Browsing: Defense

US defense tech startup Mara has closed a pre-seed funding round of $7 million. With its system Spike, the young company aims to combat specifically small, agile drones that are shaping modern conflicts. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, Palmdrive, Protagonist, Freedom Fund, and Indicator Fund, as…

-F4GE connects Korea’s manufacturing network with global demand from defense and advanced manufacturing companies, building a programmable manufacturing network

LX Pantos, the logistics arm of LX Group, said Tuesday it has successfully completed a complex cross-border defense logistics project involving the transportation of air-to-air missiles from France to Korea for Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).

Defense-technology startups had their best funding year ever in 2025, with investors keen to finance autonomous systems and artificial intelligence for the battlefield, according to data from business-intelligence providers that track venture capital funding

The U.S. battery industry just found an unexpected savior. After EV incentive cuts left startups gasping for air, the Department of Energy threw them a $500 million lifeline—but there’s a catch. The money’s earmarked for defense applications, signaling a dramatic pivot from consumer electric vehicles to military-grade power systems. It’s a strategic bet that could…

With electric vehicle incentives disappearing, battery innovators are looking toward an unexpected customer that still needs reliable power at scale.

The Department of Defense in Julysuspended CMMC’s second phase, saying its requirement for independent third-party reviews would have cost companies too much. But the first phase remains in effect, and companies are still struggling to meet those standards, much as they havefor the past few years.

The Washington D.C. region — which includes Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District itself — is one of the United States’ most prominent defense hubs. It headquarters five of the country’s largest defense contractors and rakes in the highest concentration of defense dollars, totaling $106.7 billion in 2023. Thanks to its proximity to the Pentagon,…

The prompt was direct: “I need to show 3M met the standard of care and why and show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion. Create the draft expert witness report draft now.” That’s not a human expert analyzing evidence. That’s someone ordering a conclusion and asking a machine to dress it up.…

Advanced IT Concepts has appointed Amy Brown-Slawson as chief information security officer, strengthening its cybersecurity leadership as the government technology provider expands its work across federal and defense markets.