Defense / AerospaceDMV

Aventra

Defense / Aerospace · Herndon, VA

Defense tech: modular guidance technology for GPS-independent precision strikes. Herndon VA. Lavrock led $3M seed Oct 2025. Exited stealth Oct 2025. Ultra-low cost long-range precision weapons — converts unguided munitions.

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The DMV is built around a single fact: it's the seat of the federal government, and the intelligence and defense agencies headquartered there are the region's actual economic anchor, not a side industry. Georgetown, George Mason, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins up in Baltimore all feed a workforce that skews toward cleared, government-adjacent technical work most other regions don't have.

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