Air Force picks Anduril, GA-ASI for fighter-class drone production
Air Force awards Anduril and General Atomics production contracts for 150+ collaborative combat aircraft, locking out legacy primes from the hardware market and accelerating autonomous wingman deployment by four months.
HawkEye 360 books $100M in allied SIGINT contracts post-IPO
HawkEye 360 announced $100M+ in international defense contracts across eight allied nations approximately 4.4 weeks after its NYSE IPO, signaling commercial space-based SIGINT is replacing legacy prime vendor timelines.
Firestorm Labs wins $100M Air Force contract for 3D-printed drones
Firestorm Labs lands $100M USAF contract for Tempest 50 sUAS, gaining Air Force backing for expeditionary additive manufacturing that could compress drone production timelines and costs by 80 percent.
Reliable Robotics raises $160M to fly uncrewed cargo this summer
Reliable Robotics secured $160M in Series C funding to accelerate FAA certification and launch commercial autonomous cargo flights from Albuquerque this summer, with Boeing and RTX now backing the startup's dual-use civil and military strategy.
Air Force names first microreactor bases, targets 2030 deployment
The U.S. Air Force selected Buckley SFB and Malmstrom AFB to host nuclear microreactors by 2030, marking the first permanent on-site reactors at operational military installations and signaling a strategic pivot away from grid dependence.
Shield AI Raises $2B at $12.7B Valuation After Air Force CCA Win
Shield AI's $2 billion raise at a $12.7 billion valuation — anchored by its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft selection — marks the maturation of autonomous AI pilot software as a standalone, platform-agnostic defense asset.