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Cloud-Seeding Records, Alabama AgTech, and Seafloor Energy Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, an independent agency of the U.S. government, has announced $465 million in financing for Serra Verde, a Brazilian mining company focused on rare earth minerals. -@RainmakerCorp, the El Segundo-based cloud-seeding technology firm, has launched the nation’s largest cloud-seeding project to date. - Bravo Ordnance, the Austin-based energetics startup, has announced the completion of its 105th warhead and a rapid production ramp to 3,000 units per month. - The Catalyst Accelerator Colorado Springs, backed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, has selected six companies for its latest cohort, including Aegnix (AI), Kestrel (sensing), Lunar Station Corp (geospatial), Soresu LLC (AI), Tempest Droneworx™ (ISR), and Worldscape Technology, Inc. (AI). - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has secured more than $2 million in funding from the State of Alabama to expand the state’s agtech industry. - Rock River Laboratory, Inc. has announced plans to acquire all assets of Deveron, a Canadian agtech company specializing in soil sampling, crop analytics, and aerial data collection. - The University of Central Florida in Orlando is launching a program focused on space education. - Endurance Energy, developing hydrothermal generators that operate on the seafloor, has announced successful tests in the Mariana Islands, where they "successfully surveyed the Hafa Adai vent field, identified a vent site," and deployed their product to a depth of 3.3 km.

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about.usps.com/newsroom/nati… Most of these are fire!

Cargo Redefined, Autonomous Trucking at Scale, and PE Enters IoT Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @poseidonaero has raised an $11 million seed round led by Tamarack Global. The Bay Area startup is developing autonomous cargo planes and currently has two platforms: Egret, a fixed-wing aircraft with short takeoff and landing capabilities for regional air cargo, and Heron, a runway-independent seaplane designed for maritime and inter-island logistics. - @CX2_Industries has unveiled Vadris, an RF-tracking payload for FPV drones that detects and locates signal sources during missions. The system is currently in testing with the U.S. military and is built for COTS Group 1 drones. - @BlueWaterShips has announced the successful testing of its full-scale autonomous vessel for maritime defense. The company has already completed hundreds of hours of testing on the East Coast, according to Business Insider. - Modal Motors, a Michigan-based startup founded by Michael Van Steenburg, has raised a $2 million seed round to scale production of its next-generation electric motors. - @allencontrol has secured contracts with South Korea and the UAE to deploy its Bullfrog counter-UAS autonomous weapon platform. The company is opening new offices in Asia and Europe and has an MOU with Romania for local production. - Zabidou has raised a $1.3M pre-seed round to develop laser-based vision systems for manufacturing robots - @KodiakRobotics, the autonomous trucking company, has announced over 3,000 autonomous deliveries in support of Atlas Energy Solutions. - @Pelion_VP has invested in Creekstone Energy’s Giga Site in Delta, Utah, which is projected to become the world’s largest AI data center campus. - Grid Aero has secured an LOI from Everts Air Cargo, an essential air service operator in Alaska. The company will deploy its Lifter Lite aircraft to enhance freight and fuel logistics across the state’s most remote regions. - Allie has raised $5.2 million. The company is developing a manufacturing intelligence platform. - Logan Jones has joined Oshkosh’s Transport segment, which supports Oshkosh Defense and Oshkosh Delivery, as Chief Growth Officer. - @tpg is acquiring PTC’s Kepware and ThingWorx businesses, combining industrial connectivity and IoT application platforms serving manufacturing, energy, and utilities markets. - @a16z has launched its Fall American Dynamism Tour through the College Talent Program, driving more students into hard tech. The first stop was at the University of Michigan, featuring @JLopas, COO and Co-Founder of Base Power Company, and @espricewright, General Partner at a16z’s American Dynamism fund. - @QunnectInc, the quantum network hardware startup for telecom, is expanding to Albuquerque, New Mexico. - @Splash_Robotics successfully participated in JIFX at Camp Roberts, using the event to refine the Typhoon’s autonomous high-speed maneuvering and test its integration with Dedrone by Axon’s RF-560 system.

