Don’t you worry: prime-startup-cuffing season is still in full swing. Earlier this week, L3Harris inked a deal with Shield AI to integrate the autonomy-big-dawg’s Tracker Counter-UAS, which has AI-and-computer-vision-powered software for drone detection and tracking, across L3Harris’ VAMPIRE c-UAS platform. It’s the first time Shield AI has licensed the software to another company. Maybe getting […]
Look out, world. The go-fast guys are teaming up. Yesterday, super under-the-radar defense tech startup Anduril announced that hypersonic aviation company Hermeus has selected its Lattice for Mission Autonomy stack to make its Quarterhorse Mk 2 aircraft all “look Ma, no hands.” Lattice for Mission Autonomy has flown Anduril’s Fury CCA, but this is the […]
Seasats secured over $24M in fully-funded orders for its Lightfish small-USV in August.
Speaking of critical technology areas—it’s been a while since we talked about contested logistics. Luckily, our friends from the unsexy side of defense are back with some news to bring the conversation back to the top of your inbox. This morning, defense sustainment startup Rune and drone hotshot Havoc announced in an exclusive to Tectonic […]
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, […]
The “Group 2 to Group 3 UAV” will be designed around Divergent’s 3D printing tech from the start.
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, […]
