In case Operation Jailbreak, ongoing NGC2 exercises, and the Pentagon’s all-encompassing Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative didn’t give it away, integration is quickly becoming the word of the year in the defense world. Logistics is one of the areas where the whole “making sure all this new software coming onto the scene works […]
The Marines are on a bit of a spending spree this week, aren’t they? Yesterday, the Marine Corps announced that it intends to issue a sole-source contract to Anduril for non-kinetic counter-drone technology for its Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs), including the company’s Pulsar-L EW platform and vehicle integration kits “to meet an urgent requirement.” According […]
It’s always a good sign when the customer comes back for more. Yesterday, ground autonomy hotshot Forterra announced that they’ve (along with prime partner Oshkosh Defense) scored a Block 2 production contract from the Marine Corps for their Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires (ROGUE-Fires) system. The award consists of two orders—134 units already […]
It’s no secret that the Navy wants drone boats, and they want them fast. Well, now we know who’s (probably) going to be building them. Over the weekend, the service named the seven companies—including Saronic, HavocAI (through PacMar Technologies), and Sea Machines—selected to advance to the prototype stage of the medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) […]
We talk a lot about all the zoom and go boom hardware around here, but we don’t spend a lot of time talking about the stuff used to make it. That changes today. Yesterday, AV (the artist formerly known as AeroVironment) announced that it has been awarded a ceramics advanced materials and processes (CAMP) contract […]
Well, the go-fast guys are back with some super-speedy contract news. This morning, hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus announced that it’s scored a $159M contract modification from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to continue developing hypersonic airdraft and “demonstrate high-Mach flight and high-speed payload release.” The OG contract was awarded back in 2023 and now has […]
Well, guys. The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. This morning, the Silicon Valley Defense Group released its fourth annual NatSec100 report, looking at the state of things in our cute lil’ defense tech world and the companies dominating the game. And lucky for you, we here at Tectonic got an exclusive first […]
Clearly, being on both Army Next-Gen Command and Control (NGC2) prototyping teams isn’t enough for Rune. Yesterday, the AI-powered logistics and sustainment startup announced that it was tapped for the Marine Corps’ Project Dynamis, the service’s push to accelerate the modernization of its C2 contribution to the Pentagon-wide Combined Joint All-Domain C2 (CJADC2) within the […]
It’s been a busy week for Redwire. On Tuesday, the space and defense giant announced a “multi-year contract valued at high eight-figures” with an undisclosed NATO country for its Penguin Mk3 VTOL UAS, and followed that up yesterday with a $15M contract with the US Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence (AVCOE) for its ISR-focused Stalker […]
Well, a drone with the same name as some dude you hung out with in college is getting a buzzy upgrade. Yesterday, autonomy giant Shield AI announced that it’s been tapped by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E) to build its Hivemind autonomy software onto LUCAS—the Low-Cost […]
