Dragoon Technology LLC

Dragoon Technology LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and small business manufacturer based in Tucson, Arizona, designs and manufactures long-endurance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and hybrid electric propulsion platforms for federal defense and civilian agencies, competing as a prime contractor on research and production contracts set aside for small businesses (94% of recent awards carry Total Small Business designations). The company operates across research-stage SBIR/STTR programs, operational support IDIQs, and full production orders for specialized drone platforms.

Dragoon's capability portfolio centers on extended-endurance small UAS platforms, hybrid electric powerplants, autonomous flight systems, and meteorological sensor integration. Recent representative work includes a $6.375 million Other Transaction Agreement awarded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense in February 2025 for a Long Range One-Way Platform (LRWOP); a $1.9 million Army SBIR Phase II contract (February 2025) for autonomous flight capabilities under the XTechSBIR Autonomy Finalist competition, with government-furnished property added via modification; a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II contract (November 2023) for an air-launched, high-endurance unmanned aircraft system for reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition; and a $1.5 million DARPA SBIR Phase II award (April 2023) for an inexpensive long-endurance drone development. On the operational side, Dragoon holds a $7.5 million single-award NOAA IDIQ effective February 2026 through January 2031 for operational and technical support of the CORIOLIS Sounding Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platform, with a $224 thousand delivery order placed in June 2026. Production orders include a $498 thousand Air Combat Command purchase order (March 2026) for Dragoon Coriolis drones with Starlink capabilities delivered to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Customer concentration anchors heavily with NOAA (4 awards, $7.7 million potential value, 38% of total dollars), which dominates both count and dollar share through the CORIOLIS IDIQ and prior meteorological data-collection grants. The Office of the Secretary of Defense holds 32% of combined potential value on a single $6.375 million award. The Department of the Army (3 awards, $2.4 million) and DARPA (2 awards, $1.6 million) round out the top five by dollar value, with Air Force Research Laboratory (2 awards, $1.3 million) also active. Across these top customers, 96% of combined potential value concentrates in five agencies. Award activity runs flat at two to four awards per calendar year over the past five years (2022–2026), with only two awards (combined potential value $2.1 million) facing completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting a modest recompete exposure window. Dragoon subcontracts minimally — one recorded sub-award (6% of recent awards) under The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC in March 2024 for operations, maintenance, and payload support related to field testing. The company's NAICS footprint splits between R&D in physical and engineering sciences (10 awards) and search, detection, navigation, and aeronautical systems manufacturing (2 awards), reflecting the blend of research-stage development work and production-phase platform delivery.