Catch up on the latest insights into the defense industry.
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The Pentagon Invests $350M in Quantum Computing
Strap in, nerds. Everything really is computer. Yesterday, the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) announced a total of $350M in awards and programs to “strengthen U.S. leadership in quantum computing capabilities that support national security.” With these awards, the Pentagon also says it will push the Department’s “innovation… Read More
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Anduril is Bringing Gecko’s Robo-Inspectors into Arsenal-2
Anduril’s Arsenal-2 shipyard near Baltimore is billed as the Navy’s factory of the future, so it’s only right they bring in the best-of-the-best in new-age manufacturing tech. Two short days after Anduril unveiled the $3.7B, 2M-square-foot mega-factory, Gecko Robotics announced that their wall-crawling robots and critical infrastructure inspection software will be deployed at Arsenal-2 and… Read More
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Shield AI and the US Navy Match $150M Investments in X-BAT Development
The boost brings total public and private funding for Shield AI’s autonomous fighter to a cool $400M. Read More
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Interceptor Startup Furientis Raises $25M Seed, Scores First OTA
The interceptor game really is so hot right now. In case you missed it—earlier this week, interceptor startup Furientis announced that it’s raised a $25M seed round led by Benchmark and scored an OTA with the Pentagon to develop its 100-mile-range interceptor vehicle. “Furientis exists to resupply our critical deficiency in defensive munitions,” Furientis Co-Founder… Read More
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Harmattan Unveils IRIFI Deep Strike UAV
In case you haven’t had a keen eye trained on Ukraine this summer, deep strike is quite the hot topic right now. Basically, companies like Fire Point have shown that lower-cost, autonomous deep strike weapons (like, with ranges well above 200 kilometers) can inflict oodles of damage deep in adversarial territory—especially when you train them… Read More
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X-Bow Scores $69.7M Contract for SRMs with the US Navy
Damn. The Navy really is on quite the spending spree. This morning, New Mexico-based solid rocket motor (among much else) company X-Bow Systems announced that it’s been awarded a prototype agreement with the Navy worth $69.7M to “develop and qualify a solid rocket motor booster for a key U.S. Navy next-generation weapon.” An X-Bow spokesperson… Read More