‘Tis the season of team-ups, and it looks like the primes have new friends in the startup world on their Christmas list. On Tuesday, defense prime Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and autonomy quasi-startup Applied Intuition announced they’re joining forces to introduce vehicle autonomy to SNC’s fleet of mobile c-UAS and air defense platforms. Shoot ‘em […]
If all goes according to plan, a handful of nuclear fission firms in the US will finally switch on their microreactor and small modular reactors before Independence Day. And Antares—a Redondo Beach, CA-based company building small-scale nuclear fission reactors for remote deployment—has just raised a fresh batch of funding to fuel its run-up to that […]
Looks like no one’s found the shut-off valve on the defense tech funding tap yet. This morning, in an exclusive release to Tectonic, DC-based VC New Vista Capital announced that it’s officially raising a $60M Fund I that it will deploy into early-stage aerospace and defense startups. In a world where everyone and their mom […]
In case you haven’t been paying attention, electronic warfare is kind of a big thing right now. Few are more aware of that than CX2, the El Segundo-based defense tech startup that says it’s “securing spectrum dominance for the United States and its allies.” This morning, in an exclusive release to Tectonic, the company unveiled […]
Well, we’re back with more Heven AeroTech news—and man, oh man, do the drone dollars keep on comin’. On Monday, the Israeli-American hydrogen-powered drone startup announced that it’s closed a whopping $100M Series B funding round led by their new friends at IonQ, valuing the company at $1B. The Chinese Zodiac calendar officially says it’s […]
Ukraine’s path to NATO is looking shakier by the day, but that hasn’t stopped the alliance from pushing to integrate the country’s battle-tested tech into Europe’s defense tech ecosystem. Late last week, as we were all enjoying our turkey, NATO and Ukraine unveiled a new competition called “UNITE–Brave NATO,” designed to accelerate the adoption of […]
Well, the Europeans aren’t showing any signs of slowing down on the drone front. On Friday, German ISR UAS company (and STARK forefather) Quantum Systems announced that it has raised a €180M ($209M) Series C extension at a €3B ($3.49B) valuation, led by Balderton Capital. This comes on the heels of a €160M ($186M) raise […]
The counter-drone club just got its newest—and maybe youngest—member. In an exclusive release to Tectonic, Thermopylae, a California-based interceptor drone startup launched in June by a 21-year-old Ukrainian engineer, announced it has raised $1.6M in pre-seed funding. New kids: Drawing its name from the famous Spartan battle against the Persians immortalized in the movie “300,” […]
Well, the whole defense spending kick is showing no signs of abating. Yesterday, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te announced in an op-ed in the Washington Post that his country plans to spend an extra $40B (about NT$1.25T) on defense to counter the growing threat from China. A massive portion of the supplementary defense package—which would be […]
We told you that collabs were becoming a bit of a thing around here. Yesterday, drone visual navigation startup Vermeer announced a partnership with Sentry Operations, a low-profile terminal guidance and precision effects company. The two firms say they will work together to develop a full-stack, localized, and autonomous navigation platform for strike drones in […]
