Aerospace & Defense startups in Southern California

Luminit develops holographic optics and light shaping diffusers, which are patented diffusers that precisely control the shape of transmitted light beams for various industries including automotive, defense, and industrial lighting.

K2 Space builds high-power satellite platforms, specifically Mega Class satellites, that deliver significant power to payloads, mass on orbit, and resilience across various orbital environments.

The Adversarial Company builds AI-native denial and deception systems, including WRAITH, AI software for generating and evaluating camouflage for machine-observed environments.

Building low-cost cruise missiles

Powering tomorrow's industrial revolution in space

RocketLit is an adaptive learning and assessment platform.

Stratospheric birds for defense

Rocket cargo delivery to contested environments

Turning space into a transportation layer for Earth

Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not

High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense

Northwood Space is building a global ground network for space communications by providing hardware that deploys in hours, software that orchestrates contacts, and a network that moves data from spacecraft to customer.