Who We Are
MISSION
EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING
526 Solutions provides specialized training, SMEs, and equipment to US military operators to sense, understand, decide, and act across contested environments.
We focus on purpose-built attritable drone systems, including ground, air, and maritime robotics, along with red cell UAS services, special reconnaissance (SR) capabilities, equipme
526 Solutions provides specialized training, SMEs, and equipment to US military operators to sense, understand, decide, and act across contested environments.
We focus on purpose-built attritable drone systems, including ground, air, and maritime robotics, along with red cell UAS services, special reconnaissance (SR) capabilities, equipment, and training aids, and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) training aids.
TRAINING
EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING
Effective operations in today's contested, multi-domain battle-space require training and technology that remain relevant to current and emerging threats, whether they are in the air, on the ground, or in the water.
Our focus on drone and robotics innovations delivers affordable, adaptable, and operator-sustainable capabilities that suppo
Effective operations in today's contested, multi-domain battle-space require training and technology that remain relevant to current and emerging threats, whether they are in the air, on the ground, or in the water.
Our focus on drone and robotics innovations delivers affordable, adaptable, and operator-sustainable capabilities that support special operations while reducing vendor lock and lowering lifecycle costs. This approach ensures enduring operational advantages at the tactical edge.
EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
To complement our training, we offer equipment such as digital survey devices, arming devices, FPV drone kits, open-source digital tool kits, effects kits, and EOD training aids. We also provide analytical software and other bespoke solutions tailored to meet the unique demands of our US military customers.
526 Solutions delivers a compre
To complement our training, we offer equipment such as digital survey devices, arming devices, FPV drone kits, open-source digital tool kits, effects kits, and EOD training aids. We also provide analytical software and other bespoke solutions tailored to meet the unique demands of our US military customers.
526 Solutions delivers a comprehensive range of mechanical, electrical, computer, and software engineering and fabrication services, along with advanced additive manufacturing capabilities.
Training
full and part-time contractor support for specialized TRAINING
ROBOTICS
We teach US service-members how to build, fly, and employ NDAA-compliant, low-cost, attritable air, ground, and surface drone platforms using a number of common flight profiles from ISR to OWA. We also teach them how to operate simulated payloads and payload release mechanisms.
SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE
Special Reconnaissance (SR) involves collecting vital, highly sensitive information about enemy forces, terrain, and infrastructure in denied or hostile environments. 526 Solutions currently supports the the US military with part time contractors for training and red cell during exercises and specialized equipment and software.
RED/BLUE CELL
In an operational environment characterized by hybrid threats, contested spectrums, and near-peer adversaries, a modern red cell must do more to adapt. The 526 red cell accurately replicates adversary drone actions in permissive, degraded, contested, or denied EW environments, and is capable of performing ISR, dropper missions, hunter killer, or OWA including mass swarms. The red cell can manage multiple drones simultaneously with more than one drone per operator.
526 Solutions: Sense. Understand. Decide. Act.
Technology Products and development
Rapidly deployable, rugged, purpose-built kits and training aids.
HEDGEHOG DIGITAL SURVEY DEVICE
The Hedgehog RF Survey Platform is a man-portable RF sensing system designed to provide SOF operators with passive, tactical RF spectrum awareness without reliance on centralized EW assets or reach-back engineering support.
The Hedgehog enables operators to passively detect, identify, and monitor Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-based emissions to support digital force protection, situational awareness, and follow-on cyberspace enabling effects.
ELECTRONIC SAFE AND ARMING DEVICE (ESAD)
The 526 ESAD is an attritable, low-voltage safety and arming device designed to control the firing of training payloads integrated with UAS platforms. It has two physical safeties before fully arming, an operator-egress countdown switch with different time options, and a selectable mission timer with different options that severs the electrical connection with the payload after the time expires to allow safe recovery of drone and payload if not expended in one way attack (OWA).
FPV DRONES AND KITS
526 currently provides drones, drone build kits, components, and effects kits to US military customers from 1" trainers to 5" and 10" multi-purpose platforms using COTS NDAA-compliant components. 526 has worked with a variety of links, goggles, FCs and ESCs, and airframes and can source, kit, and/or can assemble platforms to customer specifications.
TRAINING EFFECTS KITS FOR DRONES
526 Solutions has developed a dropper mechanism that is servo-actuated for 5" and 10" drones and various training clamshell payloads for flashbangs, airsoft grenades, and tennis balls containing non-kinetic effects. We offer the dropper mechanism alone, the entire kit with Airsoft hulls, cores, CO2 cartridges, and tennis balls included and can make custom OWA training payloads upon request.
OPEN SOURCE DIGITAL TOOL KITS
Developed by SOF operators to aggregate COTs technology tools into a rapidly deployable, mission-focused kit for localized and close-access digital operations, including drone capabilities and robotics for enhanced tactical support. This solution supports special operations and Special Reconnaissance missions through its versatile features, ensuring no vendor lock, no enterprise licensing, and rapid field modification. It also includes government-owned workflows and open architecture integration with tools like Kismet, SDR++, GNU Radio, Wireshark, QGIS, the TAK Ecosystem, OpenDroneID, and TRACE Analytics.
TRACE SOFTWARE
We provide custom software to turn signals into decisions with advanced technology in drone and robotics applications. The software includes pattern-of-life analysis, RF correlation, network mapping, and historical tracking Additionally, our solutions support offline operation capabilities and facilitate open architecture integration for enhanced operational flexibility.
ENGINEERING
526 Solutions has developed product development core competencies to effectively meet specific customer product requirements, including prototyping for drone technology, mechanical engineering for robotics applications, electrical and computer engineering to support special operations, software engineering for special reconnaissance, and additive manufacturing techniques.
EOD Training Aids
Modern EOD training aids require a hybrid approach that reinforces the lessons learned from past conflicts while also staying relevant with current tactics, techniques, procedures, and equipment. We build cutting-edge training aids for special operations EOD professionals that mirror devices they would find in modern conflict zones to ensure they have the best training possible.
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LEADERSHIP
526 Solutions is led by former special operations professionals with a keen understanding of modern TTPs and equipment. The 526 leadership team has decades of experience in applied technology, weapons systems, product engineering, and government contracting. Our goal is to be responsive to the customer and deliver low cost, attritable solutions and training relevant to modern conflict.
CASE STUDY - MARSOC LRC
In 2026, 526 Solutions and Threat Tec collaborated to launch the MARSOC Lethal Robotics Course (LRC), which instructs on Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems (IRAS) at the tactical edge for special operations. We also assisted in designing affordable, configurable NDAA compliant systems unmanned systems to equip the Raider teams and provide full-time contractor and equipment support for the course. Furthermore, we have developed and manufactured Electronic Safe and Arming Devices (ESADs), along with effects devices for training such as drone droppers and one way attack (OWA) simulation devices per Raider specifications.