Top California Aerospace Startups (161)

Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. Our primary technology, supporting our ATARS product, enables pilots to simulate the cognitive challenges of flying while accessing realistic, scalable training in dynamic outdoor environments

Doodle Labs designs and produces industrial-grade wireless networking solutions. The company focuses on mesh networking for robotic systems, providing high throughput, long-range Mesh Rider solutions for UAVs, UGVs, AMRs and other robotic applications. The company’s Helix Mesh Rider Radio was developed with sponsorship from DIU and is the Blue UAS program’s datalink of choice. Doodle Labs was named one of Fast...

The space segment has become critical infrastructure. It powers everything from GPS and climate monitoring to missile warning and global broadband. But the ground segment hasn’t kept up. Most ground networks today were designed for science missions, not for the scale, urgency, or diversity of today’s space economy. At Northwood, we’re building a global, software-defined ground network from the ground...

Stratos Solutions, Inc. is a professional technical services company specializing in systems engineering and technical assistance (advisory services) in support of the U.S. Intelligence Community. We are looking for candidates with a TS/SCI Clerance with a polygraph. To check out current opportunities go to https://stratos-solutions.breezy.hr/ or email [email protected] for more information. Incorporated in Virginia in 2003, our employee-owners average 20+ years...

We are an engineering consulting and design firm specializing in custom electronics and end-to-end electronic systems. We develop cross-disciplined solutions and products to help solve some of the world’s most difficult problems by optimizing solutions beyond the first order. Our team members have industrial experience developing power converters, motor controllers, analog sensor drivers, RF amplifiers, antennas, mixed signal circuits, and embedded...

Portside is a modern platform connecting the global business aviation Industry. Management companies. Aircraft owners. Corporate flight departments. Fractional and jet card operators. Charter operators. Business aviation customers. Portside is the only purpose-built cloud software platform designed to seamlessly connect all participants in the global business aviation industry, enabling instant exchange of data, reporting and analytics.

Varda Space Industries was founded in 2020 with the goal of manufacturing products in space to benefit life on Earth. Co-founders Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov imagined a world where space could be leveraged not only for storytelling and awe, but for its economic benefits. Varda was created as a platform for in-space manufacturing, with a range of real-life, on-Earth...

Space Kinetic is focused on our nation’s most urgent national security priorities. Our goal is to rethink space operations down to first principles to deliver game-changing capabilities for missile defense and space superiority.

Impulse enables low-cost and nimble last-mile space payload delivery - access any orbit, reach other worlds.

Slingshot Aerospace builds world-class space simulation and analytics solutions. We are driven by our vision of accelerating space sustainability to create a safer, more connected world. Space is increasingly complex due to the exponential growth of global launch activity, the proliferation of new data sources, and the ever-growing body of new satellites and debris. Organizations are making mission-critical decisions in this...

Umbra builds next-generation space systems that observe the Earth in unprecedented fidelity. Our mission: Deliver global omniscience. To stay ahead of climate change, geopolitical risk, and other major crises and issues, we need a global understanding of what is changing, where, and how fast. Umbra provides easy access to the highest quality commercial satellite data available, which is an indispensable tool for...

Advanced automation will make aircraft safer, more available, more affordable and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and people move around the planet. Starting with a certification-forward approach, Reliable Robotics first demonstrated gate-to-gate fully automated operation of a Part 23 aircraft and is now working towards commercialization of technologies for Part 23 cargo and Part 25 passenger vehicles.

On a quest to make access to goods as frictionless and universal as access to information, starting with rapid, autonomous, on-demand medical deliveries that save lives and transform healthcare

GaN Corporation (dba "Geeks and Nerds"​) is an employee-owned, Huntsville-based technology company that provides technical and management services to government and commercial customers in the areas of Cyber Security, Systems Engineering, Test & Evaluation, Software Engineering, and Information Technology. We are a nationally recognized company for our innovation (2012 Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Technology Business of the Year, 2013 IEEE...

Turion Space is building the infrastructure to secure and sustain the future of space. Founded to address the growing need for space domain awareness, in-space servicing, and debris mitigation, Turion designs, builds, and operates spacecraft with real-world operational capability. Our vehicles are built for national security and commercial missions that require speed, autonomy, and resilience. We believe the next chapter of...

We believe our country’s soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines deserve to be equipped with systems that enhance their competitive advantage against threats and meet rigorous demands of operational environments. Fuse is a leading supplier of innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions for U.S. defense agencies that improve the sharing of information among warfighters distributed throughout airborne, maritime, and ground environments. Warfighter-focused...

JetZero is building the jetliner of the future.

The future of aviation is all about innovation and digitization. Our mission is to make flight operations feel simple and we do so by removing any manual obstacles on the way and providing a customizable platform that seamlessly integrates all flight operation requirements in one place.

Interstellar Lab develops modules for sustainable living on Earth and in Space. Using space exploration design and technologies, we have developed environment-controlled pods for crop cultivation on Earth and life support in Space. Susbcribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/2Y7dlMJ

Founded in 2024, Scout AI is a venture-backed defense technology company building the AI brain for defense robotics. Fury, Scout's Vision-Language-Action foundation model, is engineered to transform uncrewed platforms into intelligent, mission-adaptive agents. Designed for use across ground, air, sea, and space domains, Fury enables warfighter-level reasoning and one-to-many robotic coordination. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with a center of excellence...