If you read our newsletter yesterday (we see you), you’ll know that General Atomics announced that they’ve been tapped by the Navy to develop conceptual designs for the service’s very own CCA program. (For the blissfully unaware, that’s the collaborative combat aircraft, or loyal wingman, program. Essentially, it’s the effort to build drone fighters that […]
It’s been a big week for everyone’s favorite defense tech darling. Just days after Anduril launched their buzzy AI-powered EagleEye helmet display for the Army, the service announced Wednesday that the company has won a DIU competition for a new counter-drone fire control solution. NGC2 concerns aside, it sure seems like Anduril’s still in good […]
A plan to deploy a nuclear energy source at a US military installation, first laid out in a May executive order, has grown some legs. At AUSA this week, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the Janus Program, which will aim to get a nuclear reactor up and running at a domestic US military base by […]
For all those SBIR skeptics out there, this one’s for you. In an exclusive release to Tectonic, San Diego-based small unmanned surface vessel (sUSV) startup Seasats announced today that it’s snagged an $89M ceiling SBIR Phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Navy to deliver its Lightfish USVs to the Marine Corps. Talk about […]
Well, it seems the DoD, sorry, DoW, has really gotten a taste for critical minerals. Yesterday, Australian-American mining company Nova Minerals ($NVA) announced that it’s scored a $43.4M investment from the Pentagon to build out a production plant for a critical mineral called antimony in Alaska. The funding was awarded under the Defense Production Act […]
The Pentagon has a serious case of missile madness. On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Defense is pressuring missile manufacturers to double and, in some cases, quadruple missile production, including by holding weekly calls with company executives through a new Munitions Acceleration Council. However, the industry is going to need […]
Well, we’re starting off the week with a bang (get it). On Friday, robotic weapons company Allen Control Systems (ACS) announced that they’ve scored a contract (for an undisclosed amount) with US Special Operations Forces (SOF) to integrate its flagship Bullfrog autonomous machine gun onto SOF’s maritime platforms. The contract was awarded in collaboration with […]
Rune is on quite a run. On Wednesday, the military logistics and sustainment software company announced it won a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Army, partnered with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, and secured investment from In-Q-Tel. No mid-week slump here. Sustainment star: Rune, which raised a $24M Series A back in […]
In case you’re new around here, there’s one thing you should know: the rocket motor industry is infamously concentrated, with just a few old-school suppliers responsible for a whole industry’s worth of energetics. But in recent years, a few new players have arrived on the scene, promising to do things differently. Firehawk is one of […]
It’s been a big month for Alabama-based drone maker Performance Drone Works (PDW). Weeks after opening a new 90,000 sq ft factory in Huntsville, the company announced earlier this week that it’s won a $20.9M contract under the Army’s Transformation in Contact initiative—PDW’s third contract with TiC so far. Need for speed: PDW, formed in […]
