Companies

3DTech

A Ukrainian maker of the Khyzhak (Predator) REBOFF line of fiber-optic FPV drones, designed to resist Russian electronic warfare.

9 Mothers

Austin counter-drone startup building AI point-defense to stop close-in FPV attack drones — shipping its first system to the US government and primes now.

Abto Software

Lviv software house whose defence division builds AI computer-vision modules for FPV terminal targeting and optical drone navigation.

Academy of Defence Science (North Korea)

North Korea's state weapons-development body behind the KN-23 ballistic missile Russia fires at Ukraine.

Acecore Technologies

Manufactures heavy-lift professional multi-rotor UAVs built for government, defence, and public-safety payload missions.

Aerialtronics

Makes professional multi-rotor drones for public safety, border surveillance, and critical infrastructure inspection.

Aero Center

Ukrainian full-cycle maker of strike drones and their munitions, now building low-cost interceptor packages.

Aerobavovna

Maker of tethered aerostats for SIGINT, electronic warfare and drone relay, developing an aerostat-launched interceptor against Shahed-type drones.

AeroDrone

Ukrainian maker of heavy-lift, long-endurance drones — the 300 kg-payload E-300 Enterprise and 80 kg D-80 Discovery.

AeroMotors

Ukrainian maker of in-house electric drone motors, from 7-inch FPV quadcopters to 32-inch heavy and fixed-wing platforms.

Aeroprakt

Kyiv ultralight-aircraft maker whose A-22 Foxbat has been converted by Ukrainian forces into a long-range one-way attack drone.

Aerorozvidka

Volunteer-rooted drone R&D collective that developed the R-18 heavy octocopter for night precision strikes on armoured vehicles.

AeroVironment

Switchblade loitering munitions, Puma and Raven UAVs, plus the BlueHalo space and electronic-warfare stack.

Airlogix

Ukrainian maker of the GOR long-endurance ISR quadcopter, having started as a cargo-drone startup.

Ajax Systems

Produces a wireless sensor and alarm platform that Ukrainian forces have deployed for battlefield perimeter detection and early warning.

Alabuga

Russia's main Geran attack-drone plant — the Tatarstan special economic zone where Iran's Shahed-136 became the Geran-2, and where the jet Gerans are built.

Amazing Drones

A Kharkiv interceptor-drone maker, now majority-owned by Japan's Terra Drone, producing the low-cost Terra A1.

Anduril Industries

AI software, autonomous air, ground, and undersea systems for the US and allied militaries.

Antabos

Ukrainian developer of an automated artillery fire-control system that links reconnaissance, command and howitzer control into one C4ISR network.

Anthropic

Maker of the Claude models, now offered to US defence and intelligence agencies through Palantir, AWS and dedicated "Claude Gov" national-security models.

Antonov

Historic aircraft maker now developing unmanned platforms including the AN-BK-1 Horlytsia combat UAV.

Applied Intuition

Autonomy-software company whose defence arm builds simulation, validation and all-domain autonomy tooling for US military vehicles and aircraft.

Aquatechnik

Ukrainian developer of a family of sea and river attack drones plus the heavy Marichka underwater drone.

Arcadia

The French Army's sovereign AI battlefield command system — Paris's answer to the US Maven, built in-house with French industry.

AReS Technologies

A Ukrainian firm developing a passive phased-array acoustic system that detects and provides targeting for FPV drones, Shahed loitering munitions and cruise missiles.

ARK Robotics

Builds tracked unmanned ground vehicles used for resupply and casualty evacuation under fire.

Armolab

Ukrainian developer of the Mamont heavy electric ground robot for frontline logistics and casualty evacuation.

Army of Robots

Mykhailo Fedorov's private "Physical AI" initiative to put fighting, scouting, evacuation and supply robots on Ukraine's front line — an ecosystem of investments, R&D and its own projects rather than a single company.

Arta.ai

AI-powered fire-control platform that automates artillery targeting and compresses the sensor-to-shooter cycle.

State Enterprise Artem

Kyiv state enterprise producing guided air-launched munitions and contributing to Ukraine's domestic strike drone development.

Aselsan

Athlon Avia

Ukrainian tactical-UAS maker — Furia ISR drones and ST-35 Silent Thunder loitering munition.

Atlant Aero

Taganrog maker of the Molniya cheap fixed-wing strike drones, according to Ukrainian research.

Aurora Flight Sciences

Autel Robotics

Chinese commercial drone maker — DJI's main domestic rival; on the US Department of Defense's "Chinese military companies" list.

Auterion

Skynode flight control, AuterionOS, and Nemyx swarm autonomy — the software inside Western drone-strike kits going to Ukraine.

Avia Systems (Aviation Systems of Ukraine)

Kyiv maker of the ASU-1 Valkyrja, a portable flying-wing electric ISR drone.

Avular

Modular industrial drone platforms and autonomy stack adopted for defence and inspection trials.

Avy

Electric fixed-wing VTOL drones with autonomous docking stations for surveillance, emergency response, and maritime defence ISR.

Axon Vision

Military-grade edge-AI for situational awareness, automatic target recognition, and counter-drone defence across land, air, and sea platforms.

Babai

Ukrainian developer of the Vydun FPV-video-signal detectors and automatic trench and vehicle electronic-warfare systems.

BAE Systems Hägglunds

CV90 and BvS10 maker now pushing optionally-manned and tele-operated variants of its tracked platforms.

