Lynas breaks China's rare earth monopoly with first dysprosium production
Lynas Rare Earths achieved first commercial dysprosium oxide production outside China, shattering Beijing's monopoly on heavy rare earths critical to EV magnets and defense systems.
Canada funds North America's only cobalt refinery with C$20M commitment
Electra Battery Materials secures definitive Canadian government funding for its Ontario cobalt sulfate refinery, completing a $48M tri-government capital stack and eliminating the continent's last critical minerals processing gap.
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.
Germany, Ukraine scale autonomous strike drones to thousands annually
Auterion and Airlogix signed a production contract with Germany to manufacture thousands of AI-guided autonomous strike UAVs annually in Germany — the largest German heavy drone order to date, validating autonomy software already seeded into U.S. DoD programs.
ESA's Celeste IOD-1 Transmits Europe's First LEO Navigation Signal
ESA confirmed the first navigation signal from Celeste IOD-1 on April 8, a dual-frequency L- and S-band transmission from a 12U CubeSat that secures European spectrum rights before the May 2026 ITU deadline.