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Skyeton Scores $10.64M US Army Contract

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 […]

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Rune Scores $4.1M Contract with 1st Cav

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 […]

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The Navy Taps Saronic to Build a Regular, Old Landing Craft

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 […]

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Anduril and Boeing Advance Interceptor for Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) 

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 […]

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Overland-led Team Scores $20M Contract for Autonomous Breaching

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 […]