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THE HIVE
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AIRBORNE

Autonomous Multi-Domain Unmanned Systems  |  Los Angeles, CA

One mothership. Unlimited reach. Nidus Defense engineers the next generation of autonomous swarm platforms — persistent, modular, and built for the battlefields of tomorrow.

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◈ MOTHERSHIP PLATFORM // [REDACTED] PAYLOAD CAPACITY ◈ SWARM DEPLOYMENT // AUTONOMOUS COORDINATION ◈ ISR PERSISTENT COVERAGE // MULTI-DOMAIN ◈ COMMS RELAY // ENCRYPTED MESH NETWORK ◈ MANUFACTURING // LOS ANGELES + SOFIA, BULGARIA ◈ SEED ROUND // QUALIFIED INVESTORS ONLY ◈ MOTHERSHIP PLATFORM // [REDACTED] PAYLOAD CAPACITY ◈ SWARM DEPLOYMENT // AUTONOMOUS COORDINATION ◈ ISR PERSISTENT COVERAGE // MULTI-DOMAIN ◈ COMMS RELAY // ENCRYPTED MESH NETWORK ◈ MANUFACTURING // LOS ANGELES + SOFIA, BULGARIA ◈ SEED ROUND // QUALIFIED INVESTORS ONLY
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DOMINANCE
THROUGH DESIGN

Modern conflict demands more than boots on the ground. It demands persistent eyes, layered lethality, and seamless coordination — at scale, at speed, and at minimal human risk.

Nidus Defense builds the platform that makes this possible. Our mothership-class UAS operates as a force multiplier in the sky — carrying expendable sub-drones, maintaining comms continuity, and streaming real-time ISR to command units below.

Founded by engineers and defense operators, we are vertically integrated from design to delivery — with R&D and HQ in Southern California and advanced manufacturing in Bulgaria, offering strategic access to NATO supply chains and European talent.

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ONE PLATFORM.
TOTAL MISSION STACK.

01 // PLATFORM
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Mothership UAS
A large-form autonomous aircraft engineered for endurance and payload versatility. Carries expendable drone swarms, sensors, and communications hardware — launching and recovering sub-systems mid-mission. Range and specs:                     
02 // PAYLOAD
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Expendable Swarm
Modular, mission-configurable sub-drones deployed at altitude for strike, surveillance, or electronic warfare tasks. Expendable by design — maximizing mission optionality without risking the mothership. Unit count per sortie:             
03 // ISR + COMMS
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Persistent Eyes & Voice
The mothership acts as a flying command node — providing encrypted mesh communications relay and multi-sensor ISR collection across the area of operations. Keeps ground forces coordinated when infrastructure is degraded or denied.
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WHY NIDUS.
WHY NOW.

◈ Market
$47B+ Drone Defense Market by 2030
The global military UAS market is in explosive growth, driven by conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Indo-Pacific tensions. Mothership-class systems are the emerging category with zero dominant players — yet.
◈ Moat
Vertical Integration & Dual-Geography Advantage
SoCal gives us proximity to DoD, defense primes, and the best aerospace talent on Earth. Bulgaria delivers cost-effective precision manufacturing inside NATO, with access to Eastern European engineering expertise.
◈ Architecture
Platform, Not Just a Product
Nidus is building the reusable mothership layer that future mission-specific payloads plug into — a platform business model in defense hardware. One aircraft, infinite configurations, continuous upgrade cycles.
◈ Timing
Seed Stage. Ground Floor Access.
We are raising our seed round from a small, strategic group of qualified investors. This is the earliest entry point. Full deck and technical brief available under NDA to credentialed defense and venture investors.
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