Defense Systems News
Latest Defense Systems news and analysis — 208 articles tagged Defense Systems on The Robotics Media.
- Anduril's YFQ-44A Fury Fit-Checks Air-to-Ground Munitions for USAF — — Anduril has revealed that its YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft has completed fit-checks with a full family of air-to-ground weapons, expandi...
- US Army Awards $10.64M Contract For Ukraine-Proven Raybird Drone — — The U.S. Army has awarded Skyeton Inc., the U.S. arm of Ukraine's Skyeton, a $10.64 million contract to deliver combat-proven Raybird reconnaissance d...
- Tekever Closes $580M Series D At $6.4B To Bankroll Defense M&A Push — — European AI-drone maker Tekever bags a first close of $580 million led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, valuing the Ukraine-hardened surveillanc...
- Boeing-Anduril Advance To Phase 2 Of Army's IFPC Mid-Range Interceptor Race — — The US Army has picked Boeing-Anduril and Lockheed-AeroVironment for Phase 2 of the IFPC Increment 2 Second Interceptor competition, cutting Rafael.
- Anduril Sweeps DHS' $1.5B Counter-UAS Framework After Track 1 Protest Win — — DHS added Anduril to Track 1 of its $1.5B Counter-UAS IDIQ, giving the defense-tech firm access to both halves of the framework alongside only BAE Sys...
- Voyager Wins Space Force Contract To Develop Satellite-To-Satellite Comms Waveform — — Space Systems Command has tapped Voyager Technologies to develop a flight-ready waveform for direct satellite-to-satellite communications across milit...
- US Army Winds Down Drone Battalion, Pushes UAVs Down To Every Squad — — The Army is retiring its year-old experimental drone battalion after Exercise Saber Junction, redirecting its Ukraine-inspired lessons into a squad-le...
- Rapta Raises $8M to Scale AI Quality Assurance for Defense Manufacturing — — Portland-based industrial AI startup Rapta has raised $8 million co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners to expand its AI quality assura...
- Air Force Sets December Emerald Flag As CCA Drones' First Live Kill-Chain Test — — The US Air Force will fly its YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft at Emerald Flag in December, the first end-to-end live kill chain with...
- Saronic Wins Navy LCU Contract To Build Landing Craft At Port Alpha — — Saronic will build a series of Landing Craft Utility vessels for the US Navy at its new Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Texas — its first traditio...
- IDF to launch unmanned systems and AI branch by December — — Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told commanders that Israel's military will stand up a dedicated branch for robotics, drones and AI-driven warfare by Hanukk...
- Mach Industries Doubles Valuation to $3.7B on $600M Series C Extension — — Mach Industries raised a fresh $600 million in a Series C extension co-participated by Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock Capital and Sequoia —...
- AeroVironment Books First-Ever US Laser Weapon Production Deal With $464.8M LOCUST X3 Award — — The Army's Enduring-High Energy Laser program moves LOCUST X3 from prototype to sustained production, tapping AeroVironment for dozens of 30 kW counte...
- AeroVironment Books Record $1.5B Backlog As Q1 FY27 Revenue Hits $480.5M — — AeroVironment opened fiscal 2027 with record first-quarter revenue of $480.5 million and a funded backlog of $1.5 billion, up 37% year over year, as a...
- AeroVironment Books First International LOCUST Laser Order For $50M+ — — A landmark direct commercial sale — AeroVironment's first foreign purchase order for its LOCUST laser weapon system — arrives days after the US Army's...
- Hanwha Unveils Drone-Guided K9 Howitzer Concept At Estonia Users Club — — Hanwha Aerospace showcased a next-generation K9 concept pairing the self-propelled howitzer with a VTOL fire-guidance drone at the K9 User Club in Tar...
- UFORCE Nears $5B Valuation In $500M Round Led By Valor Equity Partners — — London-based UFORCE is in advanced talks to raise about $500 million at a roughly $5 billion valuation in a round led by Antonio Gracias' Valor Equity...
- GoPro Merges With Starman Optical in $285M AI Infrastructure Pivot — — GoPro will merge with U.S. optical-photonics company Starman Optical in a $285M all-cash deal, wiping out its debt and pivoting the action-camera bran...
- ARM Institute Wins $90M Pentagon Award For 10 Military Manufacturing Modernization Projects — — Pittsburgh consortium ARM Institute has bagged nearly $90 million from OSW ManTech to lead 10 robotics, drone and AI projects that will modernize 12 U...
- Easy Aerial Closes $20M Series B To Scale Tethered Drone Production For Defense Customers — — Brooklyn-based autonomous drone maker Easy Aerial closed a $20M Series B on Aug 31 led by Insight Partners with Entree Capital, funding a global defen...