Defense tech startups in the Washington, DC area

Builds LumbraOS, a model-neutral operating system that orchestrates auditable AI agents for analysts on classified Pentagon and intelligence networks.

Builds Anthem, a long-range heavy-payload ground-launched strike weapon, with a 105,000 sq ft factory in Grand Prairie, Texas and sites in Germany and Israel.

Builds human-supervised AI agents that operate undercover in online forums and messaging channels to support national security and law enforcement investigations.

Builds software that industrializes offensive cyber operations for the US military and intelligence community.

Builds sensor-carrying quadruped robots and autonomy software for reconnaissance in difficult and dangerous terrain, with R&D near Tel Aviv.

Builds rugged heads-up display glasses, wearable computers and watches that fuse soldier, sensor and mission data into one operational picture.

Builds Ark, AI decision software on a national security knowledge graph for defense acquisition, supply chain, production and sustainment.

Provides onboard cybersecurity and operational intelligence for military platforms and transport fleets by monitoring vehicle data buses.

Develops AuterionOS and Nemyx, software that turns low-cost drones and ground robots into autonomous, coordinated swarms; engineering in Zurich and Munich.

Builds TyrOS, AI predictive logistics software that runs at the edge to plan sustainment and autonomous resupply in contested environments.

Develops AI and software products for defense and national security missions, including cyber readiness and battlefield awareness tools.

Builds space-based optical sensors and autonomy software that let satellites detect and track other objects for space domain awareness.

Founder-owned maker of the RAACM, a 3D-printed low-cost subsonic cruise missile family for air, surface and ground launch, produced in Manassas.