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Mariana Minerals Bags $310M Series B At $1.5B To Scale Autonomous Mines — Aug 20, 2026 — Mariana Minerals raised $310M in a Khosla-led Series B at a $1.5B valuation to expand its Copper One and Lithium One projects and MarianaOS AI mining...HII's Watcher sUSV Wins DIU Nod, Advances Toward Production — Aug 17, 2026 — DIU has officially recognised successful completion of the PRIME prototype programme for HII's Watcher small USV, built with MetalCraft Marine on the...Skydio Crosses 1,000 Dock Deployments And 4 Million Flights One Year After Launch — Jul 20, 2026 — One year after shipping the first production Skydio Dock, the San Mateo drone maker has crossed 1,070 deployed docks across public safety, utilities a...Waymo Begins Autonomous Testing on London's Streets — Jun 27, 2026 — Waymo has begun autonomous testing on London's public roads with safety operators aboard, a key step toward its first commercial robotaxi service outs...PowerBank Safe-Harbors 30 MW Of Distributed Solar And 31 MWh Of Storage In NY, PA — Jun 14, 2026 — PowerBank Corporation executed equipment procurement agreements to safe-harbor 30 MW of distributed solar and 31 MWh of battery storage across eight N...Uber AV Labs To Roll Out 500 Sensor-Packed Ioniq 5s For Robotaxi Partners — Jun 6, 2026 — Uber's new AV Labs division will deploy 500 sensor-equipped Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles globally in 2026, generating 2 million miles of training data per...Tesla Expands Unsupervised Robotaxi To Entire Austin Metro Area — Jun 5, 2026 — Tesla expanded its unsupervised Robotaxi geofence to cover the entire Austin metro area on June 3, 2026, more than doubling its previous 245-square-mi...US Navy Kicks Off MUSV Marketplace Demos With Saronic, Leidos, HII — Jun 4, 2026 — The US Navy's Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel marketplace programme begins live demonstrations in June 2026, putting Saronic, Leidos, HII, Sea Machines...Aurora and Volvo Launch 200-Mile Dallas–Oklahoma City Autonomous Truck Route — Jun 2, 2026 — Aurora Innovation and Volvo Autonomous Solutions have launched a new 200-mile Dallas–Oklahoma City autonomous freight route, expanding their joint net...Blue Water Autonomy Starts Liberty-Class Construction at Conrad Shipyard — Jun 2, 2026 — Blue Water Autonomy has begun construction of the first Liberty-class autonomous warship at Conrad Shipyard, with the 190-foot vessel due for Navy del...Kodiak AI Goes International With West Fraser Alberta Logging Pilot — Jun 1, 2026 — Kodiak AI is launching its first international autonomous trucking operations in Alberta and its first foray into the logging industry through a pilot...Aurora and McLane Go Fully Driverless on Dallas-Houston Route — Jun 1, 2026 — Aurora Innovation has transitioned its McLane Company freight service on the Dallas-Houston corridor to fully driverless operation after a supervised...Powerus Qualifies for Phase II of Pentagon's $1B Drone Dominance Program — May 31, 2026 — Powerus has been selected to compete in the qualifier for Phase II of the U.S. Department of War's $1 billion Drone Dominance Program with its MatrixF...