Agon emerges from stealth with $30M to build AI training models for defence
A new London startup, founded by a team with roots in defence and AI, is emerging from stealth this morning, armed with one of the biggest defence tech seed rounds of the year in Europe. Agon is aiming to build AI infrastructure specifically to train defence models in Europe, and...
UK Ministry of Defence to give 22 British SMEs up to £300,000 for munitions proposals
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is looking for at least six new munitions and energetics factories, by way of...
Read moreDetailsAgon emerges from stealth with $30M to build AI training models for defence
A new London startup, founded by a team with roots in defence and AI, is emerging from stealth this morning,...
Read moreDetailsSelling to the UK MoD is full of friction for defence startups; but it doesn’t have to be like that
European defence, security, and resilience startups raised a record $8.7 billion in 2025, according to data published in February by...
Read moreDetailsKelluu brings persistent airship surveillance to the Arctic, expands to Canada
Kelluu, the Finnish company building what it says is the world’s largest autonomous airship fleet, is opening a new site...
Read moreDetailsEx-Helsing maritime chief Amelia Gould joins Kraken as CTO
Kraken has appointed Amelia Gould as chief technology officer, bringing in the former Helsing maritime chief to lead the development...
Read moreDetailsKraken cracks open its US operations with new CEO Justin Litko
Kraken has a new CEO overseeing its US operation. Justin Litko has joined the defence firm, which produces autonomous surface...
Read moreDetailsColonel Valentyna Savitska, a senior comms official, among the victims in the Kyiv missile strike last week
Valentyna Savitska, a colonel and senior strategic communications official, was among the 10 victims killed in a missile strike on...
Read moreDetailsFrankenburg, ACUA and Babcock pair up for a new line of naval defence
Visions of a hybrid navy capable of defending against swarms of drones and other new threats are getting closer to...
Read moreDetailsBAE spin-out Nuclear Turbines raises £15M for compact reactor push
Manchester-based startup Nuclear Turbines has emerged from stealth with £15 million in funding to develop compact reactors it claims could...
Read moreDetailsGermany puts money where its mouth is
Germany is putting its money where its mouth is — literally. Earlier this week, Katherina Reiche, the country’s minister for...
Read moreDetailsRussian strike hits defence technology demo day near Kyiv
The war in Ukraine continues to escalate, and today saw a strike land directly into the very workings of the...
Read moreDetailsHow militaries survive when their drones reappear in Lima, Peru
A military leader in the field is watching troops, vehicles, and drones move into contested areas. Their screen, jammed with...
Read moreDetailsNATO, Microsoft, NATO Innovation Fund Leaders to Speak at Resilience Conference London
Resilience Conference London is pleased to welcome James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategy and Policy, Cyber and...
Read moreDetailsAnalysis: Drapatyi appointment signals Fedorov’s reform agenda lives on
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday named Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces. The move marks more...
Read moreDetailsNever Despair: Lessons in resilience from one of the last surviving members of the French Resistance
Editors' note: Hugo Jammes, a founding partner of EDT Ventures and former head of the UK's National Security Strategic Investment...
Read moreDetailsWes Streeting takes Defence brief and Healey moves to the Treasury
One of Whitehall's biggest jobs has landed with a former defence secretary, while a new face is now leading the...
Read moreDetailsAnduril unveils Thunder, a new autonomous ‘attack rotorcraft’
Anduril is adding another aircraft model to its range of autonomous and unmanned sea, land, air and space systems. Thunder...
Read moreDetailsAnalysis: What Fedorov’s firing means for Ukraine and defence tech overall
Ukraine has been a trailblazer and pace-setter in the evolution from traditional defence to ‘defence tech’. Drones, AI, autonomous ground...
Read moreDetailsSingularity steps into the light with $80 million Series A to protect humans from cheap modern warfare
US defence startup Singularity has emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $80 million Series A round at a $400 million...
Read moreDetailsGreenjets secures $40m Series A backed by NATO Innovation Fund
Greenjets has raised a $40 million (£30 million) Series A as the British aerospace company scales production of propulsion and...
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