue from a national service network and software sales.⁽¹⁾

Three divisions. All working together:

• Drone Technology Solutions: AI-powered autonomous drones for defense, inspection, agriculture, and surveillance. The flagship ZenaDrone 1000 has already completed paid trials with both the U.S. Air Force and Navy Reserve for critical cargo delivery including temperature-controlled medical supplies. ⁽¹⁾
• Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS): A national rollup of land survey, inspection, and field service companies, modernized with drone technology. 20 acquisitions completed. Target: 25 by June 2026. ⁽²⁾
• Enterprise SaaS Software: 11 enterprise software brands serving business and government customers generating steady recurring revenue. Software brands fund their drone development, and their software development skills empower their AIdrone solutions.⁽¹⁾
   

That last one matters more than most investors realize. ZenaTech built a cash-flowing software business first, then used that foundation to expand into drones. No constant dilution. No burning cash on hardware from zero.

🛡️ The Defense Tailwind Is Not a Forecast — It's Already Policy

The Pentagon has announced plans to spend $1 billion to purchase more than 340,000 American-made drones by 2027. Defense Secretary Hegseth issued a directive ordering every Army squad to be equipped with unmanned systems by the end of 2026. ⁽⁴⁾

Then came the other shoe.

In December 2025, the FCC effectively banned new Chinese-made drone models from entering the U.S. market. DJI controlled nearly 80% of the American drone market. That door is now closing fast. Someone has to fill the gap and the executive order is clear: federal agencies must prioritize American-manufactured drones. ⁽⁴⁾

Ukraine changed the doctrine, too. The war proved cheap drones can destroy $10M tanks. The U.S. Army is literally rewriting its battle playbook based on what it learned. That's not a research paper. That's a procurement signal.

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🚢 Four Announcements. Twelve Days. One Big Defense Story.

Here's the story most investors haven't connected yet.

It's not a single press release. It's a deliberate, sequential buildup of an entirely new maritime defense platform, released piece by piece over the last 12 days with initial prototype versions in development. ⁽³⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾
 

• March 5 - ZenaDrone 2000: Gas-powered maritime drone interceptor, designed to launch from naval vessels and simultaneously intercept multiple incoming hostile drones. The core problem it solves: Gulf nations are spending up to $1M per missile to destroy $50,000 enemy drones. ZENA fights drone with drone at a fraction of the cost. ⁽⁵⁾
• March 10 - IQ Glider: The drone interceptor's endurance problem, solved. The IQ Glider is an autonomous marine station enabling the ZenaDrone 2000 to launch, land, refuel, and redeploy in continuous rotations from a ship at sea, no return to port required. Persistent coverage without limits. ⁽³⁾
• March 12 - Patent Filed: ZenaTech filed a provisional patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering the combined ZenaDrone 2000 + IQ Glider architecture. Patent-pending status now protects the novel design for persistent, ship-based drone interception at scale. ⁽⁷⁾
• March 17 - Interceptor P-1: The newest layer. A small, expendable VTOL drone designed to physically intercept hostile drones in flight, adding point-intercept capability to the persistent patrol system. The ZenaDrone 2000, IQ Glider, and Interceptor P-1 together are being developed to form a full-spectrum, layered counter-UAS ecosystem for land, sea, and littoral environments. ⁽⁶⁾
   

"Our strategy is to offer defense customers a full-spectrum of counter-drone solutions based on persistent maritime patrol with the ZenaDrone 2000 and IQ Glider launch station. Our emerging technologies are forming a comprehensive, layered, counter-UAS ecosystem for land, sea, and littoral environments with the expendable point-intercept capabilities of the Interceptor P-1. This is exactly the kind of integrated, cost-effective capability that modern defense procurement demands." — Shaun Passley, PhD, ZenaTech CEO ⁽⁶⁾

Four announcements. One integrated system. Twelve days. That's not noise. That's a company executing.

