Defense

American Rheinmetall Gets U.S. Army Contract for Autonomous Logistics Vehicles

American Rheinmetall has received an 18 month U.S. Army contract to deliver autonomous, hybrid powered uncrewed ground vehicles for Project Sustainment.

August 03, 2026

Strider Partners With Ionic Mineral Technologies on Supply Chain Intelligence

Strider Technologies has partnered with Ionic Mineral Technologies to provide strategic intelligence for its U.S. critical minerals and rare earths supply chain.

July 31, 2026

Rocket One Licenses NASA Avionics Technology for Space AI Platform

Rocket One has signed a nonexclusive patent license agreement with NASA for the Affordable Vehicle Avionics System. The company plans to use the technology in an AI enabled platform for spacecraft mission planning, avionics modeling, simulation and engineering workflows.

July 31, 2026

NARMA Launches PXN Flight Control Software for U.S. Drone Makers

NARMA has launched PXN in the U.S., a security hardened flight control software platform built for drone manufacturers, integrators, and enterprise operators.

July 31, 2026

Leidos and CoreWeave Plan Secure AI Cloud Services for U.S. Defense and Intelligence

Leidos and CoreWeave are collaborating on secure sovereign AI cloud services for the U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of War. CoreWeave will provide its AI cloud platform, while Leidos will handle mission integration and secure architecture.

July 31, 2026

Lantronix and DoD Solution Begin Production of Edge AI Drone Platform for Ukraine

Lantronix and DoD Solution have completed integration of DoD Solution's AURA AI autonomy platform with Lantronix's Open-Q 6490CS edge compute solution, with initial production now underway for drone systems used in Ukraine.

July 30, 2026

Defense Unicorns and Paramify Partner on Federal Compliance Automation

Defense Unicorns and Paramify have partnered to integrate Paramify's compliance automation platform into the Unified Defense Stack for federal and defense customers.

July 30, 2026

Agon Launches Virtual Battlefield Platform With $30 Million

Agon has launched with $30 million in funding to build virtual battlefields for training AI powered autonomous weapons systems.

July 30, 2026

Pelico Secures AE Ventures Investment for Aerospace Manufacturing AI

Pelico secured a strategic investment from AE Ventures to expand its AI powered manufacturing orchestration platform across aerospace and defense. Financial terms were not disclosed.

July 27, 2026

Skydio Adds X10, Dock for X10, and R10 to Blue UAS List

Skydio's X10, Dock for X10, and R10 have been added to the Blue UAS Cleared List, making the systems eligible for federal procurement and grant programs without additional waivers.

July 27, 2026

HDT Robotics Joins U.S. Army Autonomous Logistics Project

HDT Robotics, doing business as BLADE, was selected as one of five partners for the U.S. Army Project Sustainment initiative and will propose its Dire WOLF unmanned ground vehicle.

July 27, 2026

Sigma Defense to Build SUNet 2.0 Prototype for Defense AI Work

Sigma Defense has been selected to deliver a SUNet 2.0 prototype for the U.S. Department of War. The six month effort will produce a Minimum Viable Product for AI and machine learning development, data operations, secure collaboration, governance, and technology integration.

July 27, 2026

Ultra Maritime Demonstrates Underwater Drone Detection at U.S. Navy Exercise

Ultra Maritime's Sea Spear sonar system detected, tracked, and classified unmanned underwater vehicles during the U.S. Navy Lanternfish 2026 exercise in Washington.

July 27, 2026

Pelico to Support Boeing C-17 Maintenance with AI Platform

Pelico has signed a project agreement with Boeing to use its Manufacturing Orchestration Platform for C-17 Globemaster III maintenance operations, aiming to improve fleet readiness and operational efficiency.

July 23, 2026

Vertiv Deploys Infrastructure for NVIDIA DGX GB300 at Naval Postgraduate School

Vertiv has installed integrated power, liquid cooling, and rack systems to support the Naval Postgraduate School’s new NVIDIA DGX GB300 system, creating an advanced AI environment for research and education.

July 23, 2026

Uforce and Reconcraft Partner to Produce Autonomous Maritime Drones in the U.S.

Uforce has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. boat builder Reconcraft to jointly produce autonomous surface vessels in the United States. The deal will bring Uforce's combat-proven MAGURA drone technology to American manufacturing under the Arsenal of Freedom initiative.

July 22, 2026

U.S. Air Force Adopts MetroStar’s Iris AI Maintenance Platform at Travis AFB

Travis Air Force Base has acquired MetroStar and ActionStreamer’s Iris platform, an AI system designed for confined-space aircraft maintenance, marking a step toward modernizing Air Force maintenance operations.

July 21, 2026

Leidos and DHL Form Alliance for UK Defence Logistics Modernisation

Leidos and DHL Supply Chain have created a joint alliance to deliver integrated logistics services for the UK Ministry of Defence, combining technology and logistics expertise to modernise the country's defence support operations.

July 18, 2026

Bluestaq Launches ARQ Data Infrastructure Platform for Secure, Compliant Data Movement

Bluestaq has introduced BLUESTAQ / ARQ, a multi-environment data infrastructure platform built for secure and compliant data management across sectors including healthcare, finance, agriculture, and government.

July 17, 2026

Axon Vision Introduces ForceField AI Counter-Drone System for Mobile Defense

Axon Vision has announced ForceField, an Edge AI-based counter-drone system designed to detect, track, and neutralize aerial threats against moving forces. The compact system integrates detection and kinetic response functions tested in live-fire trials.

July 17, 2026

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