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BLUEHALO
BLUEHALO launched in 2019 when Arlington Capital Partners combined six incumbent defense-electronics businesses — including Brilligent Solutions, Fortego,...
BLUEHALO
BLUEHALO launched in 2019 when Arlington Capital Partners combined six incumbent defense-electronics businesses — including Brilligent Solutions, Fortego, and BCS — into a single platform purpose-built for electronic warfare, space superiority, and signals intelligence. CEO Jonathan Moneymaker, a former division manager at Raytheon, took command of an entity that from day one held active contracts across the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community. The firm is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with major engineering and cleared-manufacturing hubs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Huntsville, Alabama. The firm's technical portfolio spans three domains: radio-frequency and directed-energy counter-UAS systems, space-domain awareness and satellite ground communications, and advanced signals intelligence for cyber operations. BLUEHALO won the $1.4 billion Space Force Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program in 2022, the largest operational contract in its history (per Breaking Defense, 2022). Known platforms include the LOCUST counter-drone laser and the Titan C-UAS directed-energy effector, both fielded with operational units. The firm maintains more than two million square feet of cleared laboratory and manufacturing space, a figure that signals its ambition to compete for prime integration roles typically reserved for Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, albeit as a privately held, PE-backed aggressor. BLUEHALO operates approximately 25 U.S. facilities and employs more than 2,200 people, the majority holding high-level security clearances. In June 2023, the firm opened a 75,000-square-foot classified engineering and production facility in Albuquerque, consolidating its directed-energy work under a single cleared roof (per the firm, June 2023). Arlington Capital, the private-equity sponsor, has not disclosed an exit timeline, but the asset remains one of the largest pure-play defense-electronics platforms in the middle market. Structurally, BLUEHALO is a PE-portfolio company masquerading as a prime contractor — its advantage lies in the combination of aggressive balance-sheet deployment for classified infrastructure and a legacy-free technology stack that bypasses the sustainment-heavy cost structure of the primes. Classified facility count and cleared-personnel density serve as its moat; competitors cannot easily replicate the SCIF and SAPF footprint without a decade of buildout and sponsorship.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2019
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Arlington
Corporate office
Arlington, VA, United States
Additional offices
Albuquerque, NM · Huntsville, AL
Principals
Jonathan Moneymaker
Chief Executive Officer
Mary Clawson
Chief Operating Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at BLUEHALO?
BLUEHALO is a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based private-equity firm focused on government services and aerospace & defense. Strategic decisions, including M&A and major capital allocation, are governed by Arlington Capital's partnership in conjunction with BLUEHALO's CEO Jonathan Moneymaker and the board. BLUEHALO itself does not invest as an institutional allocator; it is an operating business.
How does BLUEHALO source its proprietary technology?
The firm's technology base was built through acquisition — Arlington Capital combined six legacy defense-electronics companies to form BLUEHALO in 2019. Since launch, it competes for sole-source and limited-competition classified programs within the DoD and intelligence community, often leveraging its extensive cleared-facility network to win restricted-access development contracts. Internal R&D in directed-energy and signals intelligence is funded by retained earnings from large program-of-record wins.
Is BLUEHALO structured as a family office or a defense contractor?
BLUEHALO is a private-equity-backed defense-technology operating company, not a family office. It fields hardware and software solutions directly to government customers under its own prime contract vehicles. Its business model resembles that of a pure-play aerospace & defense prime contractor competing in electronic warfare and space, but with the cost-of-capital advantage of an Arlington Capital portfolio holding.
Does BLUEHALO participate in fund commitments or only direct operating contracts?
BLUEHALO does not make fund commitments or invest in external managers. Its capital deployment is internal — building classified manufacturing capacity, acquiring adjacent technology firms, and funding R&D programs tied to specific DoD requirements. The firm itself is a holding of Arlington Capital Partners, which may solicit co-investment from limited partners on a deal-by-deal basis.
What is BLUEHALO's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
BLUEHALO is the operating asset, not the GP. Co-investment alongside Arlington Capital Partners would flow through Arlington's fund structure, not through BLUEHALO directly. LPs in Arlington Capital's funds may receive co-investment rights in BLUEHALO as an underlying portfolio company, but BLUEHALO does not sponsor or syndicate deals.
Which sectors does BLUEHALO explicitly avoid?
The firm is entirely focused on U.S. national-security missions and avoids any commercial or consumer-facing applications for its technologies. BLUEHALO does not pursue international defense contracts that would require technology transfer outside Five Eyes nations, and does not participate in the commercial space launch or satellite communications markets except where those systems serve DoD or intelligence-community end-users directly.
How is BLUEHALO related to Arlington Capital Partners?
BLUEHALO was formed in 2019 as a platform investment by Arlington Capital Partners, which combined six incumbent defense businesses to create it. Arlington Capital remains the controlling shareholder and provides strategic governance, acquisition capital, and operational support. BLUEHALO operates with its own management team and brand, though its ultimate strategic direction — including eventual exit — is governed by Arlington's fund lifecycle.
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