Attalon and ACS Form a Directed Energy Partnership: Valaris Laser Subsystems to Integrate With the Bullfrog Autonomous Weapon Station, Announced November 12
Attalon, a United States defense technology company, and ACS, a precision robotics company for defense, announced on November 12, 2026, in a BusinessWire release from Philadelphia and Austin, Texas, a strategic partnership to advance next-generation directed energy solutions to counter low-cost weaponized drones. Attalon will integrate its Valaris high-energy laser subsystems with ACS's Bullfrog autonomous weapon station to deliver precise, scalable, and cost-effective capabilities to United States and allied governments.
Attalon chief executive John Bergeron said the proliferation of low-cost drones has fundamentally changed the economics of warfare, and that defeating these threats requires advanced technology paired with the ability to deliver it at scale. ACS co-founder Steve Simoni said directed energy is becoming a defining capability in the counter-drone fight, but will only make a difference if promising systems can urgently transition from the lab to the battlefield, and that pairing Attalon's laser technology and domestic manufacturing base with Bullfrog's autonomous precision robotics will give United States and allied forces a critical capability they can field at scale.
The announcement follows the creation of ACS's Directed Energy division to develop new high-energy laser systems. Attalon engineers and manufactures advanced lasers, precision optics, optical coatings and advanced materials, with more than 600 employees across the United States and its headquarters in Philadelphia. ACS is headquartered in Austin, Texas, where it has a significant manufacturing base, with offices in Alexandria, Virginia, and an innovation lab in Huntsville, Alabama. Its flagship product Bullfrog is an AI-powered weapon station that turns existing weapons into highly accurate counter-drone systems, is deployed with United States forces, and is covered by contracts with the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command.
Source: Business Wire
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Photo: 图：美军定向能技术资料图（非 Bullfrog／Valaris 实物）。作者与授权：U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elliott Fabrizio/Released，Public domain，维基共享资源。 / Photo: A U.S. directed-energy technology demonstration (not the Bullfrog/Valaris system itself). Wikimedia Commons (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elliott Fabrizio/Released，Public domain).
