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Founded in 2023 in Kyiv, Buntar Aerospace builds tactical VTOL reconnaissance drones (Buntar-3) and the Buntar Copilot mission software, with AI-based visual navigation for GPS-denied, EW-contested environments; its systems are used by Ukrainian front-line units.

Quantum Systems, founded in Germany in 2015, develops AI-powered drones for defense and commercial use, covering aerial intelligence and geospatial data collection.

Terra Industries, founded in 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, provides security infrastructure and autonomous systems—including drones—to governments and organizations for monitoring and responding to security threats.

InLeap Photonics is a German deep-tech company spun out of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., developing ultra-fast, high-precision laser beam steering systems (INLEAP FASTLIGHT) that it says are around 2,500x faster than conventional mechanical steering. The technology is dual-use: industrially it accelerates high-end manufacturing processes such as battery electrode and photovoltaic module production, while its FASTLIGHT SHIELD product is a laser-based counter-drone system protecting airports, energy facilities and data centres.

Founded in 2001 by three Instituto Superior Técnico alumni in Lisbon, Portugal, TEKEVER is Europe's leading provider of AI-powered autonomous systems, best known for its AR3 and AR5 unmanned aerial platforms used in maritime surveillance and defense/intelligence missions. Its systems have logged more than 50,000 operational hours in Ukraine since 2022, it won a GBP 400M UK MoD contract in September 2026, and it employs over 1,000 people across Portugal, the UK, France, the US and Estonia.

Airspace Defense (formerly Airspace Systems), founded in San Francisco in 2015 by Jaz Banga, Noah Moore and Earl Stirling, is a counter-UAS security company. Its Airspace Spatial platform combines Remote ID, electronic sensing, RADAR and AI-powered analytics to detect, identify and mitigate unauthorized drones for public safety agencies, national defense and major enterprise sites such as airports, ports and stadiums.