Startup Rankings
Top Defence Startups in Belgium 2026
Last updated · 2 companies · compiled from public data sources
Belgium hosts 2 of the defence startups tracked in the fieldfaster dataset, with teams in Liege, Louvain-la-Neuve. Focus areas include autonomy and AI, counter-UAS, ISR and sensing.
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.
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Aerospacelab
Louvain-la-Neuve · founded 2018
Aerospacelab vertically integrates satellite manufacturing and geospatial intelligence, operating one of Europe's largest smallsat factories.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
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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)
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