Our Mission
We are committed to cultivating and sustaining a robust ecosystem of dialogue, exchange, and collaboration between the U.S. private sector and key stakeholders across the US national security enterprise.
Through bespoke engagements with select government partners, our affiliates acquire an enhanced level of domain awareness and business intelligence to more effectively align their capabilities to the requirements of a wide variety of national security missions.
Our Focus
We respond to the evolving needs and outreach from our government partners. Current priority challenges and sectors include:
- Border Security and Transnational Criminal Organizations
- Driving success and expansion of the AUKUS partnership
- Activating US innovation for Ukraine's defense and reconstruction
- Energy security, grid and infrastructure resilience
- Mobilizing trusted U.S. capital into the national security space
- Supply chain integrity and illumination
- Illicit Trade and IP Protection
- Quantum, AI, and other advanced information technology
- Hardware platforms like drones, sensors, and robotics
- Cyber security, facial recognition, and deep-fake protection
- Innovative solutions to solving critical workforce challenges
- More
Our Engagements
In the boardroom and in the field, American Kestrel affiliates engage around the world with the most pressing national security challenges of our time.
- National Security Strategic Engagement Series: Throughout the year, American Kestrel leads select delegations for in-person engagements with our national security partners -- across the U.S. and around the world. Our most recent deployment included a two-day visit to HSI San Diego and the San Ysidro Port of Entry with CBP, U.S. Border Patrol, and the HSI Tunnel Task force.
- Thought Leadership: American Kestrel affiliates receive unique opportunities to serve as key panelists, advisors, and council members helping to drive innovation within a variety of national security missions.
- Strategic Planning: We provide bespoke strategy planning and consultation, educating and preparing our affiliates for more effective and long-term partnerships with their government counterparts and markets.
Our Community
Our affiliates represent a broad spectrum of technologies, services, individuals and expertise -- as well as Venture Capital and Private Equity stakeholders keen to engage and support the U.S. national security enterprise.
Importantly, American Kestrel is not a business development enterprise. Instead, we prioritize generating informed mission awareness and business intelligence to cultivate an ecosystem of trusted partnership and exchange between the best of the private sector and the men and women securing our nation.
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