Vectus Air Defense Systems announced firm orders for 40 Swarmer-built air defense systems in year one and 80 in year two, priced at $5M-$6M per unit, with manufacturing at a new Poland facility.
Britain completed a System Design Review and hydrodynamic trials for Astraea, its first new warhead in over 30 years, aligned with the US W93/Mk7 programme. The £15 billion allocation funds development, stockpile support and manufacturing infrastructure expansion.
Rolls-Royce will deploy £300 million across five UK facilities to upgrade defence propulsion and civil aerospace manufacturing through 2031, with Bristol receiving over £90 million for Eurofighter and GCAP support.
Elroy Air raised $175M through expanded PIPE financing ahead of a business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VII to scale production of its Chaparral autonomous cargo VTOL aircraft.
Northrop Grumman delivered the first 21 of 150 planned satellites for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 1 Transport Layer, moving the program into deployment phase.
The U.S. Department of War awarded Amprius Technologies up to $75 million to convert an existing EV battery production line into high-energy-density cell manufacturing for small and medium drones, targeting 12 million cells per year by early 2028.
Redwire has delivered over 300 Penguin reconnaissance drones to Ukraine since 2022, with an undisclosed NATO country ordering the next-generation Penguin Mk3 under a multi-year contract valued in the high eight figures.
The U.S. Army chose Ameresco to develop nuclear power campuses at two military installations, with a 390-MW molten salt reactor planned for Aberdeen under the Strategic Capital Initiatives program.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum lowering barriers to counter-unmanned aircraft system deployment and expanding JIATF-401 authority to coordinate safety and legal reviews, reducing approval delays.
Uvision and Estonian defense firm Lendurai announced a partnership to add AI-enabled autonomy to loitering munition systems for NATO forces, advancing autonomous navigation and target engagement.
Turkey signed an £8 billion contract with BAE Systems for 20 Eurofighter Typhoons, weapons, support and training, with deliveries starting in 2030. Turkish pilots have begun conversion training at RAF Coningsby.
The Government Accountability Office found the U.S. Navy's Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will cost over $200 billion and run beyond 2080, nearly 10 times the initial $21 billion estimate from 2018.
Rheinmetall and Destinus are finalizing a joint venture to manufacture cruise missiles at German facilities, with first orders expected by end of 2026 or early 2027, addressing NATO supply shortages.
The British startup closed a $300M Series funding round to scale production of its Skyhammer low-cost drone interceptor, which costs tens of thousands of dollars per round versus millions for conventional air defense missiles.
Elroy Air expanded its PIPE commitments to $175 million, with $75 million already funded.
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Kongsberg a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $404.4 million for Naval Strike Missile launcher production through 2034.
The U.S. Army named 30 finalists competing for up to $8 million in prizes to build cheaper interceptors for the Patriot air defense system.
Swarm Defense Technologies received a $25 million prototype delivery order for 4,000 Kiwi one-way attack quadcopters under the U.S. Department of War's Drone Dominance Program.
Netherlands pushed first ASWF frigate delivery from 2030 to 2033 due to hull stability redesign. Belgium will decide by end-2026 whether to remain in the binational program or switch to Italian FREMM EVO frigates.
AFRL certified Anduril's Barracuda as the Air Force's first large-scale production munition compliant with open systems architecture, testing 14 WOSA domains over four days.
The Air Force approved engine and radar upgrades for all 76 operational B-52H bombers. Boeing received $2.16B for Rolls-Royce F130 engine replacement and bomb-rack hardware; Raytheon won $603M IDIQ for AN/APQ-188 AESA radar production.
Pentagon doubled Maven's user base to over 100,000 personnel and raised the contract ceiling to $1 billion, following the system's operational role supporting 13,000 targeting decisions during Operation Epic Fury.
General Atomics delivered its FQ-42 uncrewed fighter to Creech Air Force Base for continued testing under the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, advancing autonomous drone wingmen capabilities.
The Air Force awarded $87.4 million to fund low-rate initial production of the AN/ALQ-257 electronic warfare suite for 72 F-16 Block 50s, bringing total program value to $1.92 billion.
The Air Force Research Laboratory certified Anduril's Barracuda as compliant with open systems architecture, enabling production under a multi-year framework targeting 8,000 missiles annually by 2031.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, barring Pentagon employees and contractors from using Claude AI for defense work.
A federal appeals court upheld the Defense Department's March blacklisting of Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk, barring the AI startup from military work over its refusal to remove safety guardrails on autonomous weapons.
The European autonomous drone and AI company closed a $580M Series D led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford. The funding accelerates development of ISR and logistics platforms with 50,000+ flight hours in Ukraine and major UK military contracts.
The U.S. Navy stood up RASWDC at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek to train sailors on autonomous systems and develop combat-ready robotic platforms for fleet-wide deployment.
U.S. Air Force and Navy are ramping JASSM production from 600 annually to 1,880 by FY2032, with Lockheed Martin investing $8-9 million through 2030 to expand 20+ facilities across five states.
Detroit Defense acquired Athenix Solutions Group to combine systems engineering with intelligence operations and cyber capabilities for Department of War and intelligence community customers.
Nomios has acquired Orbcom, a Porto-based cybersecurity and IT consulting provider generating €15 million in annual revenue with 80 employees and 250+ customers. The deal expands Nomios's European presence under majority owner Keensight Capital.
Healthcare Triangle signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Roboticom's robotics and precision automation assets for up to $30 million in cash and equity, expanding into industrial automation serving aerospace and advanced manufacturing.
The Navy created the Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center at Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia to accelerate operational integration and testing of unmanned capabilities across air, surface, and subsurface domains.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace won a $404.35M Pentagon contract to expand launcher and weapon-control capacity for the U.S. Marine Corps NMESIS anti-ship missile system across the Indo-Pacific.
The Navy stood up RASWDC at Little Creek-Fort Story to build tactics for unmanned systems, paired with the DRPM RAS office created in August 2026.
The Navy confirmed the AN/ALQ-264 Beowulf prototype sensor flew in 2025, part of a not-to-exceed $489.3 million undefinitized order to Boeing.
The Army awarded Palantir USG a $48,094,071 firm-fixed-price delivery order to build one software platform replacing nine legacy ammunition management systems.
Google will fly Tensor Processing Units aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission, the first orbital hardware test under Project Suncatcher, ahead of a 2027 two-satellite laser link demo.
L3Harris received an $876.4 million modification to develop the Navy's Next Generation Jammer Low Band system through fiscal 2031, including non-recurring tooling, demonstration pods, and cybersecurity work for EA-18G Growlers.