New and recently funded Military Startups
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Country: Israel | Funding: $15.4M
Asio Technologies is a navigation system development company that produces geospatial position acquisition systems for the military. Asio’s portfolio includes tactical intelligence systems, command‑and‑control platforms, situational awareness tools, and jam‑resistant navigation technologies. Its systems are deployed across the IDF and are used by defense customers worldwide, including in the United States.
Asio Technologies is a navigation system development company that produces geospatial position acquisition systems for the military. Asio’s portfolio includes tactical intelligence systems, command‑and‑control platforms, situational awareness tools, and jam‑resistant navigation technologies. Its systems are deployed across the IDF and are used by defense customers worldwide, including in the United States.
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Country: USA
Space-Eyes develops drone-fighting technology that gathers LEO sensor imagery and performs multi-sensor fusion, threat and contextual analytics automatically.
Space-Eyes develops drone-fighting technology that gathers LEO sensor imagery and performs multi-sensor fusion, threat and contextual analytics automatically.
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Country: UK | Funding: $30M
Agon is constructing the fundamental AI framework for the agentic warfare era. It is creating a virtual training ground for training military drone autopilots that simplifies data collection and the creation of a simulation environment for defense technology companies. It is a "horizontal infrastructure layer on which drone manufacturers can build and train autonomous control systems for all sectors, including defense institutions and the military."
Agon is constructing the fundamental AI framework for the agentic warfare era. It is creating a virtual training ground for training military drone autopilots that simplifies data collection and the creation of a simulation environment for defense technology companies. It is a "horizontal infrastructure layer on which drone manufacturers can build and train autonomous control systems for all sectors, including defense institutions and the military."
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Country: USA | Funding: $10M
FPF Defense manufactures interceptors for Shahed-like drones. Its flagship-interceptor Hammerhead, designed for beyond-line-of-sight ops, looks like a mini-Shahed, measures about three feet long by two feet wide and has a warhead on its nose. And it costs a lot less than a Shahed - about $15-30K. It’s also fully autonomous - once it goes, it picks up a target with an electro-optical sensor, and then goes and attacks it autonomously. Hammerhead is part of an end-to-end air defense system the company calls SmartFlak—providing “autonomous launch, sophisticated onboard autonomy, and a kinetic interceptor engineered for U.S. mass production,” per a company statement.
FPF Defense manufactures interceptors for Shahed-like drones. Its flagship-interceptor Hammerhead, designed for beyond-line-of-sight ops, looks like a mini-Shahed, measures about three feet long by two feet wide and has a warhead on its nose. And it costs a lot less than a Shahed - about $15-30K. It’s also fully autonomous - once it goes, it picks up a target with an electro-optical sensor, and then goes and attacks it autonomously. Hammerhead is part of an end-to-end air defense system the company calls SmartFlak—providing “autonomous launch, sophisticated onboard autonomy, and a kinetic interceptor engineered for U.S. mass production,” per a company statement.
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Country: Lithuania | Funding: $100K
Broswarm is developing a drone-mounted radar system to detect buried landmines and unexploded ordnance. Its X-SAR technology combines airborne synthetic-aperture radar, drone navigation and software intended to reconstruct subsurface objects.
Broswarm is developing a drone-mounted radar system to detect buried landmines and unexploded ordnance. Its X-SAR technology combines airborne synthetic-aperture radar, drone navigation and software intended to reconstruct subsurface objects.
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Country: Ukraine | Funding: $400K
Black Forest Systems is specializing in the development of compact military air drones. BFS’s flagship product, SHADOX, is a compact reconnaissance complex designed for rapid deployment. According to BFS website, its protected-propeller design is specifically built for operations inside buildings and trenches, allowing soldiers with minimal training to operate the drone effectively without the need for specialized external pilots. Under the Black Forest concept only one person is needed to launch the drone and see what is going on around the without any piloting skills being required.
Black Forest Systems is specializing in the development of compact military air drones. BFS’s flagship product, SHADOX, is a compact reconnaissance complex designed for rapid deployment. According to BFS website, its protected-propeller design is specifically built for operations inside buildings and trenches, allowing soldiers with minimal training to operate the drone effectively without the need for specialized external pilots. Under the Black Forest concept only one person is needed to launch the drone and see what is going on around the without any piloting skills being required.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $647.7M
STARK manufactures a bunch of drones for NATO countries. It's flagship drone Virtus is a long-range VTOL loitering munition, which can deliver precision strikes up to 130km in GNSS-denied environments. The company also produces Cascade (a tube-launched, man-portable loitering munition with a range of up to 100km), Gambit (a 6kg man-portable quadcopter designed for ISR and short-range strikes), Vanta (an unmanned surface vessel that comes in 13 and 20-foot variants. It’s primarily designed for ISR, but can be configured for go-boom missions). STARK also develops Minerva - C2 software that helps coordinate unmanned systems across all domains from a single ground station.
STARK manufactures a bunch of drones for NATO countries. It's flagship drone Virtus is a long-range VTOL loitering munition, which can deliver precision strikes up to 130km in GNSS-denied environments. The company also produces Cascade (a tube-launched, man-portable loitering munition with a range of up to 100km), Gambit (a 6kg man-portable quadcopter designed for ISR and short-range strikes), Vanta (an unmanned surface vessel that comes in 13 and 20-foot variants. It’s primarily designed for ISR, but can be configured for go-boom missions). STARK also develops Minerva - C2 software that helps coordinate unmanned systems across all domains from a single ground station.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $3.3B
Helsing develops hardware and software platform for defense. It makes drones and underwater surveillance weapons and builds artificial intelligence and autonomous software to power these military applications. Its HX-2 small AI strike drones are being supplied to the Ukrainian army. Its large UAV CA-1 Europa is an autonomous fighter jet in the three-to-five ton class is combining the Centaur AI software and mission stack with Grob's proven capability in aircraft design and manufacturing. And its underwater autonomous drone SG-1 + Lura is capable of discreetly patrolling in a swarm or holding position on the seabed, the glider operates at depth and throughout the water column.
Helsing develops hardware and software platform for defense. It makes drones and underwater surveillance weapons and builds artificial intelligence and autonomous software to power these military applications. Its HX-2 small AI strike drones are being supplied to the Ukrainian army. Its large UAV CA-1 Europa is an autonomous fighter jet in the three-to-five ton class is combining the Centaur AI software and mission stack with Grob's proven capability in aircraft design and manufacturing. And its underwater autonomous drone SG-1 + Lura is capable of discreetly patrolling in a swarm or holding position on the seabed, the glider operates at depth and throughout the water column.
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Country: USA | Funding: $106M
Venus Aerospace has developed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) which is theoretically more efficient way to launch rockets. Instead of burning propellants in a round chamber, the engine creates a continual supersonic wave of combustion that rotates through a circular channel. It allows to waste less propellant. Now, the company is focused on hypersonic weapons development, replacing the solid rocket motors that power many missiles with its own thruster, and high-speed space vehicles that appeal to the military.
Venus Aerospace has developed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) which is theoretically more efficient way to launch rockets. Instead of burning propellants in a round chamber, the engine creates a continual supersonic wave of combustion that rotates through a circular channel. It allows to waste less propellant. Now, the company is focused on hypersonic weapons development, replacing the solid rocket motors that power many missiles with its own thruster, and high-speed space vehicles that appeal to the military.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $2B
Quantum Systems builds AI-powered eVTOL drones for defense, security, and surveying, specializing in aerial intelligence solutions.
Quantum Systems builds AI-powered eVTOL drones for defense, security, and surveying, specializing in aerial intelligence solutions.