BAE Systems

UK prime — Type 26 frigates, Tempest sixth-gen fighter, Falconworks autonomous systems, naval drone defensive escorts.

Baykar

Bayraktar TB2, Akıncı, and Kızılelma — the Turkish drone family that re-defined the export combat-UAV market.

BeeForces

Ukrainian volunteer fund building the Pidkova heavy casualty-evacuation and logistics unmanned ground vehicle.

Besomar

A Ukrainian fixed-wing UAV maker building the reusable, shotgun-armed Besomar 3210-N anti-drone interceptor.

Bittium

Tactical-radio and secure-comms maker; Tough SDR family is fielded by Finnish and allied forces.

Blackwater

The private military contractor founded by Erik Prince that came to define — and discredit — battlefield outsourcing in the post-9/11 wars.

Blue Arrow

GPS-free visual and terrain-relative drone navigation with a single-operator command layer for managing many aircraft.

BlueBird Tech

Odesa full-cycle maker of FPV drones, trench and vehicle jammers, and the Chuyka FPV-video-signal detector.

Boeing

Boston Dynamics

Brave Technics

Ukrainian maker of injection-moulded composite and polycarbonate drone propellers.

BRAVE1

Ukraine's state-backed defence-technology cluster — the coordination hub linking the government, military, and the country's drone and robotics startups.

Brave1 Market & e-points

Ukraine's incentive-and-procurement loop — front-line units earn "e-points" for video-confirmed strikes and spend them in the Brave1 Market to order drones and gear straight from manufacturers.

Bravo Dynamics

Ukrainian defence startup building EW-resistant ground mesh networks to keep drones and ground robots connected.

Buntar Aerospace

Ukrainian maker of AI-enabled long-range VTOL reconnaissance drones and autonomous mission-planning software.

Burevii Design Bureau

Ukrainian design bureau behind the tracked Ardal ground robot for logistics, casualty evacuation, and combat.

Callen-Lenz

Carmenta

Provides the geospatial engine powering several NATO-nation military command-and-control and situational-awareness systems.

Cascade Systems

Builds the Lima GNSS jamming and spoofing system used to push Russian drones, glide bombs and cruise missiles off course.

Castelion

Low-cost, mass-manufacturable hypersonic strike missiles, built by ex-SpaceX engineers.

CDAO

The Pentagon's central artificial-intelligence organisation — owner of the Maven Smart System, the DoD data and AI strategy, and its Responsible AI work.

CDET

A Kyiv defence-electronics firm behind the RAM family of loitering munitions, including the X-wing RAM-2X.

Celebra Tech

Ukrainian developer of the trailer-mounted Tryzub anti-drone laser weapon.

CHAOS Industries

Defence-sensing startup building distributed radar and RF networks for counter-drone, missile and aircraft detection.

China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics

CASC's 11th Academy — the Beijing institute behind the CH (Caihong) export drone family and the YH-1000 unmanned cargo aircraft.

CJADC2

The Pentagon's concept for linking every sensor to every shooter across all domains and with allies — the combined, coalition evolution of JADC2.

Clarity

AI software that automatically detects enemy equipment in drone imagery, geotags it to map coordinates and builds orthophoto maps in seconds.

ComBat Vision

Builds a NATO-standard C4ISR situational-awareness and command system that fuses UAS, UGV and sensor feeds onto a shared tactical map.

Contra Drone

Ukrainian maker of X-band drone-detection radar and electronic-warfare jammers against FPV and Mavic-class drones.

Corvus Intelligence

Ukrainian defence-AI firm building command-and-control dashboards, SIGINT platforms, data-fusion tools and an LLM-based wargaming simulator.

Covenant

Washington-based missile startup mass-producing the Anthem cruise missile in Texas, Saxony and Israel.

Crocus Manufacture

Ukrainian developer of the Lilia, a modular multi-purpose unmanned surface vessel.

Culver Aviation

Manufactures tactical fixed-wing UAVs for reconnaissance and strike-support missions for the Ukrainian armed forces.

D-Fend Solutions

Radio-frequency cyber-takeover counter-drone systems that take control of rogue drones without jamming.

Damen Naval

Dutch naval shipbuilder — anti-submarine frigates with smart-automation crews and the Combat Support Ships pattern.

DARPA ACE

DARPA's Air Combat Evolution programme — dogfighting AI that beat human pilots in simulation and later flew real fighter jets.

DARPA CRANE (X-65)

DARPA's Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors programme and its uncrewed X-65 demonstrator — an aircraft that manoeuvres with bursts of air instead of flaps or rudders.

DeepStrikeTech

Kyiv startup behind the Batyar — a Shahed-class, 800 km-plus multi-role strike drone.

Defenture

Dutch designer of high-mobility military ground vehicles and autonomous unmanned ground vehicle platforms.

DefSecIntel Solutions

Makes the EOS C-UAS counter-drone platform and autonomous surveillance towers used by Baltic forces.

Deftak

Ukrainian-Estonian startup making computer-vision-guided munition kits that let standard drones strike targets accurately without GPS.

Degree-Trans LLC

A Kyiv-based Ukrainian defence-tech firm whose Bullet high-speed fixed-wing interceptor is the basis of a joint venture with US-listed AIRO Group.

Delft Dynamics

DroneCatcher net-firing counter-UAS drone and autonomous flight research spun out of TU Delft.

