Chief Executive Officer
John Loveman
Former U.S. Air Force and current New Jersey Air National Guard fighter pilot. Company lead for the training concept, government engagement, and overall direction.
Company
RedSpecter Defense LLC
A U.S. company formed to deliver recoverable adversary-air training at a fraction of manned Red Air cost, by integrating the domestic aerospace industrial base.
Mission
Train U.S. warfighters to the modern threat.
The mission is to train U.S. warfighters against modern threats by accelerating the domestic aerospace industrial base and pursuing a National Strategic Integration strategy.
We are not a manned adversary-air operator. We are not a weapons OEM. We intend to field recoverable, attritable, jet-powered drones that replicate cruise missiles and one-way attack UAS for Department of Defense training and weapons test and evaluation.
Legal name: RedSpecter Defense LLC. Brand: RedSpecter Defense—one word, RedSpecter.
Team
Leadership.
Short, unclassified biographies. No stock portraits. No invented résumés.
Chief Operating Officer · Co-founder
Damon Kirchmeier
Drone specialist and co-founder. Company lead for operations, industry teaming, and the practical work of standing up a recoverable-drone training offering.
Additional technical leadership is not named on this site.
Facts, not theater
What we will and will not say.
On this site
- Intended Firejet-class recoverable targets
- Intended teaming, named as intent
- Self-assessed TRL 4
- Planning cost of $11,500 per flight hour
- Concept basing at Point Mugu, Pax River, and Nellis
Not claimed
- Current DoD production or services contracts
- Operational squadrons or aircraft in service
- Signed OEM production agreements
- Interceptor or shooter capability
- Awards, flight-test results, or certifications we do not have