Red 6

Red 6

AR training systems for military defense

Overview

Red 6 uses augmented reality to deliver outdoor, dynamic-environment training for military and defense clients. Its core offering combines AR hardware/software with training modules and support services to create immersive, realistic scenarios that enhance situational awareness and quick decision-making in field conditions. The company differentiates itself through veteran-founded leadership and a focus on defense applications requiring realistic outdoor AR in dynamic environments, rather than generic AR for broad consumer markets. The goal is to provide actionable, nearby-training capabilities that improve the effectiveness and readiness of modern military personnel through advanced AR-enabled training programs.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Red 6

Simplify's Rating
Why Red 6 is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

VR & AR

Enterprise Software

Defense

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$110.9M

Headquarters

Orlando, Florida

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Rochefort's May 14, 2026 debt financing funds scaled deployment across active programs.
  • F-16 integration can convert demonstrations into recurring Air Force procurement.
  • Apache and Hawk integrations expand Red 6 beyond fighter aircraft into training fleets.

What critics are saying

  • Senior secured debt increases pressure if program milestones slip or deployments stall.
  • Boeing and prime contractors can absorb Red 6 and compress margins.
  • One safety failure would freeze approvals across Air Force, Army, and NATO customers.

What makes Red 6 unique

  • ATARS projects synthetic threats during live flight, not only in simulators.
  • Red 6 proved wide-field, full-color AR outdoors at 300 miles per hour.
  • Boeing, RAF, and U.S. Army integrations show multi-platform military adoption.

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Funding

Total Funding

$110.8M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

5 Rounds

Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.
Series B Funding Comparison
Above Average

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

401(k) Retirement Plan

Voluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Short and Long-Term Disability

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

6%

2 year growth

10%
Defence Leaders Limited
Nov 21st, 2025
Augmented Reality Training System integrated on Apache attack helicopter platform

Augmented Reality training system integrated on Apache attack helicopter platform. First-ever AR flight training system integration on rotorcraft platform demonstrates next-generation military pilot training technologies MESA, Ariz., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Red 6 today announced the successful integration of its Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems (ATARS) technology on Boeing's AH-64E Apache Crewstation Advanced Technology Testbed (CATT). This represents the first time an augmented reality flight training system has been integrated with a rotorcraft platform, demonstrating the latest advancements in training capabilities for current and future aviators. The ATARS platform transforms traditional flight training by overlaying realistic, threat-representative scenarios onto the real world, allowing pilots to train against near-peer adversaries in contested environments without the costs, risks, and logistical constraints of traditional live training exercises. "Exploring the integration of ATARS with the Apache marks a significant milestone - not only as our inaugural collaboration with a rotorcraft platform but also as our first potential partnership with a U.S. Army platform," said Daniel Robinson, CEO and Co-founder of Red 6. "This collaboration demonstrates the versatility and strategic value of augmented reality training across all domains of military aviation." The integration would enable Apache pilots to experience threat-relevant, near-peer level training scenarios at speed and scale - affordably increasing safety, easing airspace limitations, and enabling next-generation collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) training. ATARS records flight data, building data sets that allow the military to measure readiness objectively and accurately through advanced data integration capabilities. "Boeing continuously seeks to incorporate the most innovative and advanced technologies into our rotorcraft platforms," stated Kathleen "KJ" Jolivette, vice president and general manager of Boeing's Vertical Lift division. "Augmented reality technologies such as ATARS open up new opportunities to prepare military aviators for complex threat environments they face today and will encounter in the future." This collaboration marks Red 6's first integration with a U.S. Army platform, expanding the company's reach beyond its established Air Force partnerships to serve across multiple service branches. The effort builds on Boeing and Red 6's successful collaboration on the T-7A Red Hawk advanced pilot training system. Red 6 is a hardware-enabled software company solving the worldwide military flight training crisis through the creation of completely realistic synthetic training experiences, delivered outdoors. The company's ATARS platform creates virtual outdoor worlds that deliver threat-relevant, near-peer level training scenarios at speed and scale - affordably increasing safety, easing airspace limitations, enabling next-generation collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) training and providing significant environmental benefits. Image: UK MoD Crown Copyright 2024 First-ever AR flight training system integration on rotorcraft platform demonstrates next-generation military pilot training technologies MESA, Ariz., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Red 6 today announced

PR Newswire
Dec 20th, 2024
Raf Innovates The Future Of Pilot Training With Revolutionary Red 6 Augmented Reality Technology On Hawk Jet

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, the Royal Air Force (RAF) took a significant leap forward in redefining pilot training with the completion of successful demonstration flights of a revolutionary airborne augmented reality (AR) technology, ATARS (Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System), on its Hawk advanced training jet. RAF test pilots were able to identify, engage, and defeat virtual adversaries and co-operate with synthetic wingmen while airborne in real time."We're thrilled to see the Royal Air Force embrace the transformative potential of ATARS (Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System). This successful demonstration marks a massive milestone in, showcasing how Red 6's technology will revolutionize pilot training. By projecting synthetically generated entities through Red 6's patented augmented reality technology into the field of view of the pilots, ATARS negates the need to provide live aircraft and instructors for students to fly with, or against. This revolutionary technology promises to transform the capacity and quality of UK Military Flying Training by increasing the throughput of students at enormous cost savings to the MoD

GovCon Wire
Dec 6th, 2024
Daniel Ramirez Appointed Red 6 Chief Revenue Officer

Daniel Ramirez, former strategy and business development leader at CAE, was named chief revenue officer at Red 6, a technology firm developing augmented reality tech to support air combat training.

Military Embedded Systems
Mar 28th, 2024
Augmented reality technology for UK pilot training to be developed by AERALIS, Red 6

The collaboration will integrate Red 6's Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS) into AERALIS's training system, which will be facilitated by AERALIS's software, and is compatible with the UK Ministry of Defence's Pyramid team, the statement reads.

Shephard Media
Nov 28th, 2023
I/ITSEC 2023: BAE Systems integrates Red 6 and PLEXSYS tech into single synthetic environment training solution

The move will combine BAE Systems' OdySSEy with Red 6's Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems (ATARS) and PLEXSYS' Advanced Simulation Combat Operations Trainer.

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