AI & Defense Startups
Articles on AI-driven defense startups, including funding rounds, valuation trends, government contracts, and the commercialization of military-grade AI technologies.
Quartermaster’s shipboard sensor network targets gaps in ocean visibility
Comprehensive overview of Quartermaster, an Arlington, Virginia-based maritime intelligence startup that closed a $43 million Series A in May 2026 and a subsequent $140 million Series B in September 2026. Examines its SmartMast hardware, distributed sensor network ('hive mind for ships'), limitations of conventional AIS tracking, and growing demand driven by geopolitical disruptions.
Scaleout’s edge-AI role in BAE’s modular loitering-munition trial
How Scaleout Systems’ onboard edge AI and federated-learning work underpinned the ALMA loitering-munition demonstration led by BAE Systems Bofors, and how that relates to the separate NATO DIANA/FEDAIR effort.