50 Best National Security Companies to Watch in 2026

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.

442
Total Companies
$69.2B
Total Funding
$156.5M
Avg Funding
Washington
Top Location
# 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…
Fairfax 501 - 1K $225.0M Post Ipo Equity 2023-01-17
2
Cambium
Cambium specializes in advanced materials for defense and aerospace, focusing on…
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…
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…
Costa Mesa 5K - 10K $6.4B Grant 2026-01-29
5
Govini
Govini is a software company that transforms defense acquisition and national-se…
Arlington 251 - 500 $170.0M Private Equity 2025-10-10
6
Dominion Dynamics
Dominion Dynamics builds platforms that integrate sensor data and autonomous ass…
Ottawa 11 - 50 $18.7M Seed 2026-01-19
7
Terra Industries
Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms tha…
Abuja 101 - 250 $33.8M Seed 2026-02-16
8
Aeon
Aeon develops advanced capabilities at scale for maximum deterrence.
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…
Centennial 101 - 250 $418.0M Debt Financing 2025-04-30
10
Castelion
Castelion is a defense tech company that applies modern hardware development and…
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…
Palo Alto 101 - 250 $87.0M Series B 2023-01-18
12
Siren
Siren offers an Investigative Intelligence Platform that facilitates search, bus…
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 …
Wilmington 101 - 250 $152.1M Series C 2024-09-13
14
Seasats
Seasats designs and manufactures small uncrewed surface vehicles (sUSVs) designe…
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…
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…
Berthoud 251 - 500 $434.7M Debt Financing 2025-11-18
17
Mach Industries
Mach Industries is a defense manufacturing company that develops unmanned system…
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…
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,…
Los Angeles 101 - 250 $1.0B Series D 2025-11-13
20
Parry Labs
Parry Labs integrates digital systems, modernizes defense platforms, and acceler…
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 …
San Francisco 101 - 250 Seed 2018-01-01
22
Saab
Saab serves the global market with products, services, and solutions from milita…
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…
Denver 1 - 10 $4.2M Seed 2025-11-19
24
Rilian Technologies
Rilian is a cybersecurity innovator enabling sovereign-controlled, nation-scale …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
San Antonio 11 - 50 $1.2M Series Unknown 2023-01-18
29
Dream Security
Dream Security is a cybersecurity company that provides critical infrastructure …
Tel Aviv 101 - 250 $198.6M Secondary Market 2025-08-31
30
Dedrone
Dedrone develops drone detection technology to protect organizations from malici…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $127.9M Series C 2022-07-13
31
Echodyne
Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies.
Kirkland 101 - 250 $199.0M Series C 2022-06-13
32
Hidden Level
Hidden Level provides airspace monitoring and drone detection technologies for i…
Syracuse 101 - 250 $130.9M Series C 2025-02-03
33
Privateer
Privateer develops data infrastructure to power sustainable growth for the new s…
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…
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…
Rennes 101 - 250 $116.2M Series Unknown 2025-09-15
36
Solestial
Solestial exists to deliver abundant energy in space.
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.
Burlington 51 - 100 $39.4M Post Ipo Equity 2025-11-03
38
Auriga Space
Next-generation electromagnetic propulsion for hypersonics, space and defense
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $9.6M Seed 2025-01-01
39
Space DOTS
The Intelligence Core to detect and attribute hidden threats in space
London 1 - 10 $5.1M Seed 2025-08-19
40
Airvolute
Airvolute is a deep tech company providing AI-driven autonomous flight capabilit…
Trnava 11 - 50 $1.8M Seed 2026-01-13
41
World View Enterprises
World View is a stratospheric exploration company delivering remote sensing and …
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…
Richmond 51 - 100 $20.3M Grant 2024-10-11
43
percipient.ai
Percipient.ai is a provider of an artificial intelligence advanced analytics pla…
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…
Chattanooga 51 - 100 $5.0M Seed 2023-03-16
45
SkySafe
SkySafe allows governments, law enforcement, airports, cities, and more to manag…
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…
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…
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 …
London 11 - 50 $21.4M Grant 2026-01-29
49
Orbotix
Autonomous Drones Systems for the Defense Sector
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, …
Leawood 51 - 100 $30.0M Series A 2021-03-17