The Palantir mafia is expanding. Yesterday, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) company Vatn Systems announced a strategic partnership with the data giant, which will help it to scale up and streamline its manufacturing capabilities. The company will use Palantir’s Foundry system to digitize the way it works and use artificial intelligence to improve everything from production […]
Looks like Saronic really is trying to build the shipyard of the future. Yesterday, the unmanned surface vessel (USV) company and 8VC darling announced that it’s acquired Gulf Craft, a shipbuilder on the Louisiana coast. The company also unveiled a new 150-foot medium USV (MUSV) called Marauder, which will be prototyped out of Gulf Craft’s […]
Looks like Astro Mechanica is really speeding things up. This morning, the supersonic engine and aircraft manufacturing company announced that it has raised $27.1M in funding, co-led by a16z, Lowercarbon, and Giant Step, with significant participation from Alumni and Voyager. Astro Mechanica CEO Ian Brooke told Tectonic in an exclusive interview that the funding will […]
Looks like Palantir ($PLTR) is making another leap across the pond. On Monday, NATO revealed that it’s acquired the data giant’s AI-powered Maven Smart System, marking a giant leap forward for the alliance’s AI-powered warfare capabilities. NATO’s Allied Command Operations (ACO) will begin using the system within 30 days and will be known as the […]
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Maritime autonomy is all the rage. Late last week, autonomous shipbuilder Blue Water Autonomy emerged from stealth and announced $14M in seed funding led by Eclipse, Riot, and Impatient Ventures. The company is building a larger-profile, fully autonomous warship for the US Navy that can stay […]
Many of the hardest things about warfare are the things that seem the simplest. Like getting the right supplies to the right place at the right time. It’s super tough to know what fighters need and to get it to them before it’s too late, especially in far-flung places like the Indo-Pacific. (US military leaders […]
The manufacturing hype continues. On Tuesday, serial entrepreneur Jai Malik and former SpaceX engineering lead Eli Giovanetti launched The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America, or Amca, which they say will better build the “human-machine interface products.” Those are things like sensors, power units, and flight-control computers that enable a person to run something like an […]
We told you maritime autonomy was all the rage. This morning, USV company Saildrone announced that it has successfully integrated Australia-based Thales’ BlueSentry undersea surveillance system onto its unmanned Surveyor vessels. AUKUS for the win. The partnership—funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR)—greatly expands the Surveyor’s deep sea awareness, critical for monitoring threats from […]
Anduril is taking to the high seas in a big way. Just a few days after announcing its new Seabed Sentry underwater sensor network, this morning the company unveiled a new-age family of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) called Copperhead. The vessel is Anduril’s answer to a torpedo, but designed to be deployed from unmanned vessels. […]
What if soldiers could wander around hyper-realistic conflict zones without ever stepping foot in a hostile environment? Well, soon they might be able to. BAE Systems subsidiary Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) announced last week that they’ve received Initial Operating Capability (read: seal of approval) for the virtual planning and training tool they’re building with Army […]
