Hadrian Automation
Bottleneck owner
AI-powered precision-manufacturing platform building automated factories for US defense and aerospace, sold as manufacturing- and factories-as-a-service.
Hadrian builds AI-powered precision-manufacturing factories for American defense and aerospace, automating CNC machining, inspection, welding, casting and additive production through its Opus factory-autonomy operating system. It sells via three models - precision components, manufacturing-as-a-service (dedicated cells at Hadrian or customer sites) and factories-as-a-service (whole facilities designed and operated by Hadrian) - targeting long-lead defense and naval/shipbuilding parts and competing with legacy primes. Hadrian reports fast worker training (30-day technicians, roughly 10x productivity) and is expanding capacity with plants in Torrance, California and Mesa, Arizona. (Company-reported facts.)
Research mapping
Physical AI / Manufacturing, EMS & Industrial Automation (L4) / Bottleneck owner
Evidence boundary
Original analysis and independent corroboration remain under development. Commercial scale and durable technical advantage remain under review.
What makes it defensible
Opus factory-autonomy software plus owned automated factories give Hadrian control over the scarcest inputs in defense manufacturing - machine-tool capacity and skilled labor - at a speed legacy primes cannot match.
Position in the stack: Advanced-manufacturing owner-operator: a contract manufacturer of precision parts and operator of turnkey factories serving defense/aerospace primes and government programs.
Who buys it
Named customers: Lockheed Martin, RTX, Anduril, U.S. Navy
Founding team
Chris Power — Founder & CEO — Founded Hadrian in 2020 to reindustrialize US advanced manufacturing; leads the company's factory and defense-production strategy.
SourceFinancing detail
- Last round
- Series D
Investors: JPMorganChase Strategic Investment Group, WCM Investment Management, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, 137 Ventures
Mapped funds and investors
Direct relationships supported by published evidence.
Reported holdings as-of
No sourced relationships mapped yet.
Disclosed investment history
No sourced relationships mapped yet.
Showing up to four relationships in each group. ETF weights describe the fund’s portfolio, not ownership of this company. Private investment history does not establish current ownership.
Evidence & media
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Hadrian raises $1.37B to accelerate U.S. defense, aerospace manufacturing (The Robot Report)
What this source supports: Third-party: $1.37B Series D for automated domestic manufacturing; 100,000 sq ft Torrance factory; investor list incl. JPMorganChase, WCM, Valor, Founders Fund, a16z.
What it does not establish: Funding coverage; per-part economics, yields and margins not disclosed.
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Lockheed Martin Expands Advanced Munitions Manufacturing in Texas, Driving Thousands of New American Jobs
What this source supports: LM's own release (2026-10-14) confirms the Hadrian automated machining cell for the Grand Prairie Missiles & Fire Control site — a 24-machine cell, operated by LM's production workforce, expected operational early 2027 — alongside a $300M / >735,000 sq ft Grand Prairie expansion.
What it does not establish: Customer-side announcement; gives no value for the Hadrian agreement and no exclusivity terms. The cell is operated by LM staff, so it does not evidence Hadrian revenue scale.
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Timeline
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Customer
Expands Lockheed Martin partnership into a first-of-its-kind 7-year agreement — Hadrian's Opus software + automated 24-machine machining cell deployed inside LM Missiles & Fire Control, Grand Prairie, TX (PAC-3 MSE, THAAD, PrSM, GMLRS)
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Financing
Series D — $1,370,000,000 total disclosed
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