Our friends in Pendleton opened applications for their Fall 2026 cohort a while back, and you now have until July 19, 2026, to get yours submitted. So if you’ve got a prototype, an MVP, or even just some early validation, this is your nudge to stop reading and start applying.
The accelerator is designed for founders, co-founders, and technical leaders building uncrewed aerial, ground, or maritime systems, along with enabling autonomy, AI-enabled platforms, sensing technologies, communications, payload, and mission software solutions. The program is best suited for startups at the prototype, MVP, or early validation stage, generally around TRL 3 or above, with a clear commercial, public-sector, homeland security, or defense use case.
It’s a 12-week hybrid program. Some virtual, some on the ground in Pendleton. Completing the program comes with a $5000 non-dilutive subgrant and eligibility for a performance-aligned recognition pool. But as ever, the real prize is access: to the Pendleton UAS Range, to mentorship, and to testing and validation pathways you simply can’t get anywhere else.
Sounds cool right…? Then why are you still here…? Oh. The link. Right. You’ve got until July 19, 2026. So get your application submitted.
