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 […]
Our friends in Europe are having quite the start to the week. In case you missed it: On Friday, leaders of the European Group of Five (E5)—Europe’s five biggest defense powers—announced from Krakow that they’re banding together to beef up low-cost air defense. The new “multi-million euro” project—known as the Low-Cost Effectors & Autonomous Platforms’ […]
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 […]
We’re back to the nuts and bolts, baby. Yesterday, Code Metal, a “code [translator] for mission critical industries” (we’ll explain, dw) announced that it’s raised a $125M Series B led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Accel, B Capital, Smith Point Capital, J2 Ventures, Shield Capital, Overmatch, RTX, and others. This latest round brings the […]
Vantor’s satellite imagery just got a whole lot smarter with some help from their friends at a little startup called Google. Yesterday, Vantor (the artist formerly known as Maxar Intelligence) announced a deal with Google to run Google’s Earth AI imagery models on Vantor’s government-focused, spatial intelligence platform, allowing Google’s AI to automate analysis reports […]
Everyone’s favorite neoprime is back—and this time with some explosive news (bada-bing!). This morning, Anduril announced that it has received $43.7M in Defense Production Act Title III funding to expand solid rocket motor (SRM) production in the US. The company says the funding will be used to “increase the efficiency and resiliency of [Anduril’s SRM […]
If you thought the unmanned surface vessel world couldn’t get any more crowded, well, think again. This morning, Accelint announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that its new MV-20 surface vessel has set out on a 600+ mile-long long-endurance mission in the Gulf of Mexico to prove “endurance, navigation, and integrated payload performance under […]
Watch out, world: The LA boys are teaming up. Yesterday, Mach Industries and new-age manufacturing giant Divergent announced that they’ve teamed up to build a drone called Venom, a “prototype flight demonstration aircraft showing hardware development at software speed,” according to a statement put out by the two companies. And they’re not messing around when […]
In case you missed 8VC and Lux Capital throwing their weight behind Nigeria’s Terra Industries this week, the big ballers of American defense tech VC have been casting their eyes abroad lately. And now, they’re looking at the land down under. Earlier this week, Breaker—an Australian-American startup building AI voice-control software for autonomous swarms—raised $6M […]
Laissez les bons temps rouler in maritime autonomy world. Yesterday, California-based USV startup Seasats announced that it closed a $20M Series A led by Konvoy Ventures, with participation from Shield Capital, Techstars, and others. That fresh capital brings their total funding to over $40M, and as CEO Mike Flanigan told Tectonic, it’s all about scaling […]
