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Xtratyon Defense Systems  ·  Arlington VA

The Neo-Prime for National Security

One accountable partner, multiple mission programs. Frontier technology across every domain, fielded at the speed the mission demands.

Programs
Raptor · Nexus · Sentinel-Bio
Mission layer
MissionOS
Headquarters
Arlington VA
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Engineered to the Standards National Security Demands

Who we are

A US defense company structured like a prime from day one, built to move at the speed of a technology company.

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Built for the operator

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Operators

Designed to be led by defense industry executives, former DoW program leaders and veterans, building the next generation of mission solutions.

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Frontier Technology

The breakthroughs that define the next fight (autonomy, AI, space and biotechnology), developed into fieldable capability.

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Multi-Domain by Design

Mission solutions for the Joint Force across space, air, land and sea, and for chemical and biological defense. Designed for Space Force, Air Force, Army, Navy and SOCOM mission needs, with DARPA collaboration on the frontier technology that comes next.

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Arlington VA

In the heart of the national security community, alongside the Pentagon, DARPA, the Service research offices and the Intelligence Community.

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The window

National direction now asks for exactly what Xtratyon builds

2026

National Defense Strategy

Defend the homeland, deter through strength, stronger burden sharing with Allies and partners, and a revitalized defense industrial base.

EO 14369

Ensuring American Space Superiority

Design and field the architectures that preserve US advantage.

USSF

Objective Force

Hybrid by design, modular, resilient through distribution, autonomy at machine speed with human judgment.

Acquisition now rewards speed

OTA prototyping with a path to production, commercial solutions openings at DIU, SpaceWERX and the Service innovation offices, and SBIR Phase III sole-source authority.

The Neo-Prime Difference

A Neo-Prime: the strengths of both models, by design

Dimension
Prime strength
Venture strength
Xtratyon combines
Leadership
Deep program execution
Technical founders, fresh perspective
Prime-experienced leadership at venture tempo
Technology
Proven, mission-qualified systems
Rapid, software-first iteration
Licensed frontier IP plus Xtratyon foreground IP
Programs
Broad portfolio of programs of record
Focused flagship product
Multi-program portfolio from inception
Compliance
Mature enterprise compliance
Lean, scaled with growth
Compliance architecture designed in from day one

The program engine

Four channels feed the portfolio, so no single source carries the company

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Licensed background IP

Raptor, Nexus and Sentinel-Bio, built on commercial background IP licensed for the defense field of use under arm’s-length agreements.

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Xtratyon-native

Foreground technology owned outright, starting with MissionOS.

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Research partners

Turning America’s leading university research into mission capability.

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Third-party FULAs

US startups and SMEs can license a defense field of use to Xtratyon.

Output

Xtratyon program portfolio

Multiple sources, one mission layer, no single point of failure.

The portfolio

Three mission programs and one mission layer across them all

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Mission layer · Wholly owned

MissionOS

The common mission-management layer for every Xtratyon autonomous system.

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Status: Architecture definition
Satellites in orbit above the Earth at night
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Space

Raptor

Autonomous co-orbital platform for Space Domain Awareness and on-orbit protection in LEO and GEO.

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Robotic ground vehicles and unmanned aircraft operating together with soldiers in the desert
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Ground / Air / Sea

Nexus

Orchestration of heterogeneous robotic swarms in contested, GNSS-denied environments.

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Biological

Sentinel-Bio

AI-enabled biosurveillance and bio-threat detection for chemical and biological defense missions.

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SYS/01MissionOS · Mission layer · Wholly ownedStatus: Architecture definition

The backbone of every Xtratyon program

One layer across
Orbital
Robotic
Biological
Fielded C2

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Cross-domain

One mission layer for orbital, robotic and biological sensing systems.

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Open

Built on open standards to interoperate with fielded C2, including Service battle-management systems.

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Human on the loop

Policy-constrained autonomy inside authority envelopes set by commanders, consistent with Directive 3000.09.

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Secure and owned

Zero-trust architecture designed in from the first line of code.

