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Patagonia MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
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Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Patagonia Works identifies Patagonia, Inc. as its apparel business and Lost Arrow, Inc. d/b/a Lost Arrow Project as a “government” channel company; listed channel companies may use shared environmental, legal, finance, technology, distribution, and HR services.1 A 2019 California agreement jointly identified Patagonia Works, Patagonia, Inc., Worn Wear, Inc., and Lost Arrow, Inc. as the taxpayer and described its business as specialty outdoor/active apparel and equipment.2

The public record supports historical U.S. government-facing activity by Lost Arrow Project, but not an Israeli state-security relationship.3, 4 A January 2022 catalogue described special-purpose, U.S.-made, Berry-compliant clothing available for federal and defence contracting only, including the Military Alpine Recce System (MARS).3 An FPDS-derived record identifies Lost Arrow, Inc. as vendor for a $13,300 U.S. Department of the Army/Natick Soldier Center special-purpose-clothing contract effective 10 August 2020; the cited November 2020 action was a no-cost COVID-related extension.5 A congressional report stated that USSOCOM’s Lost Arrow Project had developed technical outerwear for lower extreme temperatures and encouraged accelerated procurement.4, 6

A 2020 federal lobbying filing lists “Patagonia Works Lost Arrow, Inc.” as a manufacturing client on “defense policy and acquisition matters”; it is evidence of lobbying, not a procurement award or Israeli business.7 A HigherGov secondary presentation lists a purported Lost Arrow delivery order for special-forces and extreme-weather clothing, with a 7 February 2022 start and 15 October 2023 completion date, but the underlying primary award record was not independently retrievable in the research and this is not treated as a verified primary procurement record.8

ForgeLine states that the operating business previously known as Patagonia’s Lost Arrow Project was acquired by a former Patagonia employee in 2022 and became independent.9 A 2022 announcement reports that separation occurred on 1 June 2022 and that ForgeLine was no longer affiliated with Patagonia.10 Patagonia Works’ undated current FAQ nevertheless continues to list Lost Arrow, Inc. d/b/a Lost Arrow Project as a government channel company; the available sources do not resolve whether a residual legal entity remains in the group.1, 9, 10

No public evidence identified of a contract, tender, framework agreement, memorandum, procurement award, or defence-prime supply relationship involving Patagonia Works, Patagonia, Lost Arrow Project, Lost Arrow, Inc., ForgeLine, or another named channel entity and the Israeli Ministry of Defense, IDF, Israel Prison Service, Israel Police, Border Police, settlement authorities, or Israeli defence primes.11

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

The historical Lost Arrow Project military line qualifies the earlier conclusion that no military-specific Patagonia line had been identified.12, 13, 14 Specialist trade reporting described MARS as purpose-built special-operations clothing, including base layers, woven cross-layers, softshells, windshells, rain suits, insulated outerwear, hardshells, and balaclavas.12, 13 A January 2019 Lost Arrow release described MARS as 100% U.S.-made and Berry-compliant and listed U.S. and UK dealers, with no Israeli dealer listed.14

A 2013 trade-publication report reproduced an Elite Defense announcement of a Patagonia tactical line for military and law-enforcement professional users; its reported access restrictions covered active military personnel, reservists, law enforcement, federal agents, and selected industry professionals.15 This pre-2020 secondary reporting does not identify an Israeli purchaser, authorization, export, or security contract.15

The documented clothing systems are protective and extreme-weather apparel, not weapons, munitions, targeting technology, kinetic-effects software, or strategic platforms.13, 3 no public evidence identified of an Israeli-security-force-specific variant, Israeli export licence, end-user certificate, export-control review, or Israeli state-security sale involving Patagonia or Lost Arrow products.11, 16, 14

Patagonia’s small-business locator confirms a dealer-sales channel without identifying Israeli state-security customers or military-specific products.17 XPASS lists Patagonia civilian apparel, packs, ski and snowboard, surf, hiking/outdoor, and streetwear products at a Tel Aviv address; this supports civilian retail availability only, not direct supply, authorization, military end use, or a Lost Arrow Project relationship.18

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Patagonia’s FY2023–24 benefit-corporation report describes Patagonia Works (“Patagonia”) as an outdoor-apparel company and a California benefit corporation.19 no public evidence identified of Patagonia, Lost Arrow Project, ForgeLine, or another Patagonia Works entity supplying equipment or services for settlement construction, demolitions, the separation barrier, checkpoints, military installations, or other occupied-territory infrastructure.19, 20, 21

No public evidence identified of construction, maintenance, engineering, or infrastructure contracts involving Israeli security installations or settlements.20, 21 Patagonia’s public store locator is presented as covering Patagonia stores and authorised dealers, but the accessible page does not itself enumerate Israel, an Israeli dealer, or an occupied-territory location.22

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No public evidence identified of Patagonia, Lost Arrow Project, Lost Arrow, Inc., ForgeLine, or another Patagonia Works channel entity supplying components, specialist textiles, materials, manufacturing services, or equipment to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, IMI/Elbit Land, or another Israeli defence prime.11

No public evidence identified of joint development, co-production, technology transfer, licensed manufacturing, or an Israeli-defence-firm distributor arrangement involving those entities.11 Historical U.S. domestic/Berry-compliant fieldwear sourcing does not establish an Israeli defence-prime relationship.16, 13, 3

