Beehive Industries
About
About Beehive Industries
Beehive Industries designs and manufactures additively enabled gas-turbine propulsion for uncrewed defence aircraft. Frenzy covers compact turbojets for swarm-class systems, including the 100-pound-thrust Frenzy 6 and 200-pound-thrust Frenzy 8. Rampart extends the roadmap into turbofan propulsion for collaborative combat aircraft, while the company also produces high-performance aerospace components for external customers.
Frenzy 8 completed ground, durability and high-altitude testing before moving into full-rate production in 2026. A $29.7 million U.S. Air Force award funds vehicle integration, flight testing and qualification, with additional work on Frenzy 6. Beehive is expanding metal-additive and machining capacity in Colorado, Tennessee and Ohio, including 30 new EOS M4 ONYX systems and acquired Cincinnati-area machine shops. These investments support repeatable, higher-rate engine output while the funded qualification programme continues.
Products
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- EOS
Inbound - Manufacturing - EOS will supply 30 M4 ONYX printers to Beehive Industries for its Knoxville and Centennial engine-production facilities
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Team
- Mohammad Ehteshami - Chief Executive Officer - Leads Beehive's additive-manufactured propulsion strategy for uncrewed defence aircraft.
- Gordie Follin - Chief Product Officer - Leads product and commercial strategy for Beehive's UAV propulsion portfolio.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-07-21 - Production Milestone - Beehive Industries plans $70M Ohio production expansion
The expansion is intended to support production of more than 8,000 engines per year. The site will support propulsion for uncrewed and other defence aircraft. This is an announced capacity expansion, not a completed facility opening.
Source - 2026-06-17 - Commercial Order - EOS receives Beehive order for 30 M4 ONYX systems
Delivery was scheduled over the following 12 months to facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Centennial, Colorado. The order would bring Beehive's total EOS metal-printer fleet to 50 systems. The equipment will support Frenzy 8 engine production, with EOS software for process monitoring, traceability and quality management.
Source - 2026-04-20 - Contract Award - Beehive Industries wins $30 million U.S. Air Force Frenzy engine contract
Air Force to complete vehicle integration, flight testing, and qualification of the company’s 200 lbf Frenzy 8 engine—a pivotal step toward operational readiness and scalable production of Beehive’s flagship propulsion product. The award also includes funding to advance Beehive’s 100 lbf Frenzy 6 engine, beginning with the manufacturing of a First Engine to Test (FETT) asset and options for further testing, vehicle integration, and flight demonstration.
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Context
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Shared workflows
- Protolabs
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Context tags
- Additive manufacturing production - Workflow - Source-backed profile classification.
- Drone propulsion components - Stack Layer - Source-backed profile classification.
Commercial
- EOS receives Beehive order for 30 M4 ONYX systems
2026-06-17 · Order / contract · Beehive committed more than $50 million to EOS technology to expand additive manufacturing for uncrewed-aircraft engines.
Source - Beehive Industries wins $30 million U.S. Air Force Frenzy engine contract
2026-04-20 · Order / contract · The U.S. Air Force awarded Beehive Industries $29.7 million to integrate, flight-test and qualify its Frenzy 8 engine.
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