Revenue Growth Plus Acquisitions Sends (NASDAQ: ZENA) To Our #1 Watchlist Spot

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Any content you receive is for information purposes only. Always conduct your own research. *Disseminated on Behalf of ZenaTech, Inc. Revenue Growth Plus Acquisitions Sends (NASDAQ: ZENA) To Our #1 Watchlist Spot *Click Here To Get Our Alerts Faster Via SMS* Consider Starting Your Own Research On (ZENA)... [ Company Website ] | [ Corporate Relations ] August 18th Greetings Readers, There is a moment in some small cap defense stories when the testing stops and the selling starts. One small NASDAQ-listed drone company just reached it. In July, its ZenaDrone subsidiary announced it had begun scheduling technology demonstrations with U.S. government defense agencies, starting with its first confirmed agency demonstration. The first request came in for its IQ Nano indoor drone. Lab to test range. Test range to the people who actually buy. And the timing could not be better. The Pentagon has announced plans to spend $1Bn to purchase more than 340,000 American-made drones by 2027. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a directive ordering every Army squad to be equipped with unmanned systems by the end of 2026. The White House called for $1.5Tn in defense spending for fiscal year 2027, a 66% increase from current levels.  This is not a wish list. It is a mandate. The market has been repricing the whole sector because of it. Kratos soared 196% in 2025. AeroVironment gained 76%. Northrop Grumman broke out to all-time highs. The iShares U.S. Aerospace and Defense ETF over the past year. Source Then came the part that changed the math for American manufacturers. In December 2025, the FCC added foreign-made drones to its Covered List, effectively banning new models from DJI and other Chinese manufacturers. DJI controlled nearly 80% of the American drone market. That door is now closing. Someone has to fill the gap. The company scheduling those government demonstrations is ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA). It designs drones, manufactures drones, and runs a national Drone-as-a-Service network. It just reported 640% first-quarter revenue growth. And in the last six weeks it has closed two more acquisitions, filed five patents, and started flight testing its own circuit boards. ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) will be topping our watchlist, August 18th, 2026. Keep reading to learn more about ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA). ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) is a business technology company built on three divisions that feed each other: Drone Technology Solutions, Drone-as-a-Service, and Enterprise SaaS Software. It designs and manufactures its own drones, deploys them through a national service network, and owns eleven enterprise software brands that generate recurring revenue while the drone business scales. Not a concept. Not a pitch deck. A company that built a pro-fit-able software business first, then used that foundation to move into hardware. The flagship ZenaDrone 1000. Roughly 7 by 12 feet, able to carry up to 40 kg of payload, with an interchangeable nose cone and a compartment for temperature-controlled cargo like medical supplies or blood. Source: ZenaTech Inc. Building the Whole Drone, Down to the Circuit Board On August 11th, ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) announced that ZenaDrone had begun flight testing its own custom-designed printed circuit boards. The boards are designed and built at the company’s Taiwan subsidiary, Spider Vision Sensors, then shipped to its UAE facility and flown on the ZenaDrone 1000 and IQ Nano. That sounds technical. The reason it matters is simple. Blue UAS certification requires component-level traceability, right down to the circuit boards. Companies that buy those boards from outside suppliers do not control that paperwork. Companies that build their own do. Taiwan is not designated a covered foreign country under the NDAA, which makes components manufactured there eligible for NDAA-compliant, Blue UAS-eligible drone systems. Management says the move also improves margin potential and shortens the design-to-deployment cycle. That matters because roughly 80% of critical electronic components used in drones globally are manufactured in China, a dependency the U.S. government is actively working to eliminate. Manufacturing now runs across three facilities in Arizona, Dubai, and Taiwan, with a fourth operation being set up in Ukraine. Revenue Growth of 640%: The Numbers Are Accelerating, Not Slowing ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue growth of 640% year over year, powered by its drone division, along with an annualized revenue run rate