Defense

Oct 19, 2026

Australia Arms Ghost Shark Submarines With Drones and Sea Mines

Australia approved three payloads for its autonomous Ghost Shark submarine, including aerial drones, sea mines and equipment for special forces.

Oct 19, 2026

High Lander reaches $30 million in total funding

High Lander has reached $30 million in total funding after securing additional investment from EDGE Group and backing from STEP, Protego and Kinetica.

Oct 19, 2026

US Army Develops Autonomous AI Agents for Cyberattacks

Army Cyber Command is developing ECHOTRIBBLE, a platform intended to let autonomous AI agents navigate adversary networks, identify targets and disable threats with minimal human oversight.

Oct 18, 2026

Ukraine and NATO Develop AI Models for Drone Forecasting and Artillery Planning

Ukraine and NATO developed two AI models that forecast drone activity and help plan artillery operations. The systems were built with support from the NATO Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre.

Oct 18, 2026

Taiwan Plans Fleet of 292 Shield AI V-BAT Drones

Taiwan plans to operate 292 Shield AI V-BAT surveillance drones, including 12 already delivered to its coast guard and 280 planned for its navy.

Oct 17, 2026

North Korea Tests Torpedo With AI Targeting

North Korea tested a new torpedo that uses artificial intelligence for target detection and guidance, according to state media.

Oct 16, 2026

Saab Completes Sea Trials of Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle

Saab, FMV and the Swedish Armed Forces have built and tested a large uncrewed underwater vehicle demonstrator less than one year after the contract award.

Oct 15, 2026

Bridge Defense Wins Software Agreement With Up to $63 Million in Initial Capacity

Bridge Defense secured a one year agreement to provide custom software development services to the Department of War, initially supporting U.S. Special Operations Command.

Oct 15, 2026

Ukrainian Drones Hit Sberbank Data Center Planned for Supercomputer

A Ukrainian drone attack hit Sberbank's Balakovo data center, while the bank said its systems and services continued operating normally.

Oct 15, 2026

US Air Force Extends Use of PTC Servigistics

The US Air Force extended its use of PTC Servigistics for service parts planning and supply chain optimization under the ESCAPE program.

Oct 15, 2026

Ukrainian Strikes Disrupt Yandex Services Across Central Asia

Drone attacks damaged Yandex data centers in Russia, disrupting taxi, delivery and other digital services in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Oct 14, 2026

Hadrian and Lockheed Martin Sign Seven Year Missile Manufacturing Agreement

Hadrian will install automated manufacturing cells inside Lockheed Martin's Grand Prairie facility to support four missile programs under a seven year agreement.

Oct 14, 2026

Anthropic Seeks Rehearing in Pentagon Blacklisting Case

Anthropic is asking a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply chain risk.

Oct 13, 2026

Dominion Dynamics and Tencore Plan Canadian TerMIT Production

Dominion Dynamics and Tencore plan to manufacture TerMIT uncrewed ground vehicles in Canada for Ukraine, with initial production targeted for 2027.

Oct 13, 2026

Monopulse Raises Over €2 Million for Electronic Warfare Resistant Drones

Monopulse raised over €2 million to increase drone production, fund research and development, and enter more NATO markets.

Oct 13, 2026

Air Adds Agentic Workflow Tools to Defense Readiness Platform

Air, formerly Govini, added data activation, workflow coordination and automated responses to production slippage in its Enterprise Readiness defense platform.

Oct 12, 2026

WindBorne Wins Air Force Balloon Data Contract Worth Up to $49 Million

The United States Air Force will buy atmospheric data from WindBorne Systems under a contract worth up to $49 million. The agency has placed $1.7 million in initial orders.

Oct 12, 2026

Reveal Technology Launches Farsight 2.0 for Army Terrain Analysis

Reveal Technology launched Farsight 2.0, which combines authorized imagery in a shared terrain model and supports offline analysis by Army units.

Oct 12, 2026

Accrete Secures Argus Contract Renewal From International Defense Partner

An undisclosed international defense partner renewed its contract for Accrete's Argus for Cognitive Advantage platform. Analysts use the software to track narratives across online sources and assess their effects.

Oct 12, 2026

Havoc Wins U.S. Army Contract for Autonomous Resupply Software

The Army Applications Laboratory awarded Havoc a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract to expand software that coordinates autonomous air and ground platforms for military resupply.