AURA Technologies

AURA is an advanced technology development company with decades of personnel experience in developing advanced technology systems and seeing the development carry over into real-world applications that provide actual benefit to the government customer. We pride ourselves on the ability to bring the best and brightest talent to work on any given project. This includes leveraging our own in-house expertise as well as bringing on team members. We have teamed with Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing, as a few examples work class talent that is willing to allow AURA to serve as a Prime Contractor on behalf of the team. In fact, as of the writing of this proposal, AURA is prime on 100% of our work.
AURA is focused on three main areas: Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Tactical Power. We have approaching twenty funded (or funding approved by contract issuance pending) projects across these areas. Of special note in each area:

Advanced Manufacturing: AURA is, to our knowledge, the only DoD contractor being funded to create a digital thread, referred to as Raptor 2.0 by the US Army at Picatinny.

Artificial Intelligence: AURA, to our knowledge, has the most funded AI efforts (reaching five) of any Defense Contractor where machine learning is being applied to challenging tasks in business processes, logistics automation, orbital modeling, etc.

Tactical Power: AURA is creating intelligence for the US Army Tactical Power Microgrid for FOBs. We are the sole performer down selected from an original field of 29.

The AURA Executive Team

AURA Technologies is the latest successful start by CEO and Founder Douglas Bennett. Mr. Bennett previously founded and served as CEO and President of Bennett Aerospace, a successful $180M global enterprise that was ranked in 2016 on Inc Magazines fastest growing 500 companies in the USA. Mr. Bennett is an expert in aerospace systems, advanced manufacturing technology, complex systems development, and technology insertion into specific DoD cultures.

CAPT Mark Maxwell, (USN O6, ret) is AURA’s Vice President for Defense Programs. CAPT Maxwell is a former Naval Reserve Aviation Maintenance Officer (1525) with over 35 years' experience in both fixed and rotor wing aircraft. He has worked as a program manager for a defense contractor, as a quality engineering manager for several commercial manufacturing companies and owner of three business throughout his career.