DOD builds framework for faster development and deployment of cruise missiles
Agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 help show the Defense Department’s willingness to work with new entrants. The Defense Department has signed new agreements with four companies to get approximately lower-cost cruise missiles into the field over the next three years. DOD announced Wednesday that Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 are participating in the Low-Cost […]
Navy awards $349M unmanned maritime support contract
Navy leaders set up the contract in part to drive further development and maturation of the systems, plus their underlying technologies. The Navy has awarded nine companies positions on an eight-year, $349.4 million contract for broad systems engineering and technical services focused on unmanned maritime systems. The Navy received 21 offers for the Unmanned Maritime Systems […]
Golden Dome’s key questions to determine its success
John Plumb, a former assistant defense secretary for space policy, laid out some of those factors at a WT Power Breakfast and affordability is one of them for this missile defense system. Layers upon layers is one way to describe Golden Dome, the U.S. military’s ambitious vision for building a missile defense system for protecting the […]
Anduril hauls in $5B for Series H round
The autonomous tech specialist recorded $2.2 billion in revenue for 2025 and doubled its workforce. Anduril, a poster child for the small group of defense technology unicorns, has hauled in $5 billion via a Series H capital raise to support continued investments in manufacturing capacity and research-and-development efforts. Brian Schimpf, chief executive of Anduril, announced the […]
Leidos lands $2.7B Dark Eagle production contract
The Army transitions the hypersonic weapon from other transaction authority to a more traditional contract structure in a push to accelerate fielding. The Defense Department has shifted the Dark Eagle long-range hypersonic weapon to a full-production contract with Leidos at a $2.7 billion ceiling, following years of prototype work on the system. Dark Eagle is a joint […]
Air Force taps Salesforce’s Army contract for personnel modernization work
The enterprise license agreement is part of a $5.6 billion vehicle and will bring agentic artificial intelligence to workforce and logistics management. Salesforce has signed a new $72 million enterprise license agreement with the Air Force to modernize personnel management and other functions using artificial intelligence. This is part of a $5.6 billion contract Salesforce and […]