Minehunting is back in vogue, and for good reason. If you’ve been keeping an eye on a certain strait off the coast of Iran, sub-sea mines—or the threat of them—have been causing a whole lot of problems. The US Navy, which decommissioned half of its Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships last year, is looking for more […]
The defense technology industry has never been better at innovation. New companies are developing advanced unmanned systems, autonomous platforms, sensors, and other critical capabilities at a pace that would have been difficult to imagine a decade ago. But innovation alone isn’t enough to deliver those capabilities to market. As defense companies move from prototype programs […]
Well, seems like the Dassault-Harmattan AI partnership is working out just fine. This morning, the Paris-based autonomy startup and the French aviation giant announced that they’ve teamed up to build—and successfully integrate and test—a new EW detection drone payload called NAMIB. And they’ve already tried it out. In a recent test, a drone (built with […]
Europe—well, Germany especially—is having a heck of a year. This morning, the German defense tech juggernaut announced it’s raised a $1.8B Series E at an $18B valuation, setting a new record for Europe’s largest defense startup funding round after Quantum Systems’ $1.2B raise earlier this month. The Germans are taking this whole rearmament thing pretty […]
Israel has built some of the most sophisticated air defense systems in the world, but FPV drones and swarms have increasingly become a bit of an Achilles heel for the country’s military, particularly in its fight against Hezbollah. One startup is looking to change that, and is bringing some serious US investing firepower along with […]
Pew-pew, baby. Laser weapons are here to stay. Yesterday, the Pentagon announced that it’s awarded two OTAs to nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin Aculight to develop laser weapons systems to “advance the United States’ next-generation cruise missile and unmanned aerial system (UAS) defense architecture.” The combined awards have an initial contract value of $86M with […]
Valinor launched last year with a focus on building the unsexy but important tech for modern conflict that no one else is, and it doesn’t get much more picks-and-shovels-y than drone docking stations. Looks like that bet is paying off. Earlier this week, the new-age defense tech holding company Valinor announced its Dispatch product-company—a modular […]
If you thought there were enough companies that were making the things that go boom, think again. This morning, new and stealthy munitions startup Ordnance Aero announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’ve entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM […]
Welp, big ol’ week for our friends across the pond. This morning, British maritime autonomy darling Kraken Technology announced that it’s raised a $175M Series B at a $1B valuation, which the company says will “accelerate Kraken’s rapid capability development and international manufacturing expansion.” The round was led by DTCP with participation from the British […]
If you still had any doubts that Europe was getting serious about defense (and defense tech), well, we’re back with even more evidence to prove you wrong. Yesterday, Warsaw-based VC Expeditions announced that it’s raised a €197M ($224.5M) Fund II, which it says will “address Europe’s critical capability gaps, as well as strengthen economic and […]
