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Swarm Aero develops UAVs designed for autonomous swarming, using on-aircraft edge compute and a sensor mesh so small teams can coordinate thousands of uncrewed air, sea and ground vehicles in contested, communications-limited environments. It targets defense missions, translating user intent into real-time vehicle-level behaviors through a browser-based, platform-agnostic interface.
Also known as Swarm Aero · Swarm Aero Inc.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Swarm Aero is an Oxnard, California-based aerospace and defense company developing large, multimission uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) together with command-and-control software that allows drones to be operated as coordinated swarms. Its aircraft category combines sense and strike capabilities and is designed to take off in relative safety and cross long distances, positioned by the company as several times cheaper than traditional manned combat aircraft. The company describes its aircraft as Group 5 UAS and has selected Honeywell Aerospace's TPE331 turboprop as the powerplant for its next-generation multimission vehicle.
A central element of the company's approach is high-rate manufacturing of carbon composite aerostructures, intended to support airframe throughput at volumes the company compares to World War II-era production rates. Swarm Aero has received more than $10 million in Air Force Research Laboratory contracts for research and development on high-rate composite aerostructure manufacturing techniques. On the software side, its command-and-control system was exercised in manned-unmanned teaming during U.S. Navy Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026, where live fire missions involved a single operator orchestrating multiple air and sea assets.
Founding story
Swarm Aero was founded in 2022. Its team is described as having designed and built over 30 novel aircraft, deployed software with a combined 4.6 billion active users, served in special operations and TOPGUN, closed billions of dollars in defense deals, led materials and processes for a high production-rate general aircraft program, broken four of the seven FAI-recognized Absolute Aviation records, and participated in the Collier Trophy and X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne team.
Business model
Swarm Aero designs, manufactures and sells large uncrewed aircraft and the accompanying swarm command-and-control software to defense customers, and performs government-funded research and development, including Air Force Research Laboratory contracts on composite aerostructure manufacturing. It operates its own manufacturing capacity in Arkansas for volume aircraft production.
Revenue is derived from government and defense contracting, including more than $10 million in Air Force Research Laboratory contracts, alongside planned production and sale of large UAVs and swarm software. A third-party business data profile estimates annual revenue in the $5M-$20M range.
Traction
The company has secured over $10 million in Air Force Research Laboratory contracts, opened an 80,000-square-foot production facility, completed manned-unmanned teaming exercises with live fire missions at U.S. Navy FLEX 2026, ordered Honeywell TPE331 engines for its Group 5 UAS, and raised $59 million in total funding. A third-party business directory lists 51-200 employees, and the company stated plans to more than double headcount by year end.
Latest developments
In April 2026 Swarm Aero announced a $35 million Series A led by Two Sigma Ventures and Silent Ventures, following the opening of its Fayetteville, Arkansas manufacturing facility. Recent milestones include the Honeywell TPE331 engine selection, additional Air Force Research Laboratory contract awards for composite manufacturing research, and participation in U.S. Navy FLEX 2026.
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Market position
Swarm Aero positions itself around large UAVs rather than small quadcopter swarms, describing itself as building the largest UAV swarm and aiming to bring the largest swarming aircraft ever built to market. It was included in a16z's American Dynamism 50 list and selected among Defense Innovation Unit software vendors for Replicator.
The company differentiates through the scale of its aircraft — large, long-range, multimission UAVs with sense and strike capability — paired with swarm command-and-control software, and through a high-rate carbon composite manufacturing method intended to deliver aircraft at substantially lower cost than traditional manned combat aircraft.
Technology
The company combines large multimission uncrewed aircraft with swarm command-and-control software that enables a single operator to orchestrate multiple air and sea assets. Aircraft incorporate both sense and strike capabilities and long-range flight. A pioneered high-rate carbon composite production approach underpins airframe throughput, and the Group 5 UAS uses Honeywell Aerospace's commercially available TPE331 turboprop engine.
Go-to-market
Swarm Aero engages defense customers through government research and development contracts and program participation, including Air Force Research Laboratory awards, Defense Innovation Unit Replicator vendor selection, and demonstrations at U.S. Navy Fleet Experimentation exercises.
U.S. military and defense organizations, including the U.S. Air Force (via Air Force Research Laboratory), the U.S. Navy (Fleet Experimentation) and the Defense Innovation Unit's Replicator program.
Geography
Headquarters at 2889 W. 5th St., Ste 111, Oxnard, California, with an 80,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
History
Founded in 2022 and based in Oxnard, California, Swarm Aero raised seed and pre-seed capital from a group including Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Coatue, Construct Capital, Scribble Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Alumni Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Champion Hill Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, Humba Ventures, Quiet Capital, Saturn Ventures, Sargeant Solutions and angel investor Xander Oltmann. It was named among the Defense Innovation Unit's software vendors supporting the Replicator initiative and won more than $10 million in Air Force Research Laboratory contracts. In 2026 the company opened an 80,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and announced a $35 million Series A led by Two Sigma Ventures and Silent Ventures, bringing total capital raised to $59 million.
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Swarm went on to found or lead other companies.
Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsSwarm Aero announced a $35 million Series A financing led by Two Sigma Ventures and Silent Ventures, with participation from seed investors including Khosla Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Construct Capital, Coatue, Founders Fund, Alumni Ventures and MaC Venture Capital. The company said the capital, part of $59 million raised in total, would accelerate development and deployment of its large UAV and swarm software and support headcount growth.
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Swarm Aero was included in Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism 50 list of companies advancing the national interest using AI.
Swarm Aero opened an 80,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to produce large uncrewed aerial vehicles at volume.
Swarm Aero's command and control software completed manned-unmanned teaming exercises at U.S. Navy Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026, where live fire missions had a single operator orchestrate multiple air and sea assets in an integrated environment.
Swarm Aero selected and ordered Honeywell Aerospace's TPE331 turboprop engine, a commercially available powerplant, for its next-generation multi-mission Group 5 uncrewed aircraft system.
The company reported winning more than $10 million in Air Force Research Laboratory contracts for research and development on high-rate composite aerostructure manufacturing techniques intended to enable low-cost, large aircraft at scale.
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Swarm Aero appears among vendors announced by the Defense Innovation Unit to support the Replicator initiative, advancing resilient command and control and collaborative autonomy for all-domain attritable autonomous systems.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Swarm do?
- Swarm Aero builds large uncrewed aerial vehicles and swarming command-and-control software for U.S. defense missions.
- Who founded Swarm?
- Swarm was founded by Danny Goodman, Peter Kalogiannis.
- Who are Swarm's investors?
- Swarm's investors include Champion Hill Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Scribble Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, MOTIVATE VENTURES, Silent Ventures.