New-Age Ground Autonomy
Daily Hard Tech Headlines:
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@valinortech has successfully released its Condor drone from a high-altitude balloon mid-air, transitioning immediately into autonomous fixed-wing flight.
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@faunarobotics, the New York robotics startup developing humanoids for hospitality, retail, consumer, education, research, and entertainment end markets, is being acquired by Amazon.
- Halter has secured a $220M Series E led by Founders Fund; the New Zealand AgTech startup develops cattle tracking and management technology.
- VectorNav Technologies upgraded its inertial navigation systems with high-G sensing to support missiles, interceptors, and hypersonic platforms.
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@BrincDrones launches a public safety drone with dock-based automated battery and payload swapping, Starlink connectivity, and an 8-mile range; opens a new Seattle manufacturing facility.
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@TerraformIndies, a Burbank-based energy company, has begun developing a Kern County site to produce hydrocarbons using solar power.
- Australia is deploying ~$1.4B (USD) in federal and state support to keep Rio Tinto Boyne aluminum smelter operational.
- Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies have been selected to develop software for the Golden Dome missile defense system, according to WSJ.
- Javier Guerrero has joined the AgX Regional Innovation Hub in Northern San Diego as CEO; the hub is focused on expanding the region’s AgTech and Food Tech capabilities.
- Craft Ventures has expanded to Austin, Texas.
- Threod Systems has been chosen by the UK Ministry of Defence to supply a launch system for one-way strike drones.
- General Dynamics has partnered with
@epirus and
@KodiakRobotics to build a ground vehicle integrating Kodiak’s autonomy and Epirus’ high-powered microwave C-UAS system (pictured below).
ALT Source: General Dynamics Land Systems