Granite Defense Technologies

What Granite Defense Technologies does

Granite Defense Technologies LLC (GDT) is a privately held Texas LLC founded in 2017 that operates as a specialty reseller, integrator, and trainer for public safety robotics, headquartered on a 1,400-acre property called Reveille Proving Grounds in Burnet, Texas. The company's core offering is a curated, NDAA-compliant portfolio of air (Skydio, Inspired Flight, Sifly), water (Deep Trekker), and ground robotics, paired with photogrammetry, automation, and communications software (Pix4D, GNext Labs, Levatas, Reveal, Silvus Technologies, LiveU, ISeeYou360) and accessories (DroneTag, Zephyr, IR Tools, Restube). GDT differentiates from generic distributors through scenario-based testing and demonstration at the Reveille facility, which includes fully instrumented NIST Response Robot test suites used to validate products before resale.

The business generates revenue across four streams: hardware product sales, professional training (including Skydio certification courses priced $1,401-$2,750 per seat with minimum 4 students), outcome-based expert consulting, and deployment/sustainment services. Go-to-market is sales-led, executed by a small team led by the COO, and channeled primarily through the Texas DIR Cooperative Contract (DIR-CPO-6131), which enables streamlined procurement for Texas state/local government, public education, and other public entities inside and outside Texas. Customers are concentrated in public safety agencies, law enforcement, critical infrastructure providers, and emergency responders, with the company explicitly pursuing national expansion from its Texas base.

Operationally, GDT is a lean organization of 1-10 employees supported by senior leadership with deep domain credentials — including a former Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, a 34-year law enforcement veteran, and a former Austin Fire Department drone pilot holding an adjunct research position at Johns Hopkins on the NIST Standard Test Methods for Response Robots project. The company holds no institutional funding, has no disclosed revenue, and operates without a parent company; ownership and operational control rest with the Prentice family (Tom Prentice, CEO/Co-Founder; Hayden Prentice, COO). Its intellectual property is primarily physical (the proving grounds) and reputational (NIST working group participation), rather than patent- or model-based.

Name

Granite Defense Technologies

Legal name

Granite Defense Technologies LLC

Website

https://granitedefense.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Granite Defense Technologies is a Texas-based reseller, integrator, and trainer of NDAA-compliant public safety robotics, serving government, law enforcement, and emergency response buyers through a 1,400-acre testing facility and the Texas DIR cooperative contract.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Robotics and UAS Integration

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Defense R&D, Test, Evaluation & Innovation (BPAIAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) & Advanced Inspection (Phased Array, TOFD, Guided Wave) (EUAEAKAF)

Keywords

• Public safety robotics
• Unmanned aerial systems
• Emergency response drones
• Robotics integration services
• Critical infrastructure monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnet

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Sales of robotics, communication, analytic, and monitoring tools aligned with U.S. National Interest. Products include drones (Skydio, Inspired Flight, Deep Trekker), software (Pix4D, GNext Labs, Levatas), communications equipment (Silvus Technologies, LiveU, ISeeYou360), and accessories (DroneTag, Zephyr, Reveal).
2. Training Services: Scenario-based training at 1,400-acre HQ facility including Skydio drone operation certification courses, emergency response robotics training, and public safety UAS programs.
3. Expert Consulting: Outcome-based integrated solutions consulting for achieving operational objectives with advanced technology.
4. Deployment & Sustainment: Maintenance, troubleshooting, software updates, and performance optimization services to keep technologies operating at peak performance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Granite Defense Technologies is a multi-vendor systems integrator and reseller that provides robotics, communications, analytics, and monitoring tools to U.S. public safety, critical infrastructure, and emergency response customers. Its core offering combines NDAA-compliant air, ground, and water robots from brands such as Skydio, Inspired Flight, Deep Trekker, and Sifly; tactical communications (Silvus, LiveU, I See You 360); inspection and photogrammetry software (Pix4D, GNext Labs, Levatas, Reveal); and supporting accessories. These products are bundled with scenario-based training at the 1,400-acre Reveille Proving Grounds, expert consulting using NIST-instrumented testing, and ongoing deployment & sustainment services.

Product overview

Granite Defense Technologies operates as a multi-vendor robotics and public safety technology solutions provider. Their portfolio is organized into four product categories: External Robots (Skydio autonomous drones, Inspired Flight Technologies, Deep Trekker underwater platforms, Sifly NDAA-compliant drones), Software (Pix4D photogrammetry, gnextlabs inspection SaaS, Levatas automation, Reveal AI inspection), Communications (Silvus Technologies MIMO systems, LiveU IP-Video, I See You 360 security products), and Accessories & Tools (IR Tools thermal, DroneTag Remote ID, Zephyr Sim training software, Restube SAR tools). These products are complemented by training services including Skydio certification programs at Reveille Peak Ranch, expert consulting, and deployment/sustainment support. The company leverages a 1,400-acre testing facility and NIST-standardized evaluation platforms to validate and demonstrate these technologies under real-world conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Reveille Proving Grounds: The company's 1,400-acre testing and training facility located northwest of Austin, Texas, featuring realistic training areas, disaster simulations, and NIST-standardized robot test suites.