Delta (Ministry of Defence of Ukraine)

Ukraine's NATO-standard battlefield situational-awareness and command-and-control system, fusing drone, sensor, satellite and human-reporting feeds into one live map.

Demcon

High-tech engineering group whose Demcon Unmanned Systems unit develops UAVs and autonomous platforms for defence and security customers.

Destinus

Swiss aerospace-defence company that pivoted from hypersonic aircraft to mass-producible interceptors and cruise/strike drones for European air defence — the Hornet, Kryla, Ruta and Vorexon lines.

DevDroid

A universal control system (Droid Box) and AI-assisted armed ground robots for Ukrainian forces.

DeViRo

Produces the Leleka-100 lightweight fixed-wing UAV for front-line intelligence and artillery spotting.

DJI

90% of the world's consumer drones; the Mavic family is the most widely used drone on both sides of the Ukraine front.

DoD Solution

Builds embedded compute hardware and an AI autonomy stack that let FPV, fixed-wing and interceptor drones operate without GPS or radio link.

Donaustahl

Bavarian loitering-munition maker whose wooden-airframe Maus is flown by Ukrainian intelligence units, and whose founder is in hiding over a suspected Russian plot.

DP Battery

Ukrainian developer of semi-solid lithium drone batteries rated at around 400 Wh/kg.

Dron ZP

Zaporizhzhia volunteer team behind a semi-autonomous 12.7 mm anti-drone gun turret that uses neural-network targeting against FPV drones.

Dronarnia

Wartime FPV-drone workshop network producing strike quadcopters at scale for front-line units.

Drone Dominance Program

The Pentagon's roughly $1.1 billion, two-year push to mass-produce and field cheap US-made attack drones — and to widen the supplier base far beyond the traditional primes.

Drone Space Labs

Kyiv UAV R&D and manufacturing house behind the Velykyi Banderyk heavy octocopter bomber and the Banderyk-24 strike drone.

DroneUA

Ukraine's largest drone platform and operator network, pivoting agricultural drone expertise to military ISR and payload missions.

DroneOps

Ukrainian-founded startup building NORA, an onboard optical-inertial navigation module for GNSS-denied UAVs.

DroneShield

Dropla Tech

Danish-Ukrainian startup whose edge-AI module detects mines, IEDs and ambush drones in real time from reconnaissance-drone video.

Dwarf Engineering

Builds cross-platform autonomy software for FPV drones, including a hardened drone OS and a vision-based terminal-homing module.

EDGE Group

Elbit Systems

EpiSci

Trusted tactical-autonomy software for air combat, acquired by Applied Intuition in 2025.

Escadrone

A Ukrainian non-profit mass-producing low-cost FPV strike drones, from the Pegasus to the heavy-lift Mammoth.

Exensor Technology

Manufactures wireless unattended ground sensor systems for battlefield surveillance, border monitoring, and perimeter protection used by Swedish and NATO forces.

F-Drones

A Ukrainian FPV-drone manufacturer making the F7 and F10 strike quadcopters and the LITAVR interceptor; its F10 was selected for the Pentagon's Drone Dominance program.

Falcons

Kyiv defence-tech startup building the Eter signals-intelligence direction-finding system and the D1L interceptor drone.

Farsight Vision

Geospatial-AI software that turns drone video into centimetre-accurate 3D maps and orthophotos, built to work in GNSS-denied conditions.

Fernride

Munich autonomous-trucking firm whose human-assisted autonomy is now extending into Ukrainian battlefield ground robotics.

Fire Point

Ukrainian deep-strike drone and missile maker — FP-1 attack drones, the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile, and FP-7/FP-9 ballistic missiles, now reaching for low-cost air defence.

Firestorm Labs

3D-printed expeditionary drones produced at the point of need from a containerised microfactory.

First Contact

A Ukrainian maker of AI-assisted FPV attack drones, whose Osa was reportedly used in the Spiderweb strikes on Russian strategic bombers.

First Parsec

Lviv aerospace startup building low-cost pulsejet engines and the strike and decoy drones they power.

Flash Tech

A Ukrainian FPV-drone producer that emerged during the full-scale war.

Flytex

Ukrainian manufacturer of FPV and UAV components - flight controllers, motors, ESCs, GNSS receivers and ELRS radio links.

Fortem Technologies

Frankenburg Technologies

Founded by Estonia's former MoD permanent secretary to build low-cost short-range air defence missiles.

Frontline

Develops a family of ground robotic platforms for kinetic strike, mining, and casualty evacuation.

Frontline Robotics

Battle-tested EW-resistant drones (the LINZA family) and ground robots, now scaling through a German joint venture.

FT Systems

Ukrainian maker of in-house drone electronics, including FPV video transmitters and ELRS control-link modules.

Gauntlet II

The Defense Innovation Unit's live-fly down-select for the Drone Dominance Program — warfighter-piloted trials that decide which low-cost drones the Pentagon buys at scale.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

US prime — MQ-9 Reaper / Predator family, Gambit Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Agile Condor AI targeting pod.

General Cherry

Ukrainian counter-drone maker mass-producing the Bullet anti-Shahed interceptor and a range of FPV and strike drones.

General Dynamics Land Systems

General Robotics

Lightweight tactical robots and remote weapon stations for infantry and counter-terrorism units.

GLEFA

Ukrainian developer of the Behemoth Shahed-style mid-strike drone, built with Culver Aerospace.

