Defense

Oklahoma Guard Soldier Builds AI Tool to Review Awards Eligibility

An Oklahoma Army National Guard soldier built an AI tool during a Skillquest lab that is projected to save 61,000 work hours annually across the Guard.

August 15, 2026

CodeMettle Receives Army Contract for Terminus Tactical Network Software

CodeMettle received an IDIQ contract to provide Terminus software licenses and support services for the U.S. Army Tactical Network Operations solution.

August 15, 2026

ThayerMahan Tracks UUVs at Navy Lanternfish 26 Exercise

ThayerMahan said its acoustic intelligence systems detected, classified, localized, and tracked all UUV classes used during Exercise Lanternfish 26.

August 12, 2026

Air and Applied Research Associates Link Fuel Sensors to AI Logistics Platform

Air and Applied Research Associates have partnered to connect ARA fuel sensing data with Air's Enterprise Readiness platform for battlefield logistics planning.

August 11, 2026

Neros Raises $250 Million to Scale Autonomous Drone Programs

Neros Inc. raised a $250 million Series C at a $2.5 billion valuation to expand autonomous and interceptor drone programs.

August 11, 2026

Vatn Systems and NCSIST Explore Undersea Autonomy for Taiwan Defense

Vatn Systems and Taiwan's NCSIST signed an agreement to explore autonomous underwater vehicles, AI enabled command and control, systems integration, and local sustainment for Taiwan's naval defense work.

August 11, 2026

Inturai Adds DomeCommand Capabilities for Drone Defense

Inturai said its proposed DomeCommand acquisition would add counter drone planning, AI reasoning agents, and audit trail tools to its infrastructure security capabilities.

August 11, 2026

American Rheinmetall Gets U.S. Army Contract for Autonomous Logistics Vehicles

American Rheinmetall has received an 18 month U.S. Army contract to deliver autonomous, hybrid powered uncrewed ground vehicles for Project Sustainment.

August 03, 2026

Strider Partners With Ionic Mineral Technologies on Supply Chain Intelligence

Strider Technologies has partnered with Ionic Mineral Technologies to provide strategic intelligence for its U.S. critical minerals and rare earths supply chain.

July 31, 2026

Rocket One Licenses NASA Avionics Technology for Space AI Platform

Rocket One has signed a nonexclusive patent license agreement with NASA for the Affordable Vehicle Avionics System. The company plans to use the technology in an AI enabled platform for spacecraft mission planning, avionics modeling, simulation and engineering workflows.

July 31, 2026

NARMA Launches PXN Flight Control Software for U.S. Drone Makers

NARMA has launched PXN in the U.S., a security hardened flight control software platform built for drone manufacturers, integrators, and enterprise operators.

July 31, 2026

Leidos and CoreWeave Plan Secure AI Cloud Services for U.S. Defense and Intelligence

Leidos and CoreWeave are collaborating on secure sovereign AI cloud services for the U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of War. CoreWeave will provide its AI cloud platform, while Leidos will handle mission integration and secure architecture.

July 31, 2026

Lantronix and DoD Solution Begin Production of Edge AI Drone Platform for Ukraine

Lantronix and DoD Solution have completed integration of DoD Solution's AURA AI autonomy platform with Lantronix's Open-Q 6490CS edge compute solution, with initial production now underway for drone systems used in Ukraine.

July 30, 2026

Defense Unicorns and Paramify Partner on Federal Compliance Automation

Defense Unicorns and Paramify have partnered to integrate Paramify's compliance automation platform into the Unified Defense Stack for federal and defense customers.

July 30, 2026

Agon Launches Virtual Battlefield Platform With $30 Million

Agon has launched with $30 million in funding to build virtual battlefields for training AI powered autonomous weapons systems.

July 30, 2026

Pelico Secures AE Ventures Investment for Aerospace Manufacturing AI

Pelico secured a strategic investment from AE Ventures to expand its AI powered manufacturing orchestration platform across aerospace and defense. Financial terms were not disclosed.

July 27, 2026

Skydio Adds X10, Dock for X10, and R10 to Blue UAS List

Skydio's X10, Dock for X10, and R10 have been added to the Blue UAS Cleared List, making the systems eligible for federal procurement and grant programs without additional waivers.

July 27, 2026

HDT Robotics Joins U.S. Army Autonomous Logistics Project

HDT Robotics, doing business as BLADE, was selected as one of five partners for the U.S. Army Project Sustainment initiative and will propose its Dire WOLF unmanned ground vehicle.

July 27, 2026

Sigma Defense to Build SUNet 2.0 Prototype for Defense AI Work

Sigma Defense has been selected to deliver a SUNet 2.0 prototype for the U.S. Department of War. The six month effort will produce a Minimum Viable Product for AI and machine learning development, data operations, secure collaboration, governance, and technology integration.

July 27, 2026

Ultra Maritime Demonstrates Underwater Drone Detection at U.S. Navy Exercise

Ultra Maritime's Sea Spear sonar system detected, tracked, and classified unmanned underwater vehicles during the U.S. Navy Lanternfish 2026 exercise in Washington.

July 27, 2026