Forge & Flight Labs

Build Things That Matter

We design and manufacture American-made, NDAA-compliant UAS platforms from our facility in Carthage, NC. Small team. Real hardware. Customers who depend on it.

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What We Build

Group 1 through Group 3 UAS platforms for defense, government, and research applications. Fixed-wing, VTOL, and hybrid configurations. Every platform is American-manufactured, NDAA Section 848 compliant, and built to operate in real operational environments.

We also develop mission software, AI-edge computing integrations, counter-UAS systems, and the electronic infrastructure that ties platforms to command and control. It is a full stack, from airframe to network.

Where We Are

Carthage, NC. Sandhills region, 35 miles from Fort Bragg. Our customers are defense units, federal agencies, and government programs that need NDAA-compliant hardware they can actually sustain in the field.

We are a small team. Everyone who works here builds something that ends up in service. That is not a slogan. It is how we operate.

Who We Look For

Positions open across Labs are posted on the Holdings careers page. The functional areas where we most frequently hire:

Platform Engineering
Mechanical and aerospace engineers who can design airframes, run structural analysis, and take a design from model to flying hardware.
Avionics & Electronics
Technicians who can assemble, solder, test, and troubleshoot flight controller stacks, ESCs, GPS, datalinks, and sensor packages.
Embedded Systems
Firmware engineers comfortable with ArduPilot, PX4, STM32, FreeRTOS, and the intersection of software and physical hardware behavior.
Software & Autonomy
Engineers building mission planning, ground control systems, AI inference pipelines, and the software that makes platforms operate autonomously.
Manufacturing & Production
Technicians experienced in FDM/SLA fabrication, composite layup, CNC coordination, and assembly processes for precision hardware.
Test & Integration
Operators who can run platform integration testing, document failure modes, and deliver technical findings that drive engineering decisions.
Federal Sales & BD
Professionals who understand DoD acquisition, can write an RFQ response, and know how to move a product through federal procurement channels.
Quality & Compliance
Detail-oriented professionals who maintain NDAA supply chain documentation, support CMMC compliance, and manage quality processes for regulated products.

All Open Positions Are on the Holdings Careers Page

Forge & Flight Labs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Forge & Flight Holdings, Inc. All hiring is coordinated through the Holdings careers page.