The most prominent national security companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 442 companies tracked on Fsome.
| # | Company | Location | Employees | Total Funding | Last Round | Last Funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai's mission is to deliver clarity for the world's most complex decision…
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Fairfax | 501 - 1K | $225.0M | Post Ipo Equity | 2023-01-17 |
| 2 |
Cambium
Cambium specializes in advanced materials for defense and aerospace, focusing on…
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El Segundo | 101 - 250 | $127.0M | Series B | 2026-01-05 |
| 3 |
Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns is a software startup that provides open-source software and AI…
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Colorado Springs | 101 - 250 | $171.5M | Series B | 2026-01-13 |
| 4 |
Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that specializes in developin…
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Costa Mesa | 5K - 10K | $6.4B | Grant | 2026-01-29 |
| 5 |
Govini
Govini is a software company that transforms defense acquisition and national-se…
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Arlington | 251 - 500 | $170.0M | Private Equity | 2025-10-10 |
| 6 |
Dominion Dynamics
Dominion Dynamics builds platforms that integrate sensor data and autonomous ass…
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Ottawa | 11 - 50 | $18.7M | Seed | 2026-01-19 |
| 7 |
Terra Industries
Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms tha…
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Abuja | 101 - 250 | $33.8M | Seed | 2026-02-16 |
| 8 |
Aeon
Aeon develops advanced capabilities at scale for maximum deterrence.
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Austin | 11 - 50 | $16.6M | Seed | 2025-03-14 |
| 9 |
True Anomaly
True Anomaly is builds space security and resilience at the intersection of spac…
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Centennial | 101 - 250 | $418.0M | Debt Financing | 2025-04-30 |
| 10 |
Castelion
Castelion is a defense tech company that applies modern hardware development and…
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Torrance | 101 - 250 | $469.6M | Series B | 2025-12-05 |
| 11 |
Vannevar Labs
Vannevar Labs is a technology startup providing defense and national security te…
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Palo Alto | 101 - 250 | $87.0M | Series B | 2023-01-18 |
| 12 |
Siren
Siren offers an Investigative Intelligence Platform that facilitates search, bus…
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Galway | 51 - 100 | $27.6M | Corporate Round | 2025-12-02 |
| 13 |
Second Front Systems
Second Front Systems is a venture-backed company that delivers mission-critical …
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Wilmington | 101 - 250 | $152.1M | Series C | 2024-09-13 |
| 14 |
Seasats
Seasats designs and manufactures small uncrewed surface vehicles (sUSVs) designe…
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San Diego | 11 - 50 | $63.1M | Series A | 2026-02-17 |
| 15 |
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in a…
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Bethesda | c 10001 max | $6.1B | Post Ipo Debt | 2025-12-05 |
| 16 |
Ursa Major
Ursa Major is an aerospace and defense company that provides a propulsion system…
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Berthoud | 251 - 500 | $434.7M | Debt Financing | 2025-11-18 |
| 17 |
Mach Industries
Mach Industries is a defense manufacturing company that develops unmanned system…
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Huntington Beach | 101 - 250 | $184.7M | Series B | 2025-06-17 |
| 18 |
The Boeing Company
Boeing is an aerospace company that manufactures, services, and repairs commerci…
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Arlington | c 10001 max | $39.2B | Post Ipo Debt | 2025-08-25 |
| 19 |
Chaos
Chaos is a defense technology company that develops advanced sensing, detection,…
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Los Angeles | 101 - 250 | $1.0B | Series D | 2025-11-13 |
| 20 |
Parry Labs
Parry Labs integrates digital systems, modernizes defense platforms, and acceler…
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Alexandria | 251 - 500 | $80.0M | Series A | 2024-08-28 |
| 21 |
NightDragon
NightDragon is an investment and advisory firm focused on growth and late-stage …
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San Francisco | 101 - 250 | — | Seed | 2018-01-01 |
| 22 |
Saab
Saab serves the global market with products, services, and solutions from milita…
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Stockholm | c 10001 max | $150.7M | Post Ipo Debt | 2025-12-18 |
| 23 |
Orion
Orion is a cybersecurity company that offers AI-evolving threat intelligence for…
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Denver | 1 - 10 | $4.2M | Seed | 2025-11-19 |
| 24 |
Rilian Technologies
Rilian is a cybersecurity innovator enabling sovereign-controlled, nation-scale …
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New York | 1 - 10 | $15.5M | Series Unknown | 2025-12-09 |
| 25 |
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spacefl…
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Kent | c 10001 max | $185.3M | Secondary Market | 2024-02-20 |
| 26 |
Shield AI
Shield AI is a deep-tech company that focuses on developing AI-powered systems t…
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San Diego | 1K - 5K | $1.3B | Series G | 2026-03-26 |
| 27 |
BAE Systems
BAE Systems is an aerospace, defence, and information security company that prov…
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London | c 10001 max | $142.3M | Grant | 2025-06-19 |
| 28 |
Forward Edge AI
Forward Edge AI develops artificial intelligence for public safety and national …
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San Antonio | 11 - 50 | $1.2M | Series Unknown | 2023-01-18 |
| 29 |
Dream Security
Dream Security is a cybersecurity company that provides critical infrastructure …
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Tel Aviv | 101 - 250 | $198.6M | Secondary Market | 2025-08-31 |
| 30 |
Dedrone
Dedrone develops drone detection technology to protect organizations from malici…
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San Francisco | 51 - 100 | $127.9M | Series C | 2022-07-13 |
| 31 |
Echodyne
Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies.
