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🎯 Army Awards $982M IDIQ for HERO-120 Loitering Munitions to Mistral & UVision
Mistral Inc. and UVision secured a multi-year, $982M IDIQ to supply HERO-120 loitering munitions under the Army’s Lethal Unmanned System program, following extensive trials and surging demand for anti-armor precision effects.
🚀 Inversion Unveils “Arc,” A Space-Based Delivery Vehicle For Rapid Earth Delivery
Inversion introduced Arc, an autonomous, reusable capsule designed to deliver cargo—or other mission effects—from LEO to anywhere on Earth in under an hour, aiming to create a new ultra-fast logistics layer from space.
🚀 Defense-Tech Startup Aventra Exits Stealth With $3M To Recast Long-Range Precision Fires
Aventra raised $3M led by Lavrock Ventures and unveiled “Piranha,” a modular glide and guidance kit that adds wings and navigation to standard unguided munitions, producing AI-enabled long-range precision weapons.
✈️ US Startup Developing ‘World’s Largest Cargo Plane’ Able to Carry Four F-35 Jets
Colorado-based Radia revealed its WindRunner for Defense, a 356-foot-long cargo plane capable of transporting four F-35s or 12 Apaches without disassembly, seven times the volume of a C-5 and twelve times that of a C-17.