UNION: The West's New National Security Arsenal and Manufacturing Power
The introduction of UNION, The Manufacturing Prime, represents a significant advancement in the field of national security manufacturing. Recently emerging from stealth mode, UNION was established by a group of American entrepreneurs concerned about vulnerabilities in production, in particular, the declining ability of Western nations to efficiently manufacture essential defense goods.
The company successfully completed an oversubscribed $50 million seed funding round led by Bravo Victor Venture Capital (BVVC), with support from Regulus, a specialized defense prime in global supply chain and logistics security. Additional participants in this funding round include Silent Ventures, Decisive Point, Vanderbilt University, RKKVC, IronGate, and several notable family offices, all committed to revitalizing American manufacturing.
In light of rapidly advancing adversarial capabilities and diminishing critical industrial capacity, UNION is dedicated to strengthening the United States’ production infrastructure through its Factories-as-a-Stockpile™ model. This approach is designed to enhance deterrence capabilities without direct confrontation, addressing sector challenges such as stalled innovation and reliance on outdated technologies through advanced manufacturing solutions.
UNION’s operational strategy integrates software-driven autonomous robotics with precision manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies, utilizing expertise from former Tesla and Anduril engineers. The company is initially concentrating on munitions production to provide scalable capacity and enable secure, independent supply chains. According to Will Somerindyke, Co-Founder and CEO, UNION’s factories are engineered for resilience and efficiency, employing interconnected systems inspired by neural networks and leveraging reinforcement learning for optimal performance. This innovative capability is expected to position UNION as a key resource for both U.S. government agencies and allied partners.
Since its founding in Q4 2024, UNION has made notable progress, including advance procurement of essential equipment, development of proprietary technologies such as Faction™ (a factory operating system), Fabric™ (an advanced SCADA solution), and Factorial™ (a site intelligence platform). The company is engineering its initial production lines for high-demand munitions, has secured strategic collaborations with NATO and non-NATO allies, and has commenced construction of Factory-1, Line-1 in Dallas, Texas, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and software-driven operations. UNION has also assembled a highly qualified engineering team comprising professionals from industry leaders such as Tesla, Anduril, and General Dynamics, and has established strong supply chains for essential materials.
The leadership team, predominantly comprised of U.S. military veterans, demonstrates a commitment to strategic vision and operational excellence. The company’s inaugural factory and suite of products, including a range of munitions, are actively under development, with an emphasis on rapid scalability to meet evolving stockpile needs. Joe Musselman, Co-Founder and Chairman of UNION and Managing Partner at BVVC, underscores the critical importance of industrial capability in ensuring long-term national security and advocates for renewed investment in domestic manufacturing.
As global competition intensifies, UNION reaffirms the United States’ commitment to maintaining industrial leadership. Based in Dallas, Texas, UNION is focused on the modernization of America’s defense manufacturing sector through its state-of-the-art, software-enabled Factories-as-a-Stockpile™ platform, which seamlessly fuses advanced robotics with continuous process enhancement to guarantee reliable, scalable, and sovereign production capacity for the future.