Global Mark

Ukrainian maker of strike-reconnaissance fixed-wing UAVs with autopilot and auto target-tracking, plus a heavy underwater drone.

Google DeepMind

Alphabet's AI lab — the original Project Maven contractor that walked away in 2018, now part of a parent racing back into defence work.

Govini

Defence-software firm whose Ark platform applies AI to the Pentagon's acquisition, supply-chain and readiness data.

GRIM

A Ukrainian maker of combat FPV strike drones, including fiber-optic models resistant to jamming.

Griselda

AI data-fusion platform that consolidates multiple intelligence streams into a single picture and feeds Ukraine's Delta system.

Gurzuf Defence

Ukrainian maker of heavy multicopter bomber and cargo drones, built around the Heavy Shot platform.

Gyrolab Electronics

Gyro-stabilised EO/IR optical gimbals for reconnaissance and targeting UAVs.

Hanwha Systems

Hanwha Aerospace

South Korean defence prime — global

Hard Cat Drones

Kyiv startup building lightweight river drones for reconnaissance, mine clearance and strikes on small vessels.

HavocAI

Low-cost autonomous surface vessels and the AI stack that flies them in swarms.

Helsing

AI-driven battlefield software, strike drones, and autonomous combat systems for European militaries.

Hevi Optronics

Builds gyro-stabilised electro-optical gimbals and targeting payloads for tactical UAVs.

HII

HIMERA

Jam-resistant, frequency-hopping tactical radios built to keep talking under heavy electronic warfare.

Huless

Ukrainian maker of tethered drones that act as powered, jamming-resistant communication relays.

Huntington Ingalls Industries

Hyundai Rotem

I-SEE

A Ukrainian firm building passive, edge-AI computer-vision drone detection that automates net-launchers and is growing into a full anti-drone active-protection system.

Israel Aerospace Industries

Israeli state-owned prime — Heron / Eitan MALE UAVs, Harpy / Harop loitering munitions, Arrow ballistic-missile defence.

ICEYE

SAR-satellite operator whose imagery feeds Ukrainian targeting and NATO ISR cells.

Infozahyst

Develops radio-monitoring, SIGINT, and electronic-warfare systems including the Plastun signals-intelligence suite.

InLab

Kyiv research-and-production company making the Franek handheld FPV-drone detector.

Insta Group

Defence-software house behind Finnish C2 systems and the AirDef counter-UAS suite.

IRV

Ukrainian maker of tracked unmanned ground vehicles and an FPV-drone-carrier system built on its Vepryk platform.

NVK Iskra

State-owned Ukrainian developer of mobile 3D air-surveillance radars effective against low-RCS drones and missiles.

Israel Aerospace Industries

Ivchenko-Progress State Enterprise

Ukrainian aircraft engine design bureau responsible for the AI-450 turboprop family used in tactical UAVs and light aircraft.

Ixian

Ukrainian defence-tech startup building VTOL reconnaissance UAVs and fixed-wing loitering munitions.

JEDI

A Ukrainian high-speed multirotor interceptor system, radar-cued to hunt Shahed-type attack drones.

JET

Ukrainian combat-drone maker producing FPV strike platforms, fiber-optic FPVs, and the JET MAX heavy bomber.

Kamov

Kara Dag Technologies

Ukrainian counter-drone firm building portable RF and acoustic detectors and networked mesh-triangulation software.

Kazan Helicopter Plant

KB Nezalezhne

Private Ukrainian design bureau building the Hrim-17 pulsejet engine and the Myt-2 interceptor drone it powers.

KBM (Machine-Building Design Bureau)

Kolomna design bureau behind the Iskander-M ballistic missile system.

Kelluu

Hydrogen-powered autonomous airships for long-endurance ISR and border surveillance.

Khartron

Ukrainian guidance and control systems developer supplying precision electronics for missiles and aerospace programmes.

KNDS

Kongsberg Gruppen

Norwegian defence prime; Protector RWS, NSM/JSM missiles, and the HUGIN family of autonomous underwater vehicles.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace

The defence arm of Kongsberg, behind the Protector remote weapon station and the Naval Strike Missile.

Kongsberg Discovery

Underwater-robotics arm of Kongsberg; HUGIN and REMUS-style AUVs for naval mine-warfare and seabed surveillance.

Kongsberg Geospatial

Real-time geospatial visualisation (TerraLens) used in NATO air-defence and UAV ground-control systems.

Kongsberg Maritime

Marine-systems arm of Kongsberg; autonomous-vessel control, sonars, and acoustic ISR.

Kraken Robotics

Kratos

KrattWorks

Builds the Ghost Dragon ISR quadcopter, hardened against GNSS jamming for Ukrainian frontline use.

Kray Technologies

Heavy-lift agricultural drone maker that pivoted to military bomber UAVs for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Kronstadt Group

Russian MALE-UAV maker — Orion / Inokhodets the domestic answer to the MQ-9 Reaper.

Kseonics Technology

Rivne-Oblast maker of RF drone-detection units, an electronic-warfare tester and portable power stations.

Kunshtuk

Builds AI-cued anti-Shahed turret systems combining acoustic and optical detection with automated tracking.

Kvant Research and Production Enterprise

Ukrainian state enterprise designing radar and electronic systems including counter-UAV surveillance radar.

Kvertus

Maker of portable and vehicle-mounted electronic-warfare systems for jamming Russian UAVs.

