Amazon, Anduril Partner to Push AI and the Cloud to the Tactical Edge

INNOVATION

Eight NATO allies to create new satellite mega-constellation

The network will involve Denmark, Canada, Finland, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey.

Sinews of War at Sea: The Armed Services Need a Common Watercraft Family

To sustain future maritime operations, the U.S military will need to run supplies through an environment that spans thousands of miles of open ocean, denied ports, contested straits, and archipelagic chokepoints against adversaries that have spent decades studying how to target American logistics.

Defense leaders are redefining what it means to operate at the edge

Tech specialists from the Navy, Air Force and GDIT say modern, adaptive solutions that work regardless of connectivity are key to the battlespace of the future.

INVESTMENT

Exclusive: Surtr Raises $5M Seed for C-UAS Integration

Remember when Y-Combinator graduates were building food delivery startups and e-commerce sites? Yeah, those days are well and truly gone. This

Expeditions Raises €197M Fund II

The fund was backed by some pretty major institutional players, including new LPs BAE Systems, the European Investment Fund, and Keysight Technologies. Existing LPs, including the Polish Development Fund (PFR) and the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), also doubled down.

OKSI Investing $5.4M in Jacksonville Manufacturing Expansion

Defense technology company Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. (OKSI) is expanding into Jacksonville with a new manufacturing facility expected to create about 200 jobs over the next three years.

AI

Amazon, Anduril Partner to Push AI and the Cloud to the Tactical Edge

One of the Pentagon’s largest cloud services providers is partnering with a rising defense juggernaut to provide high-capacity computing and AI for targeting and sensor fusion in a mobile data center built for austere conditions at the tactical edge.

GenAI.mil records almost 1.7M users, plans new model additions

“It's just a really exciting time for generative AI in the department,” the Pentagon’s chief artificial intelligence officer said.

TECHNOLOGY

ACC Battle Lab Wants More Counter-Drone Options

The Air Force Point Defense Battle Lab is searching for more defense firms to demonstrate counter-drone capabilities at upcoming exercises designed to test base defenses against unmanned aerial attack.

Georgia Tech Startup Develops Defense Technology to Counter Emerging Drone Threats

From a student startup idea to a growing defense technology company, Askari demonstrates how Georgia Tech's commercialization ecosystem helps founders transform emerging technologies into solutions addressing real-world challenges.

POLICY

Nato Summit 2026: Europe strives to fill US vacuum

European leaders reflect on transatlantic distrust in the run up to Ankara.

Arkenstone Defense Launches with $35M to Help Commercial Companies Enter the Federal Market

America cannot rebuild the arsenal of freedom by relying solely on traditional defense contractors. Venture-backed startups and commercial technology companies now build the software, autonomy, AI, robotics, and advanced manufacturing capabilities the Pentagon needs at industrial scale. Yet government contracting still requires companies to build an entirely separate operational infrastructure before they can compete for federal work.

"The Pentagon has made it clear that it wants more commercial innovation," said Peter Dixon, co-founder and CEO of Arkenstone Defense. "The problem is that the procurement system wasn't built for venture-backed startups. Too many companies spend years building a government back office before they ever win a contract—or they give up entirely. We're changing that."

ACQUISITION

Ondas Acquires DZYNE Technologies to Create an End-to-End Autonomous Defense and Military Drone Platform

The acquisition is valued at $875.8 million and was financed through a cash and stock structure intended to align the incentives of DZYNE management and investors with Ondas’ stockholders. Greater than 50% of the stock consideration is subject to a six-month lock-up.

Lockheed Martin to Acquire Ultra Maritime for $3.45 Billion in Undersea Defense Push

Lockheed Martin has agreed to acquire undersea warfare technology company Ultra Maritime from private equity firm Advent in a deal valued at $3.45 billion, expanding its capabilities in anti-submarine warfare as Western navies ramp up investment in underwater defense.

EUROPE

Ukraine 2025 defence tech investment topped $57.2M, but the ‘funded market’ is $6.8B says PitchBook

Ukraine has built the world's most combat-tested defense tech sector. The money still hasn't shown up.

NATO snubs Boeing, picks Saab to build alliance’s next radar plane

NATO allies plan to buy 10 of Saab’s GlobalEye aircraft as the alliance’s next-generation radar plane, snubbing Boeing and its E-7 Wedgetail offering, officials announced on Tuesday.

The alliance would replace its Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control aircraft with the Swedish company’s offering, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during the alliance’s Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey.