Acodyne secures €2.5M to develop next-generation autonomous logistics aircraft
Acodyne secures €2.5M to develop next-generation autonomous logistics aircraft

Copenhagen-based deep tech startup Acodyne has raised €2.5 million in pre-seed funding to scale its unmanned eVTOL cargo aircraft for heavy-lift logistics in defence, offshore, and remote operations. …

Ukraine launches TrophyLab, turning captured Russian weapons into a battlefield R&D platform

Today, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is launching the TrophyLab platform — a secure space that provides verified users with access to information on modern Russian weapon systems. With this, Ukrai…

Ukraine and France launch €20M BRAVE FRANCE fund to accelerate battlefield innovation

Ukraine and France are officially launching BRAVE FRANCE, a major joint defencetech initiative. Ukraine’s state defence cluster, BRAVE1, alongside the French Defence Innovation Agency (AID), has estab…

PDKINEMATICS raises €2M for drone guidance technology

Lithuanian defence engineering company PDKINEMATICS has raised a €2 million Seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital. The round also includes defence-focused angels and experience…

BAE Systems launches €50M push to help European defence startups scale

BAE Systems is committing €50 million to VC funds focused on backing European defencetech startups. The investments will expand on the Company’s longstanding approach to investing in future technology…

ERC System unveils Victor, a heavy-lift eVTOL designed to close Europe’s logistics gap
ERC System unveils Victor, a heavy-lift eVTOL designed to close Europe’s logistics gap

Munich EVTOL company ERC System today announces the launch of “Victor”, a dual-use heavy-lift cargo UAS (Uncrewed Aircraft System) designed for critical missions in fields such as defence, commercial …

Molfar raises €1.5M to bring tactical anti-drone radar systems closer to the frontline

Molfar Defence Technologies, a Polish-Ukrainian defence tech company developing tactical radar systems for the detection of small unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), today announced the close of the first…

The radar gap killing Western defences — and the Berlin chip startup closing it

Today, Berlin startup Xavveo, a deeptech building perception technology based on a proprietary chip, is expanding to tap fast-growing drone-detection/C-UAV, infrastructure surveillance and perimeter s…

Twin Prime lands $10M pre-seed to build frontier AI models for defence and security

Frontier AI lab for defence and security Twin Prime has raised have $10 million in pre-seed funding led by Expeditions, with additional investment from American and European VCs, Theon, family offices…

SWEBAL raises €30M to build Sweden’s first TNT facility and strengthen NATO ammunition supply

Sweden Ballistics (SWEBAL), the Swedish defence manufacturing company driving domestic trinitrotoluene (TNT) production to strengthen NATO resilience, today announces a €30 million funding round to co…