Industry vertical
Defense
Companies supplying technology, equipment, and services to military and national security organizations.
30 providers
30 APIs
22 enterprise adopters
Defense on the APIs.io network indexes 30 providers publishing 30 APIs across this industry vertical.
Notable providers include Teledyne Technologies, Airbus, RTX, Motorola Solutions, General Dynamics, TransDigm Group, and 24 more — each profile links out to that provider’s APIs, schemas, and governance artifacts.
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About this industry
The Defense vertical on the APIs.io network is tracked across 4 sub-sectors — Aerospace & Defense, Aerospace & Defense Systems, Missile Systems, and Aviation & Defense Technology — mapping 30 companies from ongoing API Evangelist industry research to the providers and APIs they operate on the network.
Market demand
Providers above are the supply side. This is the demand side — enterprises adopting API & AI technology in this vertical, drawn from API Evangelist Insights. Names and maturity are enterprise-scoped; they don't overlap with the provider catalog.
22enterprises adopting
#12 / 50adoption maturity rank
Statefulnessstrongest layer
Customization & Adaptationweakest layer
Leading adopters
Leidos224Motorola Solutions210Northrop Grumman202Boeing190Lockheed Martin183KBR170Benchmark Electronics159Teledyne Technologies153Airbus144Moog138Rolls-Royce121Textron112
AI & API adoption maturity
Mean adoption intensity across the enterprises above, by capability layer — how this vertical is maturing, from foundational models through governance and FinOps.
Demand data: API Evangelist Insights — enterprise API & AI adoption signals.
Providers (30)
| Provider | Description | APIs | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teledyne Technologies | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is a leading provider of sophisticated digital imaging products and software, instrumentation, aerospace and defense electronics, and engineer... | 6 | developing |
| Airbus | A European multinational aerospace corporation designing, manufacturing, and selling commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense, and space products. Through its Space Solutions /... | 7 | thin |
| RTX | RTX Corporation is a leading American aerospace and defense company comprising three market businesses: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Raytheon develops the E... | 3 | thin |
| Motorola Solutions | Motorola Solutions is a Fortune 500 company that provides developer APIs and integration capabilities through its developer platform. Motorola Solutions provides APIs for public... | 1 | thin |
| General Dynamics | General Dynamics Corporation is a global aerospace and defense company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The company operates across five business segments: Aerospace, Marine S... | 2 | emerging |
| TransDigm Group | TransDigm Group is a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aerospace components, systems, and subsystems for use on nearly all commercial and mili... | 0 | emerging |
| BWX Technologies | BWX Technologies is a manufacturer of nuclear components and provider of nuclear services to the U.S. government and commercial customers worldwide. The company delivers innovat... | 0 | emerging |
| Boeing | Boeing is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and telecommunications equipment. Boeing Develo... | 9 | emerging |
| CACI International | CACI International provides information technology, professional services, and managed solutions to U.S. federal government agencies in the defense, intelligence, homeland secur... | 0 | emerging |
| HEICO Corporation | HEICO Corporation is a major US corporation and Fortune 1000 company. The HEICO Corporation API provides programmatic access to its platform services, data, and integrations for... | 1 | emerging |
| Parsons Corporation | Parsons Corporation is a major US corporation and Fortune 1000 company. The Parsons Corporation API provides programmatic access to its platform services, data, and integrations... | 1 | emerging |
| Moog | Moog Inc. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion and fluid control products and solutions for aerospace, defense, industrial, and medical appl... | 0 | minimal |
| Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) | Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a leading American technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering,... | 0 | minimal |
| BAE Systems | BAE Systems is a British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company and one of the largest defense contractors globally. BAE Systems does not publish public develope... | 0 | minimal |
| Textron | Textron Inc. is a $14.8 billion Fortune 500 multi-industry company employing 34,000 people worldwide. Textron operates through five business segments: Bell (military and commerc... | 0 | minimal |
| L3Harris Technologies | L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator delivering end-to-end solutions in space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for government an... | 0 | minimal |
| Oshkosh | Oshkosh Corporation is a Fortune 500 industrial company that designs and builds purpose-built vehicles and vehicle bodies, including access equipment, defense vehicles, fire and... | 0 | minimal |
| GE Aerospace | A leading manufacturer of jet engines and aviation systems for commercial and military aircraft. Spun off from General Electric to focus exclusively on aerospace propulsion and ... | 0 | minimal |
| Raytheon | Raytheon is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer operating as a business of RTX Corporation, the world's largest aerospace and defense company. Raytheon designs, devel... | 0 | minimal |
| Rolls-Royce | Rolls-Royce plc is a British multinational aerospace and defense company manufacturing aero engines (Trent series), defense propulsion, and power systems. Rolls-Royce does not p... | 0 | minimal |
| Leidos | Leidos, a Fortune 500 digital and mission innovator, delivers solutions at the intersection of national security, health, and critical infrastructure. With a global workforce of... | 0 | minimal |
| Benchmark Electronics | Benchmark Electronics, Inc. is an advanced electronics engineering and manufacturing services (EMS) company headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. The company provides integrated desi... | 0 | minimal |
| Curtiss-Wright | Curtiss-Wright is a global integrated business that provides highly engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to the aerospace, defense, commercial power, process, and... | 0 | minimal |
| KBR | KBR is a Fortune 500 company that delivers science, technology, and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world, spanning defense, intelligence, space, e... | 0 | minimal |
| Pratt & Whitney | A major American aerospace manufacturer designing, manufacturing, and servicing aircraft engines for commercial, military, and business aviation applications. A division of RTX ... | 0 | minimal |
| Lockheed Martin | Lockheed Martin is a leading global security, defense, and aerospace contractor. This repository captures the public APIs, developer tools, and machine-readable API artifacts wh... | 0 | minimal |
| V2X | V2X is a defense and national security contractor providing mission-critical solutions including AI integration, cybersecurity, advanced engineering, operations support, trainin... | 0 | minimal |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries | Huntington Ingalls Industries is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States, designing, building, overhauling, and repairing ships primarily for the U.S. Nav... | 0 | minimal |
| northrop-grumman | Northrop Grumman is a global aerospace, defense, and security company that delivers innovative systems, products, and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber, command and control... | 0 | minimal |
| Viasat | Profile for Viasat in the API Evangelist network. Fortune F1000 (rank 972). | 0 | minimal |
APIs in this industry (30)
All 30 APIs.
