Mission

Defend space — at the pace of the threat.

Space is the contested fight of this decade. Hostile satellites maneuver near ours. Legacy SSA can't keep pace with the tempo. SafeKey Lab™ exists to put credible counter-space capability in the hands of the operators who need it — on the timeline the threat demands, not the procurement cycle's. The same architecture extends to the robotic threats on the ground that adversaries cue from orbit.

How we build

Principles, not slogans.

PRINCIPLE 01

The warfighter is the user, not the procurement officer.

Every interaction model is designed for a soldier in a chest rig at the worst moment of their day. If it doesn't work for them under stress, it doesn't ship.

PRINCIPLE 02

Ship at the pace of the threat.

Drone tech evolves in months. Defensive systems shouldn't take years. We iterate during operational rotations, not after them.

PRINCIPLE 03

Audit everything. Hide nothing.

Every decision, every authorization, every effect is on the record. We chose transparency because trust is the product.

PRINCIPLE 04

The supply chain is part of the threat surface.

No prohibited components, anywhere on the critical path. Section 889 isn't a checkbox — it's a design constraint that shapes every BOM decision.

PRINCIPLE 05

Defaults that fail safe.

Multi-layer authorization. Friendly-fire-aware. Reversible at the tap of a control. The platform refuses unsafe configurations — even when the operator wants to push past them.

PRINCIPLE 06

Earned proof beats demoware.

Capability that hasn't survived an Army training rotation in soldiers' hands is unverified marketing. We bring receipts.

The why

What changed.

Drones used to be a niche threat. Today they're the dominant threat at the tactical edge. The cost asymmetry is brutal: a hostile platform costs hundreds of dollars; a single missed detection costs lives.

Conventional counter-UAS systems are vehicle-mounted, fixed-site, or built around dedicated radio hardware that cannot be operated by the dismounted soldier who actually needs the capability. The acquisition system has been catching up to a war that already happened.

SafeKey Lab is what happens when you start over with the right constraint — soldier-handheld, software-driven, field-iterable — and follow it through to a working platform validated by U.S. Army soldiers in real operational windows.

From inception to operational, in one ladder:

PHASE 01 Software-first counter-UAS architecture, host-platform agnostic.
PHASE 02 Decision-grade evidence at the moment that matters.
PHASE 03 Authorized engagement with multi-layer safety architecture.
PHASE 04 Field validation at U.S. Army training center, soldier-operated.
PHASE 05 Hardware path: integrated proprietary chassis with custom signal-processing front-end.
PHASE 06 In progress: production-grade platform for unit-level fielding.

Leadership

Builders who ship.

SafeKey Lab is led by founders and operators who have shipped production defense systems, fielded combat-rotation hardware, and held responsibility for engineering that runs in the worst conditions.

Sukin Yang

Founder & CEO

U.S. Army veteran — Medic · Joint US–Korea Ops
Secret clearance · active
Research, Aerospace Adversary Lab — NASA · DARPA · IEEE backed
Built the SafeKey platform end-to-end — software · firmware · hardware

Chance LeBlanc

Defense BD Lead

TS/SCI clearance · active
9 years U.S. Army cyber operations
Ex-Infantry Soldier · combat-deployed
Anduril's first military end-user
Deep defense customer network
Leads BCT and program-office engagement

Building this with us.

Engineers who want to ship things that matter. Operators with frontline insight. Program offices ready to put real capability in real hands.

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