Darkhive

Darkhive builds American-made tactical uncrewed aerial systems and the autonomy software that runs them, for military and public-safety users. Its drones are short- and mid-range reconnaissance platforms designed to be NDAA-compliant, low-cost and manufacturable at scale, with modular mission payloads. Alongside the hardware it ships an autonomy application layer that plugs into the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) for multi-agent missions, and Fleetforge, an accredited edge device management and software delivery platform. The company was co-founded by CEO John Goodson and CTO Steve Turner and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Aims to close the gap between cheap but cyber-insecure Chinese drones and secure but expensive, hard-to-use American ones by delivering a low-cost, NDAA-compliant drone that is easy for operators to fly, paired with an accredited software delivery pipeline that can push updates to fielded devices in hours rather than months.