Aerospace & Defence: Hiring, Funding And Leadership Signals
Every update we hold from an employer we have filed under Aerospace & Defence: 162 updates from 56 sources, across 112 employers. Each one links to the filing or report that makes the claim. These are counts of documents we have read, so they measure what we have found and can cite, not everything that happened. They also include the routine officer filings the tracker sets aside by default, so its figure for this place is lower than the one above.
Covering 29 Jan 2018 to 1 Sep 2026
$1,848,000,000 disclosed across 22 funding updates. Totals cover the 11 of 22 funding updates that are money the employer raised, stated in US dollars. We leave out amounts in other currencies rather than convert them at a rate nobody published. We also leave out money that moved for another reason: a sale price, a fund close, a company spending rather than raising, government funding, a pledge.
Employers We Hold The Most On
Ranked by how many updates we hold, then by how many independent sources are behind them. That is a measure of our own coverage rather than of an employer's size. Each name links to everything we hold for that employer.
- DEVONPORT ROYAL DOCKYARD LIMITED 9 updates
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED 9 updates
- BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED 8 updates
- BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED 8 updates
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED 8 updates
- Airbus 3 updates
- L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 3 updates
- Anduril 2 updates
What The Updates Are About
Countries In This Industry
A name with a page of its own links to it. One we do not hold enough on for a page of its own links to the tracker filtered to it, which shows every update behind the count.
- United Kingdom 59 updates
- United States 48 updates
- France 9 updates
- Germany 5 updates
- Australia 4 updates
- Italy 4 updates
- Canada 3 updates
- Austria 2 updates
Recent Updates
The 12 most recent, in the order the tracker itself uses. Every line links to the document it came from. See all 162 updates for Aerospace & Defence.
- 2026-08-27Adding Roles Ways of working
200 nowych miejsc pracy powstanie na Podkarpaciu. StarLinx Aero otworzy centrum demontażu samolotów w Mielcu
Adds 200 operations and manufacturing roles in Mielec, expanding StarLinx Aero's presence in the aerospace and defense sector.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
US rocket company Astra Space seeks to raise $250 million in comeback bid
Astra Space is raising $250M for expansion in aerospace, but the announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch for roles in engineering and operations.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Ways of working
Pilatus' most expensive facility ever enters operations
Pilatus opens a new manufacturing facility in Nidwalden, Switzerland, housing 300 employees.
- 2026-08-10Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Vertical Aerospace lève 100 millions $ de financements
Vertical Aerospace has $100 million of new capital. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for aerospace roles.
- 2026-08-09Headcount Not Stated Ways of working
Serbia to open joint UAV factory with Elbit in September
Elbit Systems announces a joint UAV factory in Serbia under a $1.63 billion contract, focusing on manufacturing for aerospace and defence.
- 2026-07-30Adding Roles Ways of working
Jörg Schuler, CEO al Diehl Aviation: Pornim producţia la Craiova în septembrie şi creştem până la 500 de angajaţi. Avem teren rezervat pentru extindere, fabrica ar putea deveni prea mică până în 2030.
Diehl Aviation, a German supplier to Airbus and Boeing, opens an aircraft plastic-components plant in Craiova, Romania, starting production in September and hiring toward 500 onsite manufacturing roles, with reserved land signaling further site growth toward 2030.
- 2026-07-29Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Chinese startup raises funds for space situational awareness constellation, joining commercial SSA rush
Xingchen Daohe has $14M of new capital in Beijing. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for aerospace and defence roles.
- 2026-07-29Headcount Not Stated Ways of working
Space Force awards All Points $250 million to expand satellite processing at Vandenberg
All Points Logistics expands satellite processing operations at Vandenberg with $250 million from the Space Force.
- 2026-07-28Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Motori a razzo stampati in 3D: Venus Aerospace raccoglie 91 milioni di dollari in Serie B
Venus Aerospace raised $91M in Series B for aerospace innovation. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for roles in 3D-printed rocket technology.
- 2026-07-27Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Antares Nuclear capta US$ 470 milhões para reatores militares
Antares Nuclear raised US$470 million for military reactor development, capital that in aerospace defence engineering typically funds nuclear and systems engineering headcount, but the announcement names no roles.
- 2026-07-24Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Announces Special Equity Awards to Executives
Executives at L3Harris Technologies in Melbourne, Florida, receive special equity awards to secure their leadership roles.
- 2026-07-17Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
LA’s New Defense Startup Comes Out Swinging
Los Angeles-based Singularity raised an $80M Series A at a $400M valuation to build low-cost air defense systems at scale, a stage where funding typically drives engineering and manufacturing hiring. The announcement names no roles.
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