Vanguard Defense Industries

Vanguard Defense Industries is an aerospace and defense corporation, founded by Michael S. Buscher in Conroe, Texas. Vanguard has developed strategic partnerships with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to integrate UAS platforms into routine law enforcement operations. This law enforcement effort is led by Senior Vice President Richard Garcia who is a retired Senior Executive Service FBI Agent. Vanguard's Military Applications Division has garnered relationships with the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as well as Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to integrate their platforms into global military operations. Additionally, Vanguard has leveraged a partnership with NASA's Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program to utilize NASA engineers and scientists to further develop the communications and avionics systems of the UAS.
The organization is divided into three distinct divisions: Law Enforcement, Military and Commercial. Vanguard Defense Industries produces the ShadowHawk UAS. ShadowHawk comes in both a turbine and piston version — the turbine version can loiter on station for up to an hour, and the piston version can stay aloft for about three hours — essentially creating a fully-autonomous, fangs-out airborne support unit for police departments. Furthermore, they’re very, very durable systems. In addition, ShadowHawk can be equipped with TASER XREP — very probably a first for any Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) platform for American law enforcement. As we know, TASER XREP is a self-contained, wireless electronic control device (ECD) that on the Vanguard ShadowHawk can deploy via a patented targeting- and firing-system. The battery supply for the onboard XREP is fully integrated into the chassis and provides the power to drive the XREP projectile.
Even if you don’t add less lethal weapons like XREP or search-and-rescue tools like flares or smoke to the ShadowHawk, it provides sophisticated and covert eyes-on-target capabilities to SWAT and other law enforcement teams. For example, you can pre-program up to 99 waypoints for the aircraft to observe, making it invaluable for recon missions. Vanguard Defense Industries’ ShadowHawks are 100 percent built in the United States, and the company is comprised of mainly former law enforcement and individuals who have served in military special operations forces. To say that the men and machines of Vanguard Defense Industries are impressive is an understatement of massive magnitude.
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