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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties

Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spending

The Guardian - US

Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal

Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts

The Guardian - US

Could Japan be the next drone giant? Prime Minister looks to push domestic production to reduce reliance on China

Japan is racing to build a domestic drone industry, pushing startups toward defense work amid growing missile and China concerns.

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Homeland Security Is Spending $1 Billion on 'Autonomous' Border Surveillance Towers

The department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.

Reason

Palmer Luckey's Anduril Explores Funding Round at $100B Valuation

Anduril Industries is exploring a new funding round that could value the defense technology startup at roughly $100 billion, a valuation that would place the company alongside some of the largest U.S. defense contractors.

Benzinga

Trump Jr.'s Investment Firm Posts 200% Returns, Helped by Polymarket's Meteoric Rise

Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm 1789 Capital has reportedly generated returns of roughly 200%, driven partly by an early bet on prediction market platform Polymarket.

Benzinga

Andruil unveils autonomous attack rotorcraft - could Thunder be the future of warfare as we know it?

Anduril's new Thunder autonomous attack helicopter is built to fly as an escort for the Apache.

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Archer and Anduril Put ACHR Stock on a New Defense Flight Path

Archer Aviation partnered with Anduril to unveil the Thunder attack rotorcraft, pivoting toward defense contracts amid $1.8 billion liquidity, elevated cash burn, and persistent insider selling.

MarketBeat

Companies race to deliver autonomous uncrewed fighter jets

Boeing displayed its Ghost Bat drone at Farnborough Airshow, highlighting its advanced autonomous capabilities. Rival companies also presented competing designs for this emerging multibillion-dollar defense market. The U.S. Air Force plans to procure over 150 combat-capable autonomous wingmen by the decade's end. European nations are also developing similar programs and…

The Economic Times

Archer Aviation Just Unveiled A Military Aircraft With Anduril. Their Stock is Soaring More Than 20%

Archer Aviation shares surged more than 20% on Monday after the electric air taxi developer unveiled a new autonomous military aircraft developed with defense technology company Anduril.

International Business Times

ACHR Stock Alert: What to Know as Archer Aviation Unveils Anduril Partnership

Archer Aviation stock rallies as it unveils Thunder in collaboration with Anduril. But is it worth buying ACHR shares today?

Barchart

Anduril Made 'Uninvestable' Defense Tech Look Like the Bet Everyone Missed

For years, defense technology was viewed by many investors as a difficult market to back: capital-intensive, slow-moving, dominated by legacy contractors and tied closely to government procurement cycles.

Benzinga

Anduril Breaks Into Hypersonics: Army Says It’s Now a Player

A senior U.S. Army acquisition leader said that Anduril Industries could become a supplier for the service’s hypersonic weapons push, as the Army looks to blend premium long-range missiles with cheaper options to expand stockpiles.

Benzinga

The Biggest Private Market Deals Reveal Where AI Investing Is Headed

Artificial intelligence dominated private capital markets during the second quarter of 2026, but the largest funding rounds reveal something bigger than investors simply pouring money into AI companies.

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Anduril’s billionaire founder warns U.S. colleges are falling behind China—where students are learning AI. And it’s already ‘hollowed out’ companies

Palmer Luckey, a college dropout turned billionaire entrepreneur, says while America teaches kids to dream big, China is teaching them to actually build.

Fortune

Defense tech could be entering its awkward teenage years. Is the boom a bubble?

VCs are flooding into defense tech, but they could be unprepared for the sector’s brutal economics and lengthy timelines.

Fortune

The defense tech boom has become a bubble—or it will be soon

Defense tech was once considered, at best, a fringe area for traditional VCs. Now, there could be a bubble.

Benzinga

Germany Seeks US Collaboration to Build Tomahawk, Patriot Missiles at Home in Major Defense Push: Report

Germany has reportedly requested that the U.S. allow an increase in the production of American weapons on German soil.

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Defence startups raid auto and fracking sectors for parts to speed weapons output

Soaring demand for rocket motors used to power missiles and other weapons has spurred new thinking about supply chains. Seeking big returns, Silicon Valley-style startups are now taking on defense companies that have long dominated the industry, pulled into the competition by a need for production speed, high volume and…

Fortune

Lux Capital cofounder Josh Wolfe's limited-odds, high-stakes 2027 predictions

Josh Wolfe, Lux Capital cofounder, is known for backing companies like Anduril, Applied Intuition, Hugging Face, Impulse Space, Osmo, and Physical Intelligence.

The Economic Times

US defence firm Anduril in talks for Nissan plant to build drones in Japan, sources say

US defense firm Anduril Industries is reportedly in talks to acquire Nissan's Oppama assembly plant near Tokyo, aiming to produce military drones in Japan. This potential deal could transform a historic car factory into an arms-making hub amidst Japan's push to expand defense manufacturing. The move comes as Tokyo seeks…

The Guardian - US

‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools

Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says

TechRadar

Quote of the day by Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey: 'There's no moral high ground in using inferior technology' — challenging the dominant narrative over AI use in defense

The ethics of AI usage matter less than using the best possible tools, according to Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey.

Fortune

Silicon Valley insiders warn U.S. defense supply chain is unprepared for modern warfare

The U.S. defense industry must leverage private venture capital and dual-use technologies, leading technology executives and venture capitalists said at Brainstorm Tech 2026.

Fortune

As SpaceX goes public, a $100 billion shadow market faces a reckoning

SpaceX’s public debut could kick off months (or even years) of reckoning in the venture secondaries market, the pre-IPO Wild West.

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