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

No public evidence identified of Patagonia-group provision of catering, transport, facilities management, military freight, port handling, base services, or arms-shipment support to Israeli military or security installations.20, 21

No public evidence identified of a Patagonia Works-group warehouse, office, subsidiary, branch, franchisee, authorised dealer, or Lost Arrow logistics presence in a West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Golan Heights settlement.22, 17 The accessible store locator is not a complete historic dealer register.22

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified that Patagonia, former Lost Arrow Project, ForgeLine, or another Patagonia Works entity manufactures, integrates, or supplies weapons systems, ammunition, munitions inputs, missile-defence systems, strategic platforms, fire-control systems, targeting systems, military AI, or critical kinetic-system subassemblies to Israeli forces.19, 13, 3

The available materials instead describe outdoor apparel and former specialised protective/uniform fieldwear.19, 13, 3

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public evidence identified of an Israeli-facing export-licence grant, denial, application, suspension, end-user certificate, sanctions or arms-embargo enforcement action, judicial proceeding, or regulatory investigation concerning a Patagonia or Lost Arrow defence-supply relationship with Israel.11

No Patagonia-named supplier entry was identified in the consulted SIBAT 2018–19 directory; this historical, directory-scoped result does not establish absence from all current or historical Israeli procurement records.11

No public SEC issuer filings, Forms 10-K, Forms 20-F, or proxy statements were identified in the completed entity research.23, 19 Patagonia’s ownership materials describe a privately held structure in which the Patagonia Purpose Trust holds all voting stock and 2% of the company, while Holdfast Collective holds all non-voting stock and 98%; the Trust controls board membership and charter amendments.23 Patagonia states that excess profits after reinvestment are intended for Holdfast Collective, a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organisation.23

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

The supplied document-scoped pre-scan found no Patagonia mention in the UN Special Rapporteur’s 2 July 2025 report, the 2023 and 2025 OHCHR settlement-business database materials, PAX’s June 2024 report, Al-Haq’s July 2024 report, and other specified local-library reports.20, 21 This result is document-scoped and does not establish absence from all external databases or civil-society reporting.20, 21

No public evidence identified of a Patagonia, Lost Arrow Project, or ForgeLine outlet, distributor, franchisee, licensee, warehouse, or office in an Israeli settlement.22, 17, 18 no public evidence identified of boycott, divestment, exclusion, or post-19-July-2024/post-November-2024 continuation activity specifically grounded in Patagonia’s Israeli defence-sector conduct.20, 21

As of Patagonia’s 25 March 2026 announcement, Claire Chouinard was board chair and Ryan Gellert was CEO of Patagonia Works and Patagonia, Inc.; the announcement also named the directors.24 The entity-focused research found no primary evidence of Israeli defence-industry roles, Israeli defence-prime holdings, FIDF or reservist-fund donations, or Israel-related military statements by the identified controlling people or governing vehicles, but it was not a completed person-by-person primary-record review.23, 24

Footnotes

  1. https://www.patagoniaworks.com/faq ↩ ↩2

  2. https://business.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/patagoniaworksmulti.pdf ↩

  3. https://www.supplycore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Patagonia-Lost-Arrow-Project-_-Special-Purpose-Clothing-Solutions.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  4. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-116hrpt453/pdf/CRPT-116hrpt453.pdf ↩ ↩2

  5. https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-contracts/contracts/W911QY20P0237 ↩

  6. https://roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms/documents/30053/CRPT-116hrpt453.pdf ↩

  7. https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/d902cea5-d8cf-4f95-9286-78674a1dd143/print/ ↩

  8. https://www.highergov.com/contract/47QSWA19D0056-47QFNA22F0038/ ↩

  9. https://solutions.forgelinefieldwear.com/pages/origins ↩ ↩2

  10. https://soldiersystems.net/2022/06/08/forgeline-solutions-announces-new-ownership/ ↩ ↩2

  11. https://www.sibat.mod.gov.il/Industries/directory/Documents/Sibatdir-dfs-en-2018-19.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  12. https://soldiersystems.net/2018/05/16/the-lost-arrow-project-by-patagonia-military-alpine-recce-system-program-history/ ↩ ↩2

  13. https://soldiersystems.net/2018/05/17/the-lost-arrow-project-by-patagonia-military-alpine-recce-system-system-overview/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  14. https://soldiersystems.net/2019/01/15/patagonia-lost-arrow-project-military-alpine-recce-system-mars/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  15. https://soldiersystems.net/2013/10/01/want-to-buy-the-new-patagonia-line-sign-up-for-the-program-from-elite-defense/ ↩ ↩2

  16. https://solutions.forgelinefieldwear.com/pages/contact ↩ ↩2

  17. https://www.patagonia.com/small-business-locator.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  18. https://xpass.co.il/product-brands/patagonia/ ↩ ↩2

  19. https://www.patagonia.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-PatagoniaShared/default/dwb2e1d605/PDF-US/PAT_2024_BCorp_Report-V2-100125.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  20. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  21. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/un-human-rights-office-updates-database-businesses-involved-israeli ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  22. https://www.patagonia.com/store-locator/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  23. https://www.patagonia.com/ownership/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  24. https://www.patagoniaworks.com/press/2026/3/25/patagonia-announces-new-board-chair-members ↩ ↩2