St. Petersburg, FL 33701
25 mi from USSOCOM & CENTCOM
Engineering
the Future.
From the
Ground Up.
Polymer components and drone systems for the United States Department of War
100% domestic supply chain, warfighter-ready.
Proven Delivery.
Recognized Partners.
NorPack's leadership team and production model have delivered precision defense components to U.S. military programs and leading defense primes. These relationships define our standard — and our mandate.
Anduril Industries
Prime ContractorPrecision CNC-machined structural and functional components for autonomous defense systems programs. Delivered to Anduril's engineering specifications under NorPack's quality system.
Daniel Defense
Defense OEMAdvanced manufacturing support for defense-grade components. NorPack's Manufacturing & R&D Lead, Cliff Woody, served as CNC and Tooling Lead at Daniel Defense — bringing that institutional knowledge directly to NorPack's production model.
U.S. Navy
U.S. Department of WarDefense manufacturing support for U.S. Navy programs. NorPack's leadership team brings direct U.S. Navy program experience, with components and systems delivered in support of naval defense requirements.
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Department of WarAerospace and defense manufacturing in support of U.S. Air Force programs. NorPack's leadership team includes retired USAF officers contributing to 80+ years of combined Air Force and intelligence community experience.
Built in America.
Deployed for the Fight.
The Team Behind
the Mission
NorPack's leadership brings 80+ years of combined operational experience at the highest levels of U.S. defense, intelligence, manufacturing, and enterprise — ensuring every capability we deliver is grounded in real-world mission requirements.
Heather Bell
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Heather Bell is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NorPack, a defense-grade CNC machining and additive manufacturing company engineering next-generation drone and UAV components for the warfighter, where she sets the company's strategic direction, capital strategy, and partnership architecture.
Jennifer Johnson
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Johnson is Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of NorPack, a defense-grade CNC machining and additive manufacturing company engineering next-generation drone and UAV components for the warfighter. She oversees production operations, supply chain coordination, and compliance execution under a wartime fulfillment model.
Frank LaPierre
Director of Government & Intelligence Affairs
Frank LaPierre is a senior intelligence and government operations executive with more than four decades of experience across military, intelligence, and commercial environments. His career spans strategic planning, operational execution, and leadership roles in high-consequence, regulated settings.
JR Medina
CFO
JR Medina leverages 40+ years of experience in leadership, fiscal management, strategic planning, and contract management to drive exceptional results in both military and private sector environments. He is a retired Army Colonel with experience advising senior military leadership and managing large military organizations at the Division level as a Commander and Comptroller.
Cliff Woody
Manufacturing & R&D Lead
Three decades of advanced manufacturing leadership at the intersection of military discipline and engineering rigor. A retired United States Air Force veteran, Cliff transitioned into aerospace and defense engineering and has spent his career turning complex designs into mission-ready hardware.
Matt Barrett
VP of Solutions Engineering
Matt Barrett is a senior solutions engineering and go-to-market executive with deep technical roots in cybersecurity. His career has focused on bridging complex security products with practical, repeatable revenue execution across enterprise and regulated markets. While holding senior roles spanning sales engineering leadership, product management, and customer success, he has built and scaled presales organizations, formalized deployment and proof-of-value motions, and supported enterprise and government buyers through complex purchasing decisions.
Meet NorPack at SOF Week 2026
NorPack's engineering team and board are actively engaged with the defense industrial base at SOF Week 2026 in Tampa. Connect with our team on-site to discuss requirements and partnership opportunities.
American Manufacturing,
On the Timeline That Wins
NorPack is a precision defense manufacturing company engineering polymer components and drone systems for the United States Department of War — built on a 100% domestic supply chain with a warfighter-ready delivery model.
NorPack occupies the layer the defense industrial base needs most — engineering fast, qualifying fast, and delivering against the cadence the modern fight demands. We own the engineering, design qualification, and customer relationship. Our qualified partner facility in St. Petersburg, Florida — an ITAR-registered, CMM-equipped precision machining shop — provides production capacity under NorPack's quality system and engineering oversight.
The partnered production model is a feature, not a workaround. It lets NorPack move at the speed primes need while building toward vertical integration through strategic minerals partnerships and own-facility expansion.
NorPack operates under an AS9100-aligned Quality Management System. AS9100 Rev D certification is in progress. All components are produced under full material traceability and CMM dimensional inspection protocols.
Tampa Bay's
Defense Corridor
NorPack's St. Petersburg facility sits at the heart of one of the nation's most concentrated defense ecosystems — minutes from the headquarters of both USSOCOM and CENTCOM at MacDill Air Force Base.
Rapid Delivery
Same-day delivery to MacDill AFB for urgent defense requirements. No cross-country shipping delays on critical components.
SOF Community Access
Direct proximity to USSOCOM enables rapid design iteration and collaboration with special operations acquisition teams.
CENTCOM Support
Strategic positioning to support CENTCOM's area of responsibility with fast-turn manufacturing for theater requirements.
Engineered for
the Fight
NorPack delivers precision manufacturing solutions for drone, autonomous systems, and aerospace defense applications. Today: CNC machining. Tomorrow: polymer AM. The platform is built to scale.
CNC Machined Components
Tolerances That Don't Negotiate.
