Welcome to Tuesday's Saved Rounds, where we send out all the goodies we couldn't squeeze into our Sunday newsletter.
In that Number
$200 billion and 50 years
The Navy's Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will cost more than $200 billion and take more than 50 years.
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Anduril announced it can no longer work at risk on the FQ-44 without government funding, and that one decision exposes what venture capital cannot buy: an appropriation.
Zoom in here for the limits of build first, buy later.
THE SHOW!
No Drilling
Mike talks with Jim Becker, President and CEO of Perfect Point EDM, about the E-Drill, a tool that removes fasteners with electro discharge machining instead of mechanical drilling or pulling.
This is our first-ever episode that looks at new technology in the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) side of defense and aerospace.
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Saved Rounds
Cambridge Aerospace’s Skyhammer interceptor is heading to Japan
Defense Unicorns won a $350M Army IDIQ for open-source software delivery
Saab signed a term sheet with Canada for 6 GlobalEye jets
Thailand ordered a third Lanza 3D radar from Indra
Denmark bought 9 more Dropla 4x4 ground robots for its training center
Anduril was awarded $15.7M from the Marine Corps for Pulsar-Lite systems
The Space Force wants commercial antennas to replace 19 Cold War dishes
Shield AI & Kraken demoed autonomous teaming with 2 USVs in the UK
Liminal Industries advanced to GroundBreaker Phase II with its DUEL-V UGV
NATO's DIANA will overhaul its challenges in 2027 with rolling 3-month sprints
Aerostar won a $64M Air Force contract for a secretive high-altitude balloon
Raytheon received $30M to expand suppliers for AIM-9X parts
L3Harris secured a $52M prox fuze order for guided APKWS rockets
Hertha Metals raised $133M; the US government took a $42M stake
Shield AI picked Seattle for X-BAT production
CHAOS Industries opened a 100,000 sq ft headquarters in El Segundo
Helsing says its AI pilot beat human pilots in simulated dogfights
Deep Blue Aerospace raised $298M for its reusable Nebula rockets
The Navy ordered $123M more Lionfish underwater drones from HII
The Air Force ordered 22 more F-15EXs for $2.3B
Boeing received $16.7M to plan the Super Hornet line shutdown
The Air Force wants to add a missile warning system to the F-15EX
Australia flew an AIM-260 missile on a Super Hornet
WindBorne Systems got a $48M Air Force contract for weather balloon data
Taiwan received the first 2 of 66 F-16 Block 70s, 3 years behind schedule
ICEYE & Nokia are building sovereign LEO broadband for Finland
DARPA wants a hypersonic cruise missile for jets, ships and bombers
Foundational raised a $10.8M pre-seed to automate satellite laser ranging
Draganfly raised $10M from Unusual Machines and a US investment fund
The EDA advanced 5 firms to Stage 2 of its $2.1M loitering munition prize
Ballistic Defense System unveiled Matador, a Moroccan attack drone
Sikorsky won an Army contract for 16 Black Hawks, expandable to 100+
BeeX, BlackSea, & Vatn received mine countermeasure prizes
The Space Force retired its last DSP satellites, ending 56 years of warning
AM General is reviving the Humvee
BAE Systems won a $16M order for M-Code receivers on JPALS
RedLattice is going public via SPAC at a $1.25B valuation
Powerus went public via SPAC merger
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