Top Washington, DC Defense Startups (8)

ASI is a dual-use software company that deploys predictive AI to the world's most complex operating environments. Backed by leading investors–including Andreessen Horowitz, Renegade Partners, and Spark Capital–we actively manage over 40% of all US air traffic across both public and private sector air operations. Partnering with major airlines like United and Alaska, we optimize thousands of flights daily, delivering...

MORSE is a specially selected team of scientists, engineers, and software developers who use asymmetric and unconventional approaches to deploy practical solutions that solve difficult multi-disciplinary problems faced by the US National Security Ecosystem.

Today's dynamic mission environment demands a novel approach to contracting. We support complex and demanding missions with technology, comprehensive integration, cleared talent, and innovative delivery.

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...

Sphinx builds software to solve complex national security problems in Space. Founded by engineers and technologists with deep experience across commercial and defense technology, we were frustrated by the outdated and insecure technology America's service members are forced to rely on. We're here to do better. We’re focused on building modern, scalable products with an emphasis on using open source...

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...

Obviant is a software-enabled marketplace to make it easier for companies to sell to government. We're building data and AI tools to bring access and transparency to an opaque industry, with the government as the stakeholder that ultimately benefits. Selling to government has always been hard, and it’s historically stopped companies from even thinking about this market. But things are changing....

Sedaro empowers engineers and organizations to unlock their full potential through our cloud-scalable simulation technology. We push the boundaries of system simulation, enabling breakthrough designs and optimized performance beyond what’s thought possible today.