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ALTUS LSA | Included in the List of the Top 100 Drone Defence Companies of 2025
Defence Redefined
22/06/2025
The Defense Post has recently unveiled its definitive list of the Top 100 Companies Advancing Drone Technology, with Altus LSA proudly representing Greece as the sole Greek entry.
The ranking was based on a rigorous methodology that considered annual revenue, R&D investment, growth trajectory, and forward-looking innovation—providing a comprehensive overview of the companies truly shaping the future of autonomous defence technologies.
To ensure transparency and fairness, the list excludes companies that are state-owned or state-controlled (i.e. with 50.1% or more government ownership). It also omits firms with opaque ownership structures or documented affiliations with sanctioned regimes, particularly those linked to the Russian government—regardless of their technological sophistication.
This is the list that sets the global standard in drone defence excellence:
| Ranking | Company | Country |
| 1 | General Atomics | United States |
| 2 | Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems | United States |
| 3 | Baykar | Turkey |
| 4 | RTX | United States |
| 5 | Elbit Systems | Israel |
| 6 | Anduril Industries | United States |
| 7 | BlueHalo | United States |
| 8 | Leonardo | Italy |
| 9 | Teledyne FLIR | United States |
| 10 | AEVEX Aerospace | United States |
| 11 | Aurora Flight Sciences | United States |
| 12 | L3Harris Technologies | United States |
| 13 | BAE Systems | United Kingdom |
| 14 | Lockheed Martin | United States |
| 15 | AeroVironment | United States |
| 16 | Rheinmetall AG | Germany |
| 17 | Aselsan | Turkey |
| 18 | Thales Group | France |
| 19 | Kratos | United States |
| 20 | Shield AI | United States |
| 21 | QinetiQ Group | United Kingdom |
| 22 | TAF Drones | Ukraine |
| 23 | Insitu | United States |
| 24 | WB Group | Poland |
| 25 | Edge Autonomy | United States |
| 26 | Aeronautics Ltd | Israel |
| 27 | Skydio | United States |
| 28 | Quantum-Systems GmbH | Germany |
| 29 | Percepto | Israel |
| 30 | Parrot Drones | France |
| 31 | Red Cat Holdings | United States |
| 32 | Overwatch Group | United States |
| 33 | Schiebel GmbH | Austria |
| 34 | Performance Drone Works (PDW) | United States |
| 35 | Aeryon Labs | Canada |
| 36 | Tekever | Portugal |
| 37 | Firestorm Labs | United States |
| 38 | UVision Air Ltd | Israel |
| 39 | DeltaQuad | Netherlands |
| 40 | Neros | United States |
| 41 | Xtend | Israel |
| 42 | Saab | Sweden |
| 43 | Beta Technologies | United States |
| 44 | IdeaForge Technology Limited | India |
| 45 | DroneVolt SA | France |
| 46 | Delair | France |
| 47 | SYPAQ Systems | Australia |
| 48 | Platform Aerospace | United States |
| 49 | Aerovel | United States |
| 50 | Aalto HAPS | United Kingdom |
| 51 | Primoco UAV SE | Czech Republic |
| 52 | UAV Tactical Systems Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 53 | Threod Systems AS | Estonia |
| 54 | Teal Drones | United States |
| 55 | Easy Aerial | United States |
| 56 | UCONSYSTEM Co., Ltd. | South Korea |
| 57 | DefSecIntel Solutions OÜ | Estonia |
| 58 | Defendtex | Australia |
| 59 | Novadem | France |
| 60 | Unmanned Defense Systems (UDS) | Lithuania |
| 61 | Survey Copter | France |
| 62 | Flightwave Aerospace | United States |
| 63 | Inspired Flight Technologies, Inc | United States |
| 64 | Elistair | France |
| 65 | Ukrspecsystems | Ukraine |
| 66 | InstantEye Robotics | United States |
| 67 | Urban Aeronautics | Israel |
| 68 | CopterPix Pro | Israel |
| 69 | PteroDynamics | United States |
| 70 | Draganfly Innovations | Canada |
| 71 | Atlas UAS | Latvia |
| 72 | Lendurai | Estonia |
| 73 | UAVision | Portugal |
| 74 | UAVOS | United States |
| 75 | Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd. | India |
| 76 | Dhaksha Unmanned Systems | India |
| 77 | Granta Autonomy | Lithuania |
| 78 | ZIYAN Tech | China |
| 79 | Alpine Eagle | Germany |
| 80 | Altus LSA | Greece |
| 81 | Milkor | South Africa |
| 82 | Ascent AeroSystems | United States |
| 83 | Nearthlab | South Korea |
| 84 | Airlogix | Ukraine |
| 85 | Alpha Unmanned Systems | Spain |
| 86 | Skyfish | United States |
| 87 | Aurea Avionics | Spain |
| 88 | Hoverfly Technologies | United States |
| 89 | Sabrewing Aircraft Company | United States |
| 90 | Arctic Horizons | Canada |
| 91 | Black Swift Technologies | United States |
| 92 | ElevonX | Slovenia |
| 93 | Acecore Technologies | Netherlands |
| 94 | WaveAerospace | United States |
| 95 | Woot Tech Aerospace | United States |
| 96 | Colugo Systems | Israel |
| 97 | Rotron Aerospace Limited | United Kingdom |
| 98 | Sonin Hybrid | United States |
| 99 | Insta Group Oy | Finland |
| 100 | ALTI Unmanned | South Africa |
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