Weekly Digest

Kraken and NVL Strike Deal to Develop Autonomous Marine Defence Systems, Ukraine's FirePoint's Flamingo Missile Flies 3,000km, Early Bird…

Issue 38: NATO’s Eastern Flank Speaks Plainly. Why Won’t the West?

Aug 26 •

Leslie Hitchcock

Robotics Startups Milrem and Frontline Team Up; MITS Capital Focuses on Supply Chain Independence from China; Brave1 Defense Tech Valley…

Issue 37: Honouring Ukraine. An interview with MITS Capital; a robotics collaboration born at the Darkstar Bootcamp; and the Brave1 Defense Tech Valley…

Aug 19 •

Leslie Hitchcock

BAE Invests in a Startup; US Accused of Chinese Cyberattack; Darkstar Bootcamp returns to Kyiv (quiet week)

Issue 36: Bootstrapped Oxford Dynamics raises undisclosed amount from BAE Systems, saying “It’s fuel for sovereign innovation, wherever the mission…

Aug 12

Resilience Media Secures Investment, Scales its Editorial Team

Issue 35: After closing an investment round into Resilience Media, we are excited to announce our new writing team, new branding, and our Editorial and…

Aug 5 •

Leslie Hitchcock

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NIF Doubles Down on Deep Tech, Finland's Defence Cluster, and Ancient Greece

Issue 34: Plus we announce Resilience Conference speakers Dr Klaus Hommels and Sten Tamkivi, Isembard opens a Texas HQ, and a Danish-Ukrainian…

Jul 29 •

Leslie Hitchcock

'Deterrence is only credible if you can move fast.'

Issue 33: Exein's funding round, ASGARD launches, inside Helsing, Quantum Systems invests in Frontline, and STARK acquires Pleno; plus more speakers…

Jul 22 •

Leslie Hitchcock

From Asimov to Azhnyuk

Issue 32: Ukrainian startup The Fourth Law raises an undisclosed amount of funding, more Resilience Conference speakers announced, and a call to support…

Jul 15 •

Leslie Hitchcock

Resilience Conference 2025: Defence Tech Leaders to Watch — Early Bird Tickets End July 31

Issue 31: The Kilowatt War, plus Uwe Horstmann, Mimi Keshani, Rob Murray and more in London this September for Europe’s leading startup event on…

Jul 8 •

Leslie Hitchcock

Digital Sovereignty and the startup-MoD challenge

Issue 30: The Build with Ukraine framework, a guest post from John Ridge, Chief Adoption Officer at NIF, and are you HMGCC's new CTO?

Jul 1 •

Leslie Hitchcock

NATO, Iran, China... a lot on our mind

Issue 29: NATO Summit and the Rapid Adoption Action Plan, China leads the world in defence tech, and NATO and the UK

Jun 24 •

Leslie Hitchcock

Gen Sir Roly Walker: We are 'entering the Third Era of NATO'

Issue 28: An interview with Lendurai, dispatches from the RUSI Land Warfare Conference, and lots of startup news on the eve of NATO's Rapid Adoption…

Jun 17 •

Leslie Hitchcock

Talking about Defence Tech & Dual-Use, and the Role of NGOs in Ukraine's defence tech sector

Issue 27: Announcing the next round of speakers for Resilience Conference 2025, dispatch from London Tech Week, and an update from Launch alum, Vizgard

Jun 11 •

Leslie Hitchcock

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