Best Military Tech Companies in France
The 36 best Military Tech companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Parrot.
Ranked: Best Military Tech companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aero Surveillance Designs and builds unmanned systems for military applications | — | — | — | Philippe Roy CEO & President | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 2 | ARMTEK Provider of an AI-based software platform to standardize business operations | — | — | — | Valentin Drouillard CEO | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 3 | BE-weapon Provider of RFID-based weapon management solutions for the defence industry | — | — | — | Jacky Catonio Co-Founder | — | Unfunded | — | — |
| 4 | Bird Connected Develops a drone for SAR and civilian security | — | — | — | Belkacem Rahal Co-Founder & CEO | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 5 | Drone'Int Develops a drone detection and disabling system | — | — | — | Wilfrid Rouger Founder & CEO | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 6 | egi klubb group EGI Klubb Group is a manufacturer of firefighting aerial lifts. | — | — | 35 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Acquired | — | — |
| 7 | Icarus Swarm AI-integrated UAV systems | — | — | — | Jean Lauwereins Co-Founder | WixSentryVimeo+14 | Unfunded | — | — |
| 8 | IRTS Manufacturer of rugged displays and embedded computers | — | — | — | Bernard Dellery Founder & CEO | DrupalPHPSalesforce+12 | Acquired | 5 patents Flicker compensation in video signal conversion and processing | — |
Top 12 Military Tech companies in France
#1
Seed · Romainville, Ile de France · founded 2024$2.2Mraised▾
Developer of AI-powered drone detection and recognition solutions. These solutions enhance operational efficiency in military and industrial settings by reducing operator workload during critical missions. The technology uses advanced drone imaging and analytics to detect anomalies in industrial equipment and infrastructure inspections. An Android application provides real-time contact detection, recognition, localization, and tracking without requiring a data link or cloud connection. The company also offers integrated surveillance services using advanced drones for comprehensive monitoring and protection of sensitive sites.
- May 2025Seed$2.2M
#2
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2023 · 3 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Developer of AI-powered command software for defense and security operations. The software aims to improve military planning efficiency through holistic tactical situation analysis. It generates intelligent maneuvers using real-time data and transforms lessons learned into tactical advantages. The software is designed for battlefield resilience, offline operations, and distributed command.
- Dec 2024Series A$8.9M
- Jul 2023Seed$3.3M
#3
Public · Paris, Ile de France · founded 1994 · 542 employees$320.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles and related software and solutions. It provides drones for professional use. The company develops software for flight control and data processing. It also offers solutions for specific industry applications. The company supports developers with software development kits. It provides support, news, and partnership opportunities.
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$562.7K
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$552.6K
- Nov 2015Post IPO$319.3M
#4
Funding Raised · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 1987$3.1Mraised▾
Alseamar develops underwater robotics and underwater positioning equipment. The company's core offering includes a series of underwater gliders namely SEAEXPLORER, DEEPEXPLORER, and ULTRADEEPEXPLORER. The above-mentioned products are underwater unmanned vehicle featuring an endurance of up to 4-8 weeks, in the sea. Its buoyancy variation propulsion mode enables it to be silent and making it ideal for oil & gas data monitoring, marine environment surveys, anti-submarine warfare, and rapid environmental assessment. The company also offers an unmanned sub-surface vehicle and an underwater vehicle to transport combat swimmers making it ideal for ISR missions. Apart from these, the company develops GIB acoustic systems for tracking underwater vehicles and ultra-deepwater buoyancy materials. In addition to the above, the company also provides services such as life extension, search & rescue, and marine exploration using proprietary systems.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$325.7K
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$304.5K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$340.9K
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$302.3K
#5
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 227 employees$23.7Mraised▾
Developer of AI and cloud-enabled satellite imagery services for surveillance and monitoring. It integrates computer vision, cloud analytics and AI. It aggregates information from multi-intelligence sources such as imagery, electromagnetic or open-source systems to enable sites monitoring. It facilitates aerial, marine and satellite imagery analysis. Its applications include drone monitoring, aircraft identification, submarine activity monitoring, quick response alerts and monitoring of ongoing operations. It caters to the defence and intelligence sectors. It has been featured in FranceCulture and Forbes.