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Autonomy at machine speed with human judgment.

Aligned with USSF force design principles · Human on the loop

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Raptor

Autonomous co-orbital platform for Space Domain Awareness and on-orbit protection in LEO and GEO

What it does

Raptor is an autonomous co-orbital platform for Space Domain Awareness, delivering close-range inspection, characterization and persistent patrol to protect high-value US space assets in LEO and GEO.

How

A common Core Module with EO and passive RF sensing, robotic manipulation and edge autonomy mates to LEO or GEO mobility stacks through a standard interface (SMEDI), designed to operate alone or in formation and to connect machine-to-machine with Space Force C2.

Who it serves

Designed for US Space Force and national security space mission needs, with advanced autonomy and proximity operations positioned for DARPA collaboration.

Domain

Space (LEO and GEO)

Maturity

Built on commercial in-orbit servicing heritage, with commercial flight demonstration planned for 2028 and a Raptor-L Pathfinder IOD planned for 2029.

Robotic ground vehicles and unmanned aircraft operating together in the desert
SYS/03 · Ground / Air / Sea

Nexus

Autonomous orchestration of heterogeneous robotic swarms in contested environments

What it does

Designed to coordinate ground, air, sea and other robotic assets from different vendors as one force, in GNSS-denied and communications-degraded conditions.

How

Deterministic, supervisory AI for reliability, adaptive learning for dynamic conditions, and high-fidelity simulation for training and validation.

Who it serves

Designed for Army, Navy, Air Force and SOCOM mission needs, with entry pathways through ARL and ARO, ONR, AFWERX, DARPA and OTA consortia.

Domain

Ground / Air / Sea

Maturity
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SYS/04 · Biological

Sentinel-Bio

AI-enabled biosurveillance: detect, characterize and inform response to biological threats

What it does

Fuses genomic, environmental and epidemiological data to detect anomalies and characterize potential biological threats.

How

Computational biology AI, adapted from a commercial discovery platform, that characterizes biological signatures and accelerates medical countermeasure assessment. Within MissionOS, Sentinel-Bio is designed to cue sensing assets and inform commanders’ response decisions.

Who it serves

Designed for chemical and biological defense missions across DTRA, JPEO-CBRND, DARPA BTO and DHS S&T, entering through SBIR, BAA and RFI pathways.

Domain

Biological

Maturity

Why Xtratyon wins

Built against the reasons new defense entrants fail

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Portfolio

Multiple programs at launch, a proprietary mission layer and four program sourcing channels.

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Head start

Licensed background IP at TRL 2 to 4 positions Xtratyon to compete for prototyping-stage awards instead of starting at feasibility.

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Compounding IP

Every program builds Xtratyon foreground IP, segregated from licensed background IP from day one.

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Defined rights

Defense field-of-use licenses give Xtratyon clear, durable rights to its program technology.

Market in Expansion

A national security market growing faster than any single supplier can serve

Precision manufacturing on a modern production line.

Routes to award

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Four pathways that expand with the mission.

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Small-business pathways

Statutory small-business participation goals, SBIR and STTR, and sole-source Phase III authority.

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Prime partnerships

Teaming, subcontracts and the Mentor-Protégé Program connect Xtratyon’s technology to established programs of record.

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OTA consortia

OTA consortia such as SOSSEC and NSTXL open prototype and production access across the Services.

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Force design

Next-generation force design calls for hybrid, distributed architectures drawing on many suppliers.

Control and compliance

Structured for US control, independent governance and compliance before the first award

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American by design

A US company built for American national security: US-based operations and an ownership, control and governance structure designed to meet DCSA standards.

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Governance architecture

An independent Board of Directors and a Board of Advisors, being formed with senior defense leaders, retired general officers and industry executives, to bring oversight, judgment and mission credibility.

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Xtratyon

Built for operators, powered by frontier technology, designed to the standards national security demands

A multi-program engine built to deliver fielded capability across every domain, for the Joint Force and the national security mission.