Tectonic Defense

If you've been paying attention to the news, like, at all, it should come as zero surprise that energy infrastructure has become target numero uno in conflicts the whole world over. At least one oil and gas company operating in the Persian Gulf is taking

Guess who's back, back again? Erik's back, tell a friend. That's right, folks. Erik Prince is back like he never left. This morning, the completely uncontroversial mercenary launched his latest venture, coming out of stealth with a new startup called Vect

The crazy kids over at Valinor have rolled out yet another new product, and this time, they're quite literally saving lives. Yesterday, the new-age defense tech holding company unveiled a new product they are calling HarborPOD-a "UXV-agnostic payload buil

Turns out that a whole lot of global instability is blowing the IPO window wide open for defense companies, and Lyntris is striking while the iron's hot. The private-equity-backed, Virginia-based defense sensing software and hardware company went public o

The round values Castelion at $13B. Yes, with a B.

Well, sounds like at least one service is getting serious about the whole distributed and contested logistics side of things. Yesterday, heavy-lift drone company Elroy Air announced that it's won a $46M multi-year contract with the US Army for "the develo

Think of five of the biggest VC fan favorites in defense tech off the top of your head. Silent Ventures has probably backed most or all of 'em-including Saronic, Castelion, Hadrian, AMCA, Armada, CHAOS, and Firestorm-from the earliest of early days. The d

Just as we're starting to gear up for the Tectonic European Defense Summit this winter (teaser, hehe), it looks like everyone and their mom is making bets on the Old Continent. This morning, USV giant Saildrone announced that they're officially expanding

Maybe the AI bubble isn't popping just yet-at least not here in defense tech land.

We don't have to tell you the interceptor shortage is very real and very dire, but much of this discussion focuses on Group 3 (i.e., Shahed-type) UAS threats. Russia and Iran certainly have used smaller, cheaper drones en masse, but a lot of the real dama