Germanium—dominated by China—is used in thermal-imaging systems, ISR sensors, missile seekers, and more.
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 […]
Saronic may be near-synonymous with futuristic drone boats, but the US Navy sees something different: A shipbuilder with rapidly expanding capacity, a growing workforce, and a solid balance sheet. There aren’t many others. Yesterday, the Navy awarded the autonomous surface vessel (ASV) hotshot, alongside legacy shipbuilders Conrad Shipyard of Texas and Master Boat Builders of […]
Castelion was awarded a contract worth up to $200M under the Navy’s MACE program.
Dare we say the primes and the neoprimes might be…making friends? Yesterday, everyone’s favorite defense tech company announced that it’s been selected (along with Boeing) to “advance to the next phase of competition for Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 Second Interceptor.” Anduril says the interceptor is powered by an SRM built out of […]
Look out, world. The robots really are coming. Yesterday, ground autonomy hotshot Overland AI announced that it scored a $20M contract under the US Army’s Engineer Autonomous Breaching Capability (EABC) initiative. Bishop said the capability is already in development and that they’ll “be progressively developing subsets of the capability throughout the fall,” leading up to […]
The deal marks the first time a venture firm will test a shared savings model in defense.
Seasats secured over $24M in fully-funded orders for its Lightfish small-USV in August.
The $464.8M contract covers dozens of AV’s LOCUST X3 cUAS systems.
Watch out, world. The US Army’s kill chain is going mobile. On Tuesday, the Army awarded two contracts worth a combined $192M—$127M to Palantir and $65M to Anduril—to move the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) AI-powered mobile ground station from prototype into production. Clash of the TITANs: The TITAN program, to back things up, […]
