Pyka's autonomous cargo aircraft is in testing with the Army

Northrop Grumman closed a $1.8B deal for LITENING targeting pods

K2 Space raised a $500M Series D at a $6.8B valuation 

Oracle signed a $7B DoW contract to supply on-premises software

Certo Aerospace's CAPSTONE helicopter completed speed and payload tests 

Saronic & Samsung partnered to accelerate American shipbuilding

The Space Force expanded launch contracts to $30B

Array Labs raised $21M for space-based maritime and aircraft tracking 

Rune Technologies won a SBIR for AI-enabled logistics software 

CFM International began full-scale testing an open-fan RISE engine

AEC & A&P Technology partnered on braided composite manufacturing

American Rheinmetall won an Army deal for autonomous supply vehicles

SuperCritical Materials licensed DOE tech to extract uranium from seawater

Martin Materials Solutions won a $7.1M DoW contract for space coverglass

LegendSpace raised a $29.5M angel round for AI-driven rocket engines

FalconWorks & Skunk Works unveiled the Blizzard modular multi-mission UAS

ZeroAvia & Safran partnered on hydrogen-electric propulsion aviation tech

Sikorsky integrated MATRIX autonomy software into BETA's logistics aircraft

Quantum Systems acquired Estonian intelligence software scaleup SensusQ

GA-ASI & KONGSBERG completed design reviews for MQ-9B JSM integration

GA-ASI & MBDA partnered to integrate SPEAR on MQ-9B and Gambit 6

Ondas won a $6.9M Australian counter-UAS contract

ORiS closed a $5.1M pre-seed round for laser power-beaming technology

Raytheon UK unveiled Red Kite, a sovereign precision air-launched munition

JetZero signed a Letter of Interest to finance $3B for its manufacturing campus

Tandem Defense won a $90M Air Force contract for its Group 1 UAS offerings

Boeing announced Leonardo as a new MQ-28 Ghost Bat partner

Airbus signed an agreement for Canada's first U030 Flexrotor order

BAE Systems unveiled new pilot helmet tech to direct drone swarms

INTALUS raised a $20M seed for metal-ceramic integration tech

The Marine Corps selected the Bullfrog robotic weapon for L-MADIS

Velo3D opened Forge 1, a metal 3D printing campus in California

Kratos won a $156M contract for mobile C-UAS platforms

Rocket Lab won a $266M Space Force contract for suborbital launches

Qarbon Aerospace won a contract for F-22 composite structures

TCOM LP won a $447M Army contract for aerostat surveillance

The US & Ukraine signed an agreement on drone testing cooperation

Leonardo & Baykar shared details of an M-346F controlling a Kizilema drone

Kizilelma UCAV dropped munitions from internal bays for the first time

NODA AI secured a $10M Pentagon contract for autonomous drone software

Northrop Grumman launched satellites for in-space servicing missions

Sikorsky completed initial flight tests for the Nomad 100 drone

Destinus unveiled Vorexon, a new interceptor for artillery rockets and shells

CAE won a $258M Army contract for pilot training

Greece approved a $4B air defense system purchase from Israel

Anduril scaled back its Rheinmetall defense partnership after just 1 year

Germany may join the 6^th-gen GCAP jet initiative

CAE targeted opportunities from Canada’s new GCAP observer status

Callen-Lenz & Applied Intuition partnered on AI-enhanced autonomous UAS

North Carolina Air Guard wants backpack motorized paragliders

The Air Force sought companies for a new semi-autonomous fighter jet

AndroMach tested a reusable hypersonic drone engine 

General Dynamics won a $400M SDA contract for Tranche 3 ground software 

IAI unveiled Ellyon, a new G550-based electronic warfare and ISR aircraft

Northrop Grumman won a $1.2B Navy contract for 3 E-2D Hawkeyes 

Antares Nuclear raised a $470M Series C for military base microreactors 

RSE Ventures & Ondas announced a co-led investment in FPF Defense 

Tekever won a $447M MoD contract to replace British Army drones 

Lockheed Martin won a $347M contract for containerized Patriot launchers

Pratt & Whitney won a $54M Navy contract for F135 engine engineering

Saab won a $1B GlobalEye contract from a Middle East customer

Kratos delivered ramjet engine tech for future Army missiles

The Marine Corps received its final MV-22B Osprey

The Army selected 5 firms to develop autonomous tactical logistics platforms

The Army selected 3 vendors to build nine Infantry Squad Vehicle prototypes

Skyeton selected Fayetteville to build its first US manufacturing facility

SpaceX won a $1.6B Space Force contract for launch services

Sphinx Defense won a $287M Space Force contract for SATCOM software

Stratolaunch completed over 10 successful hypersonic flights with Talon-A

Shield AI & ALTUS-LSA partnered to integrate V-BAT with kinetic payloads

Japan began flight tests of an air-launched variant of an anti-ship missile

L3Harris postponed its missile unit IPO until mid-2027

Leidos won a $717M Air Force contract for ISR services 

AEVEX won $88M in orders for long-range precision strike capabilities 

General Dynamics Electric Boat & HII won a $76.6B shipbuilding contract 

The Army established Reveille Forge to integrate air defense systems

Viasat delivered Link-16 gateway systems to the Air Mobility Command

Kratos selected Rangeview to develop turbine engine cast components

Hermeus completed a successful payload separation flight test

Spain pledged a $2.3B commitment for its national military satellite system

Boeing's F-47 test aircraft is on schedule for its 2028 flight 

Red Cat received a $2.5M Air Force order for Black Widow drones