If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that the Pentagon is way too bureaucratic and siloed, especially when it comes to engaging with industry. Most of the proposed fixes to the Pentagon’s red-tape hellscape revolve around faster procurement, prototyping, and fielding. Seattle-based software startup Integrate is trying to solve a different bottleneck: […]
The US has a nuclear waste problem. A startup has an idea on how to fix it—and give all the power-hungry hardware the Pentagon loves a next-gen energy supply. Yesterday, Project Omega emerged from stealth with $12M in funding to scale up its nuclear waste recycling technology and accelerate the development of a battery-sized nuclear […]
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and defense companies are in the matchmaking spirit. This morning, Boston-based maritime autonomy startup Blue Water Autonomy unveiled its first autonomous surface vessel: A 190-foot big ol’ drone boat designed in partnership with Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen called the “Liberty Class.” We told you maritime autonomy is all the […]
You know what’s better than being on one prototyping team for the Army’s big modernization mega-project? Being on all of ‘em. Right on the heels of joining Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) prototype team in December, logistics and sustainment software startup Rune announced today that it joined Anduril’s NGC2 team, making them […]
It’s been a big last few years for small, inexpensive drones (and the companies that build them), but larger platforms have remained pretty firmly in the realm of the expensive and exquisite. Today, in an exclusive release to Tectonic, Florida-based Petrel Technologies emerged from stealth to change that. The startup is building a low-cost, Group […]
If you’re looking for something to cure your post-Super Bowl blues, the Department of Defense has you covered. Last week, the Pentagon revealed the 25 vendors selected to face off in the first phase of the Drone Dominance Program (DDP), the department’s $1.1B initiative to buy up tons of low-cost UAVs for the Army, and […]
Remember when Y Combinator startups made food delivery and crypto apps? Well, times they have a-changed. This week, a new startup called Seeing Systems emerged out of the famed accelerator’s 2026 winter cohort, and they’re definitely not making widgets. The UK-based team—founded by two brothers—is building autonomous strike drones, and they’re already seeing early traction […]
Missiles are having a moment, and a new startup out of Texas wants in. Earlier this week, missile-making startup Galadyne formally launched with a lofty goal: Founder Chandler Luzsicza and his team want to completely rethink how missiles are made. And, lucky for them, they’ve raised $4.8M in pre-seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Pax Ventures, […]
Are you feeling the reindustrialize vibes yet? Well, you should be, because investors certainly are. Yesterday, advanced manufacturing startup Machina Labs closed a $124M Series C to build its first large-scale “intelligent factory.” The idea is to use AI-powered robots to rethink how everything from car parts to drone and missile airframes are made. The […]
If you hadn’t noticed, there’s a whole lot of new defense tech coming onto the scene, and, as it turns out, the Pentagon is pretty interested in making sure all of it works together. That’s been good news for Picogrid. Yesterday, the El Segundo-based integration startup announced a $9.3M contract with the Air Force to […]
