STARK
Updated: July 08, 2026
Founders: Florian Seibel, Johannes Schaback
Country: Germany | Funding: $647.7M (+)
Founded: 2024
Website: https://stark-defence.com/en
STARK manufactures a bunch of drones for NATO countries. It's flagship drone Virtus is a long-range VTOL loitering munition, which can deliver precision strikes up to 130km in GNSS-denied environments. The company also produces Cascade (a tube-launched, man-portable loitering munition with a range of up to 100km), Gambit (a 6kg man-portable quadcopter designed for ISR and short-range strikes), Vanta (an unmanned surface vessel that comes in 13 and 20-foot variants. It’s primarily designed for ISR, but can be configured for go-boom missions). STARK also develops Minerva - C2 software that helps coordinate unmanned systems across all domains from a single ground station.
Founded: 2024
Website: https://stark-defence.com/en
STARK manufactures a bunch of drones for NATO countries. It's flagship drone Virtus is a long-range VTOL loitering munition, which can deliver precision strikes up to 130km in GNSS-denied environments. The company also produces Cascade (a tube-launched, man-portable loitering munition with a range of up to 100km), Gambit (a 6kg man-portable quadcopter designed for ISR and short-range strikes), Vanta (an unmanned surface vessel that comes in 13 and 20-foot variants. It’s primarily designed for ISR, but can be configured for go-boom missions). STARK also develops Minerva - C2 software that helps coordinate unmanned systems across all domains from a single ground station.
