contracts

Cambridge Aerospace secures UK MoD contract for Skyhammer kinetic interceptor while closing $136M funding round at ~$1B valuation, though technical claims remain unverified.

Pentagon's FY2027 budget request allocates $63B to drone/unmanned tech—a 6x surge targeting 200,000+ autonomous systems across domains, signaling a structural shift in procurement doctrine.

Navy selects HII and Saronic among seven companies for MUSV prototype testing, marking transition from experimental Ghost Fleet Overlord to competitive evaluation of purpose-built unmanned surface vessels.

The U.S. Army's Operation Jailbreak initiative pairs 20 defense contractors to break data silos between military platforms, enabling real-time interoperability across drones, missiles, and C2 systems—a critical bottleneck for autonomous swarm and MUM-T scaling.

SpaceX wins $4.16B Space Force contract to build space-based airborne moving target indicator constellation for drone swarm detection by 2028, displacing legacy defense primes.

Pentagon explores equity stakes in U.S. drone makers to close production gaps and hit $5K unit costs under $1.1B Drone Dominance program.

DoD requests $2B in FY2027 to consolidate fragmented CJADC2 deployments, with $1.5B for Palantir's Maven Smart System as the foundational data fusion layer for autonomous systems across services.

NYPD commits $6.5M to permanent counter-drone unit under SAFER SKIES Act, using World Cup 2026 as catalyst for infrastructure that will outlast the event.