Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - Sky Spy has raised a $1.61M pre-seed round led by Expeditions and Superangel. The dual-use startup develops portable signal-intelligence systems for real-time detection, classification, and geolocation of RF threats in contested environments. - @AdaptivDefense has launched. The startup develops new-age gear and training for law enforcement, defense, and other end users. - @UNION_Prime, the Texas-based energetics company, has forged its first parts, shared by Jonathan Reiland, co-founder and head of manufacturing. - @shift5co has secured a contract to build out upgrades for the Air Force’s F-16 fleet. - @OndasHoldings has secured a new deal focused on enhancing border security by utilizing autonomous UAS, ground launch systems, AI, and command-and-control capabilities to enable continuous ISR and rapid response. The multi-year, multi-phase program comes from a major government customer. - Istari Digital, the startup developing software for the physical world, has designed a moon vacuum for Blue Origin using its AI platform. - A new police unit has launched focused on C-UAS detection and response, created under the German Federal Police. - @VardaSpace Industries W-5 spacecraft has successfully reached orbit after launching on a SpaceX mission. - @ElectraAero has launched Electra Defense, featuring its hybrid-electric ultra-STOL aircraft focused on contested logistics, ISR, and more. - Washington Harbour Partners LP has made a strategic growth investment in Trusted Space, LLC. - Axle Point Capital, the Newport Beach private equity firm, co-sponsored a strategic investment in Odyssey Space Research, LLC, a flight-software company, with the deal funded by the ONE Bow River National Defense Fund. - @PerseusDefense (YC S25), the C-UAS startup, has selected Buda, Texas as its engineering and manufacturing headquarters, bringing hundreds of new jobs to the region with support from the Buda Economic Development Corporation. - Integer Technologies has secured an MOU with the University of Wisconsin-Madison focused on advancing research in autonomous systems and cybersecurity for defense. - UNITAS, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise with the U.S. Navy and allied partners, showcased @armada_ai Galleon powering Microsoft Flankspeed Edge and Minotaur workloads, pulling in multi-INT data from robotic and autonomous systems. The system was later redeployed aboard a Navy ship, proving it can run advanced compute under tight power limits, while Atlas delivered real-time distributed network awareness across the exercise.