Costa Mesa CA. Defense tech platform company. Founded by Palmer Luckey (Oculus) + Trae Stephens + others. Lattice OS: AI-powered command-and-control platform integrating sensors, drones, autonomous systems. Products: Sentry Tower (border surveillance), Ghost (autonomous drone), Altius (loitering munition), Pulsar (electronic warfare), Roadrunner (reusable interceptor). IQT investment 2017. Series

Hypersonic weapons manufacturing company. Herndon VA. Lavrock early backer. Raised $350M Series B Dec 2025 led by Altimeter + Lightspeed. Lavrock unicorn #2. Blackbeard program + Project Ranger. Mass-production approach to hypersonics.

Hawthorne CA. Space exploration company. Founded by Elon Musk 2002 using $100M from PayPal proceeds. Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starship, Starlink. Largest private space company globally. $350B+ valuation. Reusable rocket pioneer. S-1 IPO expected 2025-2026 window.