Unbounded Creativity & Capabilities
For high impact solutions in defense and healthcare industries
Mission
Luna Labs develops breakthrough technologies and turns them into market-ready solutions for defense, industrial, and healthcare sectors.
We solve our customers’ hard problems through unconventional thinking. We take technologies from concept to early-stage market entry and position them for commercial scale-up.
Vision
We create technologies that strengthen defense capabilities and advance health.
We deliver meaningful innovations that save lives, safeguard the environment, and protect critical infrastructure and personnel.
We prioritize our employees’ well-being and development, fostering engagement and dependability.
We build collaborative teams who embrace learning through experience, valuing progress over perfection.
We cultivate lasting partnerships to achieve exceptional results through shared goals.
We challenge assumptions and explore bold solutions, turning ideas into impact.
We adapt quickly to stay ahead of changing markets, customer requirements, and technology needs.
We leverage diverse perspectives and expertise to solve complex challenges with discipline, energy, and excitement.
We nurture enduring customer relationships through reliability and earned trust.
We deliver breakthrough solutions by integrating customer needs and insights into our innovation process.
We commit to advancing both our customers’ missions and our own.
James Garrett, PhD, MBA
CEO
25+ years combining strategic vision with product innovation leadership
“Our goal is to accelerate and grow transformative dual-use technologies that serve both military and civilian markets. Our in-house capabilities and expertise enable us to create solutions that address some of the toughest challenges in national defense and human health.
Leadership Team
Michael Danilich, PhD
Sr. VP of Operations
20+ years transitioning R&D breakthroughs into practical solutions
Drake Goolsby
Chief Commercialization Officer
20+ years strategically positioning business ideas for commercial success
Bryan Koene, PhD
Director of Materials
25+ years developing advanced materials for industry and defense applications
Lianne Landers
Director of Communications
15+ years translating complex science into stories about meaningful impact
Pierre Morel
Director of Systems
20+ years leveraging systems engineering for commercial readiness
Chris Tison, PhD, MBA
Director of Biotechnology
15+ years applying biotechnology to real-world health and safety challenges.
Jan Van der Horst, CA
Chief Financial Officer
Our Approach to Partnering
We collaborate with industry partners to scale up technologies to reach their full market potential.
Our Strategic Approach
Our Incubate | Accelerate | Grow approach allows us to incubate projects until market timing is right, or accelerate development to capture a product’s market potential.
This flexibility lets us deliver targeted solutions where and when they can make real impact.
Why Partner with Luna Labs?
We don’t compete for market leadership – we create solutions that add value to partners who already have established market position and want external innovation.
Our team of advanced-degree engineers and scientists work across materials, systems, and biotech, capitalizing on cross-disciplinary insights to spot unique opportunities.
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Commercialization is about combining relentless determination with creativity. It is an orchestrated process between product development and market timing.
We seek partners to help expand market share or explore new commercial opportunities for our most promising technologies.
Contact us to discuss how we can work together.