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🚀 Defense-Tech Startup Aventra Exits Stealth With $3M To Recast Long-Range Precision Fires

Oct 2, 2025

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🚀 Defense-Tech Startup Aventra Exits Stealth With $3M To Recast Long-Range Precision Fires

Aventra raised $3M led by Lavrock Ventures and unveiled “Piranha,” a modular glide and guidance kit that adds wings and navigation to standard unguided munitions, producing AI-enabled long-range precision weapons.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🛩️ USAF Eyes Stealth Flying-Wing “Arsenal Plane” Loaded With A2A Missiles

Oct 1, 2025

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🛩️ USAF Eyes Stealth Flying-Wing “Arsenal Plane” Loaded With A2A Missiles

The Air Force is studying a stealthy flying-wing “arsenal plane” that could carry “dozens” of air-to-air missiles, complementing fighters in a high-end Indo-Pacific fight.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🤖 Bullfrog AI-Enabled Weapon System Moves Into Maritime Drone Fight

Sep 30, 2025

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🤖 Bullfrog AI-Enabled Weapon System Moves Into Maritime Drone Fight

Allen Control Systems secured a deal with ManTech to integrate Bullfrog onto maritime platforms for SOF at sea, shifting from land-centric trials to littoral defense.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🚀 Angry Tortoise Liquid-Fueled Hypersonic Missile In Development For USAF

Sep 29, 2025

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🚀 Angry Tortoise Liquid-Fueled Hypersonic Missile In Development For USAF

AFRL and Ursa Major are integrating the Draper liquid rocket, aiming for an affordable hypersonic weapon path.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🎮 Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk Simulator Links With Live Jet in Breakthrough Test

Sep 26, 2025

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🎮 Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk Simulator Links With Live Jet in Breakthrough Test

Boeing and the USAF networked a T-7A ground simulator with a live Red Hawk flying over 130 miles away, enabling real-time pilot interaction in a shared synthetic-live battlespace.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
⚓ BlackSea’s New Modular USV Doubles Payload, Power for US Navy Missions

Sep 25, 2025

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⚓ BlackSea’s New Modular USV Doubles Payload, Power for US Navy Missions

BlackSea Technologies unveiled its Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC), purpose-built for the U.S. Navy with over 67,000 pounds of payload capacity, 900 square feet of deck space, and 198 kW of power.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
✈️ US Startup Developing ‘World’s Largest Cargo Plane’ Able to Carry Four F-35 Jets

Sep 24, 2025

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✈️ US Startup Developing ‘World’s Largest Cargo Plane’ Able to Carry Four F-35 Jets

Colorado-based Radia revealed its WindRunner for Defense, a 356-foot-long cargo plane capable of transporting four F-35s or 12 Apaches without disassembly, seven times the volume of a C-5 and twelve times that of a C-17.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
✈️ Anduril’s Fury Drone Set for Button-Push First Flight

Sep 23, 2025

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✈️ Anduril’s Fury Drone Set for Button-Push First Flight

Anduril confirmed its Fury collaborative combat drone is designed to take off with the press of a single button, advancing ease-of-use and operational simplicity.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
✈️ Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Vectis’ Combat Drone Concept

Sep 22, 2025

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✈️ Lockheed Martin Unveils ‘Vectis’ Combat Drone Concept

Lockheed Martin introduced the Vectis combat drone, a concept aimed at delivering stealthy, multi-role unmanned strike capability.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
📈 Small U.S. Defense Stocks Soar On Demand For Next-Gen Battlefield Tech

Sep 19, 2025

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📈 Small U.S. Defense Stocks Soar On Demand For Next-Gen Battlefield Tech

Shares of Kratos, AeroVironment, Mercury Systems, and other smaller defense firms have surged as investors bet on next-generation battlefield technologies.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🔎 Elbit’s “Frontier” Uses AI to Fuse Multi-Sensor Feeds and Prioritize Threats

Sep 18, 2025

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🔎 Elbit’s “Frontier” Uses AI to Fuse Multi-Sensor Feeds and Prioritize Threats

Elbit unveiled “Frontier,” an AI-driven command-and-control platform that integrates radar, EO/IR, EW, and other feeds into a unified picture.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
🏛️ State Dept Eyes “Agentic AI” To Take Actions For Staff

Sep 17, 2025

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🏛️ State Dept Eyes “Agentic AI” To Take Actions For Staff

State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher outlined plans to move beyond current chatbots toward “agentic AI” that performs tasks for employees.

Dallas Hartley
Dallas Hartley
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