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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will purchase more than 200 Extended Range Sentry Towers (XRST) from Anduril to expand autonomous situational awareness across a much larger portion of the Southwest Border. The $363 million contract builds on more than seven years of collaboration between Anduril Industries and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, during which Anduril has delivered and supported hundreds of autonomous systems. Scaling Autonomous Border Surveillance. B

Destinus, a European defence manufacturer with a particular focus on scalable strike and air-defence systems for European and allied armed forces, led by Mikhail Kokorich, has announced the accelerated start of the RUTA Block 3 program, developed for a 2,000 km-class long-range precision strike capability and extending the operationally validated RUTA family. The flight-test campaign is planned to begin in 2027. RUTA Block 3 builds on the existing RUTA architecture, which has

Sweden Ballistics, securing Europe's explosives supply, led by Joakim Sjöblom, Carl Duforce, Sebastian Reismer, and the team, has raised a €30 million funding round to complete construction of its TNT manufacturing facility in Nora, Sweden. The €30m strategic investment is made up of several investors. Firstly, Sweden’s ex-Chief of Army, Major General (ret) Karl Engelbrektson. In 2023, Karl took on the position of Head of Advisory Board at Finserve Global Security Fund (GSF).

Scale AI, building reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions, led by Alexandr Wang and the team, has announced that the U.S. Department of War's (DoW) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale AI, increasing the total potential value from $100 million to $500 million. The five-fold ceiling increase follows strong demand for the Production OTA agreement, with projects across computer vision, gene

Intelic, creating trusted Mission Autonomy for military uncrewed systems, and unifying them with intuitive intent-based Command & Control, led by Maurits Korthals Altes, Jeroen Lappenschaar, and Marc Derksen, has launched Intelic BASE that links drone makers with defense ministries. At launch, the platform connects drone and unmanned systems manufacturers across Europe, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Portugal, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lith

Anduril, transforming defense capabilities with advanced technology, has recently added 5G Comms to its Sentry Family of Systems. Dependable communications are critical for military and commercial operations, especially as data volumes surge. The challenge is greatest in remote, austere environments where connectivity and infrastructure are absent. Although 5G offers higher speeds, lower latency, and greater device connectivity than legacy systems, its reliance on fixed infra

Scout AI, building the robotic foundation model for defense, led by Colby Adcock and Collin Otis, has raised $100 million in Series A financing to accelerate development of Fury, its foundation model for unmanned warfare. The round was co-led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates. The round also included participation from Decisive Point, Booz Allen Ventures, BVVC, Neman Ventures, Evolution VC Partners, Heraclitus Capital Management, Sigmas Group, Disruptive Founders Fund,

Kelluu , the Finnish deep tech company operating the world’s largest autonomous airship fleet, led by Janne Hietala, has raised €15 million in Series A funding led by the NATO Innovation Fund with participation from Keen Venture Partners , Gungnir Capital , and Tesi . This follows Kelluu’s successful completion of two phases of NATO’s DIANA (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) program. Kelluu delivers 24/7 monitoring across vast areas using unmanned airs

EGIDE , a French defence technology startup building the next generation of affordable defence systems, led by Florian AUDIGIER, Simon CALONNE, and the team, has raised an €8 million seed round co-led by Expeditions, Eurazeo , and Heartcore Capital , with participation from Galion.exe and Kima Ventures . At the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum, strengthening Europe’s defences has taken priority, as recent conflicts highlight the need for scalable, cost-effective systems to

Gecko Robotics , combining advanced robotics and AI-powered software to build, operate, and modernize the world’s most critical infrastructure, has been awarded a five-year IDIQ contract from the U.S. Navy and GSA with a $71 million ceiling to deploy artificial intelligence and robotics to assess and maintain the health of military assets. Gecko will start work with 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet with the initial award worth up to $54m over a five-year period. Customers

