Pentagon Selects SpaceX for $100 Million Drone Swarming Competition

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR SpaceX and xAI selected for Pentagon’s $100 million autonomous drone technology competition Six-month contest launched January 2026 to develop voice-command systems for multiple drones SpaceX acquired xAI before entering competition and ahead of plan…

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Musk's companies join Pentagon competition for voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms

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SpaceX and xAI Enter Pentagon’s $100M Drone Swarm AI Contest

17 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech

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UK thermal intelligence startup SatVu secures €34 million to scale multi-satellite constellation

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - SatVu, a London-based thermal intelligence company that reveals operational activity and infrastructure performance from space, has closed a €34 million (£30 million) funding round bringing its total equity funding to €68 million (£60 million), as it acce…

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UK thermal intelligence startup SatVu secures €34 million to scale multi-satellite constellation

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SatVu raises £30M led by NATO Innovation Fund to build thermal imaging constellation

17 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

SatVu closes a £30M funding round to accelerate its multi-satellite constellation

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