| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.07.2026 | Autonomous Drone Fleet Manager Clears Pentagon Gate: Tesseract NOMAD Selected | By Richard L. Wells
Published: Jul 16 2026, 9:07 AM EDT
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| 15.07.2026 | Bridging the Modernization Gap: How G‑TEAD’s Accelerated Capability Events Deliver Innovation to the Tactical Edge | By Sarah Hepburn, Office of Army Pathway for Innovation and Technology (PIT)
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Army’s traditional acquisition system was not built for the speed, complexity or unpredictability of modern conflict. Threats evolve faster th... |
| 15.07.2026 | Pentagon Selects Tesseract Ventures To End the Drone Operator Bottleneck | By Kyle Belmonte
Published: Jul 15 2026, 7:24 AM EDT
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| 15.07.2026 | Accelerating Lifesaving Tech Through the Army’s Innovation Engine | By Sarah Hepburn, Office of Army Pathway for Innovation and Technology (PIT)
BEMOWO PISKIE TRAINING AREA, POLAND – Survival in contested, denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environments requires life-saving technologies tha... |
| 13.07.2026 | Pentagon Formalizes Expendable Drone Doctrine With Reaper Successor Solicitation | By Mireya Ramsey
Published: Jul 13 2026, 1:57 PM EDT
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| 08.07.2026 | Arkenstone Defense Raises $35 Million Seed To Help Commercial Companies Enter Federal Market | Arkenstone Defense emerged from stealth with $35 million in seed funding. The round was led by J2 Ventures, with participation from Susa Ventures, Granite Hill Capital Partners, and Artis Ventures.
The company is building a managed platform... |
| 24.06.2026 | UK Navigates Leadership Shift Amid Economic Headwinds and Tech Push | The UK charts a new course. Andy Burnham assumes the premiership. Markets eye his fiscal strategies. Economic headwinds persist. Brexit's long-term impacts surface. Retailers battle online giants. Government targets outsourcing, consumer fr... |
| 23.06.2026 | Trilateral defense initiative awards Hydromea a USD 1 million grant |
The AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge is a trilateral defense initiative — backed by the United States Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Australia's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), and the United Kingdom's Defense and Se... |
| 20.03.2026 | Mobilicom Named in FCC’s First Trusted Drones Batch, Securing Covered List Exemption Across Multiple Product Categories | One of only four approved entries and the only one spanning multiple products, Mobilicom shows its commitment to cyber trust and deployment-ready resilience.
This recognition reinforces our commitment to trusted, mission-critical readiness ... |
| 26.02.2026 | Chariot Defense Fuels Battlefield Innovation with $34 Million Investment | Chariot Defense, a leading defense technology innovator, raised $34 million in Series A funding. This significant round brings its total capital to $41 million. The company focuses on next-generation battlefield power systems. Its flagship ... |
| 25.02.2026 | Chariot Defense: $34 Million Series A Raised To Scale Battlefield Power Systems | Chariot Defense, a defense technology company focused on next-generation battlefield power systems, announced it has raised $34 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $41 million. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz... |
| 23.02.2026 | Stoke Space Secures $860M Series D Extension, Rockets Towards Reusable Space Frontier | Stoke Space Technologies dramatically expanded its Series D funding to $860 million, elevating its total capital raised to an impressive $1.34 billion. This substantial investment fuels the Kent, WA-based company's mission. It advances the ... |
| 17.02.2026 | Stoke Space Technologies Expands Series D To $860M | Stoke Space Technologies, a Kent, WA-based rocket company developing reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, extended its Series D funding to $860M.
Backers were not disclosed.
The round was initially announced in October 2025 at $510M.
With ... |
| 17.02.2026 | Breaker: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance Autonomous Orchestration Software | Austin-based defense technology startup Breaker has raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with follow-on investment from Australian venture firm Main Sequence, which previously led the company’s pre-see... |
| 10.02.2026 | Stoke Space Technologies Extends Series D Financing To $860 Million For Reusable Rockets | Stoke Space Technologies, the rocket company developing fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, said it has extended its previously announced Series D financing, bringing the total raised in the round to $860 million.
