2026-10-08
$73M of new funding is targeting defence and national security
4 funded companies building into defence and national security. The work in scope is what the Head of Defence Programs owns today.
The funding
Fortastra$30MSeries Aannounced 2026-10-08
Orbital defense built for scale.
Fortastra raises $30M to develop satellite defense spacecraft (PPA:NYSEARCA) →Aventra$18Mannounced 2026-10-07
Herndon defense startup Aventra raises $17.5M →Buntar Aerospace$16Mannounced 2026-10-07led by Freedom Fund
Ukraine’s Buntar Aerospace Raises €14.3M for Drones Built to Operate Without GPS →Wayren$9Mannounced 2026-10-08
Estonia's Wayren raises €7.9 million for defence software →What it means
Capital arriving in a function is a reliable leading indicator. It does not mean the incumbents are wrong, and it does not mean these companies will succeed. It means that within the next few quarters the people who run this work will be asked what their function is doing about it, and the honest answer has to start with where that function actually stands.
So we built the assessment for it. Not a purchase decision, a structured set of questions to take to your own team.
Mastering Orbital Defense at Scale
12 modules. 144 chapters. Downloadable templates for every module, and an implementation playbook built for you after enrolment.
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