Catch up on the latest insights into the defense industry.
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Hermeus Lifts Off
Things are speeding up, and quick. High-speed aircraft company Hermeus announced on Tuesday that it’s completed the long-awaited flight test of its Quarterhorse Mk 1 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, marking a “significant step in Hermeus’ development of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft,” according to the company. Hermeus aims to use super-quick, iterative development… Read More
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Applied Intuition Is London-Bound
We told you everyone was making the great leap across the pond. Yesterday, vehicle autonomy software company Applied Intuition announced that it’s officially launching in the UK. The company—which just last week announced two new defense autonomy products—plans to invest £50M ($67M) in the country and open a research and development office in central London.… Read More
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Saronic Crosses the Pond
Drone boat company Saronic is officially making the great, trans-Atlantic leap. This week, the 8VC-backed company—known for its ever-growing family of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and fat, fat valuation—announced that it’s officially opening an office in the UK and expanding operations in Australia. London calling, indeed. AUKUS-tastic: Saronic says it’s making the move as part… Read More
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Applied Intuition Expands its Autonomy Suite with Axion and Acuity
Way, way back in February (we were so young, so innocent), we wrote about autonomous vehicle software company Applied Intuition acquiring EpiSci, which builds autonomy software for everything from drones, to planes, to boats. Well, it seems the first fruits of the acquisition have been born. On Tuesday, the company unveiled two hot new defense… Read More
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What did Trump’s Middle East Trip Mean for Defense?
In case you missed it, President Trump took a grand ol’ whistle-stop tour through the Middle East last week, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, and securing—per his team—over $2T in deals (though the numbers are a little fuzzy). You may have overlooked it amidst the hair-flipping, camel-and-horse-parading, and mobile-McDonald’s-making, but a few of… Read More
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Meet the AI Helping to Shape US Intelligence
As we’ve said a few times in the last couple of weeks, it’s always good to remember that cutting-edge defense tech is way, way more than drones and hypersonic missiles (though those things are super-cool and super-important too). AI is transforming more than just weapons systems—it’s also changing the way that the US gathers, analyzes,… Read More