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, […]
Vantor really just keeps stacking wins. This morning, the geospatial intelligence giant announced that it’s been awarded a five-year contract (with a one-year base) by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific to “deliver maritime intelligence capabilities supporting missions across the Indo-Pacific.” The company could not disclose the value of the contract. Specifically, Vantor says […]
The Navy wants prototypes that cost less than $30M and can operate “directly from the sea.”
A few short weeks after raising a $60M Series B at a $600M valuation, Heaviside is showing no signs of slowing down. Late last week, the California-based super-stealthy, precision-munitions company was awarded a five-year, $99M IDIQ contract with the US Army, but it wasn’t for the tech you might expect from a go-boom startup. Instead, […]
Never really thought we’d be writing about mining and refining as we’re a defense publication and all, but here we are. On Friday, the Pentagon announced two mega investments in yet more domestic critical minerals supply: “To build a robust defense-industrial base, we must secure the foundational materials that enable it,” Assistant Secretary of War […]
