in 2006, harrison left the military and co-founded mav6, llc, where he served as managing director and chief technology officer from 2006-2014. by 2011 mav6 was earning about $120 million in annual revenues and had won three inc. 500/5000 awards by creating collaborations between academia, industry, and military organizations. in 2011, popular science named one of harrison's projects, the m1400 airship, as a top innovation of the year, and in 2012 ernst & young recognized harrison as the entrepreneur of the year in the gulf coast region.