The Se... |
| 27.12.2025 | Radiant Raises Over $300 Million To Scale Mass-Production Of Portable Nuclear Microreactors | Radiant, a company developing factory-built, transportable nuclear microreactors, has raised more than $300 million in a new funding round to expand commercialization efforts and support construction of its planned R-50 manufacturing facili... |
| 17.12.2025 | US government ‘tech force’ gets backup from Coinbase, Robinhood | - |
| 04.12.2025 | Antares: $96 Million Raised To Advance Nuclear Microreactor Development | Antares, a rapidly growing advanced nuclear energy startup, has secured $96 million in Series B financing to accelerate development of its compact nuclear microreactor platform. The round was led by Shine Capital, with participation from Al... |
| 14.11.2025 | MetalFab 420K Enters Production With Stoke Space as First Customer | Additive Industries, a Netherlands-based developer of industrial metal 3D printers, has confirmed that Stoke Space will be the first production customer for its new MetalFab 420K system. The agreement follows a six-month beta program comple... |
| 21.08.2025 | AgniKul wins US patent for its new single-piece 3D printed Inconel engine | Your seat at the Additive Manufacturing Advantage awaits! Register free for AMA: Energy and AMA: Automotive & Mobility.
Chennai-based private space startup AgniKul Cosmos has 3D printed what it claims to be the world’s largest single-pi... |
| 11.07.2025 | China tests fully 3D printed turbojet engine | China has completed a successful test flight of its first turbojet engine produced entirely through 3D printing, according to a statement released by the Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC), a state-owned aerospace propulsion manufactur... |
| 10.07.2025 | AUVSI Announces Addition of WingtraRAY to Green UAS Cleared List | ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today announced the addition of the WingtraRAY to the Green UAS Cleared List, highlighting AUVSI’s leadersh... |
| 30.06.2025 | New Frontier Aerospace Completes Key Tests of 3D Printed Mjölnir Rocket Engine | New Frontier Aerospace (NFA), an equity-funded startup specializing in advanced rocket propulsion, has successfully completed a series of hot fire tests for its Mjölnir rocket engine. The engine, produced using additive manufacturing (AM), ... |
| 03.04.2025 | DataShapes AI Welcomes DIU Veteran Sarah Cuellar as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships | Former Deputy Director of the Energy Portfolio for DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit named to key role at DataShapes AI
DataShapes AI, Inc., a leading innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), distributed AI agents, and data-drive... |
| 07.03.2025 | Pierce Aerospace B1 Remote ID Beacon Selected for to DIU’s Blue UAS Framework | The B1 Remote ID Beacon fits nearly all drones on the market and is approved for the Blue UAS Framework.
Pierce Aerospace provides Affordable Airspace Awareness through Remote ID drone detection.
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| 05.03.2025 | Scale AI announces multimillion-dollar defense deal, a major step in U.S. military automation | Scale AI has partnered with the Department of Defense to use AI agents for U.S. military planning and operations.
“Thunderforge” is the DOD’s flagship program and will work with Anduril, Microsoft and others to develop and deploy AI agents.... |
| 29.01.2025 | PHC Global™ To Deploy Waste water Surveillance System For U.S. Military Facilities | New system to enhance biothreat detection capabilities at United States military facilities PALO ALTO, CA, UNITED STATES, January 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- PHC Global is pleased to announce its selection by the Defense Innovation Unit ... |
| 20.12.2024 | ŌURA's $200 Million Boost: A New Era for Health Wearables | ŌURA, the innovative force behind the smart ring revolution, has just secured a hefty $200 million in Series D funding. This infusion of capital catapults the company’s valuation to a staggering $5.2 billion. The backing from heavyweights l... |
| 19.12.2024 | ŌURA Raises $200M in Series D Funding | ŌURA, the San Francisco, CA-based company behind Oura Ring, a smart ring, raised $200M in Series D funding.
Backers included Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom. The investment raised the company’s valuation to $5.2 billio... |
| 19.12.2024 | ŌURA: Smart Ring Company Raises $200 Million (Series D) At $5.2 Billion Valuation | ŌURA, the company behind the leading smart ring, Oura Ring, announced today that it has completed a $200 million Series D funding round. Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom, the global leader in glucose biosensing, partici... |
| 27.09.2024 | Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails | Enlarge / Dr. John Timmer, Jeff Ball, Joanna Wong, and Lee Hutchinson discussing infrastructure and the environment.
