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A grey Uforce Magura MV11 uncrewed surface vessel at speed on open water, bow raised and throwing white spray, with a sensor mast at the stern.

A computer-generated image of a laser weapon turret mounted on a military vehicle, shown firing a beam skyward

Exclusive view of Blackbeard at Castelion HQ, the first hypersonic weapon designed and built by Castelion

Castelion raises $1bn at $13bn to scale hypersonic weapon production

Cristian Dina
Aug 21, 2026

The White House South Portico seen across the striped South Lawn, framed by mature trees under a clear blue sky

White House tech strategy leaves open-weight AI off its critical list

Alina Maria Stan
Aug 20, 2026

Smack Technologies co-founders group photo

Smack Technologies raises $61m as the Pentagon’s hurry becomes a battlefield-AI business model

Cristian Dina
Aug 18, 2026

Terra drone flying

Terra Industries closes a $52mn seed and opens its first office outside Africa

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Aug 17, 2026

Helsing founders photo group

Europe’s defence-AI champion Helsing is using Rakuten to break into Japan’s arms market

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Aug 17, 2026

US President Donald Trump

Trump’s drone tariffs reach 100%, and Europe gets capped at 15%

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Aug 14, 2026

Funding

A Pentagon memo tells staff to spend $244m with Palantir. Its subject line is ‘Funding Palantir’

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Aug 13, 2026