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Oliver Buchannon
Benjamin Wolba
The New Defense Post #40

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

The New Defense Post #40

This week: SpaceX wins $4.16B to build Golden Dome's orbital threat-tracking layer; Mach Industries raises $300M at $1.8B for the vertically integrated autonomous weapons model Europe doesn't have yet; and ICEYE hits one satellite per week while naming C2 data fusion as its next gap.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #39

Jun 1, 2026

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6 min read

The New Defense Post #39

This week: Airbus picks Mistral AI as its sovereign defence AI partner; Rheinmetall and EV startup Harbinger team up to build robot trucks for the US Army; SpaceX wins $2.29B to wire together Golden Dome; and a bonus deep-dive on the ISR exploitation gap Europe hasn't filled yet.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #38

May 25, 2026

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6 min read

The New Defense Post #38

This week: ICEYE closes a €300M revolving credit facility as Europe's sovereign SAR constellation model hits profitability; Helsing and OHB formed KIRK, the first European consortium with a named orbital targeting architecture; and Stratolaunch disclosed a Mach 5+ test for the US Missile Defense Agency, highlighting the reusable hypersonic test infrastructure gap Europe still hasn't closed.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #37

May 11, 2026

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7 min read

The New Defense Post #37

This week: SWEBAL closes Europe's first new TNT factory since the Cold War; Anduril assembles a commercial space consortium for orbital missile interception under Golden Dome; and Intelic launches BASE, a pan-European drone procurement platform that could finally fix the continent's interoperability problem.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #36

May 4, 2026

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6 min read

The New Defense Post #36

This week: The naval autonomy market hit an inflection point as Hanwha and Magnet Defense partnered on 38-meter MUSVs, True Anomaly closed a $650M Series D to lead the emerging space-based interceptor category, and Germany's Bundestag blocked a EUR 263M Bundeswehr container order over doubled per-unit pricing.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #35

Apr 28, 2026

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6 min read

The New Defense Post #35

This week: Castelion wins a $105M Navy contract to field the first carrier-launched hypersonic missile; a bootstrapped London C-UAS startup beats larger rivals to a USMC urgent order; and KBR bets on MIT-founded Tagup to fix a decades-broken military logistics problem — plus why European defence logistics is the most underbuilt startup gap nobody's talking about.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #34

Apr 20, 2026

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8 min read

The New Defense Post #34

This week: Cambridge Aerospace goes from startup to MoD supplier in 18 months with the Skyhammer interceptor; AeroVironment sets the launched effects benchmark with MAYHEM 10; the EU commits €1.07 billion to 57 defense R&D projects with dedicated startup on-ramps.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #33

Apr 14, 2026

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14 min read

The New Defense Post #33

This week: Hermeus hits unicorn status with $350M for hypersonic unmanned fighters; Warburg Pincus launches a dedicated European defence investment platform backed by Munich Re; The Pentagon's FY2027 budget proposes a jaw-dropping $54.6B for its new Autonomous Warfare Group.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #32

Apr 8, 2026

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14 min read

The New Defense Post #32

This week: the Iran war sends European interceptor startups racing to arm Gulf states, Shield AI doubles its valuation to $12.7B on the back of autonomous combat AI, and a Finnish company fits an entire drone factory inside a shipping container.

Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva, +2
The New Defense Post #31

Mar 31, 2026

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13 min read

The New Defense Post #31

This week: Swarmer’s landmark IPO, Anduril’s production push, AGILE’s fast-track grants, and why manufacturing is becoming defense tech’s true moat.

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Diego Paniagua Silva
Paolo Trecate, +2
The New Defense Post #30

Mar 23, 2026

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11 min read

The New Defense Post #30

From $20B defence contracts to AI munitions and Europe’s race in orbit

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #29

Mar 16, 2026

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10 min read

The New Defense Post #29

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #28

Mar 11, 2026

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9 min read

The New Defense Post #28

Exportable Drone-Era Defense, Ukraine’s Interceptors, and Anduril’s $4B Raise

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #27

Mar 2, 2026

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10 min read

The New Defense Post #27

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #26

Feb 23, 2026

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12 min read

The New Defense Post #26

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #25

Feb 17, 2026

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11 min read

The New Defense Post #25

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #24

Feb 9, 2026

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11 min read

The New Defense Post #24

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #23

Feb 2, 2026

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12 min read

The New Defense Post #23

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #22

Jan 26, 2026

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10 min read

The New Defense Post #22

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #21

Jan 19, 2026

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15 min read

The New Defense Post #21

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #20

Jan 12, 2026

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11 min read

The New Defense Post #20

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #19

Jan 5, 2026

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8 min read

The New Defense Post #19

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #18

Dec 29, 2025

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10 min read

The New Defense Post #18

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #17

Dec 22, 2025

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10 min read

The New Defense Post #17

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
The New Defense Post #16

Dec 15, 2025

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11 min read

The New Defense Post #16

For those building and funding the next generation of defense startups

Paolo Trecate
Benjamin Wolba
Paolo Trecate, +1
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