What SURVICE Engineering does

SURVICE Engineering Company is a privately held U.S. defense engineering services and tactical unmanned systems firm founded in 1981 and headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland. The company provides research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), systems analysis, survivability and vulnerability assessments, modeling and simulation, software engineering, dimensional metrology, and IT services to the U.S. Department of Defense and selected Federal civilian agencies, organized through 11+ operational offices co-located with major DoD customer bases (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Wright-Patterson AFB, NAS Patuxent River, Huntsville, and others).\n\nThrough its Applied Technology Operation (ATO) at Harford County Airport, SURVICE designs, prototypes, and produces the Tactical Resupply Vehicle (TRV) family of all-electric eVTOL multirotor drones — built on Malloy Aeronautics' T-series platforms (now BAE Systems) — with payload capacities ranging from 50 to 150+ lbs and configurable for logistics, mine clearing, weapons (APKWS 70mm rockets), and sensor payloads. Supporting proprietary software includes the Sentinel™ GPU-accelerated real-time computer vision framework (developed under a 2017 AFOSR Phase II SBIR) and the Hawkeye™ handheld 2D-to-3D imaging device. The firm is CMMC Level 2 certified and cleared for CUI/classified work.\n\nRevenue is generated entirely through U.S. government contracting: multi-year professional services task orders under prime IDIQ vehicles (GSA OASIS, RS3, SeaPort-NxG, JTCG/ME, TRMC MSAS R&D, CTTSO TSWG), SBIR/STTR research awards, and firm fixed-price hardware production contracts (notably the PMA-263 TRUAS production award for ~200 TRV aircraft). The customer base is concentrated in the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, with growing Army and Air Force exposure, and the TRV-150 has been operationally deployed with U.S. forces in exercises across 8+ allied nations.

Name

SURVICE Engineering

Legal name

SURVICE Engineering Company

Website

https://survice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

SURVICE Engineering is a privately held U.S. defense firm providing RDT&E, survivability analysis, modeling and simulation, and the TRV family of tactical eVTOL resupply drones to the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, Army, and Air Force under prime IDIQ and production contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Engineering Services

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)

SIC

Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

VTOL & Hybrid UAV Platforms (IMABAIAC)

Keywords

• Defense engineering services
• Unmanned aerial systems
• Systems analysis engineering
• Survivability vulnerability analysis
• Test and evaluation

Headquarters

HQ city

Belcamp

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. DoD Engineering Services Contracts: SURVICE Engineering generates revenue primarily through multi-year DoD service contracts providing engineering analysis, survivability/vulnerability assessments, test planning, reverse engineering, and configuration management. These contracts are awarded through GSA OASIS, RS3, SeaPort-NxG, and other IDIQ vehicles with task order durations spanning 1-5 years.
2. UAS Production Contracts: Production contracts for the Tactical Resupply Vehicle (TRV) family of drones under programs such as the Navy/Marine Corps TRUAS program (PMA-263), delivering nearly 200 TRV aircraft units to the U.S. military. Revenue recognized upon delivery of completed aircraft platforms.
3. SBIR/STTR Research Contracts: SURVICE participates in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, winning Phase I and Phase II contracts (e.g., Air Force Office of Scientific Research GPU-accelerated computer vision contract) to develop specific technologies for DoD applications.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SURVICE Engineering provides research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) services and engineering analysis to the U.S. Department of Defense across weapons systems lifecycle. The company also designs, integrates, and produces the Tactical Resupply Vehicle (TRV) family of all-electric eVTOL multirotor drones for autonomous battlefield logistics, along with proprietary software and imaging tools (Sentinel™ computer vision, Hawkeye™ metrology) and dimensional metrology and reverse engineering services.

Product overview

SURVICE Engineering is a defense engineering services company offering a portfolio of eVTOL drone products centered on the TRV (Tactical Resupply Vehicle) series and supporting software technologies. The core product line includes the TRV-150 (150 lbs payload), TRV-80 (50 lbs payload), TRV-400, TRV-150C, Grazer, Grazer-X, and P55 Autonomous Paramotor drones. The TRV series is built on Malloy Aeronautics T-series platforms (acquired by BAE Systems in 2024) and is produced under the TRUAS program for U.S. Marine Corps and Army. Supporting software includes Sentinel™ (real-time computer vision/IVA framework) and Hawkeye™ (3D imaging reconstruction tool). The company also provides engineering services including systems analysis, RDT&E, modeling & simulation, robotics & uncrewed systems, metrology, and IT management. The portfolio operates as a unified offering where drone platforms integrate with various payloads (resupply, weapons, sensors) and are supported by proprietary software tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hawkeye: Handheld imaging device that uses 2D images to produce virtual 3D reconstruction of vehicles measuring deformities within 2 millimeters accuracy.
• Sentinel
• TURBO-PK

