Top Aerospace Startups in 2027

Astro Digital provides customers with complete space-based systems and mission support services for applications such as earth observation, satellite communications, science, and technology demonstrations.

Provide quality engineering services to our customer in an efficient and timely manner. Assist customers in the development of new products through integrated on-site engineering teams or via the management of work-packages. Develop new products for our customers that provide an immediate return on investment. Ensure all of our team members are challenged in their work and ensure personal and professional growth.

ispace technologies Inc. is a space resource exploration company founded in 2013 to develop micro-robots that will locate the resources necessary to extend human life into outer space. ispace manages the technological and business development operations of Team HAKUTO in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Team Hakuto is a front runner in the $30M competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon and was one of only three teams to win a $500,000 Milestone Prize in mobility. ispace specializes in developing extremely mass and power-efficient sensors and mobility systems to maintain cutting edge performance for even the smallest swarm systems. Utilizing this technology allows mission architectures to be eminently scalable: as the mission size increases, so does the ispace robot swarm. ispace micro-robots will explore larger areas faster, at a fraction of the cost of large robots.

The biggest waste in manufacturing today is not on the shop floor. It's in the meetings, emails, and data transfer that overwhelm knowledge processes (eg quality assurance, vendor management, engineering, R&D, and sales). That's because traditional enterprise tools split collaboration and processes into disparate systems, resulting in up to 85% of time and effort being wasted. Unifize solves this problem by bringing collaboration and process into one place. By creating a conversation for every process record, Unifize measurably reduces waste in knowledge processes by up to 95%.

AnySignal was developed to reimagine how RF capabilities are delivered for the most difficult tasks around the globe. offers complete solutions for modern aircraft, satellites, and national security that span communications, radar, navigation, and RF sensing. Current solutions are overpriced, unimaginative, and provide little end-to-end capability. To shift this paradigm, they are bringing the appropriate talent, procedures, and technologies together. They are developing communications systems for satellites, launchers, space stations, and aircraft. They provide full-stack connectivity solutions that include software modems, hardware for use in flight and on the ground, data management software, ground station integration software, and vehicle telemetry software.

Elroy Air is enabling autonomous air transport anywhere. We are developing autonomous aircraft systems to deliver goods to the world’s most remote places. Building on the powertrain and perception technology enabling the hybrid-electric/autonomous vehicle revolution, our vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) cargo transport system can operate outside of airport infrastructure and carries 200+ lbs over 300 miles. Immediate aid and relief in disaster and firefighting situations, commercial cargo by air to expand delivery options, and rapid autonomous resupply for troops in the field. Our flight and ground operations make Elroy Air's vehicles a safe, reliable, efficient way to transport cargo by air.

15+ years of leading the electric jet age. Our propulsors are the culmination of these years of research and development, resulting in the safest, quietest, most efficient electric propulsion technology now available. Whisper Aero is pioneering a more compelling and connected future by delivering cleaner, quieter, and more efficient propulsion solutions. Today’s open rotor propulsion systems are challenged by safety, noise, and performance limitations at all scales. Whisper’s breakthrough technologies allow aircraft to fly anywhere at any time without disturbing communities, at greater speeds, and with incredible improvements in efficiency and cost. Their innovations also enable a new generation of air moving products that can blend into the soundscapes of daily life. Whisper was founded by industry veterans, Mark Moore and Ian Villa, and continues to innovate a future that’s as considerate as it is compelling with its world-class team in Tennessee. We’re accelerating the adoption of everyday flight and looking for likeminded pioneers to join us on our journey. Whisper’s team brings together diverse perspectives with prior experience from Uber Elevate, NASA, and Northrop Grumman amongst many others. With a track record of maturing nascent R&D concepts to full-scale products, we’re keen to make ultra-quiet the new norm in aviation and beyond. We are always on the look for superstars. If none of these positions feel like a fit, but you feel strongly about our mission and our team, we encourage you to still connect with us and join our talent community! Chances are that we’ll have a role that might fit your experience in the future. We look forward to hearing from you!

From small local businesses to large multinational corporations, when manufacturers use Paperless Parts they free up valuable time to focus on what is truly important to them. Our customers spend more time with their families, expand their businesses, invest in sustainable practices, and grow as a result of new opportunities. We’re a passionate team that believes manufacturing is a vital component to our everyday lives and the backbone of our economy. We’re dedicated to providing this invaluable industry with a cloud-native platform that empowers the next generation of manufacturers to join the digital age. From life-saving medical devices, to critical components that unlock new depths of outer space, our customers produce parts that go into some of the world’s coolest and most impactful products. Without manufacturing, many new ideas never become reality. It is our mission to enable manufacturers with the technology they need to drive innovation – and our world – forward. Paperless Parts is the leading secure, ITAR compliant, cloud-based sales and quoting platform revolutionizing manufacturing. Our company’s patented technology and proprietary geometry engine unlocks hidden insights that enable job shop manufacturers to modernize and grow their business. Paperless Parts integrates with ERP systems to level up the way manufacturers quote and communicate with customers by rapidly pinpointing manufacturability issues, creating quotes, and processing orders for sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, and additive manufacturing processes.

Highly accurate inertial navigation systems and services including INS, MEMS and acoustics, integrated by our customers into a range of autonomous vehicles, geospacial mapping solutions, surveying products, asset tracking solutions and more.

Through the use of aerial data, Sitemark is pioneering the development of ground-breaking technologies and AI that fuse the physical and digital worlds. As a leading global provider of aerial business intelligence, Sitemark is transforming the way organizations capture and analyze data. Our products and services enable our customers to make better decisions, improve the understanding of their operations, and increase the efficiency of their assets.