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Slade Technologies is registered in SAM.gov and has been assigned a CAGE code by the Defense Logistics Agency. Together these are the baseline requirement to receive a federal award — every entity that does business with the government has them.

Administrative groundwork, not a milestone and not a contract. We note it only because it's a prerequisite for the SBIR and procurement work ahead. Necessary, not notable.

Slade Technologies is actively pursuing Phase I SBIR funding through the Department of War. The effort targets programs aligned with our ISR and autonomous systems work, with a submission window closing in June 2026. A successful Phase I award would fund the initial feasibility study and establish Slade as an active federal research performer.

We're not going to detail which topics we're pursuing until after submission. That's standard practice. What we can say is that the Specter's mission architecture maps directly to documented capability gaps.

Slade Technologies is announcing the Specter Naval — a ship-compatible derivative of the Specter designed for distributed maritime operations across contested island chains.

The Specter Naval shares the same tailless blended-wing-body airframe as the Specter. Differences are configuration-level: reinforced landing gear, tail hook, corrosion-resistant coatings, and LHD/LHA deck compatibility. The same low observable profile, the same turbofan propulsion, the same SIGINT mission architecture — adapted for maritime basing without forward airfield dependency.

The Specter Naval is built around a specific operational reality: in a contested Indo-Pacific environment, persistent ISR cannot depend on prepared runways. A platform that can operate from a ship deck and recover conventionally at short austere strips changes the basing calculus entirely.

Like the Specter, the Specter Naval is a named concept design. No hardware exists and development has not commenced.

Slade Technologies is releasing its second named aircraft concept: the Uhlan, a low observable air-launched cruise missile built for deep strike against hardened and high-value targets.

The Uhlan is designed to fill a real gap in the current munitions landscape — between low-cost expendable systems and expensive legacy platforms. Aluminum alloy primary structure with RAM coating keeps unit cost competitive without sacrificing low observable performance. Deployable wings allow internal carriage compatibility across multiple host platforms without structural modification.

A turbofan sustainer provides the specific impulse needed for 900+ km of range at subsonic cruise speeds. The twin canted V-tail and ventral stabilizer deliver precise flight authority from launch to impact. INS/GPS midcourse navigation with a terminal seeker closes the guidance loop with a CEP under 3 meters.

Like all Slade Technologies concepts, the Uhlan is a named concept design. No hardware exists and development has not commenced. It represents our design intent for the guided munitions domain and the engineering approach we bring to precision strike.

Slade Technologies is releasing its first named aircraft concept: the Specter, a tailless blended-wing-body unmanned combat air vehicle designed for long-duration loitering, signals intelligence collection, and low observable ingress.

The BWB configuration is a deliberate engineering choice. Distributing lift across the entire airframe reduces induced drag and extends on-station endurance without increasing platform size. Carbon fiber composite construction keeps structural weight low while supporting a low radar cross-section profile.

The Specter is built around a dual-use premise. The same airframe suited for SIGINT collection in a contested environment works equally well for border surveillance, maritime patrol, and persistent ISR in commercial and government applications.

This is a concept design. No hardware exists and development has not commenced. The Specter represents our design intent and the engineering philosophy behind how Slade Technologies approaches system development.

Slade Technologies has launched a gated investor portal at sladetechnologies.com/investors. The portal gives verified investors and strategic partners access to our executive summary, financial projections, technical overview, and team information in a single, secure location.

Access is request-based and reviewed manually. We built it this way intentionally. We want to have real conversations with people who are genuinely aligned with what we're building, not mass-distribute a deck.

If you're interested in learning more, you can request access at sladetechnologies.com/investors.

One of the first decisions we made was to stay narrow: unmanned aircraft and guided munitions. Two domains that share an airframe, propulsion, and autonomy lineage — so the engineering compounds instead of fragmenting. Focus is a feature at this stage, not a limitation.

Both domains are dual-use. The same low-observable airframe and low-cost manufacturing approach that serves a defense mission carries a commercial and allied path — a hedge against the long, uncertain timeline of government procurement.

We're in the design and IP development phase, with a physical scale model now in fabrication. No flight hardware yet. We say where we are plainly.

Slade Technologies is formally registered as an LLC. The company is founded on a single conviction: defense and aerospace systems carry costs the engineering alone doesn't justify. Decades of organizational overhead and legacy program structures account for the difference.

We're starting lean by design. One founder, no unnecessary overhead, and a clear-eyed view of what Phase 1 actually requires: define the technical approach, develop the IP, and build the foundation before we scale anything.

We're not pretending this is further along than it is. It's early. The work starts now.