This year, more than 100 companies applied to take part in LAUNCH@RC, our showcase for early-stage companies building across defence and national security. The quality and maturity of the applications also led us to create something new for 2026: SCALE@RC, for companies that have already raised more than €10 million and are entering their next phase of growth.
Today, we’re excited to introduce the 2026 cohorts.
These are companies working across very different problems, domains, and stages of growth, but they share something important: they are building technologies that could change how defence and national security operate.
On 5 October, the founders of our ten LAUNCH@RC companies will take to the stage. On 6 October, SCALE@RC will introduce six companies already moving from startup to scale-up.
The stage is only part of it. Every founder receives tickets to Resilience Conference, giving attendees the opportunity to meet the people behind these companies, ask questions, and understand what they are building. For investors, primes, military end users, and national security leaders, it is an opportunity to discover technologies and companies that may become an important part of the defence ecosystem in the years ahead.
16 companies. Two cohorts. Two days.
Meet them at Resilience Conference London, 5-6 October 2026. Buy your ticket today.
LAUNCH@RC
ARCANI
Developing passive acoustic sensing technology to detect, classify, and locate drones and other threats in real time.
DefenceBay
Developing TROP, a sovereign C4ISR and Common Operational Picture platform connecting field data, operators, drones, sensors, video, and AI.
DoD Solution
A Ukrainian-Estonian defence technology company developing onboard AI and autonomy for unmanned systems operating in contested and GPS-denied environments.
Iris Lab
Developing mass-deployable counter-UAS laser systems designed to protect frontline forces and critical infrastructure.
HIMERA
Ukrainian tactical communications technology developed for secure, resilient communications in heavily contested electronic warfare environments.
HyperBUNKER
Building cyber resilience and recovery technology designed to protect critical data and infrastructure when conventional defences fail.
Laelaps
AI-powered autonomous security technology that coordinates robots and stationary sensors into an intelligent monitoring network.
Shield Space
A UK defence technology company developing autonomous spacecraft and Space Control capabilities for NATO and allied defence customers.
Triton Depth
A Danish maritime technology company developing tools to create a clearer operational picture of complex activity at sea.
USIL Therapeutics
Developing radioprotective medical countermeasures designed to protect people operating in civilian, defence, industrial, and space environments exposed to ionising radiation.
SCALE@RC
Distance Technologies
Developing computational optics and visual intelligence systems that fuse battlefield data and sensors into mixed-reality interfaces for soldiers and vehicles.
LightOx Ltd
Developing light-activated medical technologies, including wound treatments designed to combat infection and antimicrobial resistance in military and civilian settings.
Minsky
Bringing mission data, analyst expertise, and operational goals into one connected system in order to build a comprehensive intelligence picture. The system builds complex but readable analysis out of multiple information sources.
Skana Robotics
Building adaptable autonomous maritime capabilities, drawing together maritime special operations experience, robotics, and autonomy.
Six Robotics
Developing collaborative autonomy software that enables unmanned systems to operate together as intelligent teams.
TERASi
Building compact, secure, high-bandwidth communications technology for defence operations in contested and denied environments.
