Welcome to Tuesday's Saved Rounds, where we send out all the goodies we couldn't squeeze into our Sunday newsletter.
In that Number
8,000
Beehive Industries plans to scale manufacturing to produce up to 8,000 jet engines per year for drones, cruise missiles, and uncrewed aircraft systems following its acquisition of 2 Cincinnati machining shops.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched the first public tool that maps the location and status of the world's 494,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel.
Zoom in here to see where the world’s nuclear waste is.
They Said It
“There aren’t enough skilled tradespeople to even be hired. We need millions and millions and millions. … I think everyone’s on board with the mission, but it will take two to four years for this to stick.”
— Chris Power, CEO of Hadrian, regarding the critical workforce shortage currently acting as a bottleneck in defense manufacturing.

Saved Rounds
The Space Force approved a new satellite jammer for operational use
General Cherry introduced the Sweetheart drone for deep recon missions
The Army tested a solar stratospheric aircraft launched by balloon
The Air Force published a notice seeking a new F-15 infrared sensor
South Korea's bunker-busting cruise missile passed its first flight test
Saab finalized a $4.8B Polish government contract for three A26 submarines
Northrop Grumman unveiled a new test photo of the Sentinel ICBM
Calian is acquiring Galaxy Broadband for $51M
Helsing secured a $659M German contract for a combat cloud system
Kongsberg is targeting more strategic acquisitions for missiles
USSTRATCOM launched ETHEREAL FORGE for electromagnetic warfare
The Army tested Intramotev’s autonomous railcar to move real military cargo
L3Harris won a $614M USSOCOM contract for aircraft electronic warfare
Orbital filed FCC plans for 100,000 satellite data centers to meet AI demand
Esh-Tech raised $18M to scale production of counter-drone laser systems
Honeywell Aerospace completed its spin-off and began trading on Nasdaq
EdgeCortix demoed its SAKURA-II AI platform in an Air Force exercise
The Pentagon launched the 'War Force' initiative to onboard top tech talent
Rafael finalized a $2.3B deal with Romania for Spyder air defense systems
The Air Force launched an LRASM anti-ship missile from a B-2 bomber
The Pentagon announced 15 new members for the Defense Policy Board
Saronic announced its Mirage surface vessel is in the water
DTCP Defence Fund led a $13.2M seed round in Six Robotics
AeroVironment achieved a record $1.9B in revenue for fiscal year 2026
Discipulus Ventures raised a $30M fund for hardtech
SOCOM issued an RFI for long-range, air-launched kamikaze drones
China demoed its road-mobile electromagnetic drone catapult
Astrobotic, Firefly, & Intuitive Machines secured $600M in NASA contracts
Northrop Grumman deployed classified workloads on AWS's new ASCI cloud
The Navy developed a 3D-printed method to repair F/A-18 jets faster
Geneva Technologies won a $4.3M Air Force contract for Rocket Cargo
Boeing won a $49M contract to sustain AGM-86B nuclear cruise missiles
Powerus claimed thousands of intercepts using its low-cost Guardian drone
The FAA proposed a rule change to lift the supersonic flight ban
Velo3D expanded its production capacity with a new Livermore campus
Ukraine approved a mechanism allowing partner countries to buy weapons
Vantor launched WorldView 3D to provide updated 3D ground truth data
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp won a $400M Pentagon contract for steel
The Navy published a Request for Information for an anti-radar missile
Orqa & Remote Robotic Systems signed a $105M partnership
Vector Robotics set a world record for the smallest electric UAV flight
AeroVironment won a $500M Army contract for counter-drone systems
Dassault Aviation accused Airbus of trying to exclude it from Eurodrone
The Air Force awarded four contracts to study tanker active defenses
Tobyhanna Depot boosted drone component production
Airbus signed a partnership with Ukraine’s Brave1 initiative
Rheinmetall acquired a 51% majority stake in Croatia-based DOK-ING
INKAS announced a manufacturing expansion across Canada and the US
UDD selected Northwest Ohio for its first US drone production facility
Velo3D opened a new facility to expand its metal 3D printing capacity
Kongsberg signed a $400M contract to deliver NASAMS air defenses to Kuwait
NASA’s Swift Observatory extends its life after the Pegasus XL rocket launch
Edgewing secured a $6.1B contract award for the GCAP fighter project
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