Trust Automation supplies counter-drone technology to the U.S. Air Force to protect against unmanned aerial systems.
Trust Automation is a US maker of motors, drives, assemblies, and counter-UAS and cybersecurity products for defense, semiconductor, and industrial customers (a 96,000 sq ft San Luis Obispo facility). It holds a $490M ceiling sole-source IDIQ from the US Air Force (August 2025, through 2030) for UAS and counter-UAS R&D through production, with an initial $20.3M task order. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (the ceiling versus funded distinction noted).
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Trust Automation supplies counter-drone technology to the U.S. Air Force to protect against unmanned aerial systems. Trust Automation is a US maker of motors, drives, assemblies, and counter-UAS and cybersecurity products for defense, semiconductor, and industrial customers (a 96,000 sq ft San Luis Obispo facility). It holds a $490M ceiling sole-source IDIQ from the US Air Force (August 2025, through 2030) for UAS and counter-UAS R&D through production, with an initial $20.3M task order. Revenue is estimated at
Trust Automation is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 65 out of 100, below the Top 100.
Trust Automation is based in San Luis Obispo, California, United States.
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