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★ Government Action

U.S. Air Force orders drones from Trump-tied Dominari portfolio firm

Presidential Self-DealingTrump Family Business Dealings

Filed April 2026

★ The Brief

What happened

The Air Force placed a limited procurement order with Powerus, a drone manufacturer that had merged in March 2026 with Aureus Greenway, the Florida company Dominari Holdings took public a year earlier.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. hold roughly 12 percent of Dominari and anchor American Ventures, which invested in Powerus. Trump had separately signed an order accelerating domestic drone production.

In late April 2026, the U.S. Air Force placed a limited procurement order for the Guardian-2 Interceptor drone systems made by Powerus, an American drone manufacturer that had agreed to merge with Aureus Greenway in March 2026. Aureus — a lossmaking Florida golf-course operator — had IPO'd in February 2025 with Dominari Holdings as lead underwriter, and Dominari's American Ventures unit was among the investors in the merged Powerus entity. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., Dominari's largest combined private shareholders at approximately 12 percent and anchor investors across the American Ventures portfolio, held indirect equity exposure to Powerus when the Air Force order landed. President Trump signed an executive order earlier in his second term to accelerate domestic drone production. The dollar value of the Air Force order was not disclosed.

Actors

Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • U.S. Air Force
    U.S. Air Force

    Placed a limited procurement order in late April 2026 for the Powerus Guardian-2 Interceptor drone system.

Beneficiaries

Who gained · 6

Who stood to gain.

  • Donald Trump Jr.
    Donald Trump Jr.

    Indirect equity exposure to Powerus via his anchor position in American Ventures and ~12 percent combined private stake in Dominari Holdings. President Trump signed an executive order earlier in his second term accelerating domestic drone production.

  • Eric Trump
    Eric Trump

    Indirect equity exposure to Powerus via his anchor position in American Ventures and ~12 percent combined private stake in Dominari Holdings. President Trump signed an executive order earlier in his second term accelerating domestic drone production.

  • American Ventures

    Invested in the merged Aureus Greenway / Powerus entity, giving its anchor investors indirect equity exposure to a defense contractor receiving U.S. Air Force orders.

  • Aureus Greenway

    Florida golf-course operator that IPO'd in February 2025 with Dominari as lead underwriter; agreed in March 2026 to merge with Powerus, making it the public vehicle through which the U.S. Air Force order flows.

  • Dominari Holdings

    Lead underwriter on Aureus Greenway's February 2025 IPO and 90 percent owner of American Ventures, which invested in the merged Powerus entity.

  • Powerus

    Drone manufacturer that received the limited Guardian-2 Interceptor procurement order. Agreed to merge with Aureus Greenway in March 2026; Dominari was lead underwriter of the Aureus February 2025 IPO and American Ventures invested in the merged entity.

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