Well, for all of you drone pilots out there sick of just using traditional controllers, boy, do we have some good news for you. This morning, Amsterdam-based startup Touchwaves announced in an exclusive interview with Tectonic that they’re teaming up with General Atomics to bring their wearable haptic tech to MQ-9 Reaper pilots. GA also […]
Just because Eurosatory is over certainly doesn’t mean our friends across the pond are slowing things down. Yesterday, French autonomy startup Harmattan AI announced that the French government has ordered another 5,000 of its Sonora ISR drones, just a year after ordering a first tranche of 1,000. That first batch—part of a program of record […]
Well, gosh darn. Booz Allen ($BAH) is really doubling down on the whole defense tech thing. Yesterday, the government services giant announced that it’s acquiring Ultra I&C Mission Solutions—part of the Cobham Ultra Group—for a cool $720M. When the deal closes (expected by the end of September 2026), Ultra Mission Solutions will become a fully […]
If you were paying attention to the news coming out of Eurosatory last week, one thing was extremely clear: Everyone (and we mean everyone) is making moves to go cross-domain. And that’s especially true for German defense darling Quantum Systems. Last week, the company made two announcements that solidify its status as very much not […]
Well, sounds like those loyal wingman dreams are becoming a reality. Yesterday, the Air Force announced that they’ve awarded production contracts to Anduril and General Atomics for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, a whole four months ahead of schedule. The contracts (amount undisclosed) will cover “Increment 1 air vehicles as well as mission autonomy software, […]
It’s been quite the week for our friends across the pond at Eurosatory this week, and by the sounds of it, the continent’s defense buildup is showing no signs of slowing down. At least not if French planning and C2 company Comand AI has anything to do with it. This morning, the Paris-based startup announced […]
Well, it’s a big week for metals around here. This morning, advanced metals manufacturing startup Foundation Alloy announced that it’s raised a $22M Series A to “scale production on its MetalsFIRST™ platform—a fully integrated, solid-state metallurgy technology—to industrial volumes.” The round was led by Voyager Ventures, with participation from Trust Ventures, Yamaha Motors, America’s Frontier […]
Drone fever is hitting new heights, and if the Senate’s latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act becomes law, the Pentagon will have a brand-new combatant command dedicated to autonomous systems. Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 18-9 to advance the FY 2027 NDAA, authorizing $1.14T in spending and setting the stage […]
If you didn’t believe us when we said, “Manufacturing is so hot right now,” well, we’re back with more data to prove our point. Yesterday, manufacturing startup and MIT spinout Fabri announced that it’s raised a total of $13.5M in funding since it was founded in 2022 from investors including Lavrock Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, […]
Lest you thought Anduril was turning its gaze fully abroad with all that “international weapons hub” talk, think again. This morning, the defense tech megalith announced that it’s won a $363M contract with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for “more than 200 Extended Range Sentry Towers (XRST)…to expand autonomous situational awareness across a much […]
