Inside Italian defence tech (2026)
Jul 17
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainMadrid, SpainMiami, United StatesLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainMadrid, SpainMiami, United States
Products & Solutions
XRF.sandbox
The core situational awareness platform that aggregates and consolidates data from diverse sources into a 3D geographic information system. Designed for command centres, it gives operators a unified real-time picture of assets, units and environmental conditions across all operational domains.
XRF.apolo
A mobile application for field units that maintains two-way connectivity with the command centre. Enables troops at the tactical edge to share position data, receive mission updates and communicate within the broader C2 ecosystem.
XRF.colossus
A strategic-level communications and control interface built for senior commanders and multi-stakeholder coordination. Designed to present high-level operational status and support joint decision-making across distributed teams.
XRF.Hermes
An on-premises AI analysis engine that processes operational data and generates recommended courses of action. It runs locally to avoid dependence on cloud connectivity, making it suitable for austere or contested environments.
XRF.Icarus
An integration layer for autonomous unmanned vehicles (UXVs), connecting drone and robotic systems into the broader XRF command-and-control ecosystem for coordinated multi-domain operations.
About
X Reality Factory (XRF) is a Spanish deep-tech startup founded in 2022 and headquartered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with offices in Madrid and Miami. The company builds a command-and-control platform that fuses extended reality (XR) with AI to give decision-makers a real-time operational picture across defence, emergency management and critical infrastructure scenarios.
Offices
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainMadrid, SpainMiami, United StatesBacked by
GoHub VenturesKfundJME Ventures
Customers & Partners
Spanish Ministry of DefenseSpanish ArmySpanish NavyNATO (DIANA 2026 programme, CWIX interoperability exercises)EUDIS European Defence Innovation AcceleratorRoyal Netherlands ArmyTelefónica
Timeline
2026
Selected for NATO DIANA 2026 programme in the Data-Assisted Decision Making challenge area, chosen from 3,680 applications across 32 Allied nations.
2025
Selected as the only Spanish startup for the European Commission’s EUDIS defence accelerator inaugural cohort.
2025
Completed NATO CWIX 2025 interoperability testing with forces from Latvia, Italy and Georgia.
2024-09
Raised a €2.3 million funding round led by GoHub Ventures, Kfund and JME Ventures.
2024
Named a Top Ten Innovator at NATO CWIX 2024, one of 500+ projects evaluated.
2022
Founded in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Open Positions (3)
Products & Solutions
XRF.sandbox
The core situational awareness platform that aggregates and consolidates data from diverse sources into a 3D geographic information system. Designed for command centres, it gives operators a unified real-time picture of assets, units and environmental conditions across all operational domains.
XRF.apolo
A mobile application for field units that maintains two-way connectivity with the command centre. Enables troops at the tactical edge to share position data, receive mission updates and communicate within the broader C2 ecosystem.
XRF.colossus
A strategic-level communications and control interface built for senior commanders and multi-stakeholder coordination. Designed to present high-level operational status and support joint decision-making across distributed teams.
XRF.Hermes
An on-premises AI analysis engine that processes operational data and generates recommended courses of action. It runs locally to avoid dependence on cloud connectivity, making it suitable for austere or contested environments.
XRF.Icarus
An integration layer for autonomous unmanned vehicles (UXVs), connecting drone and robotic systems into the broader XRF command-and-control ecosystem for coordinated multi-domain operations.
Open Positions (3)
About
X Reality Factory (XRF) is a Spanish deep-tech startup founded in 2022 and headquartered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with offices in Madrid and Miami. The company builds a command-and-control platform that fuses extended reality (XR) with AI to give decision-makers a real-time operational picture across defence, emergency management and critical infrastructure scenarios.
Offices
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainMadrid, SpainMiami, United StatesBacked by
GoHub VenturesKfundJME Ventures
Customers & Partners
Spanish Ministry of DefenseSpanish ArmySpanish NavyNATO (DIANA 2026 programme, CWIX interoperability exercises)EUDIS European Defence Innovation AcceleratorRoyal Netherlands ArmyTelefónica
Timeline
2026
Selected for NATO DIANA 2026 programme in the Data-Assisted Decision Making challenge area, chosen from 3,680 applications across 32 Allied nations.
2025
Selected as the only Spanish startup for the European Commission’s EUDIS defence accelerator inaugural cohort.
2025
Completed NATO CWIX 2025 interoperability testing with forces from Latvia, Italy and Georgia.
2024-09
Raised a €2.3 million funding round led by GoHub Ventures, Kfund and JME Ventures.
2024
Named a Top Ten Innovator at NATO CWIX 2024, one of 500+ projects evaluated.
2022
Founded in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
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