Mach Industries, an advanced defense manufacturer, is partnering with HevenDrones, a provider of hydrogen-powered drone technology. The partnership will integrate Forge, Mach Industries’ survivable manufacturing network, and HevenDrones’ UAV technology to produce drone platforms.
The first of these platforms, HevenDrones’ H100, H2D55, and Raider, will be produced in Forge Huntington, Mach Industries’ flagship factory.
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Through the production of these airframes, Mach Industries and HevenDrones will partner to further the Forge model with a focus on Heven-developed drones. The two companies will also commit to codeveloping critical UAV components, including avionics, radios, fuel sources, and propulsion systems, for use by HevenDrones and other companies that the partnership will serve.
In the U.S., the buildout of this ecosystem of vertically manufactured subcomponents will make Forge a player in building a secure unmanned system industrial base. Globally, the two companies will expand Forge into other countries, building overseas factories to guarantee sovereign production to U.S. allies.
This collaboration leverages Forge Huntington’s systems and capacity to drive full-scale production of Heven’s hydrogen-powered drones and ensure a resilient and agile U.S.-based defense supply chain. By utilizing Mach Industries’ vertically integrated approach, Heven can now scale production quickly and efficiently to meet growing demand for advanced drone technology. Additionally, Mach Industries will benefit from HevenDrones’ drone-focused technology. Through the partnership, the two companies look to provide an offset to the dominance of Chinese companies in the drone industry.
“We’re not just accelerating production, we’re creating the next generation of defense manufacturing,” said Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries. “With HevenDrones as our global partner, together we play a key role in empowering the defense sector with advanced, high-performance drones, strengthening domestic manufacturing infrastructure to keep our military safe and at the forefront of technology.”
This joint effort with HevenDrones will be the first of many fulfillment orders scheduled out of Mach Industries’ Forge Huntington location, where the company is providing a critical advantage to U.S. defense and allied forces. Its decentralized production network ensures continuous output, allowing Mach Industries to rapidly adapt.
“Our customers urgently need thousands, and eventually tens of thousands, of drones to be deployed in-theater,” said Bentzion Levinson, CEO of HevenDrones. “Our goal is to provide quick-turn, full-scale American manufacturing of the most versatile, reliable, and powerful platforms available to the warfighter.”
