# Blackstone Launches Falcata Defense Platform

Blackstone launched Falcata by combining acquired defense technology firms TSC and Applied Systems Engineering Inc. into a platform focused on interceptor sensing, guidance, navigation, and control technologies. Falcata plans to invest in production capacity and personnel as U.S. interceptor production expands, creating a potential supplier opportunity, although the announcement identifies no specific solicitation, contract value, or procurement contact.

- Falcata’s capabilities align with critical interceptor subsystems; contractors and procurement teams can assess its offerings when evaluating potential suppliers for these technologies.
- The planned investment in production capacity may expand available supplier capacity as interceptor production grows.
- No award, solicitation, or contracting timeline is identified, so the announcement signals a market development rather than an active procurement opportunity.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Defense & Military
**Published:** October 02, 2026

### Government Entities
- Department of War (DoW)

### Vendors
- Falcata (defense technology developer)
- TSC (acquired predecessor company)
- Applied Systems Engineering Inc. (acquired predecessor company)

### Key Quotes
> We can now pursue bigger challenges, invest ahead of their needs and move critical technologies from development into production faster, while maintaining the technical rigor, agility and customer focus that have made both companies successful
> — Brandon Wolfson, CEO of Falcata

> Producing more interceptors requires greater capacity across critical sensing, guidance, navigation and control technologies inside them. We are building Falcata to deliver the technology America and its allies need – at the scale the mission demands
> — Jonathan Moneymaker, Chairman of Falcata

### Sources
- [Blackstone Backs Launch of Defense Tech Company Falcata](https://www.executivebiz.com/articles/falcata-blackstone-interceptor-defense-tech-launch) - ExecutiveBiz