Application deadline:
October 30, 2026
80+
experts, matched to your milestones
Product, R&D, AI, production, capital, export
30+
military units
Use-case reviews, field days, demos to procurement officers.
$60M+
raised by the founders in the room
People who built what you're building.
100+
investors
Reached when your evidence is ready.
1:1
with prime founders and CEOs
An hour with the person who decides, not a panel.
NATO
(EU & US) institutional access
A NATO workshop, sessions with the Defense Innovation Unit, Department of War, demos to the General Staff.
Programme terms
Cohort
10 selected companies
Duration
Four months
Geographic eligibility
Open globally
Format
Hybryd
Expected commitment
~2 one-hour workshops per week,
individual work between sessions
Working languages
English and Ukrainian
Grant
Min $10,000 per company +
additional partner grant opportunities
01
Product & R&D
We bring
Engineers, integrators and R&D experts who have shipped defence hardware.
You leave with
A roadmap your own technical team signs off on, and evidence behind every priority.
02
Validation & Procurement
We bring
Military end-users, testing environments, procurement officers.
You leave with
Validation evidence a customer.
03
Company & Capital
We bring
Founders who have raised $60M+, defence investors, IP and export counsel.
You leave with
Unit economics that survive due diligence, clean IP, and an investment case built on evidence.
04
Production & Global Markets
We bring
Manufacturers, suppliers, certification and export specialists.
You leave with
A production plan and a first market beyond Ukraine.
Layered protection from airborne threats
Technologies that improve the detection, tracking and coordinated countering of unmanned aerial threats and guided aerial bombs.
Multisensor detection
Local protection
Interceptor launch and guidance
Guided aerial bomb countermeasures
Resilient communications and navigation
Technologies that maintain control, telemetry, data exchange and navigation when primary communication links or satellite positioning are degraded or unavailable.
Stationary and portable relays
Airborne relays
Multichannel communications
Remote-control infrastructure
Alternative navigation
Faster response and operational readiness
Technologies that reduce the time between receiving verified target information and activating an appropriate response.
Ready-to-activate systems
Target allocation and data integration
Long-duration remote observation
Precision and autonomy for unmanned and guided systems
Onboard modules and software that improve detection, guidance, autonomous operation and coordination while reducing dependence on continuous operator control and satellite positioning.
Onboard detection and tracking
Guidance and terminal correction
Laser designation
Safe degraded-mode behaviour
Guided aerial bomb countermeasures
Multi-system coordination
Robotic systems for hazardous tasks and human physical support
Robotic and human-support technologies that reduce the need for people to enter high-risk environments and decrease physical strain during demanding tasks.
Mission-specific ground robotics
Remote equipment servicing
System recovery
Passive exoskeletons
Active physical support
Next-horizon technologies
Emerging technologies with a working demonstrator and the potential to create new defence capabilities or remove major limitations of existing systems.
Advanced energy
Autonomous sensing and communications
Directed-energy technologies
Other transformative solutions
Active physical support
Precision and autonomy for unmanned and guided systems
Onboard modules and software that improve detection, guidance, autonomous operation and coordination while reducing dependence on continuous operator control and satellite positioning.
Onboard detection and tracking
Guidance and terminal correction
Laser designation
Safe degraded-mode behaviour
Guided aerial bomb countermeasures
Multi-system coordination
Yes,
this is
what we
build
01
A named portfolio manager
One person, monthly check-ins, your six-month roadmap.
02
The network stays open
Manufacturers, integrators, end-users — introductions in a day.
03
Capital readiness
Deck and data-room feedback. Investor intros when the evidence is ready.
04
International access
3+ delegations a year. Market-entry support where you're actually going.
05
Closed doors, opened
70+ events a year, with invitations. Testing infrastructure the market can't book.
Part of
DB Ecosystem
Active since
2024
Current
Batch 3.0 — ongoing
