Defence Aerospace in Europe

European defence aerospace vertical: 28 companies across 16 countries, plus 32 European software listings serving the sector.

Vertical at a glance

  • 28 companies
  • 32 software listings serving this vertical
  • 16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Companies

  • Air Trending, Spain: Air Trending helps aviation businesses grow with digital marketing, lead generation, and AI-powered tools tailored for the industry.
  • Mediaport Systems Ltd, United Kingdom: Mediaport Systems Ltd develops secure connectivity and edge computing solutions for rapid deployment, challenging environments, and critical communications.
  • Airbus Defence & Space, Germany: European aerospace and defence leader delivering military aircraft, satellites, and secure communications.
  • Saab, Sweden: Defence and security products for military and civil use.
  • Hensoldt, Germany: Sensor solutions for defence and security.
  • Rheinmetall, Germany: Automotive and defence technology group.
  • Volocopter, Germany: Urban air mobility with electric air taxis.
  • KNDS, France: European land defence systems manufacturer.
  • Dassault Aviation, France: Military and business aircraft manufacturer.
  • Leonardo, Italy: Aerospace, defence and security solutions.
  • Patria, Finland: Defence and aerospace lifecycle support.
  • Diehl Defence, Germany: Missile and smart munitions systems.
  • Nexter (KNDS, France: French land defence systems and armoured vehicles.
  • Thales, France: Defence, aerospace, and cybersecurity systems.
  • Helsing, Germany: AI platform for defence and national security.
  • Indra Sistemas, Spain: Defence electronics and air traffic management.
  • MBDA, France: European missile systems and defence solutions.
  • Lilium, Germany: Electric vertical take-off and landing jet developer.
  • BAE Systems, United Kingdom: Multinational defence, security, and aerospace.
  • Orbital Matter, Poland: Orbital Matter is a space tech startup developing an innovative 3D printing technology to manufacture large structures, like satellite parts, directly in orbit.
  • HEWEA, Poland: A holding company uniting over 50 companies in the defense sector, specializing in the production of military equipment, ammunition, and modern technologies.
  • Scanway, Poland: Scanway provides advanced optical systems for space and industry, specializing in 3D laser scanners and satellite vision payloads.
  • Liftero S.A., Poland: Liftero designs and manufactures mission-configured green chemical propulsion systems for small satellites and the rapidly growing space economy.
  • AEROMARITIME Systembau GmbH, Germany: A leading provider of secure communication systems for naval, land, and air platforms
  • Bronia AI, Bulgaria: Advanced AI and signal processing
  • Czechoslovak Group (CSG, Czech Republic: A global industrial and technological group operating in the defense, aerospace, ammunition, and automotive industries.
  • Ratiotech, France: Ratiotech is a design office specialized in complex hardware systems, right-first-time product based on a strong V&V methodology, multi-physics simulation expertise and tooling, signal & power integrity and EMI/EMC analysis. Our company relies on a team of highly skilled engineers, rigorous methodology accross the product life-cycle, multi-physics simulation based on 3D EM and CFD solvers and a laboratory equipped for high-speed signal, complex analog and EMI verification.
  • TTTech Computertechnik AG, Austria: TTTech provides deterministic networking and safety controls for industrial, automotive, and aerospace applications, supporting IoT and automated driving.

