Well, it’s official. Just about two months after reports first surfaced that a super-stealthy UK startup had raised about $100M at a $400M valuation to build missile and drone defense systems for Europe, Cambridge Aerospace is officially out in the open. The company is formally launching its first two products—Skyhammer and Starhammer—at DSEI next week, […]
When Tectonic covered drone boat startup Kraken’s partnership with German shipbuilder NVL last week, the company’s CEO Mal Crease said that software is becoming “increasingly important” and hinted at some partnerships in the works. Well, we now know why he was being coy. On Thursday, Kraken teamed up with autonomy software development juggernaut Applied Intuition […]
It’s a big day for partnerships in the defense tech world. On Thursday, white-hot military logistics startup Rune Technologies—fresh off a $24M Series A—announced a partnership with supply chain visualization company Altana to expand Rune’s defense sustainment software capabilities. Friendship really does make the world go round. Making unsexy sexy: Rune, led by Anduril alums […]
Everyone loves a good competition, and NATO DIANA just dropped its latest leaderboard. On Thursday, the alliance’s defense tech accelerator announced the 15 winners of their 2025 pitch competition. The companies span ten countries and a range of sectors, and NATO’s betting that they’re just what the alliance needs to accelerate into the future. From […]
Break out the popcorn, y’all. Yesterday, the Army announced its second award for Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) prototyping—this time, a $26M 16-month OTA to a team led by Lockheed Martin. The super-prime and its team will deliver their prototype to the 25th Infantry Division. This comes a little over a month after the […]
Well, we hope Congress had a restful summer recess, because things are about to get very busy for the military-minded members (and we’re not talking about yesterday’s apparent War on Drugs redux). On Tuesday, with the fiscal year kicking off next month, Congress returned to make some big spending decisions (lest we forget about the […]
If you’re a regular reader of Tectonic, you’ll know that the Navy is majorly changing the way it does things. There’s the Trump administration and SecNav Phelan’s focus on amping up shipbuilding, the push to amp up capabilities by 2027, and—just last week—the introduction of the Naval Rapid Capabilities Office. And that’s just the beginning, […]
Death, taxes, and the primes hopping on the drone hype train. On Friday, L3Harris Technologies announced a “new Counter-Unmanned Systems (C-UxS) initiative” to “overcome unmanned threats across the air, land and sea domains.” Welcome to the club. The company said the “new effort provides expanded and customized C-UxS offerings by combining existing solutions with other […]
The space industry is evolving at a breakneck pace, with government and commercial players alike under pressure to deploy satellites faster, cheaper, and more securely. For many, the hidden cost lies not in launch or hardware, but in the complex world of mission operations. That’s where Quindar, a three-and-a-half-year-old startup, is establishing itself. “Everyone has […]
Well, the rumors are true. Yesterday, in a typically stylized video (we see you, Pentagon green room), SecDef Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a joint interagency anti-drone task force that will “bring together our best talent from all our agencies to counter these threats and restore control of our skies.” (This was first reported […]
