About
LeadTech Inc is a Michigan corporation, incorporated in 2023 and headquartered in Troy. The company registered with the federal government as a defense supplier in September 2026 under CAGE Code 24Q16 and is actively registered in SAM.gov. It works in three areas: AI software that runs businesses every day, 3D printing for hire, and drone parts alongside its own unmanned aircraft in development.
Why we exist
Small unmanned aircraft stopped being a niche procurement and became a consumable one. What the Department now needs is domestic capacity that can surge, airframes cheap enough to expend, a supply chain free of covered foreign entity content, and open architecture that accepts government-furnished payloads and software. That is a manufacturing and supply-chain problem before it is an aerospace problem — and it is the problem LeadTech was built to work.
We are honest about where we sit. LeadTech is an emerging supplier with no prior past performance in unmanned systems. We are not asking to be taken on faith; we are asking for a facility visit, a first article, and a sample build against your requirement.
Why Michigan
In February 2026 the Department of War designated Michigan's National All-Domain Warfighting Center a National Range for Deep Uncrewed Aerial Systems Training — one of a small number of ranges in the country cleared for deep UAS work. Michigan enacted a supporting drone legislation package the following month.
We are building in Troy, inside the state's existing automotive electronics, tooling, and precision machining base — the same base that already makes motors, magnets, harnesses and moulded structure at volume. Those are the recognised bottleneck in domestic small-UAS rate production, and they are the part of the problem Michigan is unusually well positioned to solve. Troy is about three hours from Camp Grayling and the NADWC.
A 10,000 sq ft facility in Troy is planned to consolidate design, fabrication, assembly and test under one roof, including layup, press and cure of our own carbon fibre plate. Site selection is underway; the plant is not yet stood up.
Ownership & structure
Team & recruiting
LeadTech is an early-stage, founder-led company, and we are candid about where we are: the engineering, autonomy and operations team is being assembled now. We are taking the time to find the right people — engineers, builders and operators who want to help take three aircraft from concept to first article. If that is you, we want to hear from you.
President and hands-on technical lead — drone flight, electronics, carbon-fibre and CNC fabrication, and autonomy R&D on NVIDIA Jetson. Quotes and engineering changes are approved same-day. Building and leading construction, finance and technology companies since 2002.
Aerospace, mechanical, electrical and embedded engineers — airframe structure, propulsion and power, flight control, composites, and design for manufacture.
Software and machine-learning engineers for onboard autonomy, perception, navigation in degraded conditions, and ground-control software.
UAS pilots, veterans, public-safety professionals, machinists and technicians — people who can judge a design by how it will really be built, flown and maintained.
Engineers, and anyone serious about drones and AI technology — students and self-taught builders with real projects included — are encouraged to reach out. Send a short note on what you have built, what you want to work on and how much time you can give; links to a portfolio, GitHub or résumé are welcome.
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LeadTech Inc is not a veteran-owned or service-disabled veteran-owned small business.
Track record
LeadTech has no past performance in unmanned systems, and says so. What it does have is a founder with hands-on technical experience, and two decades of delivering to fixed budget and schedule under audit:
