Discover the cutting-edge innovations in autonomous systems, defense tech, and physical AI that are redefining global security and reshaping the physical workforce.
American Rheinmetall won an 18-month U.S. Army contract to lead Project Sustainment, a prototype push to automate company-level resupply. The team: Harbinger's hybrid chassis, Forterra's autonomy, Primordial Labs' Anura voice control. Five vendors compete; the follow-on order is the prize.
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force gave CACI a $500M IDIQ to move SkyValor into full-rate production. The bet: jamming and nets beat missiles on cost-exchange math. Founders and CTOs should watch task-order velocity, not the headline.
August Robotics and DEWALT's drilling robot placed 90,000+ holes at 99.97% accuracy and cut 80 weeks out of a hyperscaler's data center build. A $30M Series B led by Big Pi Ventures funds the scale-up.
BMW put two AEON humanoids from Hexagon Robotics to work at Plant Leipzig in June 2026, Europe's first humanoid deployment in car production. Figure 03 is sorting parts at Spartanburg. The operating data says more about the sector than the forecasts do.
The US Army just awarded $11.2M for autonomous CBRN drone kits. The EDF closed a GC-IMS project on a UGV. Both are building dual-use detection hardware.
AITX's $1.62M ROAMEO order from a global mining company signals that autonomous security robots are crossing from pilot projects to large-scale industrial deployment.
Anduril is negotiating a new funding round at roughly $100 billion, only eight weeks after a $5 billion Series H. At 45 times trailing revenue, investors are pricing a bet that autonomous systems replace legacy platforms.
Munich-based Helsing closed a $1.8B Series E at an $18B valuation — the largest defence-technology funding round in European history. Dragoneer and Lightspeed led a syndicate of US and Canadian institutions.