Products and services

• TRV-150 Tactical Resupply Vehicle Class 3 unmanned aerial vehicle with 150 lb payload capacity, all-electric eVTOL multirotor design serving as the primary resupply drone fielded to U.S. Marine Corps and Army for logistics, mine clearing, and defense applications. Derived from BAE's T-150 platform under TRUAS program.
• TRV-80 Tactical Resupply Vehicle Octo-rotor VTOL drone variant providing 50 lbs of payload capacity, scaled from the larger TRV platform and used in DoD experiments and exercises for autonomous logistics resupply.
• TRV-400 Tactical Resupply Vehicle Larger TRV variant in the expanding Tactical Resupply Vehicle product family, designed for heavier-payload autonomous logistics missions for special operations and conventional forces.
• TRV-150C Tactical Resupply UAS Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System variant carrying up to 150 pounds, developed with Malloy Aeronautics and validated for shipboard operations and ship-to-ship autonomous resupply.
• Grazer eVTOL Drone eVTOL drone platform demonstrated at Department of Commerce facility tour, part of SURVICE's expanded uncrewed aerial system product family beyond the TRV series.
• Grazer-X eVTOL Drone Extended variant of the Grazer eVTOL platform demonstrated in successful flight demonstrations at SURVICE's ATO facility as part of expanded uncrewed aerial product family.
• P55 Autonomous Paramotor Autonomous paramotor platform displayed at SOF Week 2024, designed for silent, sustained autonomous flight applications relevant to special operations and expeditionary missions.
• Sentinel™ Real-Time Computer Vision Framework GPU-accelerated real-time computer vision framework for intelligent video analytics (IVA) on mobile platforms, with high-performance optimized low-level algorithms and higher-level video analytic capabilities. Developed under Air Force SBIR contract for UAS applications.
• Hawkeye™ Handheld Imaging Device Handheld imaging device using 2D images to produce virtual 3D reconstruction of vehicles, measuring deformities at accuracies within 2 millimeters. Originally developed for Marine Corps mine-resistant vehicles with applications for aircraft and surface ships damage assessment.
• Systems Analysis & Engineering Services Wide variety of ballistics and non-ballistics analyses and systems engineering studies delivered to U.S. DoD and Federal civilian agency customers under IDIQ task orders.
• Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (RDT&E) Services Research and development, experimentation of DoD systems, and various roles in test and evaluation vital to the design, acquisition, and fielding of DoD systems.
• Modeling & Simulation / Software Engineering Services Broad range of software engineering and systems engineering capabilities with a history of expertise in modeling and simulation (M&S) for DoD systems.
• Robotics & Uncrewed Systems Services Drone Research Center providing research, development, and testing of the latest unmanned multirotor platforms and integration of custom payloads and autonomous technologies for military and commercial sectors.
• Dimensional Metrology & Reverse Engineering Services SURVICE Metrology provides innovative and integrated dimensional inspection services, reverse engineering, 3-D modeling, and metrology application development for defense platforms.
• Information Technologies & Management Services Collection, maintenance, distribution, storage, and protection of critical defense information delivered as IT management services.

Quantifiable outcome

• TRV-150 successfully demonstrated ship-to-ship autonomous resupply for USMC aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BAE Systems FalconWorkscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026BAE Systems' FalconWorks division and SURVICE Engineering signed a Framework Agreement in February 2026 to collaborate on developing small and tactical uncrewed air systems. The partnership builds on SURVICE's prior collaboration with Malloy Aeronautics (acquired by BAE in 2024), which supplied the T-150/TRV-150 UAS to U.S. Marine Corps and Army. The agreement enables joint exploration of expanded operational roles including mine clearing, obscurant deployment, and weaponization, alongside systems capable of operating alongside crewed combat platforms.
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020SURVICE works with ARL under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), leveraging ARL's Open Campus initiative to support innovation and rapid prototyping of autonomous drone logistics systems. ARL's Open Campus specifically supports collaboration with government and industry partners to expedite fielding of new technologies.
• Malloy AeronauticscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015SURVICE's original strategic alliance with Malloy Aeronautics dates to 2015, when collaboration began on adapting the Hoverbike/T-150 eVTOL platform for U.S. military logistics resupply. SURVICE served as systems integrator, adding tactical functionality and supporting U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Marine Corps Warfighter Lab experiments. BAE Systems acquired Malloy Aeronautics in 2024, and the partnership continues as a three-way collaboration (SURVICE-Malloy-BAE).
• U.S. Marine Corps Warfighter Lab (MCWL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSURVICE collaborates with the Marine Corps Warfighter Lab to conduct field experiments with warfighters, refining the use of autonomous multirotor drones for logistical operations at the forward edge of the battlefield. MCWL has been instrumental in funding and shaping the TRV platform requirements through iterative experimentation.
• EnvistacomminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSURVICE partnered with Envistacom to co-host a bourbon tasting and technology showcase at the ATO facility, where Envistacom shared insights into their communications systems and satellite/wireless product spec sheets alongside SURVICE's TRV drone demonstrations.
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFOSR awarded SURVICE a Phase II SBIR contract to develop and enhance the GPU-accelerated Sentinel real-time computer vision framework for intelligent video analytics on mobile platforms including UAS applications.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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