The Europeans are, indeed, coming. Yesterday, in a plot twist very few expected, the US and the Netherlands signed a letter of intent stating that the northern European nation will participate in the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. According to Dutch State Secretary for Defense Gijs Tuinman, his country has now unlocked […]
If there is one thing that will define Fall 2025 in the defense tech world, it’s partnerships. Yesterday, edge computing company Armada announced that they’ve inked a deal with drone giant Skydio to “equip federal, state, and local agencies with the ability to capture and process drone intelligence in real time,” even in jammed environments. […]
In case you didn’t know, it’s like really, really hard to navigate at sea. And that gets even harder when you’re putting drones under the water—like autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) company Vatn Systems is. Well, yesterday, the Rhode Island-based startup announced that they’ve found a solution: They have developed their very own inertial navigation system […]
Well, Anduril is certainly returning to its VR/AR roots. Yesterday at AUSA, the defense tech giant unveiled a new family of souped-up helmets called EagleEye that “unifies command and control, digital vision, and survivability within a single, adaptive architecture.” The helmets build on the work Anduril has done for the US Army’s Soldier Borne Mission […]
Remember when we said maritime autonomy is all the rage? Well, some heavy-hitting investors have just proved our point. Yesterday, USV company HavocAI announced that they’ve raised $85M in new capital from B Capital, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin, Hanwha, Taiwania, Vanderbilt University, Up Partners, Island Green Capital, and Zero Infinity Partners—all new investors. Scout Ventures and […]
Remember when we said it had been a big week for Forterra? Well, it just got bigger. This morning, the ground autonomy company announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they have fully acquired networking and secure comms company goTenna for an undisclosed amount. “By integrating goTenna technology into our platform, we’re improving user […]
You know what sucks? When you spend oodles on drone detection and jamming technology, and it doesn’t work because, say, Russia is flying its drones outside of normal frequencies. Well, lucky for us, Danish cUAS company MyDefence has a solution: Today, the company unveiled a new antenna called WideBand XF that can detect drones flying […]
Thought we were done with the partnership news? Think again. This morning, autonomous targeting company AimLock announced that it’s teamed up with ground autonomy startup Overland AI to build its “autonomous targeting and engagement systems” (read: hands-free pew-pew) onto Overland’s ULTRA unmanned vehicle. Sounds like a certain drone-car is getting a lethal glow-up. Big brain: […]
Well, it’s been quite the week for Forterra—and it’s only Tuesday. Less than a week after announcing that they’re teaming up with BAE, the ground autonomy company announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’re officially unveiling a prototype of the DeepFires autonomous launcher—built with Oshkosh and RTX—at AUSA next week. The autonomous launcher […]
In case you—like us—have been flitting between events and trying to keep up with a flood of news in the past few weeks, you may have missed a major piece of news in our corner of the defense tech world: Last week, a delegation from Kyiv was in Washington to hammer out the details of […]
