Common Questions

Yes. All Forge & Flight Labs platforms — Longbow-8, Aether-10, Vanguard-14, and Titan-20 — are NDAA Section 848 compliant. Written compliance documentation is provided at the component level for every procurement. No Chinese-manufactured components appear in any data path, power path, or communication system.

The Aether-10 is aligned with the Defense Innovation Unit Blue UAS program framework. Contact us for current certification status. Procurement officers who need compliance documentation independent of Blue UAS listing can request our component-level BOM compliance package.

All Forge & Flight software products — Forge Command Suite and AegisEye Intelligence Suite — contain no Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, or Dahua components in any code path or network stack. Compliance is verified through CI pipeline and annual supply chain audit.

Forge & Flight Holdings has completed a CMMC Level 2 self-assessment with a SPRS score of 105/110 — above the 88-point threshold for conditional Level 2 eligibility. Holdings is currently eligible for DoD contracts requiring CMMC Level 2. C3PAO third-party assessment is planned for late 2026.

The Forge Command Suite is hardened to CMMC Level 2 standards and designed for environments handling Controlled Unclassified Information. All network traffic is encrypted via WireGuard. AegisEye GCS supports PIV/CAC smart card authentication. Contact us for detailed technical security documentation.

Platform sales & Forge Flex: Forge & Flight Labs LLC — CAGE 18VF2 · UEI SUVKLZLPBJC1 · SAM Active Feb 2027.
Software & professional services: Forge & Flight Holdings, Inc. — CAGE 18WR3 · UEI Z9PWMMZXJ321 · SAM Active Mar 2027.
Training: Forge and Flight Academy LLC — CAGE 1A6J3 · UEI YV8UNYJWZHV1 · SAM Active Mar 2027.

Yes. Platform pricing for the Longbow-8 and Aether-10, most professional services engagements, Forge Flex pilot programs, and Federal Services Division contracts are structured at or below the $350,000 Simplified Acquisition Threshold — the fastest procurement pathway for qualifying small businesses.

All three Forge & Flight entities qualify as Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Minority-Owned Business, and Hispanic American Owned. We are assessing SDVOSB and HUBZone eligibility. Verify current classification through SAM.gov.

Yes — search sam.gov by CAGE or UEI. Holdings: CAGE 18WR3 / UEI Z9PWMMZXJ321. Labs: CAGE 18VF2 / UEI SUVKLZLPBJC1. Academy: CAGE 1A6J3 / UEI YV8UNYJWZHV1. All three registrations are active.

No. All AegisEye Intelligence Suite modules run entirely on NVIDIA Jetson edge hardware on the platform. Inference is local. Alerts deliver via MQTT and ATAK CoT. All modules are specifically designed for disconnected and EMCON operation — no cloud required for any detection or alert function.

IronMesh provides bidirectional ATAK/TAK Server integration — drone position, telemetry, video, ADS-B, and mission commands via standard CoT. AegisEye Intelligence Suite delivers georeferenced detection alerts directly to ATAK with color-coded severity. GoTo commands, mission uploads, and geofence operations are executable from ATAK.

Fayetteville, North Carolina 28304 — approximately 30 minutes from Fort Bragg, home to USASOC, the 18th Airborne Corps, and MICC-Fort Bragg. Proximity to the military community is central to our business strategy, not incidental to it.

Yes. All three Forge & Flight entities are classified as Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Minority-Owned, and Hispanic American Owned under SBA size standards. Verify current classification at sam.gov.