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Develops and manufactures autonomous unmanned systems and long-range strike munitions for defense, with in-house propulsion, energy materials and scaled production capabilities

Series C · $700M · 2026-09 · Valuation $3.7B

Cross-domain collaborative autonomous systems for sea, air and land (autonomy software + unmanned surface vessels/drones/unmanned ground systems)

Series A · $200M · 2026-05

R&D and manufacturing of drone systems, loitering munitions and unmanned surface vessels, airborne ISR services and aircraft modification, and CompassX AI autonomous navigation and target recognition software.

IPO · 2026-04 · Valuation $2.2B

EP Cube residential energy storage system (hybrid inverter + modular LFP batteries) and AI home energy management platform for residential solar-plus-storage markets in Europe, the US and Japan

Series A · 2026-09

Develops complete hybrid-electric tilt-rotor eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft. The product line consists of the ton-class unmanned cargo/reconnaissance model DF600 "惊鸿" (maximum range of 1,000 km and maximum endurance of 8 hours; completed its first flight and full tilt-transition flight testing in 2024, with certification and mass production planned for 2026) and the 3-ton-class, 7–8-seat crewed model DF3000 "游龙" (completed the first flight of a full-scale engineering prototype in hybrid mode in May 2026, with certification planned for 2028), targeting logistics delivery, emergency rescue, reconnaissance and surveillance, communications relay, and urban air mobility

Series A · $111M · 2026-09

Embodied and swarm intelligence systems for smart drones and flying robots, for low-altitude inspection, coordinated swarm operations and similar uses

Series A · $56M · 2026-09

Develops and manufactures AI-driven autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/eVTOL) for dual-use defense, government and commercial applications, providing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), mapping and geospatial data collection; flagship models include Vector, Reliant and Trinity Pro.

Series D+ · $1.6B · 2026-07 · Valuation $8.0B

Tactical reconnaissance drones and mission management software

Undisclosed · $30M · 2026-10

Sovereign data intelligence platform using multi-sensor drones to collect, encrypt, fuse and analyze field data for defense and critical infrastructure

Series A · $20M · 2026-07

Canadian defense technology company building the AuraNet sensing/communications/data fusion command system and the Scout autonomous collaborative drone platform for extreme remote environments such as the Arctic.

Series A · $115M · 2026-06

Autonomous drones and defense equipment

Seed · $52M · 2026-08

Autonomous systems such as drones for military and defense use, strengthening European and NATO forces

Series A · $51M · 2026-03