Kyiv's October 22 decisions let private developers build protected underground space and rent or sell it to arms makers, and cut import taxes for partner-funded weapons production.
Powerus Places $16.9 Million Drone-Parts Order With Investor Unusual Machines, Supplier Says
Unusual Machines says Powerus placed a $16.9 million order for U.S.-made motors, batteries, cameras and video transmitters. The supplier also holds a $30 million stake in the counter-drone maker.
USA · drones · Partner Signal
Navy Awards Applied Intuition $25 Million to Put AI Sensor Fusion on Five Destroyers
The production award pairs a fused bridge picture for watchstanders on five Arleigh Burke destroyers with the plumbing to collect shipboard data, retrain AI models ashore and update ships at sea.
USA · Autonomy · Applied Intuition
BattlePolicy Events Guide Grows to 96 Defense-Tech Fairs in 49 Countries
BattlePolicy's events guide grew from 54 events in 24 countries to 96 in 49, adding three regions and rating each show's fit for a young company.
defense-tech events · trade shows · Eurosatory
Warhound Raises $200 Million to Clone Military Dogs and Equip Them With Anduril Gear
A Sequoia-led seed round values a company with no dogs yet at $1.2 billion, betting that cloned, gene-edited working dogs wired into Anduril's kit can replace the Pentagon's European supply.
USA · Funding · Warhound
Singularity Says Navy Lab Pact Took Its Interceptor Motor to Static Fire in Three Months
Interceptor startup Singularity says a solid rocket motor co-developed with the Navy's China Lake weapons center completed a static fire about three months after the two signed a research agreement. No contract has been announced.
USA · air defense · Partner Signal
Palantir Tells NATO There Is No Kill Switch in Maven After Ukraine's Starshield Cut
After Ukraine lost Starshield service without warning, Palantir says neither it nor Washington can switch off the Maven AI system running at NATO's top military headquarters.
Europe · USA · Autonomy
HUR's Black Sea detachment is ending five years of anonymity to offer NATO a sea-drone network that, by its account, keeps choosing targets when the link drops.
By the Air Force's count Ukraine stopped a smaller share of the jets than of the other drones, and the Energy Ministry says the strikes left more than 500,000 people without electricity.
The overnight exchange hit air defense on both sides: Ukraine stopped most Russian drones but reported downing no ballistic missiles, and a reported strike near Moscow landed on a plant that has repaired Buk and S-300V systems.
Russia's new Filin cruise missile pairs avionics from a Shahed-type drone supplier with a drone-class turbojet and US chips made as late as October 2025, and its claimed 800 km/h doubles the speed of Ukraine's multirotor interceptors.
Ukraine's new NSPA partnership gives its defence manufacturers a standing route to allied tenders. It does not settle Patriot supply, and Kyiv's own export costs still stand between eligibility and sales.
Russia's first diesel tanker for the US sails Thursday with 40,000 tonnes. How many follow depends on refinery units and export terminals that Ukraine's drones keep hitting.
Jet-powered Gerans have outrun Ukraine's cheap interceptor drones, leaving fighter jets with half or more of the kills. Brave1's $20,000 missiles and seven fielded interceptors are the bid to bring the price back down.
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