of approximately C$33Mn. Management calls it a baseline, not a ceiling. The trend behind that number is just as important. Q3 2025 revenue hit $4.35Mn, up 1,225% year-over-year. Full-year 2025 revenue reached $12.9Mn, up 558% versus $2.0Mn for full year 2024. That is not a spike. That is a pattern. And on July 14th, the company signed offers to acquire multiple land surveying and geospatial services companies across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. If those transactions close, management expects them to collectively contribute approximately C$40Mn in revenue during the first 12 months following closing. That estimate is based on unaudited information from the acquisition targets and management estimates, and has not been independently verified by auditors. That is not revenue from businesses the company hopes to build from scratch. It is expected revenue from established operations it is seeking to acquire and convert to its service model. The Roll-Up Engine: 27 Acquisitions and Counting This is the part most underestimate. ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) is not just selling drones. It is buying established but under-digitized field service companies, land surveyors, inspection firms, civil engineers, and powerwashing businesses, then integrating drone technology to make those services faster, cheaper, and safer. Hardware sales are lumpy. Service revenue repeats. A customer needs inspections every month, surveys every quarter, and inventory counts every week. The pace has picked up sharply. On July 23rd, the company closed its 26th acquisition, an Ohio-based land surveying company licensed in four states. Two weeks later, on August 6th, it closed its 27th, Idaho-based Galena-Benchmark Engineering, a full-service civil engineering and land surveying firm with a 30-year history and an established roster of municipal, government, and construction customers. Idaho becomes the company’s 13th U.S. state. Management had set a public goal of 25 acquisitions by mid-2026. It is now past 27. Recent market research projects the global Drone-as-a-Service market could reach approximately $355Bn by 2032, growing at over 36% annually. The U.S. commercial drone market is projected to keep expanding through 2030. Source: Grand View Research Consider Starting Your Own Research On (ZENA)... [ Company Website ] | [ Corporate Relations ] From Paid Trials to Live Demonstrations ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) already completed paid trials with the US Air Force for medical supply delivery and with the US Navy for sub-zero climate operations. The July announcement moves the story forward. Demonstrations with U.S. government defense agencies are now being scheduled, beginning with a confirmed request for the IQ Nano, the indoor drone designed for automated inventory management inside armories and supply depots. The ZenaDrone 1000 and IQ Square are lined up behind it. Alongside that, four drones are moving through the Blue UAS certification process, with cyber testing slated for this summer. Green and Blue UAS applications are in progress for the IQ Nano, IQ Square, and ZenaDrone 1000, and the IQ Quad is being prepared for Blue UAS submission. The counter-drone side is moving too. On July 28th, ZenaDrone began flight testing the Interceptor P-1, a low-cost, one-way autonomous interceptor targeted to sell for under $5,000. Testing is running at the company’s range near Mesa, Arizona. The idea is straightforward: stop answering cheap drone swarms with Mn-dollar missiles. The global military drone market is projected to grow from roughly $15Bn in 2024 to nearly $47Bn by 2032. Source: Fortune Business Insights Five New Patents, and a Fire You Put Out With Sound On August 4th, the company announced it had filed five U.S. provisional patents covering acoustic fire suppression and aerial wildfire assessment technology built for the ZenaDrone 1000. Acoustic suppression uses low-frequency sound instead of water, foam, or chemicals to disrupt a flame at its source. Because nothing is sprayed, it can work in places conventional suppression cannot, such as electrical substations, data centers, archives, and battery storage. The market behind it is not small. Climate-exacerbated wildfires cost the U.S. between $394Bn and $893Bn annually, as much as 4% of GDP, according to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. Grand View Research projects the global firefighting drone market to grow to nearly $2.8Bn by 2033. This is early-stage research, not revenue. But it shows where the engineering team is pointed, and it adds five patents to a portfolio that already covers maritime defense. The Quantum Edge Most Have Not Considered Most see ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) as a drone