ZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

San Luis Obispo, CA · Defense · Acquired by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (2026)

Cargo Launched Expendable Air Vehicle with Extended Range (CLEAVER) cruise missiles and airdrop system for mass deployment from standard aircraft

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: San Luis Obispo, CA
Total capital: $33.6M

Federal grants: $5.7M; 6 awards · 2017–2024; Rank in peer group#37 of 94
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $27.9M; 13 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#212 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2026Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Rusty Dagger Note: Psc Code Was Changed From AC15 To AC33 In P00003 And Due To System Limitations, The Base Award Was Edited To Correct The Field.$7.5M
Jan 2026Federal contractDefense · Vehicle And Payload Design And Test$4.3M
Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Fourth On-ramp For Enterprise-wide Agile Acquisition Contract (ewaac) Vehicle.$1K
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Airframe Trade Studies For Design Supporting Cmid Operational Capability Demonstration$200K
Dec 2024Federal contractDefense · Development And Demonstration Of Over The Air Updates For Networked Collaborative Entities$270K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Avionics And S/w Integration Into Cmid Hwil/swil Ecosystem$750K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Low-cost Long-range Airdrop Delivery D2P21$1.8M

Show 12 earlier federal awards

Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Counter-uas Long Bow 1$1.8M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Counter-uas Long Bow 1$1.8M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Low-cost Long-range Airdrop Delivery D2P21$1.8M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Adapt Icon A5 For Autonomous Military Applications$75K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Adapt Icon A5 For Autonomous Military Applications$75K
Jan 2023Federal contractDefense · A Rapid Response Group 2/3 Unmanned Air System (UAS) With Modular Payload$1.7M
Mar 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Palletized Arsenal Concept-Rapid Airdrop Capability (PAC-RAT) / (2nd)$1.7M
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · Golden Horde Colosseum Cleaver Hardware In The Loop Systems, Models, And Simulations$8M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph II Topic & Prototype Development$1.5M
Dec 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1: Pick - A Modular Low-cost Lethal Swarming Munition$49K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low Cost Mission Enabling Cold Start for Small Engines$150K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Ultra-Endurance UAV$149K

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Standing among 94 peers

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Defense · System

Federal grants#37 · top 39%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.