Startup Rankings
Top Defence Startups in Estonia 2026
Last updated · 6 companies · compiled from public data sources
Estonia hosts 6 of the defence startups tracked in the fieldfaster dataset, with teams in Tallinn and beyond. Focus areas include autonomy and AI, ISR and sensing, counter-UAS.
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.
Milrem Robotics
Tallinn · founded 2013
Milrem Robotics develops the THeMIS and Type-X unmanned ground vehicles fielded by more than a dozen countries.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 2.
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)
- 3.
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)
- 4.
KrattWorks
Tallinn · founded 2016
KrattWorks builds the Ghost Dragon ISR drone with resilient navigation for GNSS-denied environments, in service in Ukraine.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 5.
SensusQ
Tallinn · founded 2021
SensusQ builds EVE, an intelligence management platform that fuses battlefield reporting into a living operational picture.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 6.
Frankenburg Technologies
Tallinn · founded 2024
Frankenburg Technologies develops small, low-cost air defence missiles designed for mass production against drone threats.
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.