CHAOS Industries
About
About CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries develops distributed radar and sensing systems for air defence. Its Vanquish product is an expeditionary distributed early-warning radar, while Astria provides long-range precision tracking and persistent surveillance. Both use the company's Coherent Distributed Networks architecture, which links time-synchronised nodes for cooperative processing and interoperability with larger command-and-control systems.
In July 2026 CHAOS acquired Atropos Group, a vertically integrated developer of autonomous aircraft, and created a new aerospace division. Atropos co-founder Vince Dutcavich was appointed to lead the division, while co-founder Colin Carroll became CHAOS chief growth officer. The acquisition broadened CHAOS from sensing into autonomous aircraft, interceptors and related defence effects; financial terms were not disclosed.
Operations
Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-07-02 - CHAOS reported more than 20,000 hours of tracking operations globally, including Europe and the Middle East.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Insta Group
Outbound - Perception - Insta selected CHAOS Industries VANQUISH PRIME radar for planned AirC2 integration
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Funding
- 2025-11-13 - Series D - $510M - CHAOS Industries raises $510M Series D led by Valor Equity Partners
CHAOS Industries raised $510 million in Series D funding led by Valor Equity Partners at a $4.5 billion valuation. - source: chaosinc.com
- 2025-05-02 - Series C - $275M - CHAOS Industries raises $275M Series C at $2B valuation
valuation: $2B - CHAOS Industries raised $275 million in Series C funding to expand defense sensing products and manufacturing capacity. - source: chaosinc.com
- 2024-11-13 - Series B - $145M - CHAOS Industries raises $145M Series B for defense sensing systems
CHAOS Industries raised $145 million in Series B funding to develop defense sensing, monitoring and communications systems. - source: chaosinc.com
Investors
- Accel - Lead - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-11-13 - latest 2025-11-13
- 8VC - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-11-13 - latest 2025-11-13
- Overmatch Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-11-13 - latest 2025-05-02
- Valor Equity Partners - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-05-02 - latest 2025-11-13
- Lerner Enterprises - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-13
- New Enterprise Associates - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-02
- StepStone Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-02
- Tru Arrow Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-02
Team
- George J. Tenet - Executive Chairman - Tenet leads CHAOS board activities and provides national-security and business governance experience as the company scales defense systems.
- Will Hurd - Chief Strategy Officer - Hurd supports CHAOS strategy and government-market execution for defense and national-security technology.
- Bo Marr - Co-Founder and Co-CEO - Marr helps lead CHAOS technology and commercialization work around coherent distributed networking, multi-static radar, and air-defense sensing.
- John Tenet - Co-Founder and CEO - Tenet leads CHAOS as it scales coherent distributed networking, radar, and counter-UAS sensing systems for defense and critical-industry customers.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-07-29 - Acquisition - CHAOS Industries acquires Atropos Group and forms aerospace division
The acquisition expands CHAOS from radar and sensing into autonomous aircraft, interceptors and related defence effects. Atropos co-founder Vince Dutcavich will lead the new aerospace division. Atropos co-founder Colin Carroll was appointed CHAOS chief growth officer.
Source - 2026-07-02 - Partnership - Insta and CHAOS Industries partner on AirC2 and VANQUISH PRIME C-UAS integration
The companies said the collaboration will support sensor integrations, radar, detection, identification and data-transmission solutions. The first joint solution is expected to be demonstrated in Finland in the coming months. The release says CHAOS sensing solutions have logged more than 20,000 hours of tracking operations globally.
Source - 2025-11-13 - Funding - CHAOS Industries raises $510M Series D led by Valor Equity Partners
CHAOS Industries raised $510 million in Series D funding led by Valor Equity Partners at a $4.5 billion valuation. The round included previous investors 8VC and Accel. CHAOS said the capital supports expanded product development and manufacturing for Coherent Distributed Networks systems.
Source - 2025-10-15 - Partnership - CHAOS Industries and Forterra integrate autonomous counter-UAS systems
The partners mounted CHAOS VANQUISH radar on a Forterra AutoDrive-powered SMET platform. The integrated counter-UAS system was field-tested ahead of U.S. Army xTech demonstrations.
Source - 2025-09-17 - Contract Award - CHAOS Industries wins $1.9M AFWERX TACFI award for ASTRIA radar
CHAOS Industries received a $1.9 million AFWERX TACFI award to adapt ASTRIA for Eglin Air Force Base tracking missions. The award supports a multi-object tracking instrumentation radar for test and training missions. The program centers on CHAOS coherent distributed networking radar technology.
Source - 2025-05-02 - Funding - CHAOS Industries raises $275M Series C at $2B valuation
Forbes reported the $275 million Series C valued CHAOS Industries at $2 billion. NEA led the round and Accel co-led, with StepStone Group, Overmatch Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners and Valor Equity Partners participating. The company said the financing brought total funding since inception to $490 million and would scale defence sensing, monitoring and communications systems.
Source - 2024-11-13 - Funding - CHAOS Industries raises $145M Series B for defense sensing systems
CHAOS Industries raised $145 million in Series B funding to develop defense sensing, monitoring and communications systems. Accel led the round, with participation from 8VC, Overmatch Ventures, Lerner Enterprises and existing insiders. CHAOS said the proceeds would support product development, hiring and high-volume manufacturing.
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Relations
Relationships
- Insta Group
C UAS Sensing And C2 Integration - Insta Group and CHAOS Industries partnered to integrate VANQUISH PRIME radar and distributed sensing capabilities with Insta AirC2.
- Forterra
Autonomous Counter UAS Partner - CHAOS Industries and Forterra integrated CHAOS sensing with Forterra autonomous vehicle architecture.
- Atropos Group
Acquired Autonomous Aircraft Developer - CHAOS Industries completed its acquisition of Atropos Group and formed a new aerospace division.
- AFWERX
Program Award Counterparty - AFWERX selected CHAOS Industries for TACFI funding tied to ASTRIA radar work.
Commercial
- CHAOS Industries wins $1.9M AFWERX TACFI award for ASTRIA radar
2025-09-17 · Order / contract · CHAOS Industries received a $1.9 million AFWERX TACFI award to adapt ASTRIA for Eglin Air Force Base tracking missions.
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