Apptronik Raises $935M to Push Humanoid Robots Into Deployment Phase .  •  U.S. PENTAGON LAUNCHES DRONE DOMINANCE GAUNTLET PHASE 1: 12 VENDORS WILL DELIVER 30,000 ONE-WAY ATTACK DRONES AT $5,000 PER UNIT AS PART OF $1B AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS ACCELERATION INITIATIVE.  •  XTEND SECURES $8.8M DOD CONTRACT FOR AI-DRIVEN TACTICAL DRONES AND ANNOUNCES NASDAQ LISTING UNDER TICKER XTND.  • 
VC INVESTMENT IN DEFENSE TECH HITS RECORD $49.1B IN 2025 — NEARLY DOUBLE THE PRIOR YEAR — AS AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, BATTLEFIELD AI, AND DUAL-USE PLATFORMS DOMINATE DEAL FLOW GLOBALLY.  •  ISRAEL EXPANDS LAYERED COUNTER-DRONE ARCHITECTURE WITH NEW CONTRACT TO BEESENSE FOR MULTI-DOMAIN THREAT DETECTION AND REAL-TIME AUTONOMOUS CLASSIFICATION OF AERIAL THREATS.  •  ARMY AWARDS ANDURIL FIRST TASK ORDER UNDER NEW $20B COUNTER-DRONE CONTRACT VEHICLE, CUTTING PROCUREMENT FRICTION AND ENABLING À-LA-CARTE ACQUISITION OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AT SPEED.  • 

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