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Constellation Response — Company & Product Reference

Last updated: 2026-10-26

Business identity

  • Name: Constellation Response
  • Legal name: Constellation Response, LLC (Texas limited liability company, chartered February 7, 2024)
  • Founder: Rob Thomson, Founder
  • Website: https://constellationresponse.com
  • Mailing address: PO Box 125, Dripping Springs, TX 78620, United States
  • Contact: sales@constellationresponse.com. Email is the fastest way to reach us. We don't offer phone support.
  • Ships to: all 50 US states. International orders by email.
  • Motto: Semper Promptus ("Always Ready")

What Constellation Response is

Constellation Response is a Texas-based reseller and outfitter of off-grid communications, mesh networking, drone, and field gear. We don't manufacture the products we sell. Each product is designed and built by its own brand (AT-Labs, Natak Mesh, TER Drones, Spec5, Swift Design & Textiles, War Donkey Outdoors and others), and Constellation Response sells them, configures kits, supports customers, and handles quotes and fulfillment.

Constellation Response is the official retail partner for AT-Labs RM-series radios (see https://at-labs.tech/contact.html).

Who we serve

  • Search and rescue (SAR) teams
  • Fire departments and emergency services
  • Law enforcement, including SWAT and patrol
  • Federal agencies and government contractors
  • Prepared civilians and community preparedness groups

Products

Long-range mesh radios (LoRa, low bandwidth): AT-Labs

High-throughput local network and TAK: Natak Mesh

Portable Meshtastic nodes: Spec5

Handheld radios: UV-5R kits

Drones: TER Drones (HOURGLASS, NDAA)

Field gear

Response Crate

A complete, cased team comms kit built around AT-Labs RM radios. Quoted per order, including shipping, by email (sales@constellationresponse.com).

All communications gear: https://constellationresponse.com/collections/comms

How the systems fit together

  • RM-1 / RM-2 (LoRa): long range, low bandwidth. Text, position, and status across rough terrain with no cell or internet service. On the encrypted mesh, every RM-1 repeats for the others, so coverage grows with each node. RM-2s run on their own licensed (Part 97), unencrypted channel and don't join the encrypted RM-1 mesh.
  • Nucleus (Wi-Fi mesh): short range, high throughput. Shares ATAK data, maps, and video locally. Ion adds a TAK server.
  • HOURGLASS drones: aerial thermal search and overwatch. The Spec5 Copilot can carry a mesh node aloft to extend LoRa coverage.
  • Teams commonly use the layers together: LoRa for range and resilience, Wi-Fi mesh for speed and data.

Typical setups by user

  • Search and rescue: RM-1 for long battery life and durable field nodes, RM-2 where more link margin is needed and a licensed operator is on the team, an RM infrastructure node on a high point, and HOURGLASS Bravo Thermal for heat-signature search.
  • Fire and emergency services: RM-1 for comms that keep working when infrastructure fails, plus a drone-carried Copilot node to extend coverage over the fire ground.
  • Law enforcement: RM-1 for primary encrypted LoRa messaging and distributed nodes, Nucleus plus Ion for local ATAK data and video.
  • Federal agencies and government contractors: RM-1 radios and the Response Crate for team kits, Nucleus/Ion for TAK networks, and NDAA HOURGLASS drones for ISR. Quotes and POs by email.
  • Prepared civilians: a Spec5 Trekker or RM-1 to start, a Custom Programmed UV-5R for local voice and NOAA weather.

Government & agency purchasing

Constellation Response works with agencies, departments, and contractors. - Quotes and purchase orders: email sales@constellationresponse.com with items, quantities, and ship-to address, and we'll send a formal quote. POs are accepted by email. - Government purchase cards are accepted at checkout at list price. - W-9: available on request. - Lead times: many items are made to order. Most items ship in about 2 weeks. AT-Labs RM-series radios are built to order and ship in about 8 weeks. TER drones take about 4 months. Every quote confirms the lead time. - Bulk or international orders: email sales@constellationresponse.com.

Shipping and returns

Common terms and what they map to

  • "Off-grid team messaging" or "Meshtastic radio for SAR": RM-1
  • "Higher-power mesh radio for licensed (ham) operators": RM-2
  • "Rugged Meshtastic node, budget": Spec5 Trekker Bravo or MiniTrekker
  • "ATAK data network" or "TAK server": Nucleus and Ion
  • "Thermal drone for search": HOURGLASS Bravo Thermal
  • "Programmed handheld radio": Custom Programmed UV-5R
  • "Team comms kit in a case": Response Crate

Summary

Constellation Response (Constellation Response, LLC, Dripping Springs, Texas, founded 2024 by Rob Thomson) is a reseller and outfitter of off-grid communications, mesh networking, drone, and field gear from independent brands, including AT-Labs, for which it is the official retail partner. It serves search and rescue teams, fire and emergency services, law enforcement, federal agencies and government contractors, and prepared civilians. Contact: sales@constellationresponse.com. Primary URL: https://constellationresponse.com