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Kirkland | 101 - 250 | $199.0M | Series C | 2022-06-13 |
| 32 |
Hidden Level
Hidden Level provides airspace monitoring and drone detection technologies for i…
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Syracuse | 101 - 250 | $130.9M | Series C | 2025-02-03 |
| 33 |
Privateer
Privateer develops data infrastructure to power sustainable growth for the new s…
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Kihei | 51 - 100 | $56.5M | Corporate Round | 2025-04-09 |
| 34 |
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT se…
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San Diego | 1K - 5K | $2.1B | Post Ipo Equity | 2026-03-01 |
| 35 |
Cailabs
Cailabs is a global leader in free-space optical communications for dual-use app…
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Rennes | 101 - 250 | $116.2M | Series Unknown | 2025-09-15 |
| 36 |
Solestial
Solestial exists to deliver abundant energy in space.
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Tempe | 11 - 50 | $30.1M | Series A | 2025-05-15 |
| 37 |
Xtract One
Xtract One is a significant force for shaping research in weapons detection.
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Burlington | 51 - 100 | $39.4M | Post Ipo Equity | 2025-11-03 |
| 38 |
Auriga Space
Next-generation electromagnetic propulsion for hypersonics, space and defense
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Los Angeles | 11 - 50 | $9.6M | Seed | 2025-01-01 |
| 39 |
Space DOTS
The Intelligence Core to detect and attribute hidden threats in space
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London | 1 - 10 | $5.1M | Seed | 2025-08-19 |
| 40 |
Airvolute
Airvolute is a deep tech company providing AI-driven autonomous flight capabilit…
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Trnava | 11 - 50 | $1.8M | Seed | 2026-01-13 |
| 41 |
World View Enterprises
World View is a stratospheric exploration company delivering remote sensing and …
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Tucson | 51 - 100 | $83.9M | Corporate Round | 2026-03-02 |
| 42 |
Ideon Technologies
Ideon Technologies is a world pioneer in the application of cosmic-ray muon tomo…
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Richmond | 51 - 100 | $20.3M | Grant | 2024-10-11 |
| 43 |
percipient.ai
Percipient.ai is a provider of an artificial intelligence advanced analytics pla…
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Santa Clara | 51 - 100 | $87.2M | Series C | 2021-04-23 |
| 44 |
Fenix24
Fenix24 is a part of the Conversant Group family of companies that focuses on po…
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Chattanooga | 51 - 100 | $5.0M | Seed | 2023-03-16 |
| 45 |
SkySafe
SkySafe allows governments, law enforcement, airports, cities, and more to manag…
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San Diego | 11 - 50 | $45.0M | Series B | 2021-12-17 |
| 46 |
Proteus Space
Slashing spacecraft design/build cycles from years to months with physics anchor…
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Los Angeles | 11 - 50 | $10.8M | Seed | 2025-03-18 |
| 47 |
Gallatin
Gallatin is a logistics platform that offers AI-powered decision support for the…
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El Segundo | 11 - 50 | $15.0M | Seed | 2025-04-08 |
| 48 |
Delian Alliance Industries
Delian builds a new defense prime to protect the West and its allies in the era …
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London | 11 - 50 | $21.4M | Grant | 2026-01-29 |
| 49 |
Orbotix
Autonomous Drones Systems for the Defense Sector
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Brasov | 11 - 50 | $8.2M | Series Unknown | 2025-10-01 |
| 50 |
Torch.AI
Torch.AI provides Data Infrastructure AI™ software to make data more available, …
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Leawood | 51 - 100 | $30.0M | Series A | 2021-03-17 |