Bee-MX unit in cruise flight
Rapid-Deployment Aerospace Systems

Deployment infrastructure for a contested world.

Low-cost, high-volume launch systems that deploy from a standard shipping container, or from altitude.

Bee-MX · Bee-SL
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Patent-pending launch programs
Both programs
Mobile
Launch point · No fixed site
Bee-MX
36
Units per container
Bee-MX
Mach 3
Cruise velocity
Bee-MX · Rev. 2026 · Phase I  /  Bee-SL · Concept / Early Development
The Architecture

Two launch problems. One deployment architecture.

Shipping containers and conventional transport can host launch infrastructure that used to need fixed, expensive sites. We apply that to distributed fires and to orbital access.

01Program 01 · Phase I

Bee-MX

Containerized Strike System

Thirty-six supersonic units from one standard container. No fixed launch site.

Phase I — Preliminary Studies
Fig. 01 · Bee-MX concept film · Click to play
Deploys from
Standard shipping container
Salvo
36 units in <60 s
Cruise
Mach 3
Range
150+ mi
Unit length
8 ft (2.4 m)
Bee-MX salvo launching from the extended rack of a standard container at dusk
Fig. 01A · SalvoThirty-six units, one containerA full salvo leaving the extended rack. 36 units in under 60 seconds.
Bee-MX launch study, three-quarter view
Fig. 01B · Launch studyOff the rackA Bee-MX unit at launch, three-quarter view.
Bee-MX launch study, profile view
Fig. 01C · ProfileThe airframe in profileAn 8 ft (2.4 m) unit seen side-on at launch.
Bee-MX launch study, forward view
Fig. 01D · BowHead-onThe forward section of the unit, seen from the front.
Bee-MX cruise configuration on a display stand, showing its textured airframe skin
Fig. 01E · Ramjet cruiseBuilt for the cruiseThe cruise configuration on its display stand, textured skin and all. Ramjet-powered at Mach 3.
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02Program 02 · Concept

Bee-SL

Air-Launched Orbital Access

Small satellites to orbit from a conventional transport aircraft. No launch pad.

Concept / Early Development
Fig. 02 · Bee-SL concept film · Click to play
Launches from
Altitude
Carrier
Conventional transport aircraft
Payload
Small satellites
Infrastructure
No launch pad
Bee-SL full stack concept render
Fig. 02A · Full stackThe complete vehicleThe core and its clustered boosters, fully assembled.
Bee-SL tail section concept render
Fig. 02B · Tail sectionThe motor clusterAn aft view of the booster stage.
Bee-SL exploded staging concept render
Fig. 02C · Exploded stagingStage by stageThe stack pulled apart along its axis to show how it is staged.
Bee-SL payload bay concept render
Fig. 02D · Payload bayWhere the satellite ridesThe forward section that carries the small-satellite payload.
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Container port at blue hour under amber floodlights
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