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    Operational since January 2026, EU GOVSATCOM pools secure satellite capacity from Member States and provides an operational bridge to IRIS². Credit: European Union.

    Europe’s sovereign Starlink rival just went from plan to deployment

    • Ana-Maria Stanciuc
    • Aug 7, 2026
    Hadrian Raises $260M to Build AI-Powered Factories for America, Adds Full Product Manufacturing, Opens Arizona Site

    A defence startup that builds AI factories just raised $1.37bn at an $8bn valuation

    • Cristian Dina
    • Aug 6, 2026
    K2 Space funding

    Everyone else is shrinking satellites. K2 raised $500m to build giant ones, and put AI in orbit.

    • Cristian Dina
    • Jul 31, 2026
    Eric Trump

    Space-Eyes, backed by Eric Trump, plans a $638m SPAC debut

    • Cristian Dina
    • Jul 31, 2026
    Agon Logo

    Ex-Anduril founders raise $30mn to build Europe’s synthetic battlefield for defence AI

    • Cristian Dina
    • Jul 30, 2026
    Francis deSouza, incoming Chief Executive Officer of Scale AI

    Scale AI hired a cloud salesman as CEO. That tells you where it’s going.

    • Cristian Dina
    • Jul 30, 2026
    Leidos and CoreWeave collaborate to accelerate delivery of AI capabilities for defense, national security and intelligence missions

    The AI cloud is heading into the vault. CoreWeave is taking it to the spies.

    • Ana Maria Constantin
    • Jul 30, 2026
    Antares Nuclear team

    This $470mn nuclear startup is racing a presidential deadline, not the AI boom

    • Cristian Dina
    • Jul 27, 2026
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    Four former DOGE staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for an AI military cyber startup

    • Ana Maria Constantin
    • Jul 23, 2026
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    Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming

    • Ana-Maria Stanciuc
    • Jul 23, 2026

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