L3Harris

Lanka Robotics

Ukrainian startup building GPS-independent autonomy software for ground robots, validated on its own Mamut logistics UGV.

Leidos

Leonardo

Leonardo DRS

Lockheed Martin

US prime — F-35, Skunk Works, Vectis stealth Collaborative Combat Aircraft, AI mission-contingency UAVs.

Luch State Design Bureau

Develops cruise missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, and long-range UAV systems — including the R-360 Neptune that sank the Russian cruiser Moskva.

Luch Design Bureau

State design bureau behind the Sokil-300 long-range strike UAV and Neptune cruise-missile family.

M-Fly

EW-resistant semi-active laser guidance and stabilised gimbals for drones and munitions.

Military Armored Company HUB (MAC HUB)

Ukrainian defence-tech group building the armed, modular Katran family of unmanned surface vessels.

Mach Industries

Runway-independent vertical-takeoff strike drones built for decentralised, high-volume production.

Marduk Technologies

Builds the Shark electro-optical counter-UAS system for detecting and tracking small drones.

Maritime Robotics

Builds the Mariner USV for naval ISR, mine-counter-measure, and harbour-protection roles.

Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC)

Matrix UAV

Builds heavy multirotor bomber drones (Vampire / Baba Yaga class) used for night strikes against Russian positions.

MaXon Systems

A Kyiv startup building an autonomous, AI-guided fixed-wing interceptor that downs Shahed-type drones with minimal operator input.

MBDA

JSC Meridian (Politeko Aero)

Maker of the Spectator-M1 fixed-wing reconnaissance drone in Ukrainian military service.

Microflown AVISA

Acoustic vector sensors for gunshot localisation and small-UAV detection used by NATO ground forces.

Milrem Robotics

Builds the THeMIS and Type-X tracked unmanned ground vehicles used across NATO armies.

Miltech Group

A Ukrainian maker of one-way-attack drones, including the Gorgon loitering munition.

MixSteel

Ukrainian developer of the PARASOL trench and vehicle anti-FPV electronic-warfare systems.

MKB Raduga

Dubna missile design bureau that builds the Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile.

Motor-G

Ukrainian maker of brushless electric drone motors, shipping around 200,000 units a month — the country's largest motor manufacturer.

MyDefence

Body-worn and vehicle-mounted RF detectors and jammers for dismounted counter-drone operations.

Nammo

Joint Norwegian-Finnish ammunition and rocket-motor maker; develops loitering and ramjet-powered munitions.

Neros Technologies

FPV drone production at scale, built in the US for Ukraine.

Norbit

Designs compact sonar and radar sensor modules for naval mine detection, hydrographic survey, and subsurface domain awareness.

NORDA Dynamics

GPS-free, computer-vision autonomy modules that let combat drones finish a strike under heavy jamming.

Nordex

Ukrainian developer of the Seawolf, a modular multi-role unmanned surface vessel.

Nordic Air Defence

Builds the Kreuger 100 low-cost interceptor drone for swarm counter-UAS.

NORINCO

Northrop Grumman

US prime — RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long-endurance UAVs, B-21 Raider stealth bomber.

NoviTechNet

Kyiv firm behind the Ursula, a compact riverine drone usable for reconnaissance, as a floating mine, or as an FPV-drone carrier.

NPO Mashinostroyeniya

NSCAI

The US federal commission (2018–2021), chaired by Eric Schmidt, whose 2021 Final Report shaped a generation of American defence-AI policy.

NUMO Robotics

Builds the modular NUMO tracked ground robot and the high-speed MAUL evacuation platform; formerly Tank Bureau.

Obrii Miltek

Zaporizhzhia firm making low-cost portable anti-FPV electronic-warfare dome jammers.

Occam Industries

Software-only drone autonomy for GPS-denied, jammer-heavy front lines.

OCHI

Non-profit system that aggregates live video from thousands of Ukrainian drone crews onto a single battlefield map and builds a combat-footage dataset.

Octava Defence

A Kyiv defence-tech firm in the Octava group building passive acoustic drone and missile detection, a critical-infrastructure protection platform, and a GPS-independent loitering munition.

Odd Systems

Kyiv maker of domestic thermal cameras and FPV interceptor and strike drones.

ODIN

A Ukrainian miltech project (developed by Centre Zakhyst) making FPV interceptors and electronic-warfare systems, led by the Win_Hit anti-Shahed drone.

Oko Camera

Uncooled LWIR microbolometer thermal camera modules built without Chinese components.

OpenAI

Consumer-AI lab whose models have moved into US defence work, from counter-drone AI with Anduril to a Pentagon frontier-AI contract.

Optics11

Amsterdam fibre-optic sensing firm whose passive towed arrays and seabed curtains give the Dutch navy anti-submarine warfare in a shipping container.

OSIRIS AI

A Ukrainian deftech startup building high-speed AI interceptor drones and the DroneOS autonomy platform, with an R&D centre in Krakow and production in Ukraine and Poland.

Overland AI

Off-road ground autonomy software and uncrewed tactical vehicles for US land forces.

Palantir Technologies

Gotham, Foundry, and AIP — the data and AI platform powering Ukrainian targeting and US DoD operations.

Patria

Finnish defence prime; AMV armoured vehicles, Nemo mortar systems, and ARIS C2 / situational-awareness software.

PAWELL

Lviv maker of high-energy-density drone battery packs built on electric-vehicle cell chemistry.