Software serving this vertical

  • Nordic Alliance Group - EMEA, Sweden: Distributor of market leading Advanced Secure Communication software, licenses, platforms, & services. Primary focus is on Video, Chat & Collaboration in EU.
  • Flow-Like, Germany: Open-source, local-first workflow & data platform built in Rust. Automate, build apps & BI securely—any cloud, any environment, fully under your control.
  • aryve technologies GmbH, Germany: aryve is the one-stop platform for camera-based indoor navigation, uniting localization, digital twin management, and a device-ready app in a SaaS solution
  • Curiosity, Germany: Curiosity provides an AI-powered enterprise copilot using search, graph and RAG technology to help industrial teams find and generate answers from their technical knowledge.
  • Cyberware, Bulgaria: Cyberware builds autonomous penetration testing technology that delivers senior-level security assessments in hours, not weeks. The autonomous pentester identifies, exploits, and verifies vulnerabilities with the depth of a senior expert at a fraction of the time and cost. Helping businesses achieve compliance with SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and more.
  • Monnett, Luxembourg: Building the largest human membership social network in the world to connect with friends again, a European alternative to Facebook, Instagram.
  • Schiebel Group, Austria: Founded in 1951, Schiebel develops and produces high-tech mine detection equipment and the CAMCOPTER® S-100 and CAMCOPTER® S-300 Unmanned Air System (UAS).
  • Sqrrl, Italy: Sqrrl is building a safe and cybersecure operating system for embedded and edge computing in critical systems like aerospace, automotive and defence. A radically new design combines deterministic execution, certifiability at the highest levels, modern Linux-like programming experience, and flexible architecture options with virtualisation and containerisation.
  • BERNICO VANGUARD, Belgium: At Bernico Vanguard, our mission is to redefine maritime defence & security by engineering high-performance surface vessels & USVs We design solutions that enhance maritime superiority. Whether countering emerging threats, safeguarding borders, or securing maritime operations. By integrating deep tech systems. We equip defence forces, law enforcement, and security agencies with capabilities to meet the complex challenges of modern maritime defence.
  • Hyker Security AB, Sweden: HYKER delivers security services for handling sensitive and protected information. Our solutions use end‑to‑end encryption and are designed to ensure the highest level of confidentiality, integrity, and control. As a Swedish company within the SAAB group, all data is stored in Sweden. HYKER is used by critical infrastructure, the public sector, the defense industry, and other security‑sensitive projects.
  • airtisan srl, Italy: RISQ is an AI platform for managing FMEA with AIAG & VDA standards, guiding DFMEA and PFMEA with suggestions for functions, failures, causes, and effects.
  • DIPOLE SECURITY, France: Dipole Security provides cybersecurity audits related to the PASSI French referential and cyber expertise. Our company is also available to help clients in forensic activities.
  • Conqorde Ltd, United Kingdom: onqorde develops AIX, a passive GNSS-independent positioning system for aviation and defence. AIX maintains navigation when GPS signals are jammed, spoofed, or unavailable, using ambient RF signals. No new ground infrastructure, no satellite dependency, receive-only. Under UK Ministry of Defence assessment, with European airline flight trials and EASA regulatory engagement in progress.
  • Anchorpoint Systems Ltd, United Kingdom: AnchorPoint Systems provides resilient GPS and GNSS interference solutions, delivering secure aviation and navigation technologies.
  • Sfera Technologies, Bulgaria: Sfera provides commercial satellite imagery and Earth observation data to help businesses solve complex problems through geospatial insights.
  • Dronamics, Bulgaria: Dronamics designs, builds and operates the most versatile drone platform for logistics, civil protection and defense. Engineered for high-payload, long-range autonomous missions to deliver, detect and defend, the Black Swan is Europe's only large drone to be repeatedly built and demonstrated. Dronamics' clean-sheet design combined with our vertically integrated manufacturing allows us to innovate faster than the industry and deliver what many thought was not possible.
  • Microflown Technologies, Netherlands: Develops innovative acoustic testing solutions for 3D sound localization, quantification, and automated quality control, integrating particle velocity and sound intensity probes with machine learning and AI.
  • Kernkonzept GmbH, Germany: Kernkonzept specializes in secure OS & virtualization technology based on L4Re, the open-source microkernel-based operating system and hypervisor platform.
  • Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, France: In addition to extensive work in the commercial aircraft and rotorcraft sectors, Airbus develops cutting-edge technologies and tailor-made products that reinforce national security, including military helicopters, satellite programmes for secure military communications and the Eurofighter, Europe’s world-class multirole fighter jet.
  • AILiveSim, Finland: AILiveSim empowers teams to generate high-fidelity synthetic data and run mission-realistic simulations at scale, enabling faster, safer and more reliable development of physical AI systems for defence, maritime and critical operations.
  • Wingman AI, United Kingdom: Autonomous aerial robotics
  • Volant Autonomy, United Kingdom: Volant Autonomy develops autonomous flight guidance systems for the next generation of air mobility, focusing on making flight operations safer, profitable, and scalable.
  • ALX Systems, Belgium: Autonoumous UAV solutions, combat drones and defense tech. AI, electronic, hardware and software
  • CarveMap, Lithuania: Early intelligence for critical events. AI-powered OSINT monitoring of geopolitical, security, and market-relevant events in real time.
  • TEKEVER, Portugal: TEKEVER provides maritime surveillance and environmental monitoring services using advanced unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and satellite technology.
  • ARK Sp. z o. o., Poland: The sovereign inference platform for enterprises that demand control. Deploy frontier models on any GPU/CPUs, no vendor lock-in, no compromise.
  • Quantum Quest, Poland: Quantum Quest specializes in developing autopilot systems for drones and autonomous platforms. Our Mission Control Cores (MCCs) are designed to provide mission-specific functionality, enabling seamless operations across air, sea, and land.
  • Aviomentor, Spain: A smart training platform providing EASA compliant question banks and exam preparation for PPL(A) and Ultra Light pilots in Spain and Europe.
  • GPSPATRON, Poland: GPSPATRON provides real-time GNSS interference detection, classification, and localization solutions, including advanced spoofing detection and signal quality analysis.
  • Startups.st, Spain: An ecosystem platform designed to connect startups, foster innovation, and help projects scale through networking and resources.
  • YouTrain GmbH, Germany: YouTrain is a leading technology company specializing in immersive Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) training solutions. We empower organizations in the defense, law enforcement, and corporate sectors to scale their training efficiency through high-fidelity, data-driven simulations that bridge the gap between theory and field-ready expertise."
  • Amarisoft SAS, France: Amarisoft is a Telecommuication software editor that builds full layers 4G/5G stack both for base station, UE and core network. Working actively on 6G.