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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-025987"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONDS"
cik: "0001646188"
company_name: "Ondas Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T14:50:10.745801+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ondas acquires BIRD Aerosystems in stock deal; enters airborne missile protection market

## Summary
- Issued 6,933,110 shares to selling stockholders for 100% of BIRD Aerosystems.
- BIRD's AMPS and ISR tech installed on 700+ aircraft across 40+ types; customers include U.S. Army, NATO.
- Acquisition adds advanced DIRCM laser countermeasures and airborne surveillance to Ondas' defense platform.
- Ondas to provide BIRD business outlook on March 25 earnings call.
- Expands into unmanned aerial system missile protection and counter-UAS markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-025987
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONDS
- cik: 0001646188
- company_name: Ondas Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646188/000121390026025987/0001213900-26-025987-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646188/000121390026025987/ea0280851-8k_ondas.htm

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