Who is innovating in the defense industry currently?

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Interested in learning more about companies (startups) who are innovating in the defense space. I'm aware of Anduril and some of their product offerings.Palmer Luckey's approach to building Anduril is impressive and I appreciate his approach to building products that are both innovative and integrated into legacy defense systems, while focusing on a better pricing/subsidy model.Any other companies outside of the big 5 defense companies that I should be aware of?

verdverm · Accepted Answer

Those working on drones, vs 6th gen jet, we are relearning that big ticket systems don't have the same ROI as mass quantities of lower cost systems. Big war or near peer war is attritional.
Also worth keeping an eye on South Korea and Poland, they are shaking up the game, of course Ukraine is innovating from necessity.
Perun on YT talks about defense economics and trends in many videos

jschveibinz · Answer

There is so much innovation going on, it&rsquo;s amazing. But none of it is for public consumption, as always. Cheers.

PaulHoule · Answer

Slava Ukraine!