Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in Sydney, Australia
The 46 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Sydney, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hullbot.
Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies
$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 Sydney
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hullbot Develops autonomous robots for private yacht cleaning 53Growth top 28%Funding top 31%Innovation top 39%Product top 46% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 31% Innovationtop 39% Producttop 46% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $16.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $16M | 9 mo ago | Series A | Karl W Co-Founder | CTO | 2014 | Node.jsThree.jsTailwind CSS+13 | — |
| 2 | Nearmap Provides high resolution aerial imagery | $15M | 116 mo ago | Acquired | Cristy Thomas Senior Executive Assistant and Business Partner to CEO | 2000 | Node.jsMUIVarnish+29 | — |
| 3 | HEO Provider of non-Earth imaging services and space object monitoring solutions | $8M | 35 mo ago | Series A | Hiranya Jayakody Co-founder and CTO | 2016 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowUptimeRobot+17 | — |
| 4 | Trendspek Provider of 3D structural lifecycle management software for asset management solutions using digital twins | $7M | 44 mo ago | Series A | Derek Feebrey CEO | 2018 | — | 1 job opening |
| 5 | Hypersonix Hypersonic aircraft manufacturer | $6M | 51 mo ago | Funding Raised | David Waterhouse Deputy Chairman and Co-Founder | 2018 | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+13 | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 6 | Aerologix Provider of a cloud-based marketplace for drone piloting services | $4M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Tom Caska Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — |
| 7 | Precision Autonomy Drone inspection solutions for insurers | $4M | 76 mo ago | Series A | Mark Halverson Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+12 | — |
| 8 | HiveUAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Solutions for the Mining Industry | $30K | 132 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — |
Top 12 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Sydney
#1
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 22 employees$16Mraised▾
Hullbot is an autonomous in-water cleaning robot for private yachts. It is a fully autonomous robotic hull cleaning system which attaches itself to the yacht surface and keeps the yacht surface from fouling. The company claims it operates at half the average cost of lifting, cleaning and re-painting a sailing yacht. As of Aug 2017, the company is seeking investment.
- Nov 2025Series A$16M
#2
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016$7.7Mraised▾
Provider of non-Earth imaging services and space object monitoring solutions. The organization delivers space-based imagery for anomaly detection, operational awareness, and risk mitigation. It offers software that autonomously identifies imaging opportunities to detect, track, characterize, and classify objects in orbit. The software integrates with space-based hardware, controlling cameras and third-party satellites.
- Aug 2023Series A$7.7M
#3
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 23 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Provider of 3D structural lifecycle management software for asset management solutions using digital twins. It provides a suite of digital workflow tools to support inspection, reporting, maintenance planning and condition monitoring of built assets. It also generates 3D models with up to 1mm detail, virtually condition assess built assets and infrastructure.
- Dec 2022Series A$4.3M
- 2020Seed$771.4K
#4
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 28 employees$5.6Mraised▾
Hypersonic aircraft manufacturer. It designs and develops aircraft that travels at hypersonic speeds and runs on hydrogen-based fuel. It uses additive engineering technology to produce their aircraft.
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$5.6M
#5
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 31 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Provider of a cloud-based marketplace for drone piloting services. Through its app and web-based platforms, users can connect with licensed drone pilots and operators. It uses algorithms and geolocation to match clients with drone operators. Its features include on-demand data ordering and integration with cloud. Its app is available across both Android and iOS platforms.
- May 2022Seed$3M
- Nov 2020Seed$1.5M
#6
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2000 · 483 employees$15Mraised▾
Nearmap provides detailed, accurate, timely aerial data by flying UAVs to capture freequently . It serves different industries like architecture, construction, insurance, Rail, Property, roofing, Solar and Government also. provided data can be integrated with GIS for further analysis. It was acquired by ipernica and ipernica retain the name nearmap.
- Nov 2016Post IPO$15M
#7
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2015 · 12 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Precision Autonomy provides cloud-based drone inspection solutions for insurers and brokers. It offers data and monitoring solutions for property, flight, and fleet management. It features algorithmic analysis for insurance pricing and claim processing. Also helps in tracking flight status and reviewing flight details.
- Apr 2020Series A$450K
- Jun 2019Series A$3.1M
#8
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 11 employees$30Kraised▾
HireUAV is a provider of UAV Solutions for the mining industry. HiveUAV combines UAV and docking system in order to monitor remote locations from the air. Functionalities include Ground and stockpile surveys, Environmental inspections, Blast Monitoring, Surveillance, Incident response and management, Plant and equipment inspections, and Highwall Inspections. The company also provides Honeycomb, a software that utilizes the technology and functionality provided by the UAV and the Hive. Honeycomb is the main access point for the user to the system to determine the status of UAV missions, future scheduled and planned missions, mission flight information, access to live imagery and captured imagery.
- Aug 2015Grant (prize money)$19K
- Mar 2015Seed$30K
#9
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1999$10Kraised▾
OCIUS is a developer of unmanned surface sea vehicle for oil & gas, defence, and environmental activities. The unmanned sea surface vehicle Bluebottle USV. Can carry payload including sensors and modules of up to 300kg and achieve up to 5.7 mph speed. Also, allows customers to live control and view position and data from the installed sensors.Has 5 patents in its portfolio. Can perform activities like oil & gas seadbed pipeline mapping and monitoring, collection of pre-exploration offshore data, early warning notifications, and others for oil & gas upstream companies. Also, can be used for weather monitoring, fishery alarm systems, and defence applications. Partner list includes Australian Government Department of Defence, Thales, Clark IP, and others. Was awarded Australian Maritime Innovation Award: Defence SME - with a $10k grant in 2017.
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$10K
#10
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2015$3.8Kraised▾
Space Ops is a provider of space launch services. The company claims of developing a launcher 'Rocky 1' capable of lifting payloads of up to 25kg to altitudes of 600km. The company also provides educational products and tools related to space. It also sells tags, CubeSat wooden test frame, matrix prototyping boards, etc.
- Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$3.8K
#11
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 16 employees—raised▾
Online platform for drone-based data visualization. It offers to capture and draw insights from the information gathered by the UAVs. It monetizes through a subscription-based pricing model.
- Oct 2021Seed—
#12
Funding Raised · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2007 · 47 employees—raised▾
Provider of space mission management software. It has developed a software solution for earth and space operations, using which the operators can track the paths of defects in spacecraft subsystems to make responsive corrections. It will help them to reduce mission costs and improve efficiency.
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)—
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How research on Launch Vehicles is moving in Australia
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 54 Australia-affiliated papers.
- Australia Telescope National Facility10
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation10
- Macquarie University10
- University of Queensland6
- University of Adelaide6
- Pulsar10
- Geodetic datum10
- Neutron star10
- Very-long-baseline interferometry10
- Orbit (dynamics)10
- Nozzle1→5
- Combustion3
- Liquid-propellant rocket3
- Propellant2
- Combustion chamber2
- Instability1
Where launch vehicles is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
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