Facts

• Segment: Defense
• Country: United States
• Website: https://www.bluehalo.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Commercial
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

BlueHalo develops defence technology across counter-UAS, directed energy, electronic warfare, space systems and unmanned platforms. Its maritime robotics portfolio includes VideoRay underwater robots used for explosive ordnance disposal, inspection and intervention missions.

Market context

BlueHalo represents a major expansion of AeroVironment's scope beyond tactical UAS into precision strike, counter-UAS, space, cyber, and C2 layers.

Products

• Mission Specialist Defender

Facts

• Website: https://www.bluehalo.com/
• HQ: Arlington, Virginia, United States
• Segment: Defense

Commercial

2 commercial events; 2 contract awards; 2 named customers; $30. 7M disclosed obligated value; $200M disclosed ceiling value; latest event 2025-03-25

• 2025-03-25 - Contract award - BlueHalo is selected by NGA for Luno B IDIQ providing global activity data - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - $200M ceiling - source: bluehalo.com
• 2025-03-18 - Contract award - BlueHalo wins $30.7 million U.S. Navy contract for Mission Specialist Defender maritime ROV systems - NIWC Pacific (U.S. Navy) - Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response - $30.7M obligated…

Counter-UAS, autonomous systems and defence mission technology

BlueHalo develops defence technologies across counter-UAS, autonomous systems, directed energy, space and electronic systems. Its robotics relevance comes from unmanned aerial systems, autonomous mapping and inspection, and counter-drone technologies.

• Target environment: Defence sites, airspace security environments, autonomous systems programs, C-UAS operations, military missions and infrastructure protection settings.
• Deployment model: Defence technology model built around autonomous systems, C-UAS hardware, RF systems, mission software, production programs and government customers.
• Customer context: Defence agencies, armed forces, government customers, infrastructure protection users and systems integrators.
• Workflow context: Counter-UAS, autonomous aerial systems, robotic mapping and inspection, RF detect-and-defeat, mission autonomy and defence system integration.
• Commercial maturity: BlueHalo is a mature defence technology supplier whose autonomous systems activity sits within a broader defence electronics, directed-energy, counter-UAS and mission-systems portfolio.
• Market position: Defence technology company positioned in autonomous systems and counter-drone infrastructure.
• Adoption constraints: Government procurement, integration complexity, export controls, acquisition integration, production scale and competition from other defence primes and C-UAS specialists.
• Adjacent context: Defence robotics, counter-UAS, autonomous systems, aerial robotics, public safety robotics and military technology.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2025-05-01 - Acquisition - AeroVironment and BlueHalo complete transaction creating a larger all-domain defense technology company - AeroVironment completed its transaction with BlueHalo, formally combining the two comp…
• 2025-03-25 - Contract Award - BlueHalo is selected by NGA for Luno B IDIQ providing global activity data - BlueHalo announced selection by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for the Luno B IDIQ vehicle with a s…
• 2025-03-18 - Contract Award - BlueHalo wins $30.7 million U.S. Navy contract for Mission Specialist Defender maritime ROV systems - BlueHalo said it received a $30.7 million contract from NIWC Pacific to provide systems…
• 2024-11-19 - Acquisition - AeroVironment agrees to acquire BlueHalo in $4.1 billion all-stock transaction - AeroVironment and BlueHalo announced a definitive agreement under which AeroVironment would acquire BlueHalo in…
• 2024-09-10 - Production Milestone - BlueHalo accelerates production for USSF SCAR program with manufacturing automation investments - BlueHalo announced expanded supply-chain and manufacturing investments to support the…

Operations / Deployments

• 2024-09-10 - Production Milestone - BlueHalo accelerates production for USSF SCAR program with manufacturing automation investments - BlueHalo announced expanded supply-chain and manufacturing investments to support the…

Team

• Jonathan Moneymaker - Chief Executive Officer
• Vikram Manikonda - Chief Technology Officer
• Mary Clum - President, Product & Space Systems Portfolio

Relationships

• AeroVironment - Acquired by - BlueHalo combined with AeroVironment under a larger all-domain defense technology platform.
• production program customer - BlueHalo accelerated SCAR production through supply-chain and manufacturing automation investments for the U.S. Space Force SCAR program.
• commercial_order - BlueHalo received a $30.7 million NIWC Pacific contract for Mission Specialist Defender ROV support.
• AeroVironment - Acquired - AeroVironment and BlueHalo completed their transaction in May 2025, expanding AV's defense-technology portfolio.

Context tags

• RF counter-UAS defeat - Capability - Titan is an RF counter-UAS system with autonomous AI/ML-enabled detect-and-defeat capability.
• Defence customers - Customer Environment - Titan is positioned for force protection and defence/security environments.
• Counter-UAS system layer - Stack Layer - BlueHalo provides counter-UAS system hardware/software, not drone OEM platforms.
• Counter-UAS systems - Peer Group - Titan 4 is BlueHalo autonomous RF counter-UAS detect-and-defeat solution.
• Counter-UAS detect and defeat - Workflow - Titan detects and defeats Group 1 and Group 2 drones through counter-UAS RF effects.
• Contested defence environments - Customer Environment - Titan is designed for challenging environments and force protection missions.
• Autonomous mission execution - Capability - Titan has autonomous/headless counter-UAS operation, but do not overconnect with UAV builders.
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - BlueHalo Titan is a mature counter-UAS product family.

Customers and deployments

• Contract Value - US$30.7 million contract - 2025-03-18 - U.S. Navy / NIWC Pacific - maritime ROV support contract - BlueHalo received a $30.7 million NIWC Pacific contract to provide engineering and support services for…
• Scar Production Acceleration Status - SCAR production accelerated with manufacturing automation investments - 2024-09-10 - U.S. Space Force SCAR program - defense system production automation - BlueHalo accelerated prod…