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Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has secured a significant win with the U.S. Army selecting its Rogue™ 1 loitering munition system for the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program. The Army’s LASSO initiative is focused on giving Infantry Brigade Combat Teams a lightweight, man-portable precision strike capability with … [Read more...] about Teledyne FLIR Defense Selected by U.S. Army for LASSO Loitering Munition Program

The emergence of Heaviside Industries from stealth with a $28 million Series A isn’t just another defense-tech funding announcement—it’s a pretty clear signal of where modern warfare is heading, whether people are comfortable with it or not. Backed by firms like Menlo Ventures and Flume Ventures, alongside a mix of high-profile individual investors with deep ties to global … [Read more...] about Heaviside Industries Raises $28M to Push Autonomous Warfare Into Its Next Phase

Israel's Ministerial Committee on Defense Procurement has approved the simultaneous acquisition of F-35 and F-15IA aircraft in quantities sufficient to form two new fighter squadrons, the Defense Ministry announced. The deal is valued at tens of billions of shekels and represents the first concrete procurement action under a broader force buildup plan spanning the coming … [Read more...] about Israel Approves F-35 and F-15IA Squadron Purchases Worth Tens of Billions

There’s something quietly significant about a shipment like this—two compact systems heading into the desert at Yuma Test Center doesn’t sound dramatic on the surface, but in military tech terms, it’s often where ideas either prove themselves or quietly disappear. In this case, DEFSEC Technologies Inc. seems fairly confident about which direction things are heading. The … [Read more...] about DEFSEC Pushes Battlefield Awareness Forward with BLISS Deployment to Yuma

6K Energy and CRG Defense have announced a strategic seven-year collaboration aimed at establishing a secure domestic battery supply chain for U.S. defense and other mission-critical applications. The agreement represents an early but significant step toward reducing dependence on foreign battery materials while supporting next-generation American-made battery cells and … [Read more...] about 6K Energy and CRG Defense Form Seven-Year Pact to Build U.S. Defense Battery Supply Chain

MQ-25 Stingray First Flight: The Navy's Unmanned Future Takes Off Boeing and the United States Navy have successfully completed the first test flight of an operational MQ-25A Stingray, marking a major milestone in the development of the Navy's first carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle designed for aerial refueling and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) … [Read more...] about Boeing MQ-25A Stingray First Operational Flight Advances U.S. Navy Carrier Aviation

L3Harris Technologies has taken a major step in reshaping its defense portfolio, closing a $1 billion strategic investment from the Department of War into its newly formed Missile Solutions business. The deal is notable not only for its size, but for what it signals: direct government capital is now being used to strengthen domestic weapons manufacturing capacity at a moment … [Read more...] about L3Harris Secures $1 Billion Pentagon-Style Backing Ahead of Missile Solutions IPO

The Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF is doing exactly what a 3x leveraged vehicle is built to do when the narrative that inflated it goes into reverse. DFEN traded between $64.90 and $77.18 on April 21 and sits near $65 — roughly fifteen percent below the intraday high and well off the 52-week peak of $97.75. The underlying sector is down a few percent. The ETF is … [Read more...] about DFEN Unwinds the War Premium

Europe's defense budgets have nearly doubled in four years. Spending rose from 218 billion euros in 2021 to a projected 392 billion euros in 2025. The political argument is over. What remains is the harder problem: whether the industrial base can absorb the money fast enough to matter. The gap between demand and output is already measurable. In Germany, the six-month moving … [Read more...] about The Industrial Gap Behind Europe’s Rearmament Numbers