Frankenburg Technologies , redefining air-defence technology solutions for national defence and critical infrastructure, led by Kusti Salm, Andreas Bappert, Juhan Tenisson, and the team, has raised €30 million in Series A funding, led by Plural and followed by SmartCap . Founded in 2024 by serial deep-tech entrepreneurs Taavi Madiberk and Marko Virkebau, Frankenburg Technologies was established to address a structural shift in Europe’s security landscape: modern aerial th

Terra Industries , protecting Africa's critical infrastructure with autonomy, led by Nathan Nwachuku, Maxwell Maduka, Alexander Moore(Board Director), and AVM Ayoola Jolasinmi, rtd OFR(Advisor), has raised an additional $22 million in funding, led by Lux Capital with participation from existing investors, including 8VC , Nova Global, Silent Ventures , Belief Capital , Tofino Capital , and Resilience17 Capital , founded by Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola, as well as angel i

Voyager Technologies , an innovative national security and space solutions company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions, led by Dylan Taylor and others, and Max Space , envisioning a future where space is not just a frontier but a thriving base for humanity, led by Saleem Miyan, and others, have announced a strategic partnership to advance expandable space exploration technology, serving as the cornerstone of future lunar and deep-

Galadyne , a modern defense company redefining missile architecture with scalable liquid propulsion and full-stack integration, strengthening U.S. and allied defense by eliminating reliance on fragile energetic supply chains, led by Chandler Luzsicza, has raised a $4.8 million pre-seed round from Andreessen Horowitz and Pax Ventures to fund early development, testing, and prototype deliveries. For decades, missile systems have been technologically advanced but costly, slow

Diffraqtion , an MIT and University of Maryland spinout building the next generation of visual AI hardware and software to make satellites and machines see further and think faster, led by Johannes Galatsanos, Christine Yi-Ting Wang, Saikat Guha, Mark Michael, and others, has raised its pre-seed funding round, led by QDNL Participations , with participation from milemark•capital , Aether VC , ADIN, Offline Ventures , and a non-dilutive DARPA SBIR Direct-to-Phase 2 contract su

Harmattan AI , building the future of autonomous warfare, with speed and intelligence, led by Mouad M'Ghari, Martin de Gourcuff , Jean-Christophe Charlaix , Edouard Rosset , Jean-Patrice Coste , and others, has secured $200 million in a Series B funding round led by Dassault Aviation. The two companies have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the integration of controlled autonomy and AI technologies into combat aviation systems. Harmattan AI, awarded multiple Pr

Quantum Systems , developer of Aerial Intelligence Systems, led by Florian Seibel, Sven Kruck, Matthias Lehna, and Dave Sharpin, and Frontline Robotics , a Ukrainian defence technology company that develops and manufactures robotic systems for Ukraine's security and defence forces, led by Pavlo Kosolapkin and Yevhenii Tretiak, have launched “Quantum Frontline Industries”(QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, industrial-sca

Ursa Major , delivering mission-ready propulsion across missile defense, hypersonics, in-space mobility, and launch, led by Dan Jablonsky, Bill Nash, Brad Appel, and others, has closed $100 million in its Series E funding round and received an additional $50 million in debt funding commitments. Investors include both new and long-term supporters of Ursa Major’s mission, including Eclipse , which led the round, and were joined by Woodline Partners , Principia Growth , XN, and

Forterra , defining the next domain of operations creating an ecosystem where intelligent systems coordinate and prevail across the battlefield, led by Josh Araujo, Joseph Putney, Scott Sanders, Colin Chisholm, Taylor Smith Baisey, and Alberto Lacaze, has announced a $238 million Series C comprised of both equity and debt led by Moore Strategic Ventures with participation from new investors Salesforce Ventures , Franklin Templeton , Balyasny Asset Management , 645 Ventures ,

Inversion Space , building autonomous, highly-maneuverable re-entry vehicles to deliver cargo and effects from space, led by Justin Fiaschetti, Austin Briggs, Jackson Kemper, III, Collin Corey, and others, has unveiled the design of Arc, a spacecraft intended to deliver critical cargo from space to any point on Earth within an hour, landing on water, snow or soil with a precision of around 50 feet. The concept targets the defense sector, aligning with the U.S. military’s lon