Inturai's DomeCommand platform placed first and third in the team integration category at the Singapore Defense Tech Hackathon 2026. The entries demonstrated coordinated drone interception and attack simulation.
Praeses secured a five year federal contract for data fusion, management, and AI analytics products and services. The contract has an initial ceiling of $79 million.
The Quantum Pathfinder initiative will study how agentic AI and quantum computing can improve warehouse management and logistics resilience in contested environments.
A US military analyst used a chatbot that falsely identified cargo aboard a Chinese ship as components of a nuclear weapons program. Officials discovered the error shortly before a planned interception.
Carbon 9 Defense received the 2026 Splunk Public Sector Partner of the Year award for its work with Splunk on public sector security and data services.
ARCYN Defense was selected for the 2026 MassChallenge Security & Resiliency Traction Program, where it will work on manufacturing and commercialization plans for its Iron Rain counter drone system.
Rapta raised $8 million to expand its manufacturing intelligence platform across defense, aerospace and precision manufacturing.
Xtremis won the Defense Innovation Unit's Spectrum Strike Prize Challenge after an evaluation involving 43 respondents and a live demonstration at Fort Carson.
Anthropic says a weapons engineering cell in northern Yemen used Claude Code to develop guidance software for rockets and missiles. The company blocked associated accounts after detecting the operation.
HavocAI and CSBC Corporation, Taiwan formed a partnership to produce and support autonomous surface vessels in Taiwan.
SandboxAQ completed a flight test of its AQNav magnetic navigation system on Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack unmanned aircraft.
Knox Systems launched a Space Force sponsored Impact Level 5 environment for commercial software and AI applications handling sensitive defense workloads.
Aitech introduced the C530 and U-C5300 rugged AI GPGPU boards for defense and aerospace systems, offering up to 35.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.
CAE and WB Electronics signed an agreement to explore training and simulation systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms.
Seasats booked more than $24 million in orders for unmanned surface vessels and vessel services from United States national security customers.
Havoc and Rune Technologies have connected autonomous aircraft with the TyrOS logistics platform for military resupply operations in contested environments.
Former Department of the Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger has joined Defense Unicorns as chief business officer.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Anthropic has met the administration's requests and regained its trust after a dispute over military uses of Claude.
Airbility raised $4.7 million in Series A funding led by Sazze Partners, bringing its total funding to $7.6 million. The company plans to use the funding for counter drone eVTOL aircraft and production capacity.
Aitan has emerged from stealth with $41 million in new funding for robotic defense systems. The round was co led by Deep33 and Dell Technologies Capital, bringing total funding to $54 million.
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