Any time you see research cited - remember there’s a greater chance of it being nonsense than truth. 53 “landmark” studies ~90% couldn’t be replicated

Introducing Vadris, an RF-seeking payload for FPV drones that locates the operator, the source of the threat. In active testing and development with the U.S. military. It detects and characterizes control signals in real time and overlays a live line-of-bearing onto the pilot’s FPV feed, guiding units toward the emitter for visual confirmation and response. Built for COTS Group 1 drones. Attritable. NDAA-compliant. Hunt the archer, not the Arrow: cx2.com/vadris

USAF photograph of DARPA/Lockheed Martin Have Blue prototype, the experimental aircraft that paved the way for F-117 Nighthawk. Developed late 1970s under extreme secrecy, Have Blue was world’s first true stealth aircraft design.

piped.video/watch?v=-N6hAJsA… A friend is working on a documentary about bringing drone manufacturing back to the USA. I’ll give more updates when I can but if anyone is interested in being involved let me know!

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.@LockheedMartin Skunk Works®, in partnership with @NASA, announces successful X-59 first flight.🔗⬇️

In 2023, every 120 million miles driven in the U.S. meant 700+ crashes, 100+ injuries, and at least one fatality. This week, Zipline crossed 120 million miles flown with zero injuries, while saving thousands of lives per year in the process — all 100% autonomously.

AMD & DOE, Private Credit moves into Maritime Robotics, and Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @AMD is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop supercomputers for research across nuclear, biology, quantum, and other domains. The systems will be located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. - Nauticus Robotics, Inc., the Texas-based underwater robotics firm, has secured $250M in credit. The company focuses on defense, O&G, aquaculture, and offshore wind, with plans to expand into deep-sea mining. - @CamgianAI, the Starkville, Mississippi–based C-UAS and defense technology firm, has been named 2025 Defense Company of the Year by the Aerospace & Defense Alliance of Mississippi (ADAM). - J.P. Morgan ($75M) and @agnicoeagle ($180M) are investing a combined $255M into Perpetua Resources, a mining firm focused on antimony and gold. - @voyagertech_ has acquired ExoTerra Resource LLC, the Colorado-based firm developing propulsion technology for deep space missions. - @Google will procure power from a revived nuclear plant in Iowa, which NextEra Energy, Inc. plans to bring online by 2029. - Nocturne Security & Defense deployed drone detection and airspace control systems at Berlin’s Tempelhof during the Keinemusik event, providing real-time data to police and security teams. - Cyclic Materials signed a 10-year agreement with VACUUMSCHMELZE to recycle magnet byproducts from Vac’s new Sumter, South Carolina plant. - Arizona plans 34 new fast EV charging stations along major highways, with bids open for firms to develop and maintain them. - VIKING Life-Saving Equipment will provide the Norwegian Customs Service with a new series of next-generation patrol and rapid-response boats under a recently signed agreement. - @WeAreHII and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed an agreement to strengthen U.S.–Korea shipbuilding cooperation, focusing on joint Navy programs, advanced manufacturing, and Indo-Pacific fleet support. - RESERVOIR, the Solinas-founded AgTech incubator, has appointed Matthew Hoffman, PhD as General Partner to lead AgTech investments and ecosystem growth. Hoffman formerly led AgTech and digital transformation at Driscoll's. - @Larx_AI, which builds systems that integrate geospatial, drone, and sensing data for public and private sectors, has added Ryan Lewis to its advisory board and appointed Allison Engel as chief of staff. - Hyundai Rotem and @shieldaitech have partnered to develop autonomous drones and control systems designed to operate with military forces on the battlefield. - @regentcraft has made strong progress on the world’s first Seaglider manufacturing facility, which will feature a clearspan design to fit a 65-foot wingspan and overhead cranes for assembly.

Undefeated in scientific research debates with Harvard grads 🤷‍♂️ they’re not sending their best

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This guy just built a 2 billion fps camera in his garage Dudes rock