Overview
ZeroAlpha Solutions Ltd is a UK-based defense company specializing in expeditionary energy systems and networked C5ISR technologies for UK and European defence and security markets. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in St Athan, Wales, the company provides tactical hybrid energy systems, battery management, fuel cell integration, tactical communications, and autonomous ground vehicle solutions. ZeroAlpha holds NATO's only framework contract for Tactical Hybrid Energy Systems and serves customers across the UK MOD and NATO member states.
Reality check
Core business (company-claimed)
Expeditionary energy, tactical hybrid power, battery management, fuel cells and C5ISR technology.
Products (company-claimed)
FOBGrid hybrid energy, C-BMS battery management, Vulture energy scavenger and PacStar comms modules.
AZAK S26 UGV (company-claimed)
UK and European partner for the AZAK S26 UGV with patented in-wheel drive.
NATO contract (company-claimed, 2022)
5-year NATO NSPA framework for Tactical Hybrid Energy Systems.
UK MOD contract (company-claimed, Apr 2025)
C-BMS containerised battery management contract worth GBP 650,000.
Customers (company-claimed)
UK MOD, Royal Marines and NATO NSPA users in the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Latvia and Poland.
Partners (company-claimed)
SFC Energy, PacStar/Curtiss-Wright, Reticulate Micro, AZAK and Euroheater.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
9
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company ZeroAlpha Solutions has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NATO NSPA1× joint
Most recent
- ZeroAlpha Solutions x NATO NSPA2022-01-01with NATO NSPAoperating
ZeroAlpha Solutions on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where ZeroAlpha Solutions's robots are operating, by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Stewart Burton Co-founder, CEO & Co-founderSEC-verified
- Jake Rawson Head of Business Developmentsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Stewart Burtoncofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for ZeroAlpha Solutions.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- ZeroAlpha Solutions2 deployments
Recent coverage
ZeroAlpha Solutions in third-party press
ZeroAlpha Solutions & AZAK Collaborate on Next-Generation Ground Mobility Technology
ZeroAlpha Solutions announces C-BMS contract, reveals new portable power supply
SFC Energy AG receives follow-up order from ZeroAlpha Solutions Ltd on behalf of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
Peer companies
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Cambridge Aerospace2 models
- Hendrick Technical Solutions2 models
- Northrop Grumman2 models
- RTX (Raytheon)2 models
- Rheinmetall2 models
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company ZeroAlpha Solutions has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- ZeroAlpha Solutions x NATO NSPA2022-01-01with NATO NSPAoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1NATO NSPA1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- ZeroAlpha Solutions x NATO NSPAwithNATO NSPAdeployment2022-01-01operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in ZeroAlpha Solutions’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipZeroAlpha Solutions x NATO NSPA
2022-01-01NATO NSPA 5-year framework contract for Tactical Hybrid Energy Systems. ZeroAlpha supplies FOBGrid hybrid energy systems, C-BMS, and tactical power solutions to NATO member states.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
AZAK S26 UGV at United Kingdom, Europe
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
AZAK S26 UGV at United States
Sources (9)
- https://zeroalphasolutions.com/product/azak-s26-ugv/
- https://zeroalphasolutions.com/about-us/ · 2025-09-12
- https://www.sfc.com/investors/sfc-energy-receives-follow-up-order-zeroalpha-solutions-ltd-behalf-nato-support-procurement-agency-nspa-newsid2962296/ · 2025-04-03
- https://www.janes.com/defence-intelligence-insights/defence-news/land/zeroalpha-solutions-announces-c-bms-contract-reveals-new-portable-power-supply · 2025-09-12
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reticulate-micro-names-uk-based-zeroalpha-solutions-ltd-as-value-added-reseller-to-european-military-market-302224781.html · 2024-08-19
- https://defense-solutions.curtisswright.com/media-center/news/zeroalpha-solutions-awarded-exclusive-uk-supplier-status-by-pacstar · 2017-02-15
- https://www.soldiermod.com/volume-32/zeroalpha-solutions · 2024-06-01
- https://www.defenseadvancement.com/company/zeroalpha-solutions/ · 2024-12-05
- https://www.adsgroup.org.uk/members/zeroalpha-solutions-ltd-2/ · 2024-01-01
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Methodology: Verified · 9 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 9
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ZeroAlpha Solutions.Peer companies
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Cambridge Aerospace2 models
- Hendrick Technical Solutions2 models
- Northrop Grumman2 models
- RTX (Raytheon)2 models
- Rheinmetall2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ZeroAlpha Solutions from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
ZeroAlpha Solutions & AZAK Collaborate on Next-Generation Ground Mobility Technology
ZeroAlpha partners with AZAK as European market lead for S26 UGV; modular system for logistics, resupply, surveillance, casualty evac
ZeroAlpha Solutions announces C-BMS contract, reveals new portable power supply
ZeroAlpha Solutions awarded a GBP650,000 (USD888,000) contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for its Containerised Battery Management System (C-BMS), announced at DSEI 2025. The…
SFC Energy AG receives follow-up order from ZeroAlpha Solutions Ltd on behalf of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
SFC Energy received a EUR 1.5 million follow-up order for DMFC fuel cell solutions (JENNY and EMILY series) from ZeroAlpha Solutions, acting on behalf of NATO NSPA. The order is…
Reticulate Micro Names UK-based ZeroAlpha Solutions as Value-added Reseller to European Military Market
Reticulate Micro appointed ZeroAlpha Solutions as a value-added reseller for its VAST video streaming and compression platform to the European military market. ZeroAlpha plans to…
Deploy lighter, last longer - ZeroAlpha Solutions
Soldier Modernisation interviews Jake Rawson, Head of Business Development at ZeroAlpha Solutions, about the company's latest power management and generation systems for On the…
ZeroAlpha Solutions Awarded Exclusive UK Supplier Status by PacStar
ZeroAlpha Solutions was awarded exclusive UK supplier status by Pacific Star Communications (PacStar) for their military-grade communications hardware and management software. The…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/zeroalpha-solutions.md
- RSS feed: /companies/zeroalpha-solutions/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1c4bd63b-498e-40f3-8127-3deaf21dc6fe
- Revision history: /companies/zeroalpha-solutions/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Cambridge Aerospace2 models
- Hendrick Technical Solutions2 models
- Northrop Grumman2 models
- RTX (Raytheon)2 models
- Rheinmetall2 models
Video
ZEROALPHA SOLUTIONS – AZAK S26 UGV & EXPEDITIONARY ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR DEFENSE ENDURANCE ZeroAlpha Solutions develops expeditionary power systems and autonomous ground vehicles to enhance mission endurance and mobility i
ZEROALPHA – EXPEDITIONARY POWER AND AUTONOMOUS GROUND SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED OPERATIONS ZeroAlpha develops advanced energy solutions and autonomous ground techno
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
ZeroAlpha Solutions draws attention at the 55th percentile but verifies reality at the 17th percentile among defense robots. Hype Gap +38.3, 1st widest among defense robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026