Ask anyone in defense tech, and they’ll all agree that drones are great. The only issue is that there are too many different types of them to make them work together. Well, Auterion might have the solution. On Wednesday, German-American autonomy startup Auterion launched Nemyx, a new swarm strike software that allows different drone models […]
When Tectonic covered drone boat startup Kraken’s partnership with German shipbuilder NVL last week, the company’s CEO Mal Crease said that software is becoming “increasingly important” and hinted at some partnerships in the works. Well, we now know why he was being coy. On Thursday, Kraken teamed up with autonomy software development juggernaut Applied Intuition […]
It’s a big day for partnerships in the defense tech world. On Thursday, white-hot military logistics startup Rune Technologies—fresh off a $24M Series A—announced a partnership with supply chain visualization company Altana to expand Rune’s defense sustainment software capabilities. Friendship really does make the world go round. Making unsexy sexy: Rune, led by Anduril alums […]
Everyone loves a good competition, and NATO DIANA just dropped its latest leaderboard. On Thursday, the alliance’s defense tech accelerator announced the 15 winners of their 2025 pitch competition. The companies span ten countries and a range of sectors, and NATO’s betting that they’re just what the alliance needs to accelerate into the future. From […]
Well, we hope Congress had a restful summer recess, because things are about to get very busy for the military-minded members (and we’re not talking about yesterday’s apparent War on Drugs redux). On Tuesday, with the fiscal year kicking off next month, Congress returned to make some big spending decisions (lest we forget about the […]
Death, taxes, and the primes hopping on the drone hype train. On Friday, L3Harris Technologies announced a “new Counter-Unmanned Systems (C-UxS) initiative” to “overcome unmanned threats across the air, land and sea domains.” Welcome to the club. The company said the “new effort provides expanded and customized C-UxS offerings by combining existing solutions with other […]
One cat, two cat, Red Cat, Blue…Ops? (Sorry.) Earlier this week, aerial drone-maker Red Cat Holdings ($RCAT) announced the launch of a maritime division called Blue Ops, diving headfirst into the ever-growing unmanned surface vehicle (USV) space. Maritime autonomy, all the rage, et cetera, et cetera. Sky to sea: So far, Red Cat’s eyes have […]
Who said the primes don’t move fast enough? Sixteen months after they scored a contract to build an autonomous friend for fighter jets (technical term), General Atomics’ YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) took flight on Wednesday. For now, GA has first-flight bragging rights, but Anduril—the other company selected for the CCA program—says it is close […]
There are a lot of startups out there making autonomous speedboats and small surface vehicles, but Blue Water Autonomy is thinking bigger: The newly launched maritime autonomy company is going all in on a 150-foot autonomous warship. And it seems like investors like the idea. On Tuesday, just four months after emerging from stealth, the […]
Forget drones, aviation autonomy might just be the hottest sector in defense tech these days. (We kid—kind of.) On Tuesday, automation company Reliable Robotics won a $17.4M AFWERX contract to turn the Cessna 208B Caravan into a remotely piloted cargo hauler for the Air Force. For a startup founded by a pair of SpaceX alums […]
