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Best Defense & Security companies

Military and security UAS: ISR reconnaissance, loitering munitions, and tactical drones.

Catalog last reviewed 2026-08-11. Page copy reviewed 2026-08-11. Next editorial review by 2027-02-11. Alphabetical order, no paid placement. 9 matched live listings.

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Destinus

Hengelo, Netherlands

Fixed-wing

Netherlands-headquartered aerospace group building loitering munitions and long-range strike drones.

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EOS Technologie

Varces-Allieres-et-Risset, France

Fixed-wing

French maker of fixed-wing ISR drones and loitering munitions for defense.

Defense & SecurityFranceisrloitering-munitionsistar

Helsing

Munich, Germany

Software

German AI defense company building autonomy software and the HX-2 strike drone.

Defense & SecurityGermanyailoitering-munitionsautonomy

Nordic Air Defence

Stockholm, Sweden

Counter-UAS

Swedish startup building radio-silent interceptor drones against Shahed-type attack drones.

Defense & SecuritySwedencounter-uasinterceptorair-defense

Rheinmetall

Dusseldorf, Germany

Fixed-wing

German defense group producing reconnaissance UAS and entering the loitering munition market.

Defense & SecurityGermanyisrloitering-munitionsreconnaissance

Stark Defence

Munich, Germany

Fixed-wing

German startup building the Virtus loitering munition and autonomous strike effectors.

Defense & SecurityGermanyloitering-munitionsstrikeautonomy

UAVision

Torres Vedras, Portugal

VTOL

Portuguese maker of VTOL surveillance UAVs and loitering munitions for defense.

Defense & SecurityPortugalvtolisrloitering-munitions

WB Group

Ozarow Mazowiecki, Poland

Fixed-wing

Poland's largest private defense group and maker of the Warmate loitering munition.

Defense & SecurityPolandloitering-munitionsstriketactical