Reusable mass between the missile and the fighter.
$130k
reusable air vehicle
≥50
sorties per airframe
$3.2k
cost per sortie
A $130k reusable combat drone that flies 50+ ISR & strike sorties and comes home — the affordable mass the Pentagon can actually keep.
WILDFIRE
03 / 15
Why now
The money is here and the door is open.
$54.6B
FY27 DoD drone request — up from $226M in FY26
"Affordable mass"
the USAF's stated doctrine — a verbatim description of WILDFIRE
POR open
the Army's Group-3 program was cancelled in 2025 — the door is open
Replicator
the Pentagon is scaling attritable autonomy right now
WILDFIRE
04 / 15
The gap
The market split in two and left the middle empty.
Expendable one-way effectors below, $25–30M exquisite CCA above. WILDFIRE owns the reusable, low-cost-per-effect sweet spot.
WILDFIRE
05 / 15
The product
One airframe, many missions.
175 kg
MTOW · Group-3
1,500–2,500 km
combat radius
12–20 h
endurance
25 kg
swappable bay
Vision-only
GPS-denied
≥50×
reusable
WILDFIRE
06 / 15
The eye · AGP-EOS-1
The sensor comes home.
EO daylightMWIR thermalSWIRLaser designatorSpot tracker
A high-end gimballed turret on an expendable drone dies on every shot. On WILDFIRE it is recovered and re-flown 50+ times.
WILDFIRE
07 / 15
Market
A $12.7B market by 2031.
Tactical-UAV TAM ~$6.98B (2026) → ~$12.7B (2031), ~12–13% CAGR.
WILDFIRE
08 / 15
Economics
We send many, lose a few — most come home.
A $4M+ interceptor spent on a $130k reusable airframe is a 31:1 loss for the defender.
WILDFIRE
09 / 15
Financials
Operating-positive by Year 4.
~$350M revenue by Year 5 at a blended ~45–55% gross margin (illustrative model).
WILDFIRE
10 / 15
Go to market
Non-dilutive into a program of record.
WILDFIRE
11 / 15
Execution
Incorporation to first flight in 24 months.
WILDFIRE
12 / 15
The ask
$20–40M to fly it and win the first contract.
$20–40M seed / Series A · Delaware C-corp (VC + QSBS) · syndicated across US funds to preserve SBIR eligibility · ~$60–120M cumulative to first LRIP — we lease the factory, not build it.
WILDFIRE
13 / 15
Entity & formation
Delaware C-corp — not an LLC.
VC-ready
SAFEs, priced rounds, option pool, NVCA docs. An LLC forces a costly conversion mid-raise.
QSBS
Up to $15M gain exclusion (Sec. 1202, expanded by OBBBA 2025) — C-corp stock only.
SBIR-eligible
>50% US-owned & controlled — syndicate across US funds, no single VC over 50%.
Incorporate as a Delaware C-corp on day one — it avoids a costly mid-raise conversion, starts the QSBS clock immediately, and a syndicated cap table keeps SBIR eligibility intact.
