Facts

• Segment: Defense
• Country: France
• Website: https://www.altaares.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Events
• Team
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Alta Ares develops European counter-drone systems and onboard AI for air-defence missions. Airbus Defence and Space signed an MoU with the company in June 2026 to cooperate on European counter-drone solution development and integration.

Market context

Alta Ares builds counter-UAS systems and onboard AI for detecting, integrating and intercepting hostile drone threats.

Facts

• Website: https://www.altaares.com/
• HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
• Segment: Defense
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2026-06-09 - Series A - $58M - Alta Ares raises €50M Series A for counter-drone systems - source: tectonicdefense.com

Investors

• Air Street Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-09
• Cherry Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-09
• Harpoon Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-09
• OTB Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-09

Events

• 2026-06-11 - Partnership - Airbus and Alta Ares sign counter-drone partnership - The MoU covers development and integration of European counter-drone solutions.
• 2026-06-09 - Funding - Alta Ares raises €50M Series A for counter-drone systems - The Series A round was reported at €50 million.

Team

• Alain Henry - Co-founder
• Hadrien Canter - Co-founder and CEO - Leads Alta Ares across counter-drone systems, onboard AI and air-defense partnerships.
• Stanislas Walch - Co-founder
• Théo Bondarec - Co-founder and Head of AI & Deployments - Leads AI and deployment work for Alta Ares counter-drone and battlefield edge-AI systems.

Context tags

• Counter-UAS systems - Peer Group - Alta Ares specializes in counter-drone systems and onboard AI.