Top 13 Military startups in Australia

Greenroom Robotics creates autonomous systems for Australian Royal Navy ships built by Austal. Its objective is to give Austral the capability to turn current ships into completely autonomous vessels “in as little as five days”, which rival systems could take “weeks or months.” Two technologies from Greenroom, known as GAMA and Lookout+, use vision-based AI that collect information from the boat’s electro-optical sensors and cameras, supported by the GPS systems operating in space. They interface with Austal’s system, Marinelink Prime, which manages the ship’s mechanical systems. Greenroom also established a US office and has aspirations to expand internationally

Funding: $133M
CTRL develops quantum sensing technology for surveillance and reconnaissance: with quantum sensors you can navigate without GPS, detect underground hardened structures, submarines, or hidden weapons systems, and survey the entire earth..

Babcock International Group manufactures marine, nuclear, aviation, and defense products and provides development and engineering services.

DEWC Services is Australia’s foremost C4ISREW specialist, providing the Australian Defence Organisation and industry partners with mission critical operational and technical experience in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare.

Funding: $38.6M
Clearview AI is used to identify enemy soldiers to fix their crimes and identify war victims.

Funding: A$15.9M
Visionary Machines has Defence contract for Counter Drone and Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) technology

Skyborne develops smart aerial robotics to give our customers cutting-edge capability

Funding: $6M
Quasar Satellite Technologies provides ground station service for satellite operators and users. The company developed a portable digital phased array antenna that can monitor the RF transmissions of dozens of satellites at a time. The technology, currently used by Australia’s military and intelligence agencies

Funding: A$2.2M
Breaker develops military robots that undestand human commands, AI-powered control unit enables a single operator to manage multiple autonomous systems efficiently, minimizing the need for extensive network infrastructure.

Funding: A$50K
DroneSec is revolutionising cybersecurity and threat intelligence for safe and secure drone operations.

Marathon Targets makes the smart target system for dynamic live-fire marksmanship training.

Chiron Global Tech is an innovative, Australian technology company that has developed a unique, patent-pending training and operational body armour system for Defence, Law Enforcement, Security and Corrections personnel.

Hypersonix Launch Systems specializes in hypersonic technology and scramjet engines in the global market.