Startup Rankings
Top Defence Startups in Lithuania 2026
Last updated · 6 companies · compiled from public data sources
Lithuania hosts 6 of the defence startups tracked in the fieldfaster dataset, with teams in Vilnius and beyond. Focus areas include uncrewed systems, ISR and sensing, space.
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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NanoAvionics
Vilnius · founded 2014
NanoAvionics manufactures nanosatellite and microsatellite buses for commercial and government constellations; Kongsberg acquired a majority stake in 2022.
spaceRead moreSources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 2.
Brolis Semiconductors
Vilnius · founded 2011
Brolis develops GaSb-based laser diodes and photonic sensing chips with applications in defence sensing and secure communications.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 3.
Granta Autonomy
Vilnius · founded 2015
Vilnius company founded by former military engineers, making reconnaissance UAVs, lightweight stabilized gimbals and datalink software; supplies the Lithuanian and Ukrainian armed forces and raised a 1 million euro seed led by ScaleWolf.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
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Astrolight
Vilnius · founded 2019
Astrolight builds optical communication terminals for satellite-to-ground and ship-to-ship links that are hard to intercept or jam.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
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RSI Europe
Vilnius · founded 2022
Vilnius defence company founded after Russia's 2022 invasion, making the RISE-1 remote explosives initiation system and the fiber-optic guided Shpak FPV strike drone; delivered 9,500 Shpak drones to a NATO buyer in 2026.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
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PDKinematics
Vilnius · founded 2025
Vilnius startup building GANNET, a drone-agnostic precision guidance system that works without GNSS for sub-meter target engagement. Closed a 2 million euro seed round in 2026 co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital.
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.