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 […]
Take a quick look around the defense startup scene, and you’ll notice that pretty much every company bills its tech as “tested in Ukraine.” Far fewer can say that they’re trusted in Ukraine. Forterra actually can. Yesterday, the ground autonomy startup revealed that it has sent over 100 Lancer autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs)—based on the […]
Remember when Y-Combinator graduates were building food delivery startups and e-commerce sites? Yeah, those days are well and truly gone. This morning, integration startup Surtr—part of YC’s Spring ’26 cohort—announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that it’s raised a $4.8M pre-seed round to build software that brings all the different sensors, command tools, and […]
Lasers and partnering with Rheinmetall…so hot right now. Directed energy startup Aurelius Systems is teaming up with the German mega-prime’s American subsidiary to integrate its drone-downing laser weapon, Archimedes, onto a Rheinmetall unmanned ground vehicle, the company exclusively told Tectonic. The partnership is the first for Aurelius and, since they aren’t planning to make ground […]
You know how we say we love the unsexy side of defense? Well, we’re back with some news from the unsexiest place we can imagine—the land of the nitty gritty back office paperwork that makes the cool stuff actually happen. Luckily, one startup is on a mission to make that tedious but super important work […]
Well, the moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Late last week, the Ukrainian government officially announced its first mechanism for exporting defense and military technology to partner nations. Under the setup—in the works for nearly two years—the government will maintain pretty tight control over exports, but manufacturers will (at long last) be […]
The great defense tech rollup is well underway, and Ondas ($ONDS) is quietly leading the charge. This morning, the drone and counter-drone roll-up announced that it’s acquired California-based drone company DZYNE Technologies for a whopping $875.8M, forming a new business unit with fellow Ondas portfolio company World View (acquired in April) that’ll be focused on […]
