Mach Industries
Mach Industries builds hydrogen-powered unmanned strike systems, ISR platforms, and propulsion hardware for U.S. military customers from its Huntington Beach, CA facility.
Background
Mach Industries was founded in 2023 by Ethan Thornton (CEO) and Ashton Bennett in Huntington Beach, California.
The company emerged with an explicit focus on hydrogen propulsion as a differentiator in the crowded uncrewed-systems market, pitching endurance and energy-density advantages over conventional jet-fuel platforms.
Its product line spans three named systems: Viper, a VTOL cruise missile developed under a U.S. Army Applications Laboratory contract; Glide, a high-altitude long-range strike glider designed for low-signature delivery; and Stratos, a persistent high-altitude ISR and communications platform the company describes as an in-air satellite.
Mach also produces reconnaissance balloons, hydrogen-powered guns, and subsystems including radios, avionics, embedded computing, and energy storage.
Mach goes to market directly through U.S. military contract vehicles and the Defense Innovation Unit, and manufactures through a decentralized domestic factory network it calls Forge.
Headcount stood at roughly 110 employees as of a 2024 profile; the figure has likely grown given two major funding rounds since then.