PERUN Precision Works

Ukrainian drone manufacturer producing the Phoenix FPV strike drone and supporting German-supplied surveillance UAVs at the front.

PG Robotics

Kyiv UAV maker building the reusable Lucky Strike reconnaissance-and-strike drone family.

PGZ

Poland's state-owned defence holding, with 50-plus subsidiaries now building parts of the Patriot system.

Piranha-Tech

Producer of the Piranha family of trench-level and vehicle-mounted EW jammers used against Russian FPV and reconnaissance drones.

Postup Solutions

A Polish-Ukrainian defence-tech firm building Scan Horizon, an autonomous 360-degree net turret that detects and intercepts FPV drones without operator input.

Primer

US natural-language-AI firm that machine-reads vast volumes of text into structured intelligence for defence and security users.

Project Maven

The Pentagon's original computer-vision targeting programme, launched in 2017 to read drone video — now the Maven Smart System run by CDAO.

Proximus LLC

Kyiv RF-hardware and electronic-warfare firm best known for the Bukovel-AD counter-drone detector and jammer.

Quantum Systems

Vector and Trinity reconnaissance drones for Ukraine and Western militaries; Europe's first dual-use unicorn.

Radionix LLC

Kyiv defence-electronics firm developing radar, airborne electronic-warfare jammers and missile seeker heads.

Radionor Communications

Makes long-range directional radio systems for beyond-line-of-sight tactical communications between ships, drones, and ground forces.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Israeli state-owned weapons developer — Iron Dome, David's Sling, Iron Beam laser, Spike anti-tank missiles.

Ratel Robotics

Builds the Ratel family of ground robots for strike, mining, logistics, and casualty evacuation, one of Ukraine's largest UGV makers.

Raytheon

RC Direction

Dnipro-based UAV maker behind the Chaklun family — reconnaissance, long-range strike, and jet-powered interceptor drones.

Reactive Drone

A Dnipro-based Ukrainian maker of heavy "Baba Yaga"-class Kazhan bomber multirotors, originally an agricultural-drone manufacturer.

Realgold

Ukrainian maker of domestically produced brushless motors for FPV and interceptor drones.

Rebellion Defense

US defence-software firm whose Iris platform applies AI to target recognition, tracking, and mission planning for the military.

Red Cat Holdings

Relativity Space

3D-printed reusable rocket company now led by Eric Schmidt, positioning its Terran R launcher for commercial and national-security missions.

Replicator Initiative

The Pentagon's 2023 push to field thousands of cheap, attritable autonomous systems within two years — and, in its second phase, to counter swarms of small drones.

Rheinmetall

German prime — Leopard 2 ammunition, Skyranger air defence, FV-014 loitering munition; partnered with Anduril on Barracuda for Europe.

Robin Radar Systems

Bird-detection radar pivoted into the leading European counter-UAS sensor — IRIS deployed in Ukraine and across NATO airspace.

Roboneers

Maker of remote weapon stations and robotic combat modules including the Sabre RCWS.

Robot Aviation

Fixed-wing UAV manufacturer (Skygus, FX series) sold for ISR and target-drone roles.

Robotic Complexes

Ukrainian engineering bureau building tracked logistics and evacuation ground robots for the front line.

Robotican

Autonomous robotic systems including drone interceptors and hybrid ground-and-air robots.

Rolls-Royce

Rostec

RoverTech

Maker of the armoured ZMIY family of ground robots and the Tarantula active protection system against FPV drones.

Saab AB

Gripen fighters, GlobalEye AEW, NLAW and Carl-Gustaf — Sweden's full-stack defence prime.

Saab Kockums

Submarine and naval-systems arm of Saab, builder of the AUV62 unmanned underwater vehicle family.

Safran.AI

French geospatial-intelligence AI house, formerly Preligens, that automatically finds military objects in satellite and aerial imagery.

Saildrone

Saronic Technologies

Autonomous surface vessels — Spyglass, Cipher, and Mirage — built for distributed naval warfare.

Scale AI

Data-labelling and applied-AI company whose Donovan platform brings large language models into US defence decision-making.

Scopa Industries

Ukrainian engineering firm building the Shepit pulsejet engine for high-speed strike and interceptor drones.

Sea Machines Robotics

Seek UAV

Thermal-imaging camera modules for FPV and other unmanned aerial vehicles.

Sensofusion

Builds the AIRFENCE passive RF counter-UAS sensor and effector grid.

Sensorama Lab

Kyiv 3D-vision and immersive-media studio that co-developed the terrain-relative navigation behind Blue Arrow's GPS-free drone system.

Sentrycs

Protocol-manipulation counter-drone systems that detect, track, and take control of unauthorised drones.

Shahed Aviation Industries

Iranian designer of the Shahed-136 — license-built in Russia as the Geran-2 and launched against Ukraine in volume.

Shield AI

Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT VTOL drones, and AI fighter pilots for GPS-denied combat.

Sichen

Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drone with a reported 1,400 km reach; its producer has not been publicly identified.

Sine.Engineering

GPS-free positioning and jam-resistant mesh datalink modules for drones operating in contested airspace.

Sky Fortress

A nationwide low-cost acoustic sensor network and Sky Map command-and-control platform that detects Russian drones and missiles by sound.

Sky Spy

Ukrainian-founded maker of a drone-mounted AI signals-intelligence payload that geolocates enemy radio emitters.

Skyassist

Kharkiv maker of the fixed-wing Sirko reconnaissance UAV and its own UAV antennas, in serial production.

