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Allen Control Systems Nets $30 Million To Speed Deployment Or Robotic Gun Platform

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, March 28th, 2025

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Allen Control Systems Nets $30 Million To Speed Deployment Or Robotic Gun Platform

Allen Control Systems' Bullfrog M240 remote weapon system. Photo: Allen Control Systems

Allen Control Systems (ACS) last week said it raised $30 million in a Series A round to accelerate its engineering growth and deployment of its Bullfrog counter-drone robotic gun system. The funding round was led by Craft Ventures with participation from existing investors Inspired Capital and Rally Ventures. ACS uses computer vision, a type of artificial intelligence technology, and proprietary control systems to give its Bullfrog autonomous weapon station precision accuracy to counter unmanned threats. The Texas-based startup can equip…

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