TILT Autonomy grew from the Rogue Squadron team that Ryan Beall and Mark Jacobsen founded at the Defense Innovation Unit in 2017, carrying that small-team, warfighter-focused approach into private industry. The company builds autonomous unmanned systems for defense customers, a mission it demonstrated by developing the MARV maritime rescue vehicle with the Air Force’s Blue Horizons program in less than three months.
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DA Precision Arms LTD COVeteran-founded DA Precision Arms develops autonomous defense technology centered on VHAGAR-X, a modular, backpack-deployable tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aircraft system. The U.S.-based small business is designing the platform for rapid field deployment, edge-AI processing and future coordinated multi-drone operations in denied or communications-degraded environments. Its government-facing development work is aligned with SBIR/STTR pathways and ITAR, CMMC and SAM.gov requirements.332994SHIPPENSBURG, PA
AeroVironment, IncAeroVironment was founded by aerospace innovator Dr. Paul B. MacCready Jr., whose pioneering spirit still shapes the company’s work. For more than five decades, the company has developed defense technology for warfighters and allied operators, with a particular focus on autonomous systems; its engineering legacy includes the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and seven innovations recognized by the Smithsonian. AeroVironment says its systems have been deployed more than 50,000 times in 55-plus countries.BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH
AeroVironment, IncAeroVironment was founded by Dr. Paul B. MacCready Jr., whose spirit of experimentation still shapes the company’s work in defense technology. The company develops autonomous systems for military and national-security customers, with more than 50,000 deployments in over 55 countries. Its engineering legacy includes the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and seven innovations recognized by the Smithsonian.ARLINGTON, VA
Fulcrum AutonomyFulcrum Autonomy, a trade name of BBG Aerosystems, Inc., develops and manufactures unmanned aerial systems and related ground-control technology. Its capabilities include rapid RDT&E, vertically integrated production, flight services, training, and operational support for defense and mission-focused applications.LAYTONSVILLE, MD