NEWS

Colorado-based 3D at Depth, a deepwater LiDAR specialist with $14M revenue and 4,000m-rated sensors, has been acquired by Kraken Robotics in a strategic integration of subsea optical metrology capabilities.

D-Fend Solutions uses RF cyber-takeover to safely neutralize rogue drones without jamming or kinetic force, carving a niche in the competitive C-UAS market with $67M in funding.

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards leverages a €10.4B order book and U.S. Navy program of record to position itself as a credible autonomous vessel integrator through licensed autonomy technology.

Dedrone, now an Axon subsidiary, operates a software-centric counter-UAS platform deployed across 35+ countries with detection capabilities spanning ~300 drone types.

Profile of China's Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, a 127,000-person state-owned defense contractor with minimal Western transparency and undocumented robotics capabilities.

Teal Drones wins Army's SRR Program of Record with 5,880-unit contract, validating its defense pivot but facing production scale challenges with a 69-person team.

QinetiQ Group plc holds a £5 billion backlog but faces a profitability crisis with a £185.7M net loss in FY2025, raising questions about execution on major defense programs like DragonFire.

DroneShield posts A$216.5M revenue with 277% YoY growth, cementing its position as the world's only publicly-traded pure-play counter-UAS company amid Ukraine deployment and NATO procurement wins.

CACI International builds the sensing, networking, and EW infrastructure enabling autonomous operations in contested environments, with $1.3B in autonomy-adjacent wins in 2024.

Saab Group's underwater robotics subsidiary Seaeye is a credible autonomy player, but operates within a broader defense portfolio where missiles and radar drive revenue.