Top 13 Military startups in UK

Oct 26, 2025 | By Bruce Makowsky

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Funding: $853.9M
Improbable Defence develops training software for national security, synthetic environments for defence simulations.
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Funding: $142.2M
BAE Systems designs, develops, and supports defense and aerospace systems used in the air, on land, at sea, and in space.
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MSubs manufactures vessels for external pressure, including reinforcement for hatches and wide openings, foundations, and lifts.
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Funding: $25.5M
Labrys is best described as Slack-meets-location-meets-payments for both military and humanitarian scenarios.
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Funding: £9.3M
At Arondite we're building the next generation of AI and autonomous systems for customers solving the world's most challenging and important frontier problems.
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Funding: $4.5M
Disruptive Industries (DI) is a technology company that builds threat detection systems.
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Funding: $1.92M
Vizgard provides AI-based object tracking for unmanned and counter-unmanned systems. This enables automatic visual confirmation and tracking threats such as unauthorized drones.
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Funding: $1.7M
Supporting a sustainable future where drones change the way we view, interact with, and move around our world.
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Funding: $300K
Sense Defence develops Next Generation Web Security Platform
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Crafting the next VTOL generation. Heavy lift drones for delivering fast aid, equipment and people over buildings, rivers and mountains.
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The HALO Trust is a humanitarian landmine clearance organization that creates safe and secure environments.
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ecoSUB Robotics are designers and manufactures of advanced, small, low cost autonomous underwater vehicles.
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ZeroUSV designs, builds and operates a fleet of autonomous USVs - the Oceanus12 class which have been designed and engineered from the ground up for over-the-horizon missions
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Editor: Bruce Makowsky
Bruce Makowsky has covered military, cyber and IT news since 2009, with a focus on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operations, acquisition programs and budgets. In particular he worked for Inside Defense. Bruce holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University. Bruce is also an award-winning photographer, renowned for his captivating images that have earned him numerous accolades and widespread recognition in the photography community. You can contact Bruce at makowsky(at)militarystartups(dot)com