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Top 100 Military startups in USA
Nov 02, 2025 | By Bruce Makowsky | 26 |
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Funding: $170M
Govini is transforming Defense Acquisition into a strategic advantage for the United States.
Govini is transforming Defense Acquisition into a strategic advantage for the United States.
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Funding: $15.5M
Experimental technologies that efficiently updates or replaces current grid, wireless transmission, and energy systems that we use today.
Experimental technologies that efficiently updates or replaces current grid, wireless transmission, and energy systems that we use today.
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Funding: $6.5M
Albacore is a developer of long-range autonomous underwater vehicles designed to deter maritime invasions.
Albacore is a developer of long-range autonomous underwater vehicles designed to deter maritime invasions.
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Funding: $3M
Aventra Defense Systems operates as a defense technology start-up developing low-cost glide and guidance systems for ultra long-range precision strikes
Aventra Defense Systems operates as a defense technology start-up developing low-cost glide and guidance systems for ultra long-range precision strikes
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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.
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.
Rapidly equipping warfighters with cutting-edge technology and battlefield-proven insights as-a-service—because speed and tech relevance matter now more than ever.
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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
Grid Aero is a defence and dual aerospace company that offers aviation services and develops cargo drone for U.S. Air Force
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Funding: $10M
Aurelius Systems is a defense technology company pioneering the future of defense with the development of edge-deployed.
Aurelius Systems is a defense technology company pioneering the future of defense with the development of edge-deployed.
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Funding: $180.5M
Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms.
Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms.
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Funding: $97.2M
HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets.
HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets.
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Funding: $64M
Blue Water Autonomy operates as a company that builds autonomous ships.
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.
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.
Northrop Grumman designs, develops, builds and supports some of the world’s most advanced military products.
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Funding: $3.2M
Developer of the air defense systems (Patriot), missile systems (Tomahawk), man-portable air-defense systems Stinger.
Developer of the air defense systems (Patriot), missile systems (Tomahawk), man-portable air-defense systems Stinger.
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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.
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.
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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.
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
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
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
