Top California Aerospace Startups (146)

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

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...

The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.

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 Fast Company's "World's...

Vantage makes UAVs and UAV components for customers, including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, FBI, NASA, DEA, and CNN. Our first product, Snap, achieved a landmark FAA waiver for commercial flight over people. Our second product, Vesper, was one of five products selected by the Pentagon for use by the federal government. We’re currently making the next generation...

Pixxel is a space technology company working towards creating the world's highest resolution hyperspectral imaging satellite-imaging constellation. The images gathered by Pixxel's satellites will provide up-to-date information relevant to climate monitoring, crop yield prediction, urban planning, and disaster response.

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...

JetPack Aviation has been leading the micro personal vertical take off and landing industry for the past 10 years. Based in Los Angeles, California we are dedicated to building the safest, smallest and fastest VTOL craft possible. Between 2010 and 2015 we designed and built the world’s first portable JetPack. After eight earlier iterations we flew our JB9 jetpack around...

Lapcad Engineering specializes in structural analysis and structural design for aerospace, marine, mechanical and medical sectors.

Superior, Innovative Analysis and Test-Driven Design Solutions on ATA Engineering, Inc.

Over a century after the Wright Brothers changed the course of aviation at Kitty Hawk, we are working to open up the skies to the masses. By combining technology and human ingenuity, we want to usher in the next great era of transportation. Skyryse wants to allow anyone, to fly anywhere, in any aircraft, safely and as a highly experienced pilot...

Wings Capital Partners formed in 2013 is an aircraft operating lessor principally focused on the acquisition of narrow body commercial jet aircraft for lease to airlines worldwide. The company is owned by Sightway Capital, Corrum Capital Management and the Wings management team. www.wingscap.com.

CAPITOL HELICOPTERS INC. offers a variety of flight services based out of Sacramento, California, United States.

Cape unlocks the full potential of commercial drones, giving companies all of the benefits with none of the traditional hassle. Every day, Cape users log in to the Cape Aerial Telepresence™ platform, connect to physical drones around the world, and safely conduct remote flights with ultra-low latency to capture live, high-resolution video. As the only cloud-based system for drone telepresence...

SkySelect is an algorithmic purchasing system for $100B aircraft material industry. SkySelect was founded in 2017 with a clear mission to connect aircraft material buyers and suppliers through touchless transactions and make the commercial aviation leaner by building a world class aircraft material supply chain. We are a fast-growing company backed by top tier investors from Silicon Valley such as...

At Senra Systems, we're transforming aerospace wire harness manufacturing through advanced automation and proprietary software solutions. Our integrated platform combines cutting-edge machinery, sophisticated process controls, and expert engineering to deliver complex harnesses with unmatched speed and precision. While traditional methods take months, our revolutionary approach compresses production timelines to weeks, setting new industry standards for efficiency and quality. We're backed by...

We spend too much time confined to a two-dimensional network of concrete and asphalt. The dream of futurists has always been a flying vehicle capable of efficiently moving passengers from A to B. Opener is realizing this dream in an affordable, safe, easy-to-operate, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle: BlackFly. Opener's BlackFly heralds a new era of aviation. Time and money spent...

ES3 is an aerospace engineering company specializing in the design, development, and manufacture of landing gear systems. For more than 20 years, ES3 has been the system integrator for redesign, flight qualification, and fleet retrofits on landing gear systems that include structures, hydraulics, and rolling stock (wheels, brakes, and antiskid). ES3 is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of Onboard Weight...

Through LeoLabs Vertex™, our vertically integrated space operations stack, we’re transforming the way satellite operators, commercial enterprises, and federal agencies launch and track missions in low Earth orbit. With unmatched coverage, real-time tracking, and powerful insights, companies and governments around the world rely on us to safely execute operations in space.

We believe that drones can transform our world for the better - saving lives and protecting our environment. Parallel Flight is developing technology to unlock radical new possibilities.