Is kestrel defense a state-owned enterprise?

No, according to official website, Kestrel Defense is a private enterprise funded by the state. State-owned enterprises refer to wholly state-owned enterprises, wholly state-owned companies and state-owned capital holding companies that the State Council and local people's governments perform the responsibilities of investors on behalf of the country respectively, including enterprises supervised by the central and local state-owned assets supervision and administration institutions and other departments at the same level and enterprises whose investment has gradually formed. So it is not a state-owned enterprise.