Veteran-owned and operated
Trained people, aircraft and field support for UAS programs. We work alongside primes and their government programs, military units and industry teams on the work around unmanned systems: training, train-the-trainer, exercises, testing and field support.
01 / Who we are
02 / Experience
Our network includes experienced drone operators, instructors and builders. The experience below is individual and representative; we confirm people, qualifications and availability for each engagement.
Aircraft and systems flown, built or instructedHover or tap a category
ScanEagle (1,000+ hours), Puma, Raven, Stalker, Penguin-B, Mugin-3, custom ArduPilot builds, and more
Camcopter S-100 (1,000+ hours), Skydio X10 and Dock, Teal 2, Black Hornet, SkyRaider, DJI Matrice (including commercial BVLOS), Autel, and more
FPV quads and custom multirotors built and tuned by our builders; autonomous multirotor and hoist-payload development, and more
Custom aircraft, payloads, targets and parts designed and built by our builders: 3D printing, CNC, composites, wiring and integration, and more
ArduPilot, Betaflight, ATAK/TAK, Silvus and MPU5 radios, and more
Representative experience
Backgrounds: Army Special Forces, 75th Ranger Regiment, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Air Force TACP/JTAC and combat control, Marine Corps, State Department, Army aviation and National Guard, plus defense contractors and commercial operators. Operating experience across the Middle East and Central Asia, Europe, Africa, the Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean.
03 / Where we help
Instructors, aircraft and range, builds and red air, surge people. Each starts with what your program needs to get done now and what your people should be able to do afterward.
Your program needs trained operators now and instructors who keep training after we leave. Our instructors have done exactly that.
What that includes
A course needs aircraft that fly and a place to fly them. We coordinate both, or work with yours.
What that includes
Our builders design and build what the program needs, from training aircraft to expendable targets.
What that includes
Programs come in spikes. We add experienced people for days or weeks, with no change to your headcount.
What that includes
Practical instruction and shared problem-solving help your people apply new knowledge to the equipment, preparation and training they own.
04 / Illustrative examples
Two hypothetical scenarios, not past performance.
A prime’s training contract
Your program needs its own trainers certified on a program-of-record aircraft before the next class, and the aircraft and the range are not settled yet.
Harbor brings a master trainer who has run that course inside the force, coordinates aircraft and a range near the customer’s post, runs the course and check rides inside a weather-safe window, and leaves a written record of who qualified on what.
The intended result: your trainers teach the customer’s operators, the aircraft and range questions are answered, and Harbor is a call away for the next class or the next platform.
A unit’s exercise
Your team is preparing an exercise that needs more UAS activity and a capability it has not used before. You may have your own UAS personnel, or need Harbor to run that part of the event.
Harbor works with your exercise lead to define the UAS roles, equipment and preparation. We can add specialists to your team or plan, set up and run the agreed UAS element. Practical instruction can help your people learn to operate or maintain the systems involved.
The intended result: more training delivered, a new UAS activity put into practice, and skills your people can use at the next event.
After the engagement, review what worked, what your team can now handle, and where support would be useful next. Future work can follow your training calendar, new personnel and changing requirements.
05 / How we work
We are a small, hands-on partner. Every engagement is scoped to your program, schedule and range, and we learn your systems so each job builds on the last.
It starts with a 30-minute call. Within 48 hours we send a short written outline of how we could help: people, aircraft, schedule and cost.
Bring your platforms, dates, location and what your people can already do. Harbor and a subject matter expert identify the team, aircraft and preparation the work calls for.
Work through the proposed team, plan and itemized budget with us. Agree the scope and costs, confirm responsibilities and approvals, and coordinate how Harbor fits into your program.
Instruct, fly, build or support, coordinated with your lead and to your customer’s standard.
Discuss what was flown, what the pilots saw and where equipment fell short. Provide written feedback and recommendations where included in the scope.
06 / The team
Harbor’s founders draw from the internal team and a wider network of pilots, instructors and technical specialists with Army and Air Force backgrounds spanning SOCOM and JSOC, special operations aviation, unmanned systems and the defense industry. Their experience includes real-world operations, exercise planning and execution, and operator and instructor training.
Each proposed team member’s relevant background, UAS experience, and platform familiarity are discussed privately during scoping.
Co-Founder
Co-Founder & Owner-Operator
Co-Founder
07 / Your requirement
We would rather build around your problems than sell you a menu. On a first call we would ask: