Startup Rankings
Top Counter-UAS Startups in Europe 2026
Last updated · 20 companies · compiled from public data sources
Counter-UAS covers the detection, tracking and defeat of hostile drones, one of the fastest moving requirements in European defence procurement. The 20 companies listed here are based across 14 countries, led by Germany and Czechia.
Every entry is a short factual profile compiled from public sources: what the company builds, where it is based and when it was founded. The ranking favours established teams, ordering companies by team size band first and company age second. No funding figures are used.
- 1.
Robin Radar Systems
The Hague · founded 2010
TNO spin-off in The Hague making 3D radars for drone and bird detection, widely used for counter-UAS at military sites, airports and critical infrastructure. Scaled to over 200 employees.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 2.
Dedrone
Kassel · founded 2014
Dedrone provides airspace security software and sensors that detect, classify and mitigate unauthorized drones; the company was acquired by Axon in 2024.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 3.
MARSS
Monaco · founded 2015
MARSS develops NiDAR, an AI-powered command system that fuses sensors and effectors to protect critical infrastructure, vessels and borders from air and surface threats.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 4.
OVES Enterprise
Cluj-Napoca · founded 2015
Cluj-Napoca software company whose Nemesis AI platform powers military drones and is used in US Army-deployed EAGLS counter-drone systems; also developing the SkyLock interception system and INTERJET jet interceptor.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 5.
Aaronia
Strickscheid · founded 2003
Aaronia manufactures real-time spectrum analyzers, antennas and the AARTOS drone detection system used at airports and by security forces.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 6.
DefSecIntel Solutions
Tallinn · founded 2009
DefSecIntel builds mobile surveillance towers and counter-drone systems such as Erishield, deployed on NATO borders and in Ukraine.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 7.
MyDefence
Norresundby · founded 2013
MyDefence builds wearable, vehicle and fixed counter-UAS detection and jamming products such as Wingman and Pitbull, fielded with NATO forces and Ukraine.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 8.
Advanced Protection Systems
Gdynia · founded 2015
Advanced Protection Systems builds SKYctrl, a counter-drone system built on proprietary FIELDctrl radars, deployed at airports and with armed forces.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 9.
Fly4Future
Prague
Spin-off of the Multi-Robot Systems group at Czech Technical University in Prague, developing autonomous drones including the Eagle.One interceptor that captures rogue drones with a net for airports, prisons and critical infrastructure.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 10.
Qognifly
Bucharest
Romanian air security company building the Drone Wall counter-UAS architecture of radars, C2 software and interceptors plus ISR and cargo drone platforms. Raised EUR 2M in 2026 to open a Bucharest factory.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 11.
Sensofusion
Helsinki · founded 2012
Sensofusion develops AIRFENCE, an RF-based counter-drone system that detects, locates and takes over hostile drones automatically.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 12.
Marduk Technologies
Tallinn · founded 2015
Marduk Technologies builds Shark, a mobile electro-optical counter-UAS system for detection and tracking of hostile drones.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 13.
ALX Systems
Liege · founded 2016
Liege-based company building fully Belgian-made autonomous drones, including surveillance UAVs and a tactical loitering munition, after refocusing from civil to military markets. Announced plans in 2026 to field test autonomous strike drones in Ukraine.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 14.
Dronetag
Prague · founded 2018
Prague startup making Remote ID transmitters and detection receivers for drones, the largest drone transponder maker worldwide by units sold. Selected for NATO DIANA and the EUDIS Business Accelerator counter-drone theme.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 15.
Nordic Air Defence
Stockholm · founded 2021
Nordic Air Defence develops the Kreuger 100, a compact propulsion-efficient interceptor for defeating hostile drones affordably.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 16.
Origin Robotics
Riga · founded 2022
Origin Robotics builds airborne precision-guided systems including the BEAK strike drone and BLAZE counter-drone interceptor, proven in Ukraine.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 17.
Alpine Eagle
Munich · founded 2023
Alpine Eagle develops Sentinel, an airborne counter-UAS system that detects and intercepts hostile drones beyond the range of ground-based defences.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 18.
Delian Alliance Industries
Athens · founded 2023
Delian Alliance Industries builds Interceptigon autonomous surveillance systems to defend against drones and asymmetric threats at borders and sea.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 19.
Harmattan AI
Paris · founded 2023
Harmattan AI develops low-cost AI-guided interceptors and effectors to counter hostile drones for European forces.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 20.
Sensrad
Gothenburg · founded 2023
Gothenburg spin-out from Qamcom's radar division making Hugin 4D imaging radars for surveillance, infrastructure and autonomous platforms, with deliveries reported for defence projects including aerial target detection.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
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Companies are ranked by team size band and company age, using short factual profiles compiled from public sources. No funding figures are used. If your European defence startup belongs on this list, tell us and we'll review it for the next update.