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| 20.09.2024 | AIR COMPANY: Carbon Conversion Company Secures $69 Million (Series B) | AIR COMPANY, a carbon conversion technology company, announced it has raised $69 million in Series B funding to advance its technology, promote energy security, and drive emissions reductions in hard-to-abate sectors, such as aviation. Avfu... |
| 12.09.2024 | AUVSI Announces Green UAS Certification for Hoverfly Spectre Tethered Drone | Hoverfly Spectre UAS
The first tethered UAS Platform verified as secure and NDAA compliant ahead of Blue UAS list refresh
ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES, September 12, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems In... |
| 10.09.2024 | Speakers announced for the Ars Technica infrastructure event in San Jose | Enlarge / The Computer History Museum, where we'll be meeting for our Bay Area adventure on September 18!
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| 01.08.2024 | Somewear Labs Delivers Resilience to Global Drone Operations | Somewear partners with industry leaders, delivering a resilient software-defined network for continuous situational awareness and airspace management for unmanned systems
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Somewear Labs, the ... |
| 25.06.2024 | GM Defense Provides Battery Electric Technology for Future Military Platforms | WASHINGTON, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, is providing commercial battery electric technology in support of the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Pulsed Power and Energy Laboratory (PPEL) and... |
| 21.05.2024 | Scale AI Raises $1 Billion Series F Funding | Scale AI, a San Francisco, CA-based data foundry for AI, raised $1 Billion in Series F funding.
The mix of primary and secondary financing brought Scale’s valuation to $13.8 billion.
The round was led by existing investor Accel with partici... |
| 26.04.2024 | Houston organization launches virtual accelerator, seeks 10 biotech startups | A Houston organization — freshly funded by a $700,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration’s “Build to Scale” grant — is seeking its first accelerator cohort of industrial biology startups.
Founded by Houston-based First Bight Ventures,... |
| 24.04.2024 | DATAcc by DiMe Launches Core Measures for Sleep | Core sleep measures and resources will help transform sleep research and care to advance the treatment of multiple disease areas
BOSTON, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) b... |
| 24.04.2024 | 2 Houston startups selected by US military for geothermal projects | Two clean energy companies in Houston have been recruited for geothermal projects at U.S. military installations.
Fervo Energy is exploring the potential for a geothermal energy system at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
Meanwhile, Sage ... |
| 24.04.2024 | Rice University's edtech company receives $90M to lead NSF research hub | An educational technology company based out of Rice University has received $90 million to create and lead a research and development hub for inclusive learning and education research. It's the largest research award in the history of the u... |
| 18.04.2024 | Alphabet Introduces X Bellwether that Leverages AI to Predict Natural Disasters | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 18 April 2024, 05:04 am
Alphabet's moonshot factory X has introduced Project Bellwether, a new initiative aimed at leveraging AI technology to predict natural disasters such as wildfires and floods more efficientl... |
| 17.04.2024 | Alphabet X’s Bellwether harnesses AI to help predict natural disasters | The world is on fire. Quite literally, much of the time. Predicting such disasters before they get out of hand — or better yet, before they happen — will be key to maintaining a reasonable quality of life for the coming century. It’s a big,... |
| 09.04.2024 | NPS, Defense Innovation Unit Sign MOU to Enhance Learning, Experimentation, Prototyping for Maritime Advantage | Retired Vice Adm. Ann Rondeau, president of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), and Doug Beck, director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions at the Sea-Air-Space conference... |
| 08.11.2023 | Solar-plus-storage outperforms diesel in military survivability analysis | Analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated that solar energy systems, when paired with up to 100 hour long duration energy storage (LDES), outperform military grade emergency diesel ... |
| 25.09.2023 | The Allure Of Defense Contracting: Why Tech Startups Are Looking To The DoD | Tim Reed is the CEO of Lynx Software Technologies, a leading mission-critical edge software company. |
