Defense Tech Startups

CyberRidge is a deep-tech cybersecurity company that uses patented photonic encryption to protect sensitive data from interception and surveillance as it travels through public network infrastructure. The technology prevents data from being recorded over optical fiber, eliminating offline hacking and quantum-era decryption risks.

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CyberCore is a secure supply chain management and cybersecurity solutions provider serving federal and public sector clients. The company specializes in protecting customer environments from external and internal threats through supply chain risk management expertise.

2 investors

CybExer develops immersive testing and training environments for cybersecurity skill development and resilience building. The company provides scalable cyber ranges designed for organizations to conduct realistic and effective cybersecurity training.

2 investors

CLawZ® is a formal verification tool that automatically proves auto-generated source code correctly implements Simulink/Stateflow designs, eliminating the need for unit testing. The product is designed for regulated industries requiring certification and is used in autonomous vehicles and nuclear decommissioning applications.

2 investors

Daedalean develops Hornet Block 2, a dual-role interceptor and precision strike system designed for subsonic aerial threats, maritime, and ground targets using AI-coordinated swarm operations. The system features autonomous engagement with EO/IR and radar guidance for GNSS-denied environments.

2 investors

Databuoy develops acoustic gunshot detection and localization technology that identifies and locates gunfire indoors, outdoors, and vertically for use in urban areas, campuses, public spaces, and high-security facilities. Its DARPA-founded, DHS SAFETY Act Designated systems serve public safety, force protection, and anti-terrorism applications.

2 investors

DataTribe is an organization composed of experienced founders, investors, and entrepreneurs from technology and intelligence communities focused on accelerating cybersecurity capabilities to protect critical national interests.

2 investors

Decision Sciences develops imaging technology for port-of-entry security that scans cargo to detect concealed contraband and threats. It aims to distinguish illicit goods from legitimate trade flows and reveal hidden voids used to conceal contraband.

2 investors

Dedicated Computing designs and manufactures customized computing platforms for mission-critical equipment in healthcare, training, and industrial automation sectors. The company provides engineering, prototyping, certification, and lifecycle management services to global OEMs building life-saving or training devices.

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Deep Labs develops Large Signal Model (LSM) technology and a signals intelligence decisioning platform aimed at understanding broader situational context rather than isolated data points. It targets nation states' critical infrastructure and AI-powered decision-making.

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DEFCON AI builds AI-powered execution platforms for complex operations under uncertainty, serving defense, infrastructure, supply chain, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. The platform uses artificial intelligence and mathematical optimization to help organizations plan, evaluate scenarios, and make decisions in dynamic environments.

2 investors

Digital Barriers provides AI-based video codec and edge computing technology for real-time video analysis, serving defense, law enforcement, public safety, transportation, retail, healthcare, and hospitality sectors with reduced bandwidth consumption.

2 investors

Divergent designs, manufactures, and assembles complex metal structures using adaptive factories that operate without fixed tooling, enabling multiple products to be made on the same platform in a single day. It serves the aerospace, defense, and automotive industries.

2 investors

Dynamic Dimension Technologies (DDT) builds engineering and software solutions—including simulation tools, robotics systems, and data solutions—for government and commercial clients, with a track record supporting the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force. Its work spans defense and industrial applications such as autonomous systems, factory automation, and Industry 4.0.

2 investors

Earendil develops advanced vision and targeting systems for military and tactical operations, including augmented reality soldier systems, autonomous drone interceptors, and thermal sight products designed for situational awareness and threat detection in contested environments.

2 investors

Tactical Edge builds deployable power and communications systems for remote and austere environments, including tethered relay towers, mesh networks, and on-demand hydrogen fuel. Its systems serve government and defense customers such as militaries and primes, and have been validated through NATO and U.S. programs with field pilots in the Indo-Pacific and Africa.

2 investors

Edgerun develops a lightweight, wearable exoskeleton system (under 10 lb) that reduces the physical effort of carrying loads, running on field-swappable drone batteries for 12+ hours. The product is designed in Silicon Valley with input from front-line users, indicating a focus on defense or field-operations applications.

2 investors

EdgeRunner develops domain-specific Small Language Models (SLMs) that run locally on-device, isolated from external networks, to address data privacy, latency, and cost concerns. Its generative AI is aimed at military and enterprise users seeking to turn unstructured data into intelligence accessed through natural-language conversation.

2 investors

EdgeTrace provides AI-powered video search software that allows law enforcement and public safety agencies to query video footage in plain language, finding answers in seconds instead of hours of manual review. The system runs on-premises within an agency's own network, maintaining data sovereignty while enabling investigators to search their camera networks as naturally as searching documents or code.

2 investors

Elistair builds tethered drone systems that provide continuous aerial surveillance and intelligence for defense, public safety, and infrastructure protection. Its systems support missions such as tactical overwatch, border surveillance, ISR, first-responder operations, and event security in demanding field environments.

2 investors

Elve designs and manufactures high-efficiency millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) delivering 25W to 300W across K, Ka, Q, V, E, and W bands. Its amplifiers serve space communications (SATCOM), radar and defense sensing, and scientific research applications.

2 investors

EMIT Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells FDA-cleared, CE-marked portable IV fluid and blood warming devices (HypothermX HX100/LG) that use a flameless hydrocarbon combustion process to treat and prevent hypothermia without generated power. Its products serve military, medical, and field-care customers, with a focus on high-end military and Special Operations applications.

2 investors

EpiSci develops autonomy software and infrastructure for military applications across land, air, sea, space, and spectrum domains. Its products include the Axion toolchain and Acuity onboard software layer, which support autonomous systems across multiple platforms and mission sets for defense and warfighter use.

2 investors

Even Platforms builds modular, automated 5-axis machine shops that combine CNC machining, robotics, and its EvenOS software layer to run lights-out precision manufacturing, with CMM-verified quality. It serves aerospace and defense customers and offers a Factory-as-a-Service model, operating its first facility in Austin, Texas.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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