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Dedrone by Axon and TYTAN Team Up on Interceptors 

The great transatlantic team-up continues. On Tuesday, counter-drone big dog, Dedrone by Axon, and German startup TYTAN announced a partnership integrating Dedrone’s sensors and detection tech onto TYTAN’s autonomous Group 3 drone interceptors.  Shoot ‘em down: Dedrone, which was snapped up by public safety tech company Axon (the Taser-maker) last year, is an OG in […]

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Anduril Unveils EagleEye Mixed Reality Headsets

Well, Anduril is certainly returning to its VR/AR roots. Yesterday at AUSA, the defense tech giant unveiled a new family of souped-up helmets called EagleEye that “unifies command and control, digital vision, and survivability within a single, adaptive architecture.”  The helmets build on the work Anduril has done for the US Army’s Soldier Borne Mission […]

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Exclusive: Anduril and Overland AI Demo Integrated c-UAS and ISR Capabilities

Autonomous ATV? Cute. Autonomous ATV with Anduril sensors, electronic warfare capabilities, and a supporting drone? That’s a whole different ball game—and Overland AI just proved it’s possible.  Today, in an exclusive release to Tectonic, the ground autonomy company announced that it teamed up with Anduril to successfully demo a version of Overland AI’s ULTRA autonomous […]

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Epirus and General Dynamics Team Up on c-UAS Robotic Ground Vehicle

Looks like the prime-startup love-fest is in full swing.  This morning, directed energy c-UAS startup Epirus announced that it’s teaming up with General Dynamics Land Systems to build a mobile, counter-drone robotic ground vehicle. The RGV will be equipped with Epirus’ signature Leonidas system, and will be called the Leonidas Autonomous Robotic (AR).  A full […]

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Helsing Buys Australian Underwater Drone-Maker Blue Ocean

The much-anticipated defense tech rollup era is in full swing, even on the other side of the pond.  This morning, German defense tech darling Helsing, one of Europe’s most valuable startups, announced that it has acquired Blue Ocean, an Australian underwater drone company, to accelerate the development of its unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) program.  Looks […]

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MyDefence Unveils New, Extended Range Antenna

You know what sucks? When you spend oodles on drone detection and jamming technology, and it doesn’t work because, say, Russia is flying its drones outside of normal frequencies.  Well, lucky for us, Danish cUAS company MyDefence has a solution: Today, the company unveiled a new antenna called WideBand XF that can detect drones flying […]

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AimLock and Overland AI Team Up

Thought we were done with the partnership news? Think again. This morning, autonomous targeting company AimLock announced that it’s teamed up with ground autonomy startup Overland AI to build its “autonomous targeting and engagement systems” (read: hands-free pew-pew) onto Overland’s ULTRA unmanned vehicle.  Sounds like a certain drone-car is getting a lethal glow-up. Big brain: […]

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Anduril Tests Solid Rocket Motor for Air-to-Air Weapons with RTX 

For an industry that hasn’t changed much in decades, the solid rocket motor (SRM) space has been on fire lately.  On Tuesday, Anduril announced that it successfully completed a static fire test of an SRM it developed and built for air-to-air weapons with RTX. Looks like everyone’s favorite neo-prime is shaking up yet another industry, […]

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Exclusive: Forterra, RTX, and Oshkosh Unveil Autonomous Launcher

Well, it’s been quite the week for Forterra—and it’s only Tuesday. Less than a week after announcing that they’re teaming up with BAE, the ground autonomy company announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’re officially unveiling a prototype of the DeepFires autonomous launcher—built with Oshkosh and RTX—at AUSA next week.  The autonomous launcher […]

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Exclusive: Seasats Snags $89M US Navy IDIQ Contract for USVs

For all those SBIR skeptics out there, this one’s for you. In an exclusive release to Tectonic, San Diego-based small unmanned surface vessel (sUSV) startup Seasats announced today that it’s snagged an $89M ceiling SBIR Phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Navy to deliver its Lightfish USVs to the Marine Corps.  Talk about […]