HALCON designs and manufactures gravity-release bomb guidance systems with in-house expertise across the full value chain—from R&D through production and assembly. The tech stack reveals a defense-grade embedded systems operation: MATLAB, Simulink, FPGA/ASIC design (Xilinx, VHDL, Verilog), wireless modem development, and military-grade protocols (MIL-STD-1553). Active hiring is heavily weighted toward senior and principal engineering roles (9 of 13 engineering headcount), signaling scaling of design and integration complexity rather than operational growth.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Technician
HALCON, founded in 2017 and based in Abu Dhabi, is a privately held defense manufacturing company specializing in guidance systems for precision munitions. The organization operates across the complete production lifecycle: research and development informed by customer and market needs, high-tolerance component fabrication, sub-system integration, and full-line assembly. Current projects span guided munitions integration, wireless communication systems (modem design, waveform algorithms, signal processing), FPGA architecture, and aircraft-store integration. The company employs 201–500 people and currently hires only within the United Arab Emirates.
MATLAB, Simulink, C++, Python, FPGA/ASIC design tools (Xilinx, Zynq), VHDL/Verilog, SystemVerilog, LabVIEW, and MIL-STD-1553 for military avionics integration.
Active projects include guided munitions integration, wireless communication modem design, FPGA architecture development, waveform algorithm simulation, signal processing research, ARM SoC design, and aircraft-store integration.
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