Look out, world. The defense tech bros are teaming up across the Atlantic. Yesterday, Croatian drone wunderkind and California-based drone and additive manufacturing company Firestorm announced that they’re officially teaming up to 3D print Orqa’s teeny-tiny FPVs for frontline operators. According to Firestorm CEO Dan Magy and Orqa CEO Srdjan Kovacevic, both companies and customers […]
We’ve talked a lot around here about how AI is changing the way wars are fought, but we haven’t spent all that much time talking about how it’s going to change the way intelligence is gathered and analyzed. That changes today. This morning, AI-powered intelligence company Whitespace announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that […]
If anyone was hoping that 2026 was going to be a bit chiller in defense tech land than 2025, well, shit luck for you. Yesterday, flight autonomy company Skyryse announced that it’s raised a whopping $300M Series C, bringing its valuation to $1.15B. (Unicorn status, baby!) The round was led by Autopilot Ventures and Fidelity […]
Told you it was a big day for the backend side of defense. This morning, Nikon SLM Solutions—a unit of Nikon Advanced Manufacturing—announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that shipbuilding giant HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has placed a second order for its NXG 600E metal additive manufacturing system. Hamid Zarringhalam, CEO of […]
Today’s a pretty big day for all of the companies that make the defense tech world we know and love tick. This morning, cybersecurity company RADICL announced that it’s raised a $31M Series A led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from funds including Access Venture Partners, Denver Ventures, and Cervin Ventures. RADICL Co-Founder and […]
Emil Michael is officially assembling his defense tech Power Rangers. Just two months after announcing the six “critical technology areas” (CTAs) that the DoD will focus on for capability development, on Friday, the Pentagon CTO announced the six guys (yes, they’re all guys) that will lead the priority tech areas. Leaders tapped include the newly […]
The boys in Bozeman are back with some news. Yesterday, Montana-based mapping and intelligence startup Reveal Technology announced that it’s snapped up Anomaly Six (A6), a “a multi-domain digital intelligence company,” and will integrate “A6’s global location and behavioral-pattern solutions with Reveal’s autonomous tactical ecosystem.” In normal-people speak? Reveal is folding A6’s ability to track […]
Overland AI just keeps notching wins. Yesterday—hot off winning the Army’s xTechOverwatch competition—the ground autonomy startup announced that it’s won a $2M Army contract to “put autonomous ground vehicles in the hands of 1st Cavalry Division Troopers.” Thought the whole idea was that hands weren’t necessary, but who are we to say? Rise of the […]
Well, it seems the whole “factory of the future” thing is really happening. This morning, Anduril released a year-one update on its Arsenal-1 production facility in Ohio—the $1B, 5M+ square foot mega factory the company announced it was building last January. According to the release, the walls are up on the first two buildings, the […]
Interceptors are so hot right now. Yesterday, Munich-based mini-autonomous-missile company TYTAN Technologies announced that it’s opened up a new facility in Bavaria and inked a partnership with German sensor giant HENSOLDT, all with the aim of producing 3,000 Group 3 interceptor drones a month by the end of 2026. The company—which tests its drones on […]
