// THEME
Autonomous Lethal Aerial Platforms
Companies building autonomous aerial systems — including loitering munitions, strike drones, and hypersonic vehicles — engineered specifically for lethal military missions across multi-domain contested environments.
COMPANIES 9VELOCITY — STABLECAPITAL 28D $60.0M · 3 DEALS
TOP INVESTORS: airbus (3) · blackstone (3) · infinite capital (3) · ribbit capital (3) · advent international (2)
CAPITAL FIGURES ARE MEDIA-EXTRACTED ESTIMATES, NOT VERIFIED FILINGS.
Capital raised, weekly
Deals by stage
series c
$1.8B · 6 DEALS
unknown
$5.0B · 4 DEALS
series b
$241M · 3 DEALS
seed
$2M · 2 DEALS
series d plus
$2.0B · 2 DEALS
Mention momentum
EXTRACTED FROM 25+ PODCASTS & VC NEWSLETTERS · MEDIA-REPORTED FIGURES, NOT VERIFIED FILINGS
// COMPANIES
9 COMPANIES
Anduril
anduril.comSERIES_H · THRIVE CAPITAL · AUG 16
59 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 27, 2026
Heaviside Industries
$60M · SERIES B · FELICIS · AUG 13
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN AUG 13, 2026
Shield AI
shield.aiSEED · FOUNDER COLLECTIVE · AUG 8
8 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 8, 2026
Lockheed Martin
lockheedmartin.com$91M · SERIES B · DRAPER ASSOCIATES + PEAK6 INVESTMENTS · JUL 14
11 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN AUG 13, 2026
Mach Industries
machindustries.co$300M · SERIES C · JUL 8
11 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 8, 2026
Quantum Systems
quantum-systems.com$800M · SERIES D · JUL 5
7 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN JUL 14, 2026
Heaviside
$28M · SERIES_A · INTERLAGOS CAPITAL + MENLO VENTURES · MAY 31
1 SIGNAL · LAST SEEN MAY 31, 2026
SkyfireAI
skyfireai.comSEED · APR 28
2 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN APR 28, 2026
Furientis
furientis.com0 SIGNALS · LAST SEEN MAY 31, 2026