VESTIGE DEFENSE
Press Kit

Vestige Defense

High-resolution photographs and biographical material for press, investor, and partner use. All assets approved for external distribution unless otherwise noted.

Cade Dalton

Founder and CEO of Vestige Defense. Based in New York City. Available for press inquiries, podcast appearances, and conference speaking on subterranean autonomy, distributed sensor mesh, and defense-technology pre-seed company building.

Cade Dalton, Founder and CEO of Vestige Defense, official portrait
Official Portrait
Cade Dalton, Founder & CEO of Vestige Defense.
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Biography — Short

Cade Dalton is the founder and CEO of Vestige Defense LLC, a defense-technology company building autonomous robotic systems and sensor-mesh networks for unmanned persistent subterranean and urban-substructure surveillance. Vestige is advised by MAJ (Ret.) John Spencer and CSM (Ret.) Joe Vega (former 1st SFOD-D, co-author of ATP 3-21.51 Subterranean Operations). Based in New York City.

Subterranean Training Facility

Photographs from the founder's familiarization visit with an allied SOF engineering corps at a subterranean training facility, May 2026. No technical data was exchanged.

Subterranean field photos coming soon

Hardware & Bench

Cade Dalton at the Vestige engineering bench, building V-Suite hardware — sensor-mesh nodes, robotic platforms, and gateway integration.

Hardware & bench photos coming soon

Press Contact

Name
Cade Dalton, Founder & CEO
Founder site
Additional founder photography and bio at the Cade Dalton founder photo gallery.
Location
Bedford, NY · New York City metro