Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in Malaysia
The 33 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aerodyne.
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$31.9b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Malaysia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aerodyne Provider of SaaS and AI-based drone analytics platform | $86M | 49 mo ago | Series B | Azita Azizan Co-Founder & Chief People Officer | 2014 | Amazon Web ServicesjQuery UIjQuery+6 | — |
| 2 | GoQuo Travel technology solutions for airlines industry | $6M | 101 mo ago | Series A | — | 2002 | — | — |
| 3 | Aonic Drone provider for enterprises | $4M | 7 mo ago | Series A | Jin Xi Cheong Founder & CEO | 2016 | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+19 | — |
| 4 | Avetics Professional videography, mapping & inspection services | — | 103 mo ago | Funding Raised | Weiliang Zhang Founder & CEO | 2011 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | — |
| 5 | AECA Solutions Provider of AI-enabled end-to-end drone services for enterprises | — | — | Unfunded | Ariffin Aris Founder | 2016 | Apache HTTP Server | — |
| 6 | Airborne Sentinel Developer of command & control aircraft | — | — | Unfunded | Irwan Hidayat CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 7 | AKSA Space Developer of satellite communication services platform | — | — | Deadpooled | Asyraf Niza Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 8 | Alphaswift Manufacturer of multi-utility drones | — | — | Unfunded | Shian Lee CEO | 2021 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+19 | — |
Top 4 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Malaysia
#1
Series A · Subang Jaya, Selangor · founded 2016 · 103 employees$4.3Mraised▾
Drone provider for enterprises. It offers solutions for agriculture, surveys and mapping, construction, security surveillance, and more.
- Mar 2026Series A$10M
- Nov 2024Series A—
- Oct 2021Series A$4.3M
#2
Series B · Cyberjaya, Selangor · founded 2014 · 1000 employees$86.1Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS and AI-based drone analytics platform. The data collected by drones is processed by AI-based proprietary software in order to offer actionable insights. Its nested drones return to automated stations for data download and autonomous recharging for subsequent missions.
- Sep 2022Series B$30M
- May 2021Series B$4.8M
- Nov 2020Series B$13M
- Jul 2020Angel$2M
#3
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2002 · 29 employees$6Mraised▾
GoQuo is a new distribution capability solution for the airline industry. It provides travel e-store to offer customers a wide range of products that are personalized to their preferences. Products include TripBundle (offers all-inclusive dynamic packaging platform) & IBE (offers customized booking engine).
- May 2018Series A$6M
- Nov 2015Seed—
- 2012Seed—
#4
Funding Raised · Miri, Sarawak · founded 2011 · 38 employees—raised▾
Avetics offers technology specialized in (marine & land) aerial photography & video, mapping and color & thermal inspections. Provide survey quality scanning with in-house built drones and develop their own web platform, Exmaps.com (currently in Beta phase) that manages UAVs & flight logs, analyze flight trends and provides sharing features. Their client database is full with names like, Shell, Posh Terasea, ST Marine, YTC Group of companies, East Marine, ASL and many more.
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)—
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A read on the academic research around Launch Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 22 Malaysia-affiliated papers.
- National Space Agency9
- International Islamic University Malaysia6
- Universiti Teknologi MARA5
- National Defence University of Malaysia4
- Universiti Putra Malaysia3
- Aerospace engineering1
- Drag1
- Aeronautics1
- Marine engineering1
- Propellant1
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- Rocket (weapon)2
- Aeronautics2
- Launched2
- Cavitation1
- Payload (computing)1
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