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More deep tech stories