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Showing companies in Autonomous Systems.
Builds long-endurance VTOL unmanned aircraft, including distributed-electric-propulsion tilt-wing and multirotor UAS for defense and other missions.
Hampton, Virginia, United States
Defense manufacturer of unmanned aircraft and multi-domain robotic systems.
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Autonomy, uncrewed aircraft, and mission systems for defense users.
Solana Beach, California, United States
Autonomous precision weapon stations for counter-drone and force protection.
Austin, Texas, United States
Automated drone infrastructure for industrial and defense operations.
Sparks, Maryland, United States
Autonomous systems for defense and national security.
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Long-range fixed-wing UAVs designed for modular payload integration.
Manchaca, Texas, United States
The autonomy platform
Mountain View, California, US
Refuellable spacecraft for responsive mobility and logistics in orbit.
El Segundo, California, United States
Autonomous kinetic interceptors designed to defeat hostile drones.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Lunar landers, rovers, and spacecraft systems for commercial and government missions.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Secure aviation communications and spectrum infrastructure for autonomous flight.
United States
Designs advanced and uncrewed aircraft, including long-endurance UAS, and develops autonomy and lightweight aircraft technologies.
Manassas, Virginia, United States
Develops an operating system and open platform for autonomous drone and robotic fleets across air, land and sea, including government applications.
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Technology for space, cyber, and national security.
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Autonomous surface vessels designed for naval missions and scalable U.S. shipbuilding.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pittsburgh-based robotics company engineering and commercializing autonomous applications for OEMs and defense, including U.S. military robotic technology and rugged autonomy comp…
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Unmanned aircraft and missile systems for defense missions.
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Open autonomous robotics and mission systems for defense.
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Counter-drone detection and defeat systems for defense and public safety.
Warrenton, Virginia, United States
Autonomous defense systems and counter-UAS technology.
Irvine, California, United States
Integrated uncrewed aircraft, imaging sensors, and software for government and industrial users.
Allen, Texas, United States
Integrated radar and autonomous interceptors for counter-drone defense.
Lindon, Utah, United States
Ground autonomy and connected mission systems
Clarksburg, Maryland, United States
Robotic inspection and asset-condition software
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
GA-ASI develops unmanned aerial systems and mission payload and exploitation technologies; its remotely piloted aircraft support surveillance, communications relay and weapons-del…
San Diego, California, United States
Develops Bluefin Robotics autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles and related technologies for defense customers.
Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Quadruped robots for the real world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Robotic systems for satellite servicing and future space infrastructure.
Torrance, California, United States
Autonomous systems engineering for uncrewed air, surface, and underwater platforms.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Military mobility, power, and autonomy solutions built on automotive-scale technology.
United States
Autonomy and robotics software for subsea operations.
Richmond, Vermont, United States
Uncrewed aircraft and aerial targets for defense training and operations.
Madison, Alabama, United States
Collaborative autonomy and command-and-control for uncrewed surface vessels.
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Produces REMUS autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles for ISR, mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and electronic warfare.
Newport News, Virginia, United States
Inertial sensing and assured navigation systems for GPS-challenged missions.
Paeonian Springs, Virginia, United States
Engineering and technology development for defense and national-security programs.
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Autonomous reentry vehicles and space-based logistics for national security.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Vision-based autonomous flight software for crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Defense technology company offering counter-unmanned systems and autonomous systems for threats across land, sea, and air.
Melbourne, Florida, United States
Designs and fields maritime robotics and autonomous systems, including small unmanned surface vessels using its LAVA architecture.
Reston, Virginia, United States
Long-endurance float-and-fly drones for maritime surveillance and defense.
Monett, Missouri, United States
Persistent wave-powered autonomous surface vehicles for maritime monitoring.
Herndon, Virginia, United States
New defense systems powered by novel manufacturing.
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Provides modular, operationally proven autonomous unmanned surface vessels for military, security, commercial and scientific customers; its T38 supports ISR and autonomous at-sea …
Melbourne, Florida, United States
Aircraft-agnostic autonomy software for military and civil aviation.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Technology manufacturer building autopilots, autonomy software, and reference aircraft for small drones and robots.
San Diego, California, United States
Next-generation aircraft designed to transport people and cargo more efficiently.
San Diego, California, United States
Develops ocean robots and autonomy cloud software for subsea and ocean operations; its official announcement describes a Defense Innovation Unit award for autonomous subsea comman…
Houston, Texas, United States
Autonomous pilot systems that make existing aircraft ready for uncrewed missions.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Use this directory to shortlist companies by mission area, capability and market. For a scan of the full published set, see the alphabetical company list. Compare company capabilities and government awards.
This directory covers companies developing products for defense and national security, including dual-use technology with civilian applications. Sector tags help distinguish autonomy, software, sensing, space and other capabilities.
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