Bravo Ordnance
"Rapid Warhead Development for Autonomous Defense Systems"
US defense firm using additive manufacturing to rapidly design and produce custom warheads and explosives for autonomous UAS, USV and UGV platforms.
Bravo Ordnance is a US defense engineering company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that designs, prototypes, and manufactures custom warheads and explosive payloads for autonomous and unmanned military platforms. The company applies additive manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, and energetic materials science to deliver modular, scalable warheads, including fragmentation, thermobaric, and loitering-munition payloads, with a stated turnaround of two weeks or less from concept to physical product. Its core capabilities span custom warhead design, explosives engineering with terminal-effects testing, and 3D-printed defense components built from aerospace-grade materials. Bravo Ordnance positions its systems as integration-ready for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned surface vessels (USVs), and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), targeting counter-UAS (C-UAS) and drone-delivered effects.
The company was founded by a team of military and defense-technology veterans: CEO Devan Plantamura, a Y Combinator alumnus and combat veteran with experience at missile and drone weapons startups; COO Anthony M. Jones, a retired US Navy submarine weapons officer who has directed business development for UAV platforms and managed unmanned aircraft programs; and CTO Jacob Lambuth, an explosives chemist who developed Gemini, a transport-safe binary explosive with TNT-equivalent performance, alongside custom 3D-printed warheads for C-UAS and drone platforms. Bravo Ordnance describes itself as ITAR compliant and a US-based warhead manufacturer, emphasizing rapid prototyping, terminal lethality optimization, and field-ready engineering for modern autonomous combat systems. The firm markets to defense startups, government contractors, and national-security partners, differentiating on speed and precision relative to legacy ordnance manufacturers.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Custom Modular Warheads
3D-printed modular scalable warheads (fragmentation/thermobaric) for UAS, USV and UGV platforms.
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