Anduril, Icebreakers, and Space Drugs
Daily Hard Tech Headlines:
-
@anduriltech secured $5B in Series H funding led by
@ThriveCapital and
@a16z.
-
@VardaSpace secured a collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation, the multibillion-dollar biotech firm, to explore space-based pharmaceutical processing for pulmonary disease treatments using Varda’s orbital manufacturing and reentry platform.
-
@EnhancedRadar secured $7M in funding led by Initialized Capital. The YC startup is developing new-age air traffic control systems deployed at roughly 80 North American airports.
- Kinetic Industries, Inc. has launched. The Virginia Beach startup is developing a “100% U.S.-manufactured fiber optic spool” and furthering American drone components and capabilities. The startup was founded by John Maggio, former VP of Operations at Naval Special Warfare.
-
@valinortech HarborOS is being integrated into Anduril Industries Lattice through the Army’s NGC2 effort, bringing casualty data and medical supply chain information into the next-generation battlefield operating picture.
-
@ZeroEyesAI secured a deal with the City of Brighton, Alabama, to integrate its weapons detection technology into the city’s smart city stack.
- Reveal Technology, the Bozeman startup, had its Identifi product adopted as a USSOCOM program of record, bringing identity intelligence and biometric verification to the tactical edge.
-
@nightdragon, the San Francisco SecureTech investment firm, announced a strategic collaboration with General Dynamics Information Technology to help its national security-focused portfolio companies work more closely with GDIT on U.S. government programs.
-
@surtrdefense has launched. The startup is developing a C-UAS operating system that fuses cross-sensor datasets into a unified threat picture.
-
@anduriltech secured a United States Department of War production agreement to deliver a minimum of 3,000 Barracuda-500M long-range strike missiles over three years.
-
@Figure_robot is livestreaming a team of humanoids running a full 8-hour autonomous shift sorting small packages.
- GoAhead Ventures raised a $120M 𝐆𝐨𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝. The fund has invested in hard tech companies such as Valar Atomics and Colossal Biosciences.
- The Kingdom of Tonga has launched a deep-sea geothermal energy pilot with Seattle-based Endurance Energy.
- The Department of War reached new agreements with Anduril Industries, CoAspire, Leidos, Zone 5 Technologies, and Castelion to scale U.S. cruise and hypersonic missile production.
-
@KodiakRobotics, the ground autonomy startup, has partnered with General Dynamics Land Systems to develop autonomous ground vehicles for the defense end market.
- Davie Defense secured a $3.5B U.S. Coast Guard contract to build five Arctic Security Cutters (pictured below), strengthening America’s icebreaker capacity for operations in the Arctic.