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📈 The Numbers That Prove It's Working
 

ZENA isn't talking about growth. It's reporting it. ⁽²⁾
 

• 💰 Q3 2025 revenue: $4.35M, up 1,225% year-over-year ⁽²⁾
• 📦 DaaS contributed $3.57M in Q3 alone vs. zero in Q3 2024 ⁽²⁾
• 📊 Nine-month 2025 revenue: $7.73M vs. $2M for all of 2024 ⁽²⁾
• 💵 Working capital: $23.6M vs. $3.4M at year-end 2024 ⁽²⁾
• 🏦 Cash reserves and marketable securities: $19.5M as of September 30, 2025 ⁽²⁾
   

The DaaS model changes the math permanently. Hardware sales are lumpy. Service revenue repeats. Every acquisition adds recurring customers. Every new vertical expands the opportunity. ⁽⁹⁾

🔑 Certification + Key Alignment: The Setup Details
 

• 🎯 Green UAS certification in progress for ZenaDrone 1000, the IQ Nano, and IQ Square: the industry’s fast-track pathway to Blue UAS, which is the Pentagon procurement standard ⁽¹⁰⁾
• 🏛️ Congressional engagement: ZenaDrone representatives met with key offices and staff of Members of Congress in Washington, D.C. to discuss drone innovation and U.S. manufacturing plans ⁽¹¹⁾
• 🔬 Quantum navigation system in development for GPS-denied environments: a capability increasingly critical to modern defense ⁽¹¹⁾
• 👤 60%+ insider control: CEO Dr. Shaun Passley controls over 50% of the voting stock and owns ~20% directly. Top three shareholders control over 54%. Tight float: ~38.9M shares outstanding ⁽¹⁾
• ⭐ Maxim Group BUY rating — Five-star analyst Matthew Galinko with a $7 price target, reiterated November 2025 ⁽¹⁾

🎯 Bottom Line

Here's why ZENA should be front of radar:
 

• 4 defense press releases in 12 days: ZenaDrone 2000, IQ Glider, patent filed, Interceptor P-1. That's a roadmap, not a coincidence ⁽³⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾
• American-made drones with completed paid military trials with the Air Force and Navy ⁽¹⁾
• DJI ban just handed domestic manufacturers the market and ZENA is already building an NDAA-compliant supply chain in Arizona and Taiwan ⁽⁴⁾
• 1,225% revenue growth in Q3. This isn't a concept, it's execution ⁽²⁾
• Maritime defense patents filed, ZenaDrone 2000 + IQ Glider + Interceptor P-1 in active development ⁽³⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾
• Green and Blue UAS certification pathway underway, the gateway to  Pentagon procurement ⁽10⁾
   

20 DaaS locations nationwide and internationally through acquisition. Recurring revenue. 25 acquisitions planned by June 2026. ⁽²⁾

👉 Keep ZENA at the top of your screen. Remember to do your own research.

To your success,

Max Masters

Co-founder, Market Tips Newsletter

Sources:

1. https://www.zenatech.com/zenatech-reports-record-1225-year-over-year-revenue-growth-in-q3-2025-and-6x-growth-for-first-nine-months-of-year-as-drone-as-a-service-business-expansion-accelerates/

2. https://www.zenatech.com/zenatech-reports-record-1225-year-over-year-revenue-growth-in-q3-2025/

3. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/10/zenadrone-iq-glider-maritime/

4. https://dronexl.co/2025/10/31/pentagon-doge-unit-seizes-control-of-drone-program/

5. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/zenadrone-2000-maritime-interceptor/

6. https://www.zenatech.com/zenatech-develops-low-cost-single-use-autonomous-interceptor-drone/

7. https://www.zenatech.com/zenadrone-patent-maritime-defense-system/

8. https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/military-drone-market-102181

9. https://www.pragmamarketresearch.com/reports/119684/global-drones-as-a-service-daas-market-2022-2032

10. https://www.zenatech.com/zenadrone-green-uas-application-zenadrone-1000/

11. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/03/zenadrone-blue-uas-congressional/

12. https://stockcharts.com/sc3/ui/?s=ZENA

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