Startup · United States
Lighthouse Avionics
HQ HilliardFounded 202111-50 employees
Passive, ground-based air domain awareness for Counter-UAS detection and BVLOS drone operations. VICTOR combines EO/IR cameras, ADS-B, and laser rangefinding for defense, public safety, and commercial missions.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $185K |
| FY2025 | $1.8M |
| FY2024 | $185K |
| FY2022 | $1.6M |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Recipients (UEIs) tied to this company
- LIGHTHOUSE AVIONICS INC. · JQ5AQAEPBHA7 · $3.8M
Each action counts for the company USAspending reported on that row, so a subsidiary's dollars count for Lighthouse Avionics only for the period it reported Lighthouse Avionics as its parent. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. Fiscal year 2027 is partial.
Funding4 rounds · ~$750K
- Equity raised
- ~$750K
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- $2.1M
- Latest
- $750KGrant · 2022
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Grant | $750K | — | AFWERX | — | Confirmed |
| 2024 | Grant | $110K | — | AFWERX | — | Confirmed |
| 2025 | Grant | $1.3M | — | AFWERX | — | Confirmed |
| 2024 | Pre-Seed | ~$750K | — | Ohio Gateway Tech Fund | — | Speculative |
- $750K2022
- $110K2024
- $1.3M2025
- ~$750K2024
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems5
VICTOR MINI
A portable airspace-monitoring system with integrated laser rangefinding.
VICTOR Remote Tower System
Camera-based airfield monitoring system with a remote display installation.
VICTOR V4
Electro-optical and infrared airspace monitoring system under development.
Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.
Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air and missile defense | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Passive ground-based air domain awareness for Counter-UAS detection, serving defense, public safety and commercial missions. | Reported |
| Sensing and signature management | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Passive ground-based air domain awareness for Counter-UAS detection, serving defense, public safety and commercial missions. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Passive ground-based air domain awareness for Counter-UAS detection, serving defense, public safety and commercial missions.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Passive ground-based air domain awareness for Counter-UAS detection, serving defense, public safety and commercial missions.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People1
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Tyler Bair · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-founder, CEO |
Sources13
Show all 13 sources and supporting evidence
Profile4
- 1
Lighthouse Avionics · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Passive, ground-based air domain awareness for Counter-UAS detection and BVLOS drone operations. VICTOR combines EO/IR cameras, ADS-B, and laser rangefinding for defense, public safety, and commercial missions.”
- 2
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 15)”
- 3
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "421f47f2-ec2b-4d70-a022-c52f6092b9a1"}”
- 4
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”
Systems4
- 5
Lighthouse Avionics · Supports System
“VICTOR MINI** \ Compact Detection System \ A portable, rapid-deployment system for targeted airspace monitoring, with integrated laser rangefinding for single-unit position resolution”
- 6
Lighthouse Avionics · Supports System
“The Display Wall turns any VICTOR sensor deployment into a live visual operations picture, panoramic camera feeds stitched across the wall with AI-tagged tracks rendered in real time. From a single operator console to a full dual-wall ops floor, the system is right-sized to your site, your mission, and your room.”
- 7
Lighthouse Avionics · Supports System
“Traditional remote tower installations cost millions and take years. The VICTOR Remote Tower System delivers full 360° air and ground surveillance from a single low-profile mast: stacked fixed-camera rings, a precision PTZ with 1550 nm laser rangefinder, AI-based detection, integrated ADS-B, and ASTERIX-standard output, paired with a turnkey video-wall operations floor. No brick-and-mortar tower required.”
- 8
Lighthouse Avionics · Supports System
“V4 networks with other VICTOR systems, so operators can remote into towers at other locations and visualize those airspaces from a single ops floor. The system is in active development, building directly on the VICTOR V3 design validated under our AFWERX SBIR Phase II Counter-UAS contract, and is targeted at roughly a 10% price addition over VICTOR V2 solutions.”
Funding4
- 9
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Pre Seed Round - Lighthouse Avionics”
- 10Regulatory filingSBIR.gov award - Lighthouse Avionics
SBIR.gov · Supports Funding round · amount
“Total Award Amount: $749,876”
- 11Regulatory filingSBIR.gov award - Lighthouse Avionics
SBIR.gov · Supports Funding round · amount
“Total Award Amount: $109,995”
- 12Regulatory filingSBIR.gov award - Lighthouse Avionics
SBIR.gov · Supports Funding round · amount
“Total Award Amount: $1,250,000”
People1
- 13
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
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