Pentagon’s New Drone Defense Marketplace Sees $13M In Purchases

INNOVATION

Can Japan Finally Unlock Defense Technology Cooperation With India?

Amid Tokyo’s arms export shift, one massive potential market still remains untapped.

In the era of precise mass, FPVs are outgrowing the pilot

Why the future of first-person-view drones is autonomous

INVESTMENT

Lockheed Martin Boosts Venture Fund to $1bn for Defense Tech

The defense giant’s 250% capital increase aims to accelerate the integration of AI, quantum, and autonomous tech into the national security supply chain

TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon’s New Drone Defense Marketplace Sees $13 Million In Purchases

The Pentagon’s online marketplace offering anti-drone technology to all military branches and federal agencies saw initial purchases totaling $13 million, the Defense Department announced. Initial sales following the marketplace’s February launch have included sensors, radar systems, electronic warfare systems, and kinetic drone interceptors. The purchases sent anti-drone tech to U.S. Central Command, Joint Task Force Southern Border, plus units tasked with defending sites around the United States.

The Danger of Vibe Patriotism in Defense Tech

At conferences, in pitch decks, and increasingly in public writing, “service” is increasingly being used to describe the work of startup founders, employees, and venture capital investors in defense technology. The claim, sometimes explicit, more often implied, is that building defense technology is itself a form of service comparable to uniformed military service.

POLICY

Air Base Defense Would Get $1.4 Billion in '27 USAF Budget

The Air Force wants to funnel $1.4 billion into air base defense with new weapon systems designed to protect homeland installations and forward-deployed airfields against drones and missile threats, Air Force budget officials said April 21.

ACQUISITION

Windward Acquires Prominent Edge to Expand U.S. Defense Technology Footprint

Windward has acquired U.S.-based defense technology firm Prominent Edge, a move aimed at strengthening its position in the American national security market and expanding its ability to deliver mission-critical software to government agencies.

EUROPE

US Companies Lead Foreign Interest in Ukraine’s Defense Industry

US companies are leading in terms of collaboration requests with Ukraine's defense industry for the first quarter of 2026, according to a survey conducted by the Technological Forces of Ukraine association.

Anduril taps UK’s Kraken to fast-track small USVs into US Navy hybrid fleet push

The partnership points to a quicker route to market, with roles and investment left unclear

SECURITY

Resilience Without Capacity: The Fatal Flaw in America’s New Cyber Strategy

What happens when a country develops a cyber strategy that depends on the capabilities it is actively cutting?

The White House’s new cyber strategy offers exactly that kind of contradiction by pairing a strong vision for resilience and competition with policy choices that pull in the opposite direction. On the merits, it gets several important things right. It treats cyberspace as a domain of sustained strategic competition rather than a compliance problem. It puts unusual and welcome emphasis on national resilience. And it understands that offensive cyber action, paired with other tools of national power, should be part of any serious effort to shape adversary behavior.