| 27.04.2023 | UAS Startup Firestorm’s Ambition To Crank Out Combat Drones Fast, Cheap And En Masse Is A Lesson For DoD | With its 25-pound "Tempest-25" UAV prototype, Firestorm hopes to provide a cheap ISR/strike/EW small ... [+] UAS solution and to change the defense manufacturing paradigm. Firestorm Labs |
| 23.02.2023 | AUVSI Launches Green UAS Cybersecurity Certification Program For Commercial Drones | ARLINGTON, VA, USA, February 23, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, AUVSI announced the launch of Green UAS, a new program to expand the number of commercial Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) that have been verified to meet the highest levels ... |
| 07.12.2022 | Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial options to deploy satellites in deep space | DoD is looking for 'responsive access' to cislunar space
WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking proposals for commercial services to deploy and operate payloads in outer space beyond Earth orbit, an area known as cislunar space... |
| 22.11.2022 | Op-ed | Remarkable pivot happening in the national security space business | Calvelli's 'space acquisition tenets' are exactly what is needed to keep pace with threats
Over the last year, policymakers in Washington have awakened from a deep slumber. The abrupt ending of the Cold War in the 1980’s and the subsequent ... |
| 03.11.2022 | Partnership Between Teal Drones and Tomahawk Robotics Allows Teal’s 4-Ship Multi-Vehicle System to Simultaneously Control Air- and Ground-Based Vehicles | Jessel Renolayan, Tech Times 03 November 2022, 04:11 am
Teal Drones, the defense- and security-focused subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT), announced that it has significantly enhanced the capabilities of its 4-Ship multi-ve... |
| 27.10.2022 | NewSpace New Mexico Announces NewSpace Ignitor Companies | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (PRWEB) October 27, 2022
NewSpace New Mexico is excited to announce the first group of space companies participating in NewSpace Ignitor, a new incubator-like program funded in partnership with the Air Force Research Labor... |
| 13.09.2022 | Google spinoff Aalyria salvages Project Loon technology for the US military | Enlarge / Aalyria's vision of a connected Earth, though SpaceX's Starlink network basically already looks like this.
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| 03.08.2022 | X-Bow tests Bolt rocket powered by additive manufactured solid propellant for the first time | Space technology specialist X-Bow Systems has successfully debuted its additive manufactured solid propellant-powered Bolt rocket.
Launched as part of the ‘XL-2’ mission, the launch vehicle was used to carry a test payload for long-term par... |
| 10.06.2022 | US general says Elon Musk's Starlink has 'totally destroyed Putin's information campaign' | US Brigadier General Steven Butow said Starlink has "destroyed Putin's information campaign."
The internet service helped organize attacks and kept soldiers in touch with family, per Politico.
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| 14.04.2022 | US DoD to build largest 3D printed structures in the Americas | The US Department of Defense (DoD) is building three temporary training barracks that will each reportedly take the crown of the largest 3D printed structure in the Americas.
To be fabricated over the next 10 months by Texas-based construct... |
| 13.04.2022 | Space Force looking at what it will take to refuel satellites in orbit | A $50 million experiment called Tetra-5 will seek to demonstrate on-orbit refueling of small satellites in geostationary orbit
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force in 2025 plans to launch to geostationary orbit three small satellites that will... |
| 24.02.2022 | The US must harness the power of Silicon Valley to spur military innovation | Steve Blank Contributor
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| 05.02.2022 | Reigniting the Pentagon and Silicon Valley partnership | Mike Brown Contributor
Mike Brown is the director of the Defense Innovation Unit. Prior to DIU, Mike served as CEO of Symantec Corporation and Chairman and CEO of Quantum Corporation. Mike also served for two years as a White House Presiden... |
| 14.12.2021 | Epiq Solutions Awarded Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Contract for Next Generation RF Sensor and Spectrum Monitoring System | Epiq Solutions wins DIU SWiM contract Our participation in the SWiM project provides a unique offering to DIU’s users and will complement our existing Flying Fox Enterprise solution.
