Frenzy Engine Family

Frenzy is Beehive Industries' additively manufactured gas-turbine engine family for swarm-class and attritable UAVs. It is designed for scalable domestic production and compact uncrewed-aircraft propulsion.

Facts

  • Company: Beehive Industries
  • Type: UAV Propulsion Family
  • Core: Frenzy
  • Function: Power attritable aircraft
  • Audience: Defence UAS OEMs
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.beehive-industries.com/propulsion/swarm/frenzy

About

About Frenzy Engine Family

Frenzy is Beehive Industries' family of additively manufactured turbojet engines for swarming munitions. The presented family spans roughly 100 to 300 pounds-force of thrust, with size, ignition and other performance characteristics adaptable to a vehicle programme.

Beehive lists U.S. Air Force and University of Dayton Research Institute programmes and reports testing milestones under an Air Force contract. Published annual production and cost advantages are company claims about the intended manufacturing architecture, without independent output verification.

Specifications

  • Engine Type: Turbojet
  • Thrust Range: 100–300 lbf
  • Diameter Range: 6–9 in
  • Weight Range: 15–35 lb

Market context

Defence UAS OEMs

  • Peer Group: UAV propulsion engines, UAV propulsion
  • Workflow: UAV propulsion
  • Stack Layer: Power Layer

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Timeline

  • Beehive Industries plans $70M Ohio production expansion - 2026-07-21 - Production Milestone - The expansion is intended to support production of more than 8,000 engines per year. The site will support propulsion for uncrewed and other defence aircraft. This is an announced capacity expansion, not a completed… - source: jobsohio.com

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