If you thought we were done with the partnership news, well, think again. The mash-ups continue, baby. This morning, robotics startup Crow Industries and Parry Labs announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’re teaming up to build Parry’s edge compute and autonomy stack onto Crow’s Fenris UGV. “We were both finalists in the […]
Things are speeding up on the supersonic front, and fast. High-speed aircraft company Hermeus announced this week that it has successfully completed a flight test of its unmanned Quarterhorse Mk 2.1, which it calls the “world’s first high-Mach remotely piloted aircraft,” less than a year after the first iteration took flight. Everyone loves a spicy […]
Another day, another pretty lethal-sounding mash-up. Earlier this week, AI-powered machine gun turret startup Allen Control Systems announced that it’s officially teaming up with drone giant Red Cat as part of their Futures Initiative to build their Bullfrog platform onto Red Cat’s unmanned surface vessels (USVs). Who said you can’t teach an old frog new […]
Look out, world. The El Segundo bros are teaming up. This morning, CX2 and Neros announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’re teaming up to put CX2’s c-UAS tech onto Neros’ made-in-the-USA quadcopter drones. Specifically, the two companies will build Vadris—CX2’s RF-seeking drone pilot locator—onto Neros’ Archer FPV drone. The idea is to […]
Big week for propulsion around here. This morning, solid rocket motor startup X-Bow Systems announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’ve successfully tested their 34.5-inch Ballesta SRM, first unveiled in 2022. The big-boy motor—which has more thrust and can get up to super-fast speeds more quickly—is best suited for launch for big ol’ […]
Welp, everyone really be out here just forming cliques. Yesterday, 3D-printed propellant hotshot (get it) Firehawk announced that it’s teaming up with manufacturing startup UNION to “[bring] together UNION’s software-defined factory platform and metal parts manufacturing with Firehawk’s advanced energetics and propulsion manufacturing platform.” In particular, the two companies say they’re banding together to work […]
Anduril sure has a knack for making friends. Yesterday, defense and transportation-focused startup Shift5 announced that they’re joining Anduril’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) prototyping effort to bring its predictive maintenance magic to the Army’s 4th Infantry Division’s vehicles. Race to integrate: We’ve covered the Army’s NGC2 program a lot, so we’ll keep it […]
Defense tech isn’t all drone swarms and software. Sometimes the basic stuff is the most important. Today, in an exclusive release to Tectonic, Texas-based energetic material startup Critical Materials Group (CMG) emerged from stealth to solve an old problem with new tech: Making more of the stuff that makes things go boom, starting with C-4, […]
Quantum Systems is officially entering the ground autonomy game, baby. Earlier today, German autonomy hotshot Quantum Systems introduced MANDRILL, its first unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), at the Enforce Tac trade show in Nuremberg. The $3.5B startup, better known for its aerial drones, called it the first in a line of UGVs designed to work with […]
Looks like someone wants to unleash drone dominance. Yesterday, the FPV phenoms from El Segundo turned things up a notch big-time with Project Millennium: A new 250,000-square-foot factory down the road in Torrance, CA, where they’ll ramp up production of their Archer drones to a million a year. If you were wondering what they were […]
