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Oracle has unveiled the second wave of members joining its Oracle Defense Ecosystem, a program launched earlier this year to bridge the divide between emerging tech firms and national security agencies across the US and allied nations.
The new cohort was revealed during Oracle’s annual AI World conference. It comprises ten companies working across various domains, including autonomous systems, secure communications, advanced analytics, and situational awareness. The list includes Airis Labs, American Binary, Defense Unicorns, Druid Software, Duality Technologies, Galvanick, Heven AeroTech, Reka, Scaleout and Strider Technologies.
Purpose-built to help government organisations more easily adopt next-generation technologies, the ecosystem aims to empower participating organisations to address evolving national security challenges and deliver what Oracle calls “disruptive breakthroughs”.
“Emerging threats demand fast, secure, and collaborative innovation,” said Rand Waldron, Vice President of Oracle, in a press release. “Through the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, we are committed to enabling the next generation of defence innovators to solve vital national security challenges with speed and scale.”
He added: “The incredible response to our inaugural cohort demonstrated the urgent need for such partnerships. We are thrilled to welcome a new group of visionary companies to this growing community.”
New members gain access to exclusive perks that are tailored to accelerate solution development and go-to-market strategies within the defence sector. This includes preferred pricing, exclusive access to Oracle resources and expert guidance.
Oracle notes that in joining the ecosystem, these new partners help the company to deliver results for the US Department of War, allied government agencies and industry leaders.
The expanded cohort underscores Oracle’s strategy to make it easier for small to mid-size defence-innovation firms to enter what is often experienced as a rigid and bureaucratic sector. In addition to the aforementioned perks, its value proposition includes marketplace and deployment paths that make the companies’ solutions available via Oracle Cloud Marketplace. That means built-in CI/CD pipelines and tech-stack integrations that allow members to leverage Palantir’s Foundry & AI platform layered onto Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for AI/data workflows.
Oracle’s first ten-member cohort, unveiled in June 2025, saw companies such as Arqit, Blackshark.ai and Metron developing prototypes and field-ready cloud and AI-powered defence solutions, marking a broader shift in how AI is being positioned as a cornerstone of national security and defence strategy.
The expanded cohort might be an indication of a number of realities and transformations currently playing out in the defence sector. For example, Oracle is facing growing competitive pressure from AWS, Microsoft and Google, who are also aggressively courting defence clients.
Another consideration: the notoriously slow pace at which defence agencies can elongate procurement cycles.
News of these new partnerships comes on the heels of Oracle’s recent privacy-first collaboration with Duality Technologies, which highlights the company’s focus on advancing secure, data-driven innovation across sensitive sectors. Together, these developments reinforce Oracle’s broader strategy to position its cloud infrastructure and partnerships as trusted foundations for national security, intelligence, and allied defence operations.
By emphasising data protection, compliance, and interoperability, Oracle is making a play to lead in connecting emerging defence innovators with the mission-critical systems that depend on them.
