The View from Kyiv, Part II: The Industry
Tectonic met with the people at the heart of Ukraine’s defense tech industry during a trip to Kyiv.
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Hertha Metals Raises $133.65M Series A
Well, gosh darn. We didn’t think we’d be writing so much about rare earths and metals as a defense tech publication but, well, here we are. Yesterday, steel company (yes, we’re doing steel again) Hertha Metals announced that it’s raised a whopping $133.65M Series A to produce high-purity iron for domestic rare-earth magnets. Hertha Metals […]
Exclusive: Aeon Brings Destinus’ Interceptors Stateside
The defense tech scene on both sides of the pond is kicking into high gear, and that’s opening up opportunities for some very symbiotic transatlantic collabs. In an exclusive release in Tectonic this morning, Dutch drone and cruise missile hotshot Destinus and Texas-based software-defined missile startup Aeon announced that they’re teaming up on a co-developed […]
Exclusive: Counter-Drone Startup Fortem Raises $50M Series B
The round follows an initial $25M investment from Lockheed Martin back in April.
Saronic Wins Roughly $400M Production OTA for Marauder
Well, jeez. We knew maritime autonomy was all the rage, but the US government (and a certain Texas-based drone producer) are getting mega-serious about it. Yesterday, not-so-tiny USV startup Saronic announced that it’s been awarded a production OTA under the US Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Marketplace for Marauder, its 180-foot autonomous ship. Under […]
Biothreat Detection Startup Pilgrim Raises $25M
There’s no shortage of enemy missiles, drones, and other go-boom tech keeping us up at night, but it’s time for a dose of the super-scary, invisible threats we talk about a lot less. Luckily, one startup is hard at work building the tech to help us detect them, and it’s catching the attention of the […]
The View from Kyiv (Part One)
Tectonic met with the people at the heart of Ukraine’s defense tech industry during a trip to Kyiv.
A Q+A with Vectus’ Erik Prince
Tectonic sat down with Erik Prince to chat about his new air defense startup, Vectus.
A Q&A with Alex Fink, US CEO of Swarmer
In case you missed it, the infamous Erik Prince and Swarmer’s US CEO Alex Fink are betting on “air defense as a service”—and now they’re putting numbers behind their pitch. This week—just a month after launch—Vectus Air Defense Systems (not to be confused with Prince’s Vectus Global private military and security company) announced plans to […]
STARK Unveils Vanta-12, Teams Up with MBDA
You know what’s better than a drone boat? A big ol’ drone boat with some BFMs (big f*cking missiles) strapped on board. Luckily, the dudes (and dudettes) over at STARK have taken this lesson to heart. This morning, the European defense tech darling unveiled a new 12 m variant of its Vanta USV (yes, they […]