Products and services

• Skydio (drone product line)

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained hundreds of public safety, emergency management, and conservation professionals
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerGDT awarded Cooperative Contract by Texas DIR for Emergency Preparedness Software and Related Services, as well as Law Enforcement. The DIR Co-op Contracts program is a streamlined cooperative purchasing program for state and local government, public education, and other public entities in Texas, as well as public entities outside the state.
• SkydiocoreTechnology or IntegrationLeading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight. GDT offers Skydio products including X10 drones, Dock for X10, and provides certified training courses. Products are NDAA compliant and evaluated at GDT testing facility.
• Inspired Flight TechnologiessecondaryTechnology or IntegrationDesigns, develops, and manufactures commercial drones for industrial and government use in the United States. NDAA compliant products sold through GDT.
• Deep TrekkersecondaryTechnology or IntegrationLeading technology platform making complex underwater missions easy. Underwater robotics sold through GDT for public safety applications.
• Pix4DsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationMarket leader in photogrammetry software technology. Sold as part of GDT's software portfolio for mapping and imaging applications.
• LevatassecondaryTechnology or IntegrationInspection and security automation for drones. Automates visual inspections by enabling robots, drones, and camera systems to detect anomalies and perform monitoring tasks.
• Silvus TechnologiessecondaryTechnology or IntegrationOne of the world's leading developers of advanced MIMO communications systems for tactical applications. Tactical communications equipment sold through GDT.
• LiveUsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationInnovative IP-Video solutions for remote and austere communication. Products include remote video transmission for emergency response scenarios.
• ISeeYou360secondaryTechnology or IntegrationTargeted security solutions company engaged in research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology products.
• RevealsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationTechnology products that improve, simplify and accelerate human decisions through AI, resulting in mission success. AI-powered decision tools sold through GDT.
• SiflysecondaryTechnology or IntegrationNDAA Compliant Drones. Additional drone manufacturer partner available through GDT for government customers requiring compliant solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• D-Fend Solutions: Counter-UAS (C-UAS) detection and mitigation vendor selling into public safety, defense, and critical infrastructure customers. Directly competes with GDT's Counter UAS technology offering and its incident-response services wedge into the same agency budgets.
• DroneSense: Public safety UAS software platform for drone program management, flight operations, and live streaming for first responders. Competes with and complements GDT's software portfolio (Pix4D, Levatas, Reveal) and is sold to the same law enforcement and emergency response agencies.
• BRINC Drones: U.S.-based drone manufacturer focused on public safety, emergency response, and tactical SWAT/law enforcement use cases with NDAA-compliant hardware. BRINC competes directly with the Skydio and Inspired Flight products GDT resells, and also sells direct to the same law enforcement and emergency response agencies.
• Inspired Flight Technologies: U.S. manufacturer of NDAA-compliant commercial and government drones and a GDT product partner. Also sells direct to industrial and government customers, making it both an upstream supplier and a downstream competitor to GDT in the public safety and critical inspection drone segment.

Emerging players

• Flock Safety: Public safety technology provider specializing in license plate recognition, video, and gunshot detection for law enforcement. Sells to the same police and sheriff's departments as GDT and represents a broader technology-platform incumbent targeting overlapping budget lines.
• Red Cat Holdings: Public safety and defense drone manufacturer (Teal Drones) producing NDAA-compliant quadcopters for U.S. government and law enforcement. Competes with Skydio/Inspired Flight products GDT resells and represents another direct alternative for the same government customers.
• UAV Coach / Pilot Institute: Drone training and Part 107 certification providers for commercial and public safety operators. Compete with GDT's PSUSA training program on price, accessibility, and online delivery, particularly for individual pilots rather than agency-level cohort contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Axon Enterprise: Dominant public safety technology incumbent (body cameras, TASERs, RMS, real-time crime centers). Recently expanded into drones via Dedrone acquisition, making it a broader incumbent that could absorb public safety drone workflows that GDT currently services and resells into.
• Skydio: Leading U.S. NDAA-compliant autonomous drone manufacturer and a core product partner for GDT. Skydio also sells direct to enterprise and public safety customers, meaning it is both an upstream supplier and a downstream competitor for the same Drone as First Responder and public safety UAS opportunities GDT pursues.
• Carahsoft: Large government IT value-added reseller and contract vehicle holder (GSA Schedule, NASPO, state co-ops) selling software, hardware, and services into federal, state, and local government. Operates the same cooperative-contract distribution model GDT uses via Texas DIR, but at vastly larger scale across many states.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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