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Exclusive: CoAspire Taps X-Bow for SRM Boosters for CHAOS
CoAspire selected X-Bow to provide SRM boosters for Navy’s Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program.
Canadian Interceptor Startup North Vector Dynamics Raises $20M
After staying out of the spotlight among its NATO allies, the Canadians have really started making some serious money moves in defense, and we’re not talkin’ aboot hockey, eh? This morning, Calgary-based interceptor startup North Vector Dynamics announced that it’s closed a C$29M (US$20M) Series A led by Tech Horizons—a Prague-based deep tech VC firm […]
Helsing Unveils Contra for Air Defense
Helsing rolled out an AI-powered air defense system called Contra, along with two new interceptors: Inferno and Ambush.
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A Q+A with Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Fmr. Defense Minister
An exclusive interview with former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
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 […]
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 Matt Cronin, Senior National Security Advisor at a16z
If there is one VC fund you know in the defense tech world, it’s probably Andreesen Horowitz—or a16z, as the cool kids say. The firm—which just raised a casual $15B, including $1.176B for its “national interest” (defense and deep tech) focused American Dynamism fund—has backed some of the biggest names in the game, including Anduril, […]