What they do:
Drone submarines
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HQ: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Top Space & Defense Startups
This list has 149 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 46 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (47), Los Angeles (23), and New York (6). Largest teams: Relativity Space, Astranis, and Stoke Space. Latest round: Onebrief raised $151M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Farcast
Hiring
What they do:
We build advanced satcom user terminals
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Starcloud
Hiring
What they do:
Data centers in space
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Reditus Space
Hiring
What they do:
Reusable Satellites
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Odys Aviation
Hiring
What they do:
Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Kalam Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Autonomous Stratospheric UAVs
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HQ: India
AstroForge
Hiring
What they do:
We Mine Asteroids
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Vendra
Hiring
What they do:
Custom Parts, Manufactured in America 🇺🇸
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Orbital Operations
Hiring
What they do:
High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Godela
Hiring
What they do:
AI Physics Engine to replace simulations and prototypes
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Last-mile delivery for satellites.
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HQ: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Airhart Aeronautics
Hiring
What they do:
Airplanes anyone can fly
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
TransAstra Corporation
Hiring
What they do:
Orbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
GroundControl
Hiring
What they do:
Vertical AI for highly-regulated manufacturing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Wardstone
Hiring
What they do:
The Modular Interceptor Platform
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Navier AI
Hiring
What they do:
Agent-Driven Engineering
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Theseus
Hiring
What they do:
GPS Denied Navigation for Drones
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Apolink
Hiring
What they do:
24/7 satellite connectivity in low Earth orbit
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cascade Space
Hiring
What they do:
Commercial alternative to the Deep Space Network
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Seeing Systems
Hiring
What they do:
Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Building Mission Critical Software Defined Radio products.
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What they do:
Ravn is building a heads-up display for soldiers.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
What they do:
We make satellites to image everywhere on Earth, every 15 minutes
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HQ: Glasgow, United Kingdom
What they do:
AI-driven mobile cybersecurity
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HQ: Nicosia, Cyprus
What they do:
Constellations as a Service
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Moon Hotel -> The Intergalactic Construction Company of Earth
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Edgerun
Hiring
What they do:
Military exoskeletons
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Orca Aerospace
Hiring
What they do:
AI spacecraft operators that lives onboard the vehicle
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Wright Electric
Hiring
What they do:
Boeing for electric planes
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HQ: Albany, NY, United States
What they do:
Flying motorcycles
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
General Astronautics
Hiring
What they do:
Superintelligent space Robots
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Dispatch
Hiring
What they do:
Satellites for Manufacturing in Space
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Perseus Defense
Hiring
What they do:
America's Golden Dome for Drones
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Nine Fives
Hiring
What they do:
RF test equipment for next-gen spacecraft, drones, and cellphones
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Arlo Industries
Hiring
What they do:
Track drones and missiles without radars - Accurate, Passive, Scalable
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States