SkyAtom

Ukrainian maker of the Sky Devil fixed-wing reconnaissance drone, navigated without GPS using a beacon-based system.

SkyCraft Systems

Ukrainian maker of military FPV strike and reconnaissance drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Skydio

AI-piloted reconnaissance UAVs — X10D for the field, with 22,000 drones already in US military use.

Skyeton

Long-endurance Raybird reconnaissance UAVs, combat-proven over 350,000 hours in Ukraine.

SkyFall

A Ukrainian drone maker behind the Vampire heavy bomber, Shrike FPV drones, and the P1-SUN Shahed interceptor.

SkyLab UA

Builds the wheeled Sirko-S1 multipurpose ground robot for logistics, casualty evacuation, and reconnaissance.

SKYRIPER

A Ukrainian unmanned-systems maker that builds drone guidance components and licence-produces the Octopus-100 air-defence interceptor.

SpearUAV

Encapsulated AI-based loitering munitions and tactical drones launched like ammunition for ground, air, and naval forces.

Special Technology Center

St Petersburg maker of the Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone and the Leer-3 airborne electronic-warfare system.

Specmil

Active anti-jam CRPA GPS antenna for drones, missiles and unmanned surface vessels operating under satellite-navigation interference.

SpektreWorks

Phoenix engineering firm behind LUCAS, the US military's low-cost Shahed-class one-way attack drone.

Squarehead Technology

Builds acoustic detection arrays that precisely locate drones, gunshots, and artillery using AI-driven sound-source localisation.

ST Engineering

Steadicopter

Unmanned robotic helicopters for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance over land and sea.

Steel Hornets

A Ukrainian maker of 3D-printed drop munitions and FPV warheads sold direct to frontline drone operators.

Stinex

Ukrainian maker of the ZORKO FPV-video-signal detector, the MAKOHIN jammer and unmanned aircraft.

STRIX

Veteran-led Ukrainian strike-UAV bureau behind the jet-powered BRAVO deep-strike and KILO mid-strike systems.

Strix Air

A Ukrainian deftech manufacturer producing the Air Baby anti-Shahed interceptor drone in serial quantities, alongside FPV strike systems.

Sukhoi

Summa Defence

Holding company rolling up Finnish defence-tech SMEs into a single autonomy-and-effects portfolio.

Swarmer

Software that lets one operator command a swarm of drones; the first Ukrainian defence-tech company to list on the Nasdaq exchange.

Swarmly

Cypriot maker of the electric VTOL Poseidon reconnaissance and fire-control UAVs, certified for production in Ukraine.

Swift Beat

Eric Schmidt's AI-drone company, supplying Ukraine with low-cost autonomous interceptors and strike drones; earlier known as White Stork.

Sych Tech

Ukrainian developer of SYCH-AIR-S, a portable module that detects and jams the analog FPV video channel of drones.

System Electronic Export (SEE)

A Ukrainian firm building SEEDIS, an autonomous quadrotor drone interceptor with onboard AI target recognition.

Tactical Missiles Corporation

Russia's state-owned holding for air-launched missiles and guided bombs, named by Ukrainian intelligence as lead developer of the UMPK glide-bomb kit.

Tactical Technology

Ukrainian battlefield-tech firm building FPV-drone and electronic-warfare detection systems including SOVA and FlyOff.

TAF Industries

One of Ukraine's largest drone makers — FPV strike, reconnaissance, and electronic-warfare systems plus the Lehit ground robots.

Task Force Lima

The Pentagon AI office's 2023-2024 task force for assessing generative AI, which catalogued more than 180 potential defence use cases.

Teal Drones

Teletactica

Jam-resistant video and telemetry datalink modems and antenna kits for drones and unmanned platforms in heavy electronic-warfare conditions.

Tencore

Builds the TerMIT unmanned ground vehicle for casualty evacuation, logistics, and combat tasks.

Tenebris

A Ukrainian miltech company building high-speed autonomous interceptor drones, led by its Bagnet anti-Shahed system with computer-vision terminal guidance.

Terma

Radar, EW, and self-protection systems; Scanter naval and counter-UAS radars are widely fielded across NATO.

Terminal Autonomy

Builder of the AQ-400 Scythe long-range one-way attack drone, designed for low-cost mass production.

Thales

Thales Nederland

Dutch radar and combat-system maker — SMART-L, GM200, SQUIRE, plus deep-learning sensor research.

The Fourth Law

Develops AI-driven terminal-guidance software that lets FPV drones lock onto targets after their video link is jammed.

Threod Systems

Designs and manufactures fixed-wing and VTOL reconnaissance UAVs for military and border-security users.

Thunderforge

The Pentagon's 2025 programme putting AI agents into military operational and campaign planning, built with Scale AI, Anduril, and Microsoft.

Nordic Unmanned

Operates large UAVs (Camcopter S-100, Skeldar) for coast-guard, navy, and EU border missions.

Tritel

Kyiv developer of the Nota anti-drone electronic-warfare and signals-intelligence complex.

Tupolev

Moscow design bureau behind Russia's strategic bombers, the Tu-95MS, Tu-160 and Tu-22M3, now part of state-owned United Aircraft Corporation.

Turkish Aerospace Industries

Twist Robotics

Builds AI-powered targeting modules for FPV drones to enable last-mile autonomy under EW.

