Claude AI helped Russia-based threat actors develop autonomous kamikaze drone swarm
A Russia-based threat actor used Anthropic’s Claude AI to help build an autonomous swarm of kamikaze drones capable of selecting targets and triggering detonation without human approval. The operation is one of several cases detailed in a new threat intelligence report from Anthropic, which found its AI models being used...
Claude AI helped Russia-based threat actors develop autonomous kamikaze drone swarm
A Russia-based threat actor used Anthropic’s Claude AI to help build an autonomous swarm of kamikaze drones capable of selecting...
Read moreDetailsMeet the LAUNCH@RC and SCALE@RC 2026 Cohorts
This year, more than 100 companies applied to take part in LAUNCH@RC, our showcase for early-stage companies building across defence...
Read moreDetailsOrbital inks deal with Germany’s Reflex to build AI data centres in space
A new partnership between two startups in Germany and the US hopes to bring the moonshot concept of space data...
Read moreDetailsSwarmer scoops up UGV maker Ratel Robotics in deal worth up to $224M
Ukrainian-founded drone autonomy company Swarmer has agreed to acquire Ratel Robotics, one of Ukraine’s leading manufacturers of unmanned ground vehicles,...
Read moreDetailsThe Exploration Company raises $450M to build Europe’s answer to SpaceX
The Exploration Company (TEC), a five-year-old aerospace firm headquartered in Germany, has raised $450 million in a Series C round...
Read moreDetailsFrance’s Mistral raises €3B for AI with an accent on sovereignty
Mistral, the French artificial intelligence startup, aims to carve out a position for itself as the “sovereign” solution for organisations...
Read moreDetailsIsar Aerospace reaches orbit with Spectrum rocket
German launch company Isar Aerospace has reached orbit with its Spectrum rocket, giving Europe a new homegrown option for launching...
Read moreDetailsBerlin launches crisis response after Rhysida dumps 5.79TB of allegedly stolen government data
Berlin has launched an emergency review of data stolen from its administration after ransomware gang Rhysida published what it claims...
Read moreDetailsGerman police apprehend Bulgarian citizens in alleged arson in Munich
German police are investigating an apparent arson attempt outside a building used by defense companies in Munich. The incident happened...
Read moreDetailsThe Weekend Read | 6 September 2026
Welcome to The Weekend Read, which will be delivered to your inboxes on Sunday mornings London time. In February 2025,...
Read moreDetailsThis Week in Defence Tech | 3 September 2026
Welcome to This Week in Defence Tech, a summary of the top news in the sector written by Editor at...
Read moreDetailsAirlogix and Auterion bag $300M AI-guided heavy strike drone deal
Back in February, during the Munich Security Conference, we wrote about how German/Swiss/US startup Auterion and Ukrainian startup Airlogix were...
Read moreDetailsStark buys Raydiant RF because electronic warfare is not going away
Some more consolidation is afoot in the defence startup world, this time taking aim at one of the more pernicious...
Read moreDetailsEstonia’s defence minister resigns over botched Ukraine procurement deal
The most senior member of Estonia's ministry of defence has resigned over a procurement controversy involving buying ammunition for Ukraine....
Read moreDetailsOut of the Ministry and into the VC hotseat
Mykhailo Fedorov, the 36-year-old who was abruptly fired from his role as Ukraine’s defence secretary after just six months on...
Read moreDetailsThe Resilience Conference London 2026 Agenda is live
Welcome back from summer. We have been working hard to pull together the agenda for Resilience Conference London on 5-6...
Read moreDetailsHyImpulse fuels up with €50M+ to build its breakthrough rocket launchers
HyImpulse Technologies, a startup out of Germany building a new approach to launching and travelling in space using paraffin-based hybrid...
Read moreDetailsUkraine is putting Kalashnikov assault rifles on uncrewed ground vehicles
An unnamed company backed by Ukraine's BRAVE1 defence technology program has developed a robotic turret designed around one of the...
Read moreDetailsInLeap raises €20M for counter-drone laser effectors
Drone interceptors are the name of the game right now in Europe, and today one of the companies building systems...
Read moreDetailsTekever acquires Flowcopter to do some heavy lifting
Tekever, the autonomous air systems startup out of Portugal that is rumoured to be raising a big round of funding,...
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