Precision CNC machining for drone and autonomous systems components — engineered by NorPack, produced at our qualified St. Petersburg, Florida partner facility, delivered under NorPack's quality system. Structural and functional components designed to warfighter specifications.
Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Complex Geometry. Zero Compromise.
Next phase of the NorPack platform — polymer AM capability expanding to deliver high-performance defense components with geometries impossible through conventional methods. Engineering-grade polymers optimized for aerospace and tactical applications.
CNC Machining
Precision CNC for drone and autonomous systems components via St. Petersburg partner facility.
Polymer AM Expansion
Polymer additive manufacturing capability expanding under NorPack's quality system — ULTEM, PEEK, and CF-Nylon for drone airframes and structural components.
Metals & Critical Minerals
Expansion toward metals AM and critical mineral powder feedstock for next-generation defense applications, including titanium and Inconel components.
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Where Precision
Meets Mission
From special operations equipment to unmanned aerial systems, NorPack delivers manufacturing solutions across the full spectrum of aerospace and defense applications.
Special Operations
Lightweight polymer components and precision machined housings for SOF equipment, weapon accessories, and mission-specific hardware. Optimized for weight reduction without sacrificing structural integrity.
Aerospace Structures
Flight-critical brackets, ducting, interior panels, and structural inserts manufactured to aerospace tolerances with full material traceability and documentation packages.
Targeting & Optics
Precision machined and polymer AM housings for electro-optical systems, targeting pods, and sensor mounts requiring tight dimensional control and thermal stability.
C4ISR Systems
Enclosures, antenna mounts, and structural components for command, control, communications, and intelligence systems requiring EMI shielding compatibility and ruggedized construction.
Unmanned Systems
Lightweight polymer AM airframes, structural ribs, and payload bays for UAS/UAV platforms. Rapid iteration from design to flight-ready prototype in days, not weeks.
Naval & Maritime
Corrosion-resistant polymer components and machined stainless/titanium parts for naval applications, including subsea housings, deck hardware, and shipboard electronics enclosures.
Built for the Platforms
That Win the Fight
From high-altitude ISR to SOF close-range operations — NorPack engineers and manufactures the precision components that keep these platforms in the fight.
Persistent, lethal, and precision-guided. NorPack engineers components for the airframes and sensor pods that keep Reaper mission-ready.
Distributed, low-cost, high-lethality. NorPack polymer AM enables rapid-production swarm airframe components at scale.
Man-portable, mission-configurable. NorPack CNC and polymer AM deliver the precision housings and payload bays SOF operators depend on.
Hand-launched from any terrain, in any environment. The components NorPack manufactures are built to survive the field — and the mission.
Real-time ISR for the ground team. NorPack-manufactured airframe and payload components keep the picture clear when it matters most.
NorPack components are engineered for the platforms warfighters depend on — manufactured to spec, on schedule, with a 100% domestic supply chain.
NorPack at SOF Week 2026
NorPack's leadership team is on the ground at SOF Week 2026 — the premier annual gathering of the special operations community, defense primes, and acquisition professionals. Connect with our team to discuss component requirements, teaming opportunities, or program support.
Defense & Drone
Market Intelligence
Curated weekly from credible defense, intelligence, and engineering sources — tracking the supply/demand signals, capital flows, and technology developments that shape NorPack's market.
SOF / SOCOMSOF Leaders Cite Drone Modification Gap as Critical Readiness Risk
SOCOM commanders testified before Congress that proprietary vendor lock-in is preventing operators from adapting unmanned systems at the speed adversaries can. MARSOC's Maj. Gen. Huntley stated plainly: "I can buy them right now. But the ability to adapt them and make them a real military capability at some form of scale is very challenging right now." The testimony underscores a structural demand signal for agile, domestic manufacturers capable of rapid iteration — exactly the gap NorPack is positioned to close.
Defense Industrial BasePrivate Capital Hits $16B+ in Defense — But Returns Require Industrial Scale
Venture capital investment in defense-focused companies exceeded $16 billion in 2025, with the investor base expanding from fewer than 100 firms in 2017 to more than 300 by 2024. Authors — the former CDAO at USSOCOM and a Bain Aerospace & Defense partner — warn that capital alone does not produce readiness: "Unless suppliers, customers, and investors move in sync, investment could pour in without enhancing military capability." The analysis identifies domestic production scale and supply chain resilience as the decisive variables separating winners from well-funded failures.
Advanced ManufacturingArmy Researchers Unlock New Alloys for Faster Drone and Munitions Production
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory and the University of North Texas developed novel aluminum alloys and cold spray powders enabling rapid additive manufacturing of drone airframes, ground vehicle components, and munitions. ARL materials engineer Dr. Brandon McWilliams identified the core problem directly: "There is a large gap in the U.S. industrial base of being able to procure novel material feedstocks for the many new advanced manufacturing techniques that are rapidly being developed right now." The research closes a critical materials gap between prototype and production-scale capability.
Ready to Talk Requirements?
Schedule a 30-minute discovery call with NorPack's engineering team — no RFP required to start the conversation.
Bring Us the Problem.
We'll Build the Answer.
Share your component requirement, program need, or manufacturing challenge. We'll tell you what we can build and how fast we can deliver it. Napkin sketch to finished part.
NorPack operates under ITAR compliance protocols. All defense manufacturing is conducted in a controlled environment with proper export control procedures in place. US Persons only.