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (PRWEB) December 14, 2021
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| 18.11.2021 | New report calls for U.S. strategy to boost space economy | NASA's Bill Nelson and Space Force chief Gen. Raymond: 'We believe strong engagement from across government, industry and academia is essential to meet this moment'
WASHINGTON — U.S. national security space organizations released a report N... |
| 17.11.2021 | Минобороны США разработали для подрядчиков требования по ИИ | Министерство обороны США подготовило список руководящих принципов для подрядчиков, которые будут работать над ИИ для военных. Требования не зависят от того, для какой цели они разрабатываются, будь это системы управления персоналом или расп... |
| 16.11.2021 | GreyNoise Awarded Production Contract with a $30 Million Ceiling by the United States Department of Defense | This $30 million production contract will allow the GreyNoise platform to be purchased and utilized by all DoD organizations over a 5 year period. "GreyNoise will enhance cyber threat detection and intelligence-gathering capabilities a... |
| 13.09.2021 | Defense Department seeks nuclear propulsion for small spacecraft | Jon Fingas Contributor
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| 13.09.2021 | Министерство обороны США задумалось о ядерных силовых установках для малых космических кораблей | Минобороны США объявило конкурс на разработку ядерных двигателей для космических миссий за пределами околоземной орбиты. Министерству нужны «легкие, портативные и долговечные источники энергии» на малых и средних космических кораблях.
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| 20.07.2021 | Google Cloud targets Biden’s zero trust order with new services | All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
In addition to a suite of new security tools and services, Google Cloud today unveiled new offerings aimed at helping government organizations accelerate their imp... |
| 20.07.2021 | Google Cloud targets Biden’s zero trust order with new services | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 10.09.2020 | One Company Could Transform U.S. Drone Industry | A Pentagon initiative for open-source drones is sending ripples beyond the military market. Small military drones will now conform to the new Blue sUAS standard, encouraging suppliers to use software supplied by open-source leader Auterion.... |
| 08.06.2020 | Linking combat veterans and Valley engineers, Reveal’s drone technology wins DoD contracts, VC cash | When Garrett Smith graduated from Stanford University to take a job with the drone startup Kespry, he’d not only wrapped up studying at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, but also had already completed several combat tours i... |
| 07.06.2020 | This bot hunts software bugs for the Pentagon | reader comments 42 with 37 posters participating
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| 22.04.2020 | Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Continues to Scale | Updates on the Defense Innovation Unit
The Defense Innovation Unit — stood up in 2015 by Secretary Ash Carter to help the Defense Department to Silicon Valley style innovation — has been on a tear recently. They are working on behalf of co... |
| 28.10.2019 | Admiral McRaven Keynotes Insight’s Annual Meeting | It’s not often that you get to introduce, and also interview on-stage, a national hero like Admiral (ret.) William McRaven. I was honored to do so at Insight’s annual meeting this month.
Former Commander of Special Operations Command, a Na... |
| 20.10.2019 | Defense Innovation Unit seeks stealthy satellite antennas, handheld navigation devices | DIU wants to 'make the process easy for companies that don't have time to answer traditional government solicitations.'
WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit has posted two new solicitations. One is for satellite communications antennas ... |
| 26.09.2019 | Defense Innovation Unit launches new satellite imagery prize challenge | Competitors vying for the $150,000 prize have to develop computer vision algorithms to automate the process of assessing building damage after natural disasters.
WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit announced Sept. 25 it has posted the ... |
| 20.05.2019 | MIT and US Air Force team up to launch AI accelerator | The Pentagon is one of the largest technology customers in the world, purchasing everything from F-35 planes (roughly $90 million each) to cloud services (the JEDI contract was $10 billion). Despite outlaying hundreds of billions of dollars... |
| 29.04.2019 | Auterion lands a $2M contract with the U.S. Department of Defense | |
| - | Charging stations coming to US military sites as DOD rolls out EVs | The Department of Defense (DOD) is well aware that electric vehicles are rolling out at a record pace and are only expected to continue gaining vehicle market share. As a result, the Defense Innovation Unit, a sub-division of the DOD, is pa... |
| - | US general says Elon Musk's Starlink has 'totally destroyed Putin's information campaign' | SpaceX
US Brigadier General Steven Butow said Starlink has "destroyed Putin's information campaign."
The internet service helped organize attacks and kept soldiers in touch with family, per Politico.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent over... |
| - | Beyond Criticality: How the U.S. Nuclear Market Is Being Rebuilt | Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that Deployable Energy's Unity demonstration reactor reached criticality at Idaho National Laboratory, becoming the third advanced reactor authorized by DOE to reach criticality ahead of Pr... |
