The Europeans are really having quite the week over here in defense tech land. Earlier this week, autonomy hotshot Auterion announced that it’s won a contract from the German government to provide “thousands of mid-range, heavy AI-guided autonomous strike systems” built with Ukrainian drone company Airlogix to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The systems—specifically, Airlogix’s X […]
We told y’all the Europeans were coming. Yesterday, German drone (but, importantly, not strike drone) giant Quantum Systems announced that it’s scored a $15.3M contract for its Vector AI drones with the US Army to deliver “advanced aerial intelligence capabilities to Brigade Combat Teams of the U.S. Army.” This marks the company’s first major Pentagon […]
Finland may not be the first country that comes to mind as a defense hotspot, but sharing an 800-plus-mile border with Russia helps kick things into gear. Earlier today, Kelluu, a Finnish autonomous ISR-focused airship startup, announced a €15M ($18M) Series A led by the NATO Innovation Fund. The company says it will use the […]
Well, the Nordics are making some money moves, aren’t they? This morning, Danish sensor startup Sapient Perception announced in an exclusive interview with Tectonic that they’ve raised a €2M ($2.4M) pre-seed round co-led by Balnord and FORWARD.one. The company says it will use the money to “accelerate development of the company’s software-defined cameras and AI […]
Interceptors really are so hot right now. This morning at the London Defense Conference, UK Secretary of State for Defense John Healey announced that the MoD will buy “hundreds” of Skyhammer interceptors from startup Cambridge Aerospace as part of a “multi-million-pound” contract. The deal covers “integration, technical support, and end user training,” and the company […]
Those Ukrainian defense tech companies we have been going on and on about are certainly having a moment. On Tuesday, Croatian drone hotshot Orqa FPV announced that it’s inked a “memorandum of cooperation” with Ukrainian interceptor wunderkind General Cherry to bring the latter’s tech to Europe and NATO. The two companies plan to start co-producing […]
Look out, world. The Eastern Europeans are (formally) teaming up. On Friday, Estonian interceptor hotshot Frankenburg Technologies announced that it’s officially inked a production partnership with Poland’s state-owned defense company—Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ)—to produce its air defense systems in Poland. “Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine clearly demonstrate that attacks carried out by dangerous […]
Things may be heating up on the maritime autonomy front stateside, but don’t sleep on our friends across the pond. Yesterday, the UK Ministry of Defence awarded British unmanned surface vessel (USV) startup Kraken Technology Group a £12.3M ($16.5M) contract to supply the Royal Navy with 20 of its super speedy K3 Scout drone boats. […]
Watch out, y’all. The British are coming. Earlier today, Arondite, a UK-based startup building integration tech to make those autonomous systems we all know and love work together nicely, announced a “multi-million” pound contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to deploy its Cobalt software across the British Army’s Very High Readiness Force. Teamwork: If […]
Remember on Friday when we said that the Americans were coming? Well, turns out the Europeans are coming, too. This morning, FPV hotshot Orqa announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that it’s raised a €12.7M ($14.7M) Series A led by Expeditions and signed a teaming agreement with Texas-based Red River Army Depot to expand […]
