Heaviside Industries

Market position

Heaviside operates in the venture-backed defense technology market focused on autonomous weapons, unmanned systems, and software-driven battlefield operations, a segment described as expanding as militaries adapt to drone warfare, electronic jamming, and degraded GPS conditions. Its positioning emphasizes affordable, mass-producible precision strike capability aligned with Pentagon and allied priorities for scalable autonomous systems.

Investors and coverage cite the combination of engineering depth and large-scale manufacturing capability under one roof, precision performance in jammed and GPS-denied conditions, substantially lower unit cost than traditional precision strike methods, and reduced collateral damage.

Technology

Systems combine autonomous guidance and precision targeting intended to function in jammed and GPS-denied environments. The company describes an engineering approach that treats the whole system—sensing, decision-making, motion (dynamics, control, aerodynamics, propulsion), and fabrication—as a single closed loop, with design constrained from the outset by materials, manufacturing, operating conditions, reliability, and cost, and validated through physical modeling, early fabrication, and testing. Investors cite an engineering team including architects of miniaturized military unmanned aerial systems and a guidance group with over 100,000 flight hours in contested environments.

Go-to-market

Direct engagement with U.S. and allied special operations and conventional military customers, with relationships built during a multi-year stealth period and funding used to accelerate deliveries domestically and internationally.

U.S. and allied military forces, including special operations units and conventional defense customers.

Geography

Headquarters in Los Angeles, California, with an office in Oslo, Norway and a registered Norwegian entity in Sandvika. The company website also lists Austin, Texas. Series B proceeds are intended in part to expand its operational footprint across the U.S.

History

Founded in 2024, Heaviside Industries operated in stealth for more than two years, during which it says it assembled a team of over 50 engineers and operators across Los Angeles and Oslo, built manufacturing capability that shipped tens of thousands of systems, and established U.S. and allied customers. It emerged from stealth with a $28M Series A announced in May 2026 (with additional coverage in June 2026), followed by a $60M Series B announced in August 2026.

Risks & controversies

Sources contain conflicting information on the identity of the chief executive (Phillip Walker in press coverage versus Nils-Andreas Haagenrud in an SEC-filing-based listing) and on primary location (Los Angeles in press coverage versus Austin, Texas on the company website). As a defense company producing munitions, the business is subject to export controls, government procurement dependence, and the policy scrutiny associated with autonomous weapons; the sources do not detail specific regulatory actions or controversies.