UA Dynamics

Veteran-built Ukrainian maker of the Punisher, a reusable electric strike drone that bombs vehicles, artillery and supply lines and flies home to rearm.

UAV Technology

Ukrainian developer of unmanned robotic systems, maker of the modular tracked Bizon-L logistics and combat UGV.

UAVOS

Develops fixed-wing and VTOL unmanned aircraft and AI autopilot solutions for defence, ISR, and logistics applications.

U&C UAS

Czech-based maker of the Stork LR / Leleka-LR long-endurance reconnaissance UAV and the MACE strike drone, founded by the owners of Ukraine's DeViRo.

UFORCE

Ukrainian-founded defence-tech integrator behind the Nemesis strike-bomber multirotors and the Bucha long-range kamikaze drone.

UGV Laboratory

Ukrainian maker of the Simba logistics ground robot, a Starlink-linked unmanned platform used to resupply forward positions.

UGV Robotics

Builds the wheeled Lyut combat ground robot and the AI-assisted Khyzhak remote weapon turret.

UGVR Machinery

Maker of the UNEX amphibious all-terrain unmanned ground vehicle, codified for use by Ukraine's Defence Forces.

Ukrainian Armor

Established Ukrainian arms manufacturer whose Protector heavy ground robot pairs with the Tavria-12.7 remote weapon station.

Ukrjet

Developer of the UJ-22 Airborne and UJ-25 Skyline long-range strike UAVs.

Ukroboronprom

State defence conglomerate that developed long-range strike UAVs reportedly used against targets deep inside Russia.

UkrSpecSystems

Maker of the PD-1 and PD-2 fixed-wing reconnaissance UAVs and the Shark ISR drone used widely by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukrspetsconsalting

Kyiv firm making the VERES family of compact directional electronic-warfare stations against drones.

Ukrspetstechnika

Long-standing Kyiv defence-electronics holding making military radar and the Anklav (Enclave) electronic-warfare system.

UMO Ukraine

Ukrainian FPV-drone maker producing 13-inch combat quadcopters, including fiber-optic variants resistant to jamming.

UMS Skeldar

Saab subsidiary developing the Skeldar V-200 rotary-wing tactical UAV for naval shipboard and ground-force ISR missions.

Unibap

Makes radiation-tolerant AI edge-processing units for space and autonomous platforms, increasingly adopted for tactical ISR and drone applications.

Unusual Machines

Unwave

Kyiv maker of portable jammers, RF detectors and electronic-warfare control software for countering drones.

Vannevar Labs

Defence-intelligence software firm building OSINT, foreign-language and maritime tools for US non-kinetic and intelligence missions.

VARTA

A Ukrainian firm building a shotgun-armed counter-FPV module, DroneHunter, that bolts onto existing drones to kill other drones at close range.

VDL Defentec

Dutch defence-production hub at NewBorn — armoured vehicles, electrified heavy platforms, and contract manufacturing for unmanned systems.

Venator Technologies

A Kyiv UAS developer in the Octava group building the Flycat loitering munition and the AngryCat drone interceptor.

Vermeer

Camera-and-AI visual positioning that lets drones navigate accurately when GPS is jammed or spoofed.

VGI-9

Makes optical target-guidance modules that lock FPV drones onto a designated target and track it to impact, day or night.

Vidar Systems

Maker of distributed acoustic sensors that locate enemy artillery, mortars and gunfire by sound for counter-battery use.

Videodrone

Builds tethered and free-flying ISR drones for Finnish Defence Forces and border-guard customers.

Vinnytski Bdzholy

A Vinnytsia-based Ukrainian startup making FPV strike drones and the VB140 Flamingo winged interceptor for hunting Russian reconnaissance UAVs.

Vyriy Drone

Ukrainian FPV-drone manufacturer — first 100% domestic FPV airframe and an active acquirer of the local supply chain.

Warbirds of Ukraine

Bila Tserkva drone maker behind the Halka reconnaissance line and the Zozulia ~2,100 km deep-strike UAV.

WARMAX

Ukrainian maker of antenna amplifiers, fiber-optic drone control links and counter-drone electronic-warfare systems.

Weibel Scientific

Doppler-radar specialist whose Mu-series counter-UAS and ballistic-tracking radars are used worldwide.

Wild Hornets

A volunteer-funded Ukrainian non-profit mass-producing FPV strike drones and the Sting anti-Shahed interceptor.

Wingcopter

German maker of tilt-rotor VTOL delivery drones, now manufacturing Ukrainian reconnaissance drones through a new defence unit.

WIY Drones

Ukrainian maker of interceptor, reconnaissance, and strike UAVs, best known for the STRILA Shahed-interceptor drone.

X-Drone

Ukrainian maker of AI-enabled FPV and loitering drones, interceptors, and a swarm operating system (DeepSky AI).

Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant

Industrial partner to Yuzhnoye, manufacturing Ukraine's long-range ballistic and cruise missile systems at scale.

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Dnipro rocket and missile design bureau that contributes guidance and propulsion engineering to Ukraine's long-range cruise-missile programmes.

ZALA Aero Group

Lancet and KUB-BLA loitering munitions; the Russian state's drone arm under the Kalashnikov Concern.

ZIR System

Develops a compact computer-vision module that lets FPV drones recognise and lock onto several classes of battlefield target.

Zvook

Ukrainian startup building a low-cost AI acoustic-sensor network that detects drones, missiles and aircraft by sound and feeds the Delta command system.