ACS Press Kit

Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a robotics defense company purpose-built to deliver advanced robotic capabilities to fill modernization demands across the defense industry and national security communities. ACS has developed proprietary advanced hardware and software robotic weapon stations, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, that enable any legacy or modern weapon system to achieve precise target acquisition/aiming allowing immediate effects on target. 

ACS’ proprietary advanced robotic hardware and software weapon stations, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, enable any legacy or modern weapon system to achieve precise aiming allowing immediate effects on target. The core ACS technology allows upgrading existing weapons systems to not miss, operating at the limits set by physics. ACS’ autonomous weapon stations are the most practical and effective countermeasure to the rapidly proliferating unmanned threat (such as drones), and are needed by every organization responsible for national security.

Bullfrog™ Gun Turret is an autonomous system that detects, identifies and neutralizes enemy UAVs. Lightweight, low power, and passive – Bullfrog™ is perfect for on the move operations or defending high value targets like a power substation. Capable of neutralizing Class 1-3 UAVs. Comes with autonomous and semi-autonomous modes.

In August 2024, ACS successfully completed numerous demonstrations of its Bullfrog™ system, including several successful multi-drone engagements at distance during the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Technology Readiness Experimentation 2024 (TREX 24-2). As the sole autonomous kinetic defeat solution selected to participate at TREX, ACS’s Bullfrog system delivered on its promise to demonstrate a low-cost, low Size Weight and Power (SWaP), autonomous system.

ACS robotic guns accurately defeat fast moving and swarming unmanned threats. This is unique in the world – no other weapon station has demonstrated hitting moving drones with small arms. 

Drone defense is desperately needed today, by all free-world militaries. Currently, cheap attack drones are an attack that has no defense, which creates an unstable situation in the world.

Besides superhuman accuracy:
- AI-powered systems like the ACS robots have superhuman alertness and endurance, allowing them to watch over friendly forces without fail. 
- And their superhuman reaction time means that when a threat suddenly appears, they can answer it with precision fire before humans realize they’re under attack. 
- These capabilities are required for defense against all unmanned threats such as drones, because aerial, maritime, and ground drone attacks happen in seconds. But the superhuman capabilities are broadly applicable.

Steven Simoni, CEO and Co-Founder
Steve is a Navy veteran and a nuclear engineer who worked on instrumentation and control systems for Navy nuclear reactors. He previously was CEO and co-founder of Bbot, a software and robotics restaurant technology startup which was acquired by DoorDash. He’s also held sales, product and engineering roles in marketing technology. 

He has a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, both from The Pennsylvania State University. 

Luke Allen, CTO and Co-Founder
Luke is a Navy veteran and a nuclear engineer who worked on instrumentation and control systems for Navy nuclear reactors. Previously, he was CTO and co-founder of Bbot, a software and robotics restaurant technology startup which was acquired by DoorDash. 

He has a Master of Computer Science degree, with a focus on robotics and AI, from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Mike Wior, COO and Co-Founder
He previously founded and was CEO for Omnivore, a restaurant POS transaction network and marketplace which grew globally to 37,000+ locations and was acquired by Olo. 

He co-founded Nanos Health, maker of an orally dissolvable nano fiber strip that pushes active pharmaceutical ingredients directly into the bloodstream for faster onset and higher absorption. He also served as the Chief Strategy Officer for Branded Venture Partners and was the CTO of Menupad, a table-side ordering platform for the restaurant industry, which was acquired by Mad Mobile.

Brice Cooper, Chief Strategy Officer
Brice is a Department of Defense acquisition expert, Congressional Affairs Specialist, and former Green Beret, with 25 years of experience in product management, congressional relations, and both special and conventional military operations. He is highly skilled in navigating government acquisition processes, including congressional authorizations and appropriations, the Department of Defense’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycle, the Defense Acquisition System, and the USSOCOM Acquisition Management System. He has led multiple source selection evaluation boards, securing long-term contract awards, and has extensive experience in multinational engagements, agreements, and Foreign Military Sales and Financing across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

2022

Austin, TX with office in Alexandria, VA

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