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Onodrim Raises $300M to Roll Up Defense in Europe
Lol guys. I think we might have to reconsider the whole Series-based funding scale pretty soon. This morning,
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Harbinger Raises $240M Series D, Eyes Defense Expansion
Harbinger is a new name in the defense tech scene, but the California-based electric truck startup has made a big push into our world over the past few months, especially on the white-hot unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) scene. Now, the company has a whole lot of cash in the bank to keep its pedal to […]
Shield AI Raises $2.5B to Buy Echodyne for $5.3B
Shield AI is buying radar hotshot Echodyne for $5.3B—and raised $2.5B to fund the transaction.
Saildrone Sued the Navy Over MUSV Elimination—And Won
A court ruled the Navy’s decision to eliminate Saildrone from the MUSV marketplace was “arbitrary and capricious.”
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A Q+A with Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Fmr. Defense Minister
An exclusive interview with former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
A Q+A with Vectus’ Erik Prince
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A Q&A with Alex Fink, US CEO of Swarmer
In case you missed it, the infamous Erik Prince and Swarmer’s US CEO Alex Fink are betting on “air defense as a service”—and now they’re putting numbers behind their pitch. This week—just a month after launch—Vectus Air Defense Systems (not to be confused with Prince’s Vectus Global private military and security company) announced plans to […]
A Q + A with Matt Cronin, Senior National Security Advisor at a16z
If there is one VC fund you know in the defense tech world, it’s probably Andreesen Horowitz—or a16z, as the cool kids say. The firm—which just raised a casual $15B, including $1.176B for its “national interest” (defense and deep tech) focused American Dynamism fund—has backed some of the biggest names in the game, including Anduril, […]