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Target Arm

Target Arm

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New Milford, Connecticut maker of Ralar robotic arms that catch, recharge and relaunch drones from moving vehicles; holds a USD 2M U.S. Army SBIR contract.

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Company Overview

Target Arm Inc. is a Connecticut company that builds robotic systems for launching and recovering small drones from vehicles while they are moving. It is incorporated in Delaware, carries certification as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and runs its research and development lab in New Milford, with an administrative office in Ridgefield. The company was founded by Jeffrey A. McChesney, who serves as chairman and chief executive; co-founder Ryan Bigham became chief technology officer in November 2025, and Rob Africk was appointed chief financial officer the same month.

The core product is Ralar (Robotic Arm Launch and Recovery). Ralar 1 is a vehicle-mounted robotic arm that catches a drone in mid-air, stores one or two aircraft in its container, recharges them and relaunches them without the host vehicle stopping. Ralar 2, listed as coming soon, adds a magazine attachment holding four to ten drones. Tular, also announced but not yet available, is a pin-array docking surface that lets rotary-wing or fixed-wing drones dock and lock while the carrier is in motion; the company demonstrated a Tular proof of concept to Hyundai Motor Group. Ilar is the company's own NDAA-compliant drone designed to work with Ralar and Tular. Three software products run across the hardware: TRACKR, a sensor-fusion engine for tracking drones; TurboFly, a wrap-around flight controller that can be fitted to third-party drones; and Maestro, a mission-control application for managing multiple drones and devices on a moving map. Software can be bought separately or with hardware.

Company-stated performance figures include accuracy under one millimetre, launch and recovery of multiple UAVs every 15 seconds in the Arsenal Modular Mission Payload configuration, and convoy overwatch at speeds up to 65 mph. No payload, reach or drone-weight specifications are published on the website.

Most of the published work is military. Target Arm holds a 2 million US dollar U.S. Army SBIR contract for an Arsenal Modular Mission Payload and an AFWERX SBIR Phase I award, and in June 2026 it announced a multi-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center to demonstrate Ralar as a modular mission payload. Ralar has been displayed on GM Defense's ISV-U infantry squad vehicle, and the company lists concepts for convoy protection, riverine and tactical vehicles, air-to-air refuelling and main battle tanks. Commercially, it has partnered with Recon Rig Inc. to fit drone deployment to custom trailers. In October 2026 Target Arm, Sesame Solar and AG3 Labs jointly introduced a made-in-USA persistent drone operations nanogrid that combines solar power generation, autonomous launch and recovery and small drones for remote sites, with border monitoring, search and rescue and infrastructure inspection named as non-military uses.

Recognition listed by the company includes Judge's Choice and Audience's Choice awards at the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneur Accelerator 2025 Demo Day, a top-five finalist placing in the 2022 Startup of the Year competition and a robotics award from the Massachusetts Innovation Network.

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Ralar 1

Vehicle-mounted robotic arm that catches a drone mid-air, recharges it and relaunches it while moving.

Ralar 2

Higher-capacity Ralar robotic arm with a magazine attachment for multiple drones.

Tular

Pin-array docking surface that lets rotary or fixed-wing drones dock and lock on a moving carrier.

TRACKR

Sensor-fusion engine that tracks drones for launch, recovery and docking on moving platforms.

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Contact Target Arm

WEBSITE

https://www.targetarm.com

HEADQUARTERS

458 Danbury Rd
Units A9 & A10
New Milford , Connecticut  06776

United States

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