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L3Harris Put Shield AI's Drone Detection on a Launcher the Army Already Bought

L3Harris licensed Shield AI's Tracker counter-drone software onto VAMPIRE, putting the startup's detection stack on a launcher the US Army has already ordered up to $106 million of.

Sep 8, 2026 · 4 min read

Europe

In-Q-Tel's Network, Not Its Capital, Opened Quantum Systems' Path to the CIA and FBI

Quantum Systems' co-CEO says In-Q-Tel's Washington connections, not its capital, built the $8 billion German drone maker's first US government business.

Sep 1, 2026

Ukraine

Denmark Cleared 20-Plus Legal Barriers to Put Ukraine's Rocket Fuel Beyond Russia's Reach

Denmark removed more than 20 legislative barriers so Fire Point could cast solid rocket propellant at Vojens, beyond the strikes hunting its Ukrainian plants. The site now carries a 150 million euro budget, nearly triple the original, and slips to the end of 2027.

Sep 1, 2026

USA

Radiant Locked In Its Reactor Fuel Six Days Before the Army Committed $750 Million

A binding TRISO fuel contract signed six days before the Army's Janus award is what lets Radiant promise sealed, pre-fueled microreactors to Fort Benning. The reactor was never the hard part.

Aug 27, 2026

Ukraine

Tencore and Insta Set a 320-Robot First Target for a Finnish TerMIT Line

Tencore and Insta signed a Joint Statement of Intent in Kyiv on Aug. 23 to build TerMIT 2.0 ground robots in Finland. The first target is 320 units for Ukraine's Defense Forces. No contract value, no sites and no schedule have been named.

Aug 26, 2026

USA

General Dynamics Put a Three-Year-Old AI Startup Inside the Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

Deterrence has never held a Pentagon contract. Its first named assignment is the Mesquite line that took $533 million in Army funding and produced no usable shell.

Aug 24, 2026

USA

Saildrone's Surveyor Fired Its First Missiles From a Lockheed Launcher at RIMPAC

Lockheed Martin bolted a JAGM launcher to the bow of a Saildrone Surveyor and the Navy's own fire control pulled the trigger at RIMPAC. The demonstration produced two shots and no order.

Aug 22, 2026

USA

Nammo Will Supply the Warheads for Heaviside's Autonomous Munitions

Heaviside's $60 million Series B came with a warhead-supply agreement from Nammo, the Norwegian maker with 27 production sites. The startup still has no named program and no delivery date.

Aug 19, 2026

USA

HII Ties Up to $900 Million in Shipbuilding Work to Robot Qualification

Path Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics must qualify autonomous production lines before HII assigns work under seven-year Navy shipbuilding agreements.

Aug 18, 2026

USA

The Air Force Will Test a Ruggedized Xos Charging Hub

An Air Force prototype agreement gives Xos a route into defense, but the commercial charging company must still adapt and deliver its mobile battery system for field use.

Aug 18, 2026