Startup Rankings
Top Defence Startups in Poland 2026
Last updated · 7 companies · compiled from public data sources
Poland hosts 7 of the defence startups tracked in the fieldfaster dataset, with teams in Warsaw, Gdynia, Krakow and beyond. Focus areas include ISR and sensing, space, autonomy and AI.
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.
Creotech Instruments
Piaseczno · founded 2008
Creotech Instruments builds the HyperSat microsatellite platform and advanced electronics, leading Poland's national satellite programmes.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 2.
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)
- 3.
Scanway
Wroclaw · founded 2016
Wroclaw-based listed company designing optical payloads and telescopes for Earth observation satellites, including the PIAST dual-use military satellite project with Poland's Military University of Technology.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 4.
SATIM
Krakow · founded 2016
SATIM develops AI that detects, classifies and identifies vessels and vehicles in satellite radar imagery for maritime and defence intelligence.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 5.
Microamp Solutions
Warsaw · founded 2019
Warsaw deep-tech company building high-capacity, low-signature 5G mmWave tactical networks and radios. NATO DIANA participant that won a UK MoD contract via DIANA's Rapid Adoption Service in 2026.
secure-commsRead moreSources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 6.
Orbotix Industries
Warsaw · founded 2023
Defence tech company headquartered in Warsaw with majority Romanian ownership and operations in Romania, Spain and Ukraine, building the AI-enabled WASPER-1 strike and VIGIL-1 ISR drones with swarm autonomy. Raised EUR 6.5M in 2025 and partners with Romaero for Bucharest drone production.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 7.
Polish-Ukrainian startup headquartered in Warsaw developing modular tactical radars to detect small, low-altitude drones including fiber-optic-controlled types, with a Ukrainian branch working alongside Ukraine's military. Raised EUR 2M led by Front Ventures in 2026.
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.