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The UK Ministry of Defense announced on May 15 that BAE Systems, Anduril Industries, Tekever, and Thales UK have been shortlisted to develop autonomous drones that will fly alongside the British Army’s AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The four firms will share $13 million (£10 million) in investment as the program enters its next assessment phase,…
Helsing is set to raise $1.2 billion at an $18 billion valuation in a Dragoneer-led round, cementing its lead among European defense AI firms.
Titan Batteries opened a UAV pack line at Bosch's Tilburg campus on May 2, claiming first drone battery production on two continents.
European defense ministries now have a single platform to browse, compare, and deploy drones from across the continent, as reported by Agence Europe. Amsterdam-based Intelic launched BASE on May 4, describing it as the first procurement hub of its kind in Europe and the answer to a fragmentation problem that’s been slowing European rearmament since…
The 101st Airborne Division became the first division to train with the Aevex Atlas at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, as Clarksville Now reported. That’s a significant moment, but the real story isn’t about being first. It’s about what the Army chose when it had options, and what it’s learning about how to…
Skydio closed a $110 million Series F on Thursday at a $4.4 billion post-money valuation, with CEO Adam Bry framing the modest raise as the real headline. The San Mateo drone maker was oversubscribed. Existing investors wanted to put in substantially more. Bry turned most of them down. “The most significant fact in our Series…
The Federal Aviation Administration is quietly developing an AI-powered air traffic management tool that would let controllers deconflict flight paths up to two hours before a collision risk emerges, according to reporting from The Air Current published April 17, 2026. The program is called Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories, or SMART. Three companies are…
Terrahaptix Inc., the Nigerian defense-tech startup also known as Terra Industries, will open a 34,000-square-foot drone factory in Accra, Ghana, by the end of June 2026. At full capacity, the plant targets 50,000 units annually by 2028, which would make it the largest drone manufacturing site on the African continent, the company confirmed in a…
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