Top 10 Autonomous Military Drone

Updated: June 22, 2024 | Editor: Bruce Makowsky

These startups specialize in creating intelligent and self-navigating military drone systems that leverage advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, computer vision, and sensor fusion.
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Country: USA | Funding: $773.1M
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation AI pilot, reconnaissance and surveillance drones.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $244.9M
Kodiak Robotics is developing autonomous technology that helps US Army automate future ground vehicles to conduct high-risk missions like reconnaissance and surveillance.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $133.5M
Merlin Labs develops hardware and software solutions that deliver the capability for aircraft to fly useful missions autonomously.
4
Country: Israel | Funding: $123.7M
Airobotics provides an end-to-end, fully automatic solution for collecting aerial data and gaining invaluable insights.
5
Country: USA | Funding: $60M
XTEND is the developer of Human-guided autonomous drone systems
6
Country: USA | Funding: $54M
Xwing is an autonomous aviation company building a network of autonomous aircraft for regional distances.
7
Country: Australia
Skyborne develops smart aerial robotics to give our customers cutting-edge capability
8
Country: USA
BlueHalo is the transformation of modern warfare in defense and space.
9
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €2M
Avalor AI offers unmanned systems for military applications
10
Country: Lithuania | Funding: €1M
Unmanned Defense Systems researches, develops, designs, and manufactures tactical military UAV systems.
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Country: Ukraine | Funding: $1M
At Buntar Aerospace, we develop complex solutions for UAV navigation and control in various environments.
12
Country: Romania | Funding: €500K
Orbotix develops autonomous drone systems for the Defense Sector
13
Country: Ukraine
Bavovna.ai develops AI-powered navigation for aerial, surface and subsurface vehicles operating in GPS-compromised environments
14
Country: USA
Accelerating safe autonomy with compact, light-weight, and powerful robot and drone perception and communication systems
15
Country: Israel
FlightOps provides a multi drone cloud operating system allowing the simultaneous operation of large number of drones for delivery, agriculture, security, and other applications
16
Country: UK
At Arondite we're building the next generation of AI and autonomous systems for customers solving the world's most challenging and important frontier problems.
17
Country: USA
Unmanned superiority built at scale in America. Production of defense and space products.
Editor: Bruce Makowsky
Bruce Makowsky has covered military, cyber and IT news since 2009, with a focus on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operations, acquisition programs and budgets. In particular he worked for Inside Defense. Bruce holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University. Bruce is also an award-winning photographer. You can contact Bruce at makowsky(at)militarystartups(dot)com