Top 100 Military startups in USA

Sep 25, 2025 | By Bruce Makowsky

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Funding: $1.1B
Divergent is a developer (that has defense contracts) of Divergent Adaptive Production System a software-hardware solution to replace traditional vehicle manufacturing.
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Funding: $61M
Rapidly equipping warfighters with cutting-edge technology and battlefield-proven insights as-a-service—because speed and tech relevance matter now more than ever.
3
Funding: $11.6M
Grid Aero is a defence and dual aerospace company that offers aviation services and develops cargo drone for U.S. Air Force
4
Funding: $10M
Aurelius Systems is a defense technology company pioneering the future of defense with the development of edge-deployed.
5
Funding: $180.5M
Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms.
6
Funding: $64M
Blue Water Autonomy operates as a company that builds autonomous ships.
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Funding: $6.2B
Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance. Provider of AI-based surveillance and reconnaissance solutions for the defense sector. It offers an autonomous operational platform based on sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to monitor and control warfare assets.
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Funding: $3.7B
Northrop Grumman designs, develops, builds and supports some of the world’s most advanced military products.
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Funding: $3B
Booz Allen delivers tomorrow’s technologies at the heart of the defense mission: Multidomain integration for command and control, Immersive training analytics solutions, Geopolitical analysis to anticipate risks, local storage syber defense solution.
10
Funding: $3.2M
Developer of the air defense systems (Patriot), missile systems (Tomahawk), man-portable air-defense systems Stinger.
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Funding: $3B
Palantir offers software applications designed for integrating, visualizing, analyzing data, and fighting fraud. Palantir revolutionizes how organizations build and deploy AI/ML by combining the enterprise data foundation with end-to-end AI/ML deployment infrastructure.
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Funding: $2.8B
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems. Archer cooperates with Anduril to build defense vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft
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Funding: $2.7B
Joby Aviation creates electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts for cross commercial and military use. It has defense partnerships with the U.S. Department of Defense for non-combat use cases like resupply, relocation of personnel and emergency medical response
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Funding: $2.7B
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
15
Funding: $2.3B
L3 Harris is a proven leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems, air traffic management, avionics, and space and intelligence.
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Funding: $62M
Lockheed Martin is a security company that engages in the research, development, and manufacture of technology systems and products, including HIMARS, ATACMS, BLACK HAWK Helicopter, F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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Funding: $1.7B
Sierra Space is a commercial space company that specializes in the development of advanced space technologies and solutions. Sierra is also managing military sattelites for missile detection and tracking.
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Funding: $1.7B
AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports a portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems supplied to organizations and defense.
19
Funding: $1.5B
Applied Intuition develops autonomous vehicles like tanks and other large machinery for US Army.
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Funding: $1.3B
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation AI pilot, reconnaissance and surveillance drones.
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