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Country: USA | Funding: $80M
Singularity develops interceptors that are cheaper and easier to produce the Patriot missile by the Lockheed Martin. The company is constructing and testing its product up to eight times a month.
Singularity develops interceptors that are cheaper and easier to produce the Patriot missile by the Lockheed Martin. The company is constructing and testing its product up to eight times a month.
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Country: USA | Funding: $30M
Furientis is building building low-cost, high-volume ship-based interceptor missiles to address critical U.S. munitions shortages and cost imbalances in modern warfare. Its solid rocket motor chemistry and manufacturing processes are engineered for motor production in the thousands per factory per year while flight vehicles are engineered for manufacturability - driving 30-minute final assembly and a monthly design-build-fly cadence.
Furientis is building building low-cost, high-volume ship-based interceptor missiles to address critical U.S. munitions shortages and cost imbalances in modern warfare. Its solid rocket motor chemistry and manufacturing processes are engineered for motor production in the thousands per factory per year while flight vehicles are engineered for manufacturability - driving 30-minute final assembly and a monthly design-build-fly cadence.
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Country: USA | Funding: $7.8M
Mara develops autonomous counter-drone systems designed to detect, track, and defeat radio-silent FPV drones.
Mara develops autonomous counter-drone systems designed to detect, track, and defeat radio-silent FPV drones.
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Country: USA | Funding: $82.7M
Powerus develops counter-drone interceptor Guardian (optimized for one-way attack drones, including Shahed-136 and Geran-2), backpackable quadcopter Matrix (that carries a real payload to the objective under one operator, GPS-denied), heavy-lifter Dragon H1000 (for vehicle resupply, heavy equipment, and multi-drop logistics), autonomous fixed-wing VTOL Reach (that holds a station for four hours and covers 300 kilometers in a single sortie, ten times the ground a multi-rotor sees in one flight).
Powerus develops counter-drone interceptor Guardian (optimized for one-way attack drones, including Shahed-136 and Geran-2), backpackable quadcopter Matrix (that carries a real payload to the objective under one operator, GPS-denied), heavy-lifter Dragon H1000 (for vehicle resupply, heavy equipment, and multi-drop logistics), autonomous fixed-wing VTOL Reach (that holds a station for four hours and covers 300 kilometers in a single sortie, ten times the ground a multi-rotor sees in one flight).
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Country: USA | Funding: $10M
FPF Defense manufactures interceptors for Shahed-like drones. Its flagship-interceptor Hammerhead, designed for beyond-line-of-sight ops, looks like a mini-Shahed, measures about three feet long by two feet wide and has a warhead on its nose. And it costs a lot less than a Shahed - about $15-30K. It’s also fully autonomous - once it goes, it picks up a target with an electro-optical sensor, and then goes and attacks it autonomously. Hammerhead is part of an end-to-end air defense system the company calls SmartFlak—providing “autonomous launch, sophisticated onboard autonomy, and a kinetic interceptor engineered for U.S. mass production,” per a company statement.
FPF Defense manufactures interceptors for Shahed-like drones. Its flagship-interceptor Hammerhead, designed for beyond-line-of-sight ops, looks like a mini-Shahed, measures about three feet long by two feet wide and has a warhead on its nose. And it costs a lot less than a Shahed - about $15-30K. It’s also fully autonomous - once it goes, it picks up a target with an electro-optical sensor, and then goes and attacks it autonomously. Hammerhead is part of an end-to-end air defense system the company calls SmartFlak—providing “autonomous launch, sophisticated onboard autonomy, and a kinetic interceptor engineered for U.S. mass production,” per a company statement.
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Country: UK | Funding: $600M
Cambridge Aerospace is building cheaper-yet-effective interceptors that can take out everything from a Shahed drone to a ballistic missile. It's also building a rocket-powered interceptor system for ballistic missiles and a radar system. The startup has several U.K. government contracts for low-cost interceptor systems for both drones and cruise missiles.
Cambridge Aerospace is building cheaper-yet-effective interceptors that can take out everything from a Shahed drone to a ballistic missile. It's also building a rocket-powered interceptor system for ballistic missiles and a radar system. The startup has several U.K. government contracts for low-cost interceptor systems for both drones and cruise missiles.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €45M
Tytan is developing cost effective AI-powered counter-drone interceptor drones that are extensively used in Ukraine war. It offers a range of autonomous interceptors that include a short-range multicopter interceptor developed to counter small drones categorized as NATO Class I unmanned threats and a long-range fixed-wing interceptor designed to neutralize NATO Class II drones. Tytan has built a factory in Germany which is capable of manufacturing 3,000 autonomous interceptors per month
Tytan is developing cost effective AI-powered counter-drone interceptor drones that are extensively used in Ukraine war. It offers a range of autonomous interceptors that include a short-range multicopter interceptor developed to counter small drones categorized as NATO Class I unmanned threats and a long-range fixed-wing interceptor designed to neutralize NATO Class II drones. Tytan has built a factory in Germany which is capable of manufacturing 3,000 autonomous interceptors per month
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Country: USA | Funding: $11M
Askari Defense is building low-cost intelligent 3D-printed drone interceptors. The company offers two main types of hand-launched interceptors, both are fully autonomous (without a controller or manual control, except for the disable function), feature computer vision, and are aimed at the target (although they do include space for a small warhead). The first - Rift Alpha is an interceptor that fits in a standard military backpack and can be launched by the operator's hand, from a tube, or from a box. It has a range of approximately 2 km. The second - Rift Bravo is even smaller, very compact, and folds up (a dozen fit in a backpack) with a range of approximately 1 km.
Askari Defense is building low-cost intelligent 3D-printed drone interceptors. The company offers two main types of hand-launched interceptors, both are fully autonomous (without a controller or manual control, except for the disable function), feature computer vision, and are aimed at the target (although they do include space for a small warhead). The first - Rift Alpha is an interceptor that fits in a standard military backpack and can be launched by the operator's hand, from a tube, or from a box. It has a range of approximately 2 km. The second - Rift Bravo is even smaller, very compact, and folds up (a dozen fit in a backpack) with a range of approximately 1 km.
