Tech startup Hadrian, which aims to revolutionize the manufacturing of high-precision components for the aerospace and defense industries, announced on July 21, 2025, the closing of a major funding round of $260 million. As reported by GovConWire, these funds will be used to build several new, fully automated factories in the US, underpinned by artificial intelligence technologies. Hadrian is tackling one of the key problems in the modern defense and aerospace industries – the slow, expensive, and highly fragmented production of critical metal parts for satellites, rockets, aircraft, and drones. The company is building "software-defined factories" where AI and robotics automate the entire production cycle. Artificial intelligence is used to analyze blueprints and automatically program CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines, while robotic systems handle the loading, unloading, and movement of parts, as well as high-precision quality control using computer vision systems. This approach allows Hadrian to produce components 10 times faster and at half the cost compared to traditional methods. Securing such significant funding underscores the immense interest from both venture capitalists and government bodies in modernizing and reshoring critical manufacturing supply chains to the US. Against the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, the ability to quickly and efficiently produce components for the defense industry is becoming a matter of national security. Hadrians new factories are set to significantly reduce dependence on foreign suppliers and strengthen the US industrial base.
Hadrian Raises $260M to Build New AI-Powered Aerospace Factories