- Nov 2020Series A$23.7M
#6
Series A · Orsay, Ile de France · founded 2015 · 33 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Cerbair develops civilian drone detection system named "DroneWatch" that uses stereovision technologies and advanced algorithms. DroneWatch is able to detect, track and identify any flying threat in real-time and in any environment. Its automatic warning system can identify the violators through real-time alerts and digital evidence collection. Its solution can be used in the defense sector, Government organizations, Office Public areas, Airports etc. The company has been quoted in several media channels such as Le Point, La Tribune, Silicon, La Croix etc. CerbAir is a subsidiary of Technofounders.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$58.2K
- Feb 2020Series A$6.1M
- Sep 2019Series A—
- Dec 2017Series A$1.8M
#7
Funding Raised · Aix en provence, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 1996$10.9Mraised▾
Diginext develops simulation solution for tactical operational training and analysis. Its product offerings include simulation solution for aircraft, analyzing armed force capacity gaps & needs against new threats, virtual maintenance training, constructive training, and operation analysis. In addition, it offers services for security maintenance, training of armed forces and support of maintenance operations.
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$704K
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$655.1K
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$813.2K
- Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$1.7M
#8
Funding Raised · Toulouse, Occitanie · founded 2015 · 13 employees$250.1Kraised▾
DIODON Drone Technology designs and builds drones for commercial and military applications. Its multicopter drones are inflatable (the rotor arms) and can be deflated for easy portability. The DIODON drones are called SP20, MP40 and HP150 in increasing order of payload capacity (200g to 1.5kg). These are designed as general-purpose drones, applicable to data acquisition and paylaod transport functions. These drones are water-resistant as well.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$250.1K
#9
Acquired · Cesson Sevigne, Brittany · founded 2011 · 140 employees$363.4Kraised▾
Manufacture of GPS-based tracking systems for space. It offers hardware and software to locate and monitor assets. Its product portfolio includes radio communicators, transceivers, transmitters, GNSS receivers, radio signal detectors as well as applications to track. It caters to space, defense, security, and marine industries.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$217.9K
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$145.6K
#10
Funding Raised · Aix en provence, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2006 · 11 employees$762.4Kraised▾
Novadem develops unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and reconnaissance in defense and security sectors. Its product line includes NX70 and U130 . NX70 is a quadcopter micro-drone featuring an endurance of 45 minutes, a range of +1.8 mi, and is compatible with defense map formats (France, NATO) as well as coordinates formats (MGRS, UTM, Deg Min, and more). U130 is ideal for surveying purposes and comes with two compensation axis that ensures the stability of the camera (at the nadir) and photoshoots orthogonal to the ground. It interfaces with a mission preparation software that allows users to define the area to be overflown on a map (Google Map, Bing), select camera in the drop-down list, and define the resolution (GSD) and the expected pictures’ overlap.
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$762.4K
#11
Acqui-Hired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2008 · 16 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Fly-n-Sense designs and sells autonomous, multi purpose and operational UAV Systems. Fly-n-Sense designs and sells compact and light UAV systems operating in autonomous or assisted mode, via a control ground station. The company also integrates tailored airborne systems within existing aircrafts (autopilot, video camera, acoustic and chemical sensors). The company's drones are used in Civil Security operations, industrial inspection, precision agriculture, etc. Also a member of the Aerospace Valley cluster and currently supported by EADS Development.
- Jun 2014Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2013Seed$1.2M
#12
Acquired · Igny, Ile de France · founded 1982 · 4 employees$318.3Kraised▾
Provider of optronic systems for security, safety, and testing purposes for civil, industrial, and defence applications. Its product portfolio includes multiple types of 360-degree thermal imaging camera systems based on detection range and zoom capability. The camera uses infrared sensors, and has a higher detection range. It also offers testing and measurement instruments, scanners, and cameras for industrial thermography solutions. It also offers software for the management and monitoring of the hardware systems.
- Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$168.2K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$150.1K
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How research on Defense Technology is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Defense Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 32 France-affiliated papers.
- Thales15
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique8
- Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information de la Communication et de la Connaissance8
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale7
- Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble3
- Electronic engineering3
- Wideband2
- Bandwidth (computing)2
- Radio frequency2
- Broadband2
- Electronic warfare12
- Radar9
- Context (archaeology)7
- Jamming3
- Cluster analysis2
- Interference (communication)2
- Communications system2
- Electromagnetic interference2
- Nuclear weapon1
- Sovereignty1
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