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AI is transforming more than just weapons systems—it’s also changing the way that the US gathers, analyzes, and uses intelligence. tectonicdefense.com/meet-the-ai-he…

In case you missed it, President Trump took a grand ol’ whistle-stop tour through the Middle East last week, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, and securing—per his team—over $2T in deals. tectonicdefense.com/what-did-trump…

Way, way back in February, we wrote about AppliedIntuition acquiring @Episyscience, which builds autonomy software for everything from drones, to planes, to boats. Well, it seems the first fruits of the acquisition have been born. tectonicdefense.com/applied-intuit…

.Saronic is officially making the great, trans-Atlantic leap. The 8VC-backed company announced that it’s officially opening an office in the UK and expanding operations in Australia. tectonicdefense.com/saronic-crosse…

Vehicle autonomy software company AppliedIntuition announced that it’s officially launching in the UK. The company plans to invest £50M ($67M) in the country and open a research and development office in central London. tectonicdefense.com/applied-intuit…

.@Hermeuscorp announced that it’s completed the flight test of its Quarterhorse Mk 1 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, marking a “significant step in Hermeus’ development of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft.” tectonicdefense.com/hermeus-lifts-…

Ten years ago, when Pete Newell, Steve Blank, and Joe Felter launched the Hacking for Defense (H4D) course at Stanford, “defense” was still a dirty word in Silicon Valley. tectonicdefense.com/a-qa-with-pete…

Energetics company Firehawk announced that they’ve secured a $4.9M contract with the US Air Force to help accelerate the development of next-gen hybrid rocket engines for strategic and tactical missiles. tectonicdefense.com/firehawk-score…

.@Anduriltech and Meta announced a strategic partnership to build extended reality (XR) products for the US military. The two companies said they’re teaming up to build integrated XR products. tectonicdefense.com/anduril-and-me…

The disagreements in Washington continue. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) unveiled its answer to the House’s $150B defense reconciliation bill and, well, there were some differences tectonicdefense.com/senate-unveils…

The consolidation is happening overseas, too. European defense darling Helsing announced they’ve acquired German aircraft company Grob Aircraft for an undisclosed amount. tectonicdefense.com/helsing-acquir…

.Maxar Technologies announced that it’s teaming up with Saab to build space-based C5ISR told to help militaries “stay connected and aware, even when GPS goes down.” tectonicdefense.com/maxar-and-saab…

Unmanned surface vessel (USV) company HavocAI announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic that they’re teaming up with Tocaro Blue to integrate the company’s ProteusCore™ marine radar processing system onto Havoc’s vessels. tectonicdefense.com/exclusive-havo…

The Strategic Defence Review is meant to lay out the UK’s current defense posture. It’s also a pretty good indication of where the government and the MoD are going to spend their money and time in the next few years. tectonicdefense.com/the-uks-strate…

It’s been quite the week for Pete Hegseth. He faced lawmakers to defend a $1T DoD budget request. Then, the House went ahead and released their appropriations bill, his procurement budget was leaked, and he had to face a whole new slew of questions. tectonicdefense.com/budget-drama-o…

Autonomous fighter jets, here we come. This week, Germany-based artificial intelligence company Helsing announced that their AI agent Centaur successfully took control of a Swedish Saab Gripen-E combat jet in flight tests over the Baltic Sea. tectonicdefense.com/helsing-succes…

It’s been a big year for Gecko Robotics. They’ve signed a $100M deal with a top US power grid operator, partnered with L3Harris on remote aircraft maintenance, and hit unicorn status last week after raising $125M at a $1.25B valuation. tectonicdefense.com/gecko-sees-gre…

One day last month, a very precious delivery arrived at autonomous vehicle company AppliedIntuition's garage: a Humvee and an infantry squad vehicle (ISV), sent by the Secretary of the Army, Daniel P. Driscoll, himself. tectonicdefense.com/applied-intuit…