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Allen Control Systems

Austin, TX, United States

WeaponsCounter-UAS & Air DefenseOptronicsDefense Software & AI
System Integrator, Software DeveloperSupplies Land Forces, Special Forces, Naval Forces
Profile last updated: April 30, 2026

About

Allen Control Systems is a defense system integrator based in Austin, United States working in weapons, counter-uas & air defense, optronics +1 more.

Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a United States defense technology company developing autonomous robotic weapon stations for counter-unmanned systems (C-UAS). Its flagship product, the Bullfrog autonomous weapon station, is built to retrofit legacy and modern weapons such as the M240, M2, M134 and M230 machine guns. Bullfrog detects, identifies, tracks and engages group 1-3 unmanned aerial systems using AI-driven software, with autonomous and semi-autonomous modes, and can integrate with C2 systems and less-than-lethal effectors. The company also offers passive drone detection and synthetic training data generation for computer vision models. ACS was founded by former U.S. Navy nuclear engineers and former restaurant technology entrepreneurs, and reports contracts with the U.S. Army, U.S. Special Operations Command, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. It has offices in Austin, Texas and Alexandria, Virginia, and an office at the Fires Innovation Science and Technology Accelerator in Lawton-Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Location

Austin, United States

NCAGE code

9G8G8

Focus areas

counter-droneC-UASautonomous weapon stationrobotic gun turretpassive drone detectionfire controlsynthetic training datamachine learning

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

WeaponsCounter-UAS & Air DefenseOptronicsDefense Software & AI

Supply-chain role

System IntegratorSoftware Developer

What they offer

HardwareSoftware

Products

Bullfrog

Autonomous weapon station

Lightweight, low-power autonomous gun turret that detects, identifies and neutralizes group 1-3 UAS using passive detection, with autonomous and semi-autonomous modes and optional less-than-lethal effectors.

Bullfrog M240

Autonomous weapon station

Bullfrog variant built on the M240 machine gun, designed to handle the full kill chain against group 3 UAS.

Bullfrog M2

Autonomous weapon station

Bullfrog variant built on the M2 machine gun, designed to handle the full kill chain against group 3 UAS.

Bullfrog M134

Autonomous weapon station

Bullfrog variant built on the M134 minigun, designed to handle the full kill chain against group 3 UAS.

Bullfrog M230

Autonomous weapon station

Bullfrog variant built on the M230 chain gun, designed to handle the full kill chain against group 3 UAS.

End users

Land ForcesSpecial ForcesNaval Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Platforms & programmes

M240M2M134M230

Named customers

US ArmyUS Special Operations CommandDepartment of DefenseSouth KoreaUnited Arab Emirates

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

xTechOverwatch Competition win

U.S. ArmyAutonomous counter-drone systems

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