Well, gosh darn. We didn’t think we’d be writing so much about rare earths and metals as a defense tech publication but, well, here we are. Yesterday, steel company (yes, we’re doing steel again) Hertha Metals announced that it’s raised a whopping $133.65M Series A to produce high-purity iron for domestic rare-earth magnets. Hertha Metals […]
Well, jeez. We knew maritime autonomy was all the rage, but the US government (and a certain Texas-based drone producer) are getting mega-serious about it. Yesterday, not-so-tiny USV startup Saronic announced that it’s been awarded a production OTA under the US Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Marketplace for Marauder, its 180-foot autonomous ship. Under […]
Tectonic met with the people at the heart of Ukraine’s defense tech industry during a trip to Kyiv.
You know what’s better than a drone boat? A big ol’ drone boat with some BFMs (big f*cking missiles) strapped on board. Luckily, the dudes (and dudettes) over at STARK have taken this lesson to heart. This morning, the European defense tech darling unveiled a new 12 m variant of its Vanta USV (yes, they […]
The University of California’s investment fund and Baillie Gifford led the Portuguese drone company’s latest round.
It’s really a big week around here for the nuts and bolts of defense tech, huh? But lock in. Because this one is super interesting. (At least we think so). This morning, quantum sensing startup Mesa Quantum revealed in an exclusive release to Tectonic that it’s raised $11.8M in funding led by Playground Global, bringing […]
All those shiny fun boats, drones, interceptors, and missiles you guys make are fun and all, but they’re not all that helpful if they don’t have reliable comms to, like, tell them where to go. Luckily, Sweden-based TERASi is here to help—and they’ve now got a whole new pile of cash to help them do […]
The capital comes on the heels of SYOS securing a £30M UK MoD drone order for Ukraine.
Looks a heck of a lot like the Ukrainians are coming, y’all. Late Friday, the US Army announced that it had awarded the US arm of Ukrainian drone company Skyeton a $10.64M fixed-price contract for its Raybird ISR drones (and all the fun associated hardware and services). The contract was awarded by US Army Contracting […]
Well, looks like the whole “doubling down on the unsexy side of defense” thing is paying off. Yesterday, defense logistics startup Rune Technologies announced that it’s scored a $4.1M contract from the US Army through the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) to “expand Rune’s TyrOS deployment across the 1st Cavalry Division.” While the award may seem […]