company. That misses a layer. The company is building AI autonomy platforms and quantum computing applications, including a quantum navigation system for GPS-denied drone operations in contested environments. Its most significant initiative is Eagle Eye, a quantum-powered defense intelligence project built for U.S. Defense and Homeland Security applications. The plan is to pair AI drones with quantum computing to deliver predictive mission analysis, better situational awareness, and optimized military logistics. Eagle Eye integrates AI drones with quantum computing for U.S. defense and homeland security applications. Source: ZenaTech Inc. Consider Starting Your Own Research On (ZENA)... [ Company Website ] | [ Corporate Relations ] 7 Reasons Why ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) Is Topping Our Watchlist, August 18th, 2026 1. Government Demonstrations Are Now Being Scheduled: ZenaDrone has begun scheduling technology demonstrations with U.S. government defense agencies, starting with a confirmed request for the IQ Nano. Paid Air Force and Navy trials are already complete. This is the step between testing and procurement. 2. The Defense Tailwind Is Not a Forecast. It Is Policy: Trump has called for $1.5Tn in defense spending. The Pentagon wants 340,000 drones by 2027. Every Army squad must have unmanned systems by the end of 2026. And the National Resilience Strategy puts commercial drones at the center of America’s security agenda. 3. The DJI Ban Just Handed American Manufacturers the Market: DJI controlled nearly 80% of U.S. commercial drones. The FCC just blocked new Chinese models from entering the market. Someone has to fill the gap, and (ZENA) is building an Arizona facility to manufacture drones specifically for U.S. military compliance. 4. Revenue Is Accelerating, Not Slowing: (ZENA) reported a 640% year-over-year revenue increase in Q1 2026 and an annualized run rate of approximately C$33Mn. Full-year 2025 revenue grew 558% to $12.9Mn. Signed offers across three countries are expected to add roughly C$40Mn more in the first 12 months after closing. 5. The Roll-Up Just Hit 27: Two acquisitions closed in the last four weeks, an Ohio surveying firm licensed in four states and an Idaho civil engineering firm with a 30-year history. That is 27 total across 13 U.S. states, in a Drone-as-a-Service market projected to reach approximately $355Bn by 2032. According to the company, no other drone manufacturer is executing this model at scale. 6. Vertical Integration Is Reaching the Component Level: ZenaDrone is now flight testing its own circuit boards, designed and built in Taiwan. Blue UAS certification demands component-level traceability, and four drones are already in that process. Owning the supply chain is what makes the paperwork possible. 7. An Analyst $5 Target and a Russell 3000 Listing: The company was added to the Russell 3000 Index, and Maxim Group analyst Matthew Galinko, a four+ star rated analyst, has a $5 target. Consider Starting Your Own Research On (ZENA)... [ Company Website ] | [ Corporate Relations ] Before you call it, take one more look at why (ZENA) has landed front and center. The policy setup is as clear as it gets: a $1.5Tn defense budget request, a Pentagon mandate for 340,000 American-made drones, and a DJI ban that just closed the door on 80% of the U.S. drone market. ZenaTech Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENA) is not waiting for that tailwind. In the last seven weeks alone it closed two acquisitions to reach 27, filed five patents, started flight testing its own circuit boards, began flight testing a sub-$5,000 interceptor drone, and started scheduling demonstrations with U.S. government defense agencies. Q1 2026 revenue grew 640% year-over-year with an annualized run rate of approximately C$33Mn. Paid military trials are done. Four drones are moving through Blue UAS certification. Manufacturing is scaling across Arizona, Dubai, and Taiwan. The company sits in the Russell 3000 Index. And an analyst covering ZENA has a $5 target. We will have all eyes on (ZENA) Tuesday. Also, keep a lookout for updates coming out shortly. And as always, please remember to do your own research. Sincerely, Kai Parker StockWireNews (Always Remember The St-ock Prices Could Be Significantly Lower Now From The Dates I Provided.) *StockWireNews.com (“StockWireNews” or “SWN” ) is owned by SWN Media LLC, a single member limited liability company. Data is provided from third-party sources and SWN is not responsible for its accuracy. Make sure to always do your own research and due diligence on any day and swing profile SWN brings to your attention. Any emojis used do not have a specific defined meaning, and may be used inconsistently. 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