Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition
Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology’s simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind. Shield AI, a maker of artificial intelligence-centric software to operate autonomous vehicles and other systems, has completed a $1.5 billion Series G capital raise with some of the proceeds going toward a planned acquisition. Aechelon Technology is an […]
Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds
Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals. ORAN Development Company This artificial intelligence outfit has fetched $45 million in Series A capital to aid its work on developing an open architecture platform for unifying communication, sensing and edge intelligence functions in radio networks. Also known as […]
Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract
Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time. For a second time, the Army will re-evaluate proposals for a $237 million contract to improve the protective equipment worn by soldiers. Amentum has twice won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract. MAG Aerospace […]
DISA launches search for tactical data link contractors
The small business contract will run through 2030 to maintain tools that help military systems exchange standardized messages and data. The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for small businesses to work on a pair of specialized software tools used for tactical data link communications. The contract will cover work on the tactical data link configuration […]
The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement
As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication. The debate about lethal autonomy—core to the Trump administration’s fight with Anthropic—obscures a deeper danger of the Pentagon’s rapid adoption of commercial AI tools: they might weaken the U.S. military’s ability to tell fact from fiction. New research suggests that relying […]