Firestorm Labs wins $30M Pentagon contract for forward drone factories
Firestorm Labs secured a $30M APFIT contract to deploy containerized drone factories and 200+ Tempest drones to the Indo-Pacific, marking the startup's first operational fielding outside the U.S.
Pacific Defense wins Marine Corps EW prototype, signaling shift to open architecture
Pacific Defense awarded 12-month USMC contract to prototype software-defined electronic warfare systems, establishing foothold for cross-service MOSA/CMOSS adoption in tactical EW.