Top Defense Technology Companies (17)

HRL Laboratories, an IBM company, pioneers the next frontiers of physical and information science. Delivering transformative technologies in automotive, aerospace and defense, HRL advances the critical missions of its customers. As a private company owned by IBM, HRL is a source of innovations that advance the state of the art in profound and far-reaching ways.

Allen Control Systems is a defense technology company for a new era of drone warfare and to completely change battlefield economics. ACS is developing counter-drone robotic gun systems targeted at neutralizing attacking drone swarms, drones that are pre-programmed with AI, and drones that are non-jammable. ACS was created to lower the cost per kill of a drone to a few...

At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under...

STR makes the world a safer place by developing technology and applying it to solve emerging national security challenges.

Wraithwatch was founded by alumni of SpaceX, Anduril, Palantir, and JSOC to build next generation cyber defenses for the AI era.

Rain develops autonomous aircraft technology to detect, understand, and suppress wildfires in their earliest stages, aiming to help firefighters save lives and protect property.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GDOTS) is a global aerospace and defense company that develops and manufactures weapons systems, munitions, ammunition, and related military equipment for the U.S. military and allied nations. Its portfolio supports ground, naval, and airborne operations and includes heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, warheads, precision components, lightweight vehicles, and aircraft Gatling guns across multiple defense...

Advanced space systems for the 21st century.

Patriot Group International Inc. (PGI) is a global mission support service provider with expeditionary capabilities, providing services to select clients within the intelligence, defense, and private sectors. Since 2004, PGI’s personnel have proudly served customers in more than 17 countries, on four continents, including austere and high threat locations. PGI’s commitment to ethical business practices and quality management form the...

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Fairfield, CT, AstronetX is a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) that is providing space-based observational and database services to a community of scientists, data analysts, and enthusiasts, spanning astrophysics, planetary defense, earth science, planetary science, and national security. AstronetX enables the global space-science community to pursue frontier studies of our solar system, Milky Way...

Monarch Quantum is a U.S.-based quantum photonics company that designs and manufactures integrated photonics systems, known as Quantum Light Engines™, for quantum computing, sensing, and communications.

Areté, an employee-owned company, is an advanced science and engineering company that provides innovative solutions to the most challenging technical problems faced by the United States Defense and Intelligence agencies. Areté is derived from the Greek word “ἀρέτη”, meaning the pursuit of excellence and the achievement of maximum performance. Areté was founded in 1976 by five scientists, tasked by the DoD...

Videray Technologies exists to create a safer society across the globe. We have created the world’s most powerful, user-friendly, and portable Handheld Backscatter X-ray Imager to help our clients see through surfaces to detect potential threats. Our technology is already making progress on this mission domestically and internationally in over 90 countries.

Airlock Digital is the global leader in application control and allowlisting, trusted by organizations worldwide to protect against ransomware, malware and other cyber threats. Our deny by default solution enables customers to run only the applications and files they trust, with all others blocked from executing. This approach minimizes attack surfaces and helps organizations align their cybersecurity strategies with government...

Embien Technologies is a global embedded product engineering company that helps OEMs and technology innovators design, develop, and validate intelligent electronic products. Our expertise spans embedded software, hardware design, Linux and RTOS, automotive electronics, industrial automation, medical devices, IoT, AI at the edge, and semiconductor engineering services. We also develop proprietary products including Sparklet GUI, TestBot, and RapidSEA to accelerate...

ULA is redefining what’s possible in space by providing innovative rocketry solutions for national security, NASA, and commercial space launches. Our rockets fly directly to the most challenging and distant orbits the nation requires, while delivering the most accurate payload insertions in the world and limitless orbital flexibility.

Indigenous technologies are a reflection of our evolution as a country. Unmanned and autonomous technology is the future of all industries. As the world progresses away from human-powered arms, at Hawking, we aim to be the first and the strongest layer of defense.Our unmanned technological solutions are highly agile to customization. And, they are made in India (not repurposed in India).