Find the Partners, Technologies and Opportunities That Move Your Business Forward
Cold Will connects industrial companies with trusted suppliers, niche expertise, research, test environments and defence stakeholders across the Finnish defence and dual-use ecosystem.
Discover new partners, enter relevant projects and build faster routes to defence and security markets.
Find capability. Build partnerships. Scale further.
Why Work with Cold Will
One network.
More ways to create value.
The defence and dual-use market is growing, but entering it takes the right expertise, relationships and timing.
Cold Will helps industrial partners navigate that landscape by connecting them with companies, technologies, programmes and decision-makers across the value chain.
What the ecosystem offers
A Strong Subcontracting and Engineering Base
Access trusted suppliers, industrial partners and specialist expertise across design, manufacturing, software, systems and integration.
Support for Scaling
Connect with funding, industrial capacity, commercialization expertise and international value chains.
New Technologies and Innovations
Find startups, research teams and dual-use solutions with clear commercial and operational potential.
Established Routes to Market
Use existing networks, programmes and partnerships to reach defence and dual-use markets faster.
Co-Development Opportunities
Build new solutions with technology companies, researchers, defence stakeholders and end users.
Find the Right Partners
Build the team your project needs.
Cold Will makes it easier to identify partners across the full innovation and industrial chain:
- subcontractors and manufacturing partners
- niche technology specialists
- software and systems providers
- research organizations
- startups and growth companies
- testing and validation partners
- defence and security stakeholders
- international business and funding partners
Search by technology, capability or role and connect with the organizations that match your needs.
From Industrial Experience to Defence Value
Turn existing capability into new market potential.
Many technologies developed for industrial and civilian use have strong defence and security applications. Cold Will helps companies identify where their existing expertise can create value in areas such as:
- autonomous systems and robotics
- AI and data analytics
- communications and connectivity
- sensing and situational awareness
- semiconductors and embedded systems
- space and satellite applications
- advanced materials and manufacturing
- cyber and information security
Move from industrial capability to relevant dual-use and defence applications with the right partners, validation environments and market insight.
Move Faster to Market
From collaboration to commercialization.
Cold Will connects industrial partners with the mechanisms that turn cooperation into business:
- co-development and pilot projects
- matchmaking and consortium building
- testing and validation environments
- public funding and international programmes
- procurement and capability-development insight
- international value chains
- routes to European and North American markets
This helps reduce uncertainty, shorten development cycles and create clearer pathways to growth.
A faster route from technical expertise to market-ready solutions.
Join Projects and Programmes
Find where your expertise is needed.
Explore open opportunities across:
- research and development projects
- EU and NATO programmes
- industrial partnerships
- testing and demonstration initiatives
- internationalization projects
- procurement-related development needs
- startup and corporate collaboration
Cold Will helps connect the right capabilities with the right project at the right time.
Proven in Practise
See how collaboration creates results.
Explore case studies showing how companies, technologies and research move from concept to tested application, international partnership and commercial growth.
Learn how industrial expertise is being applied to real defence and security needs — and where new opportunities are emerging.
Start the Conversation
Bring your capability into the network.
Whether you are looking for suppliers, technologies, co-development partners, new markets or a route into the defence and dual-use sector, Cold Will helps you find the right next step.
Get in touch to discuss your capabilities, needs and collaboration opportunities.