Airbus Authentication API
Airbus
The Authentication API from Airbus — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
Airbus Catalog API
Airbus
The Catalog API from Airbus — 1 operation(s) for catalog.
OneAtlas Basemap API
Airbus
Global high-resolution basemap tile service derived from Airbus optical imagery, suitable for embedding in GIS and web mapping applications.
OneAtlas Living Library API
Airbus
Subscription-based catalogue access to Airbus Living Library Pléiades, Pléiades Neo, and SPOT optical imagery for AOI search, preview, an...
OneAtlas Pay-Per-Order Archives API
Airbus
On-demand purchase of historical archive imagery from Airbus optical and radar constellations on a pay-per-order basis.
OneAtlas Pay-Per-Order Tasking API
Airbus
On-demand satellite tasking for new imagery acquisitions over a user-defined area of interest, with priority and acquisition-window options.
OneAtlas Radar & Elevation API
Airbus
Access to Airbus radar (SAR) imagery and elevation products including WorldDEM, suitable for change detection, surveillance, and terrain ...
Boeing Aircraft Models API
Boeing
The Boeing Aircraft Models API provides model characteristics of commercial and business aviation aircraft including ICAO/IATA codes, eng...
Boeing Airports and Aerodromes API
Boeing
The Boeing Airports and Aerodromes API provides current, worldwide aerodrome data from Jeppesen's aeronautical database, including airpor...
Boeing Airspaces API
Boeing
The Boeing Airspaces API provides detailed, current information about airspace classifications and boundaries around the globe to support...
Boeing Flight Events API
Boeing
The Boeing Flight Events API (Beta) provides real-time insights into worldwide flight events, enabling flight tracking applications and o...
Boeing NOTAMs API
Boeing
The Boeing NOTAMs API provides access to Jeppesen's global Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs) database, enabling flight planning systems to...
Boeing Parts API
Boeing
The Boeing Parts API enables searching and requesting price and availability information for specific Boeing aircraft parts, supporting m...
Boeing Runway Monitor API
Boeing
The Boeing Runway Monitor API provides active runway information for arrivals and departures at airports around the world, supporting dis...
Boeing Standard Minimums API
Boeing
The Boeing Standard Minimums API provides worldwide, detailed, and current information about instrument approach standard minimums for ai...
Boeing Taxi Time API
Boeing
The Boeing Taxi Time API provides current taxi time information at airports around the world, enabling airline operations and flight plan...
General Dynamics Products API
General Dynamics
Technology products operations
General Dynamics Systems API
General Dynamics
Mission systems operations
HEICO Corporation API
HEICO Corporation
The HEICO Corporation API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and automation.
Motorola Solutions Public Safety API
Motorola Solutions
Public Safety operations
Parsons Corporation API
Parsons Corporation
The Parsons Corporation API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and automation.
RTX Analytics API
RTX
Run analytics jobs and retrieve analysis results.
RTX Data Sources API
RTX
Manage and query intelligence data sources.
RTX Reports API
RTX
Generate and retrieve intelligence reports.
Teledyne FLIR Mobile SDK
Teledyne Technologies
The FLIR Mobile SDK enables iOS and Android developers to build mobile applications that integrate thermal imaging capabilities from Tele...
Teledyne FLIR Spinnaker SDK
Teledyne Technologies
The Spinnaker SDK provides programmatic control of Teledyne FLIR and DALSA machine vision cameras over USB3, GigE, 5GigE, and 10GigE inte...
Teledyne LeCroy ActiveDSO API
Teledyne Technologies
ActiveDSO is Teledyne LeCroy's ActiveX/COM control enabling remote automation of MAUI-based oscilloscopes from Windows applications via S...
Teledyne Technologies Alarms API
Teledyne Technologies
The Alarms API from Teledyne Technologies — 2 operation(s) for alarms.
Teledyne Technologies Images API
Teledyne Technologies
The Images API from Teledyne Technologies — 1 operation(s) for images.
Teledyne Technologies Measurements API
Teledyne Technologies
The Measurements API from Teledyne Technologies — 4 operation(s) for measurements.
Related industries
Sub-sectors tracked in this industry: Aerospace & Defense, Aerospace & Defense Systems, Missile Systems, Aviation & Defense Technology.