Companies

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.

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.

Ajax Systems

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

Anduril Industries

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

ARK Robotics

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

Athlon Avia

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

BRAVE1

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

Carmenta

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

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.

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.

Delft Dynamics

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

Demcon

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

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.

Dronarnia

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

Exensor Technology

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

Fernride

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

Fire Point

Ukrainian deep-strike drone and cruise-missile maker — FP-1 family at 1,600 km, FP-5 Flamingo at 3,000 km.

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.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

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

General Robotics

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

Hanwha Aerospace

South Korean defence prime — global

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.

HIMERA

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

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.

Insta Group

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

Kara Dag Technologies

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

Kelluu

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

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.

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.

Kunshtuk

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

Kvertus

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

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.

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.

Matrix UAV

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

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.

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.

Nordic Air Defence

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

Northrop Grumman

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

Occam Industries

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

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.

Piranha-Tech

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

Quantum Systems

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

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

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

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.

Robotican

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

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.

Saronic Technologies

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

Sensofusion

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

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.

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.

SpearUAV

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

Squarehead Technology

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

Steadicopter

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

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.

TAF Industries

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

Tencore

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

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 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.

Nordic Unmanned

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

Twist Robotics

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

UA Dynamics

Builds the Punisher electric fixed-wing loitering munition for precision strikes on vehicles, artillery, and supply lines.

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.

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.

VDL Defentec

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

Videodrone

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

Vyriy Drone

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

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).

ZALA Aero Group

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