Top 13 Military startups in UK
| Oct 26, 2025 | By Bruce Makowsky | 18 | 
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Funding: $853.9M
Improbable Defence develops training software for national security, synthetic environments for defence simulations.
Improbable Defence develops training software for national security, synthetic environments for defence simulations.
2
Funding: $142.2M
BAE Systems designs, develops, and supports defense and aerospace systems used in the air, on land, at sea, and in space.
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.
4
Funding: $25.5M
Labrys is best described as Slack-meets-location-meets-payments for both military and humanitarian scenarios.
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.
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.
Disruptive Industries (DI) is a technology company that builds threat detection systems.
7
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.
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.
Supporting a sustainable future where drones change the way we view, interact with, and move around our world.
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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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