THE CHALLENGE
WE EXIST
TO SOLVE
Modern battlefields — from Ukraine to the Red Sea to the Taiwan Strait — are being rewritten by drones, loitering munitions, and electronic warfare. $500 FPV drones are destroying $10 million armored vehicles. ISR quadcopters saturate skies, while jammers and spoofers collapse communications at critical moments. Yet U.S. and allied training pipelines still lag dangerously behind. Forces are trained on yesterday’s threats, while adversaries innovate every month.
This mismatch has immediate consequences for the warfighter. If training does not mirror the realities of today’s battlefield, it produces forces that are unprepared for tomorrow’s fight.
Mettlehawk Defense was built to close this gap.
THE BATTLEFIELD RESULT
$500 FPV drones are destroying $10M tanks
Multi-rotor and fixed wing ISR drones and low-cost FPV strike drones have turned modern theatres into deadly glass battlefields.
OUR MISSION:
WIN THE DRONE WAR
Mettlehawk Defense transforms battlefield lessons into real-world training—led by veterans, shaped by combat, and built for the drone-dominated battlefield.
From Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, we equip U.S. and allied forces with the skills and knowledge to fight—and win—against the world’s fastest-evolving threats.
CORE SERVICE OFFERINGS
Red Team/Red Air/OPFOR
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Deployable OPFOR teams for U.S., NATO & allied exercises
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Simulates Drone-rich environment with FPV strikes, loitering munitions & EW denial in live scenarios
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Instructors: Ukrainian combat veterans & U.S. military trainers
Blue Force Training for the Drone Warfare Ecosystem
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ISR-to-strike chain including logistics and support
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Electronic Warfare application and tactics
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UAS/USV/UGV coordination
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Targeting, fires, breaching, logistics, and deception
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Command and communications (full mission profile)
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Blue/Red tactical interplay
Base & Facility Protection Training
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Simulates ISR, FPV, loitering, and jamming
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Aligns with U.S. and NATO C-UAS doctrine
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Prepares forces for real-world swarm and EW threats
Red Team Testing for OEMs
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Exposes system vulnerabilities in FPV, ISR, and EW scenarios
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Supports ATEC, OT&E, and export readiness
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Delivers operator-level performance feedback to procurement leads
OEM Training Integration
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Field and train systems inside live exercises
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Capture data + showcase performance to end-users
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Support sales and deliver post-sale training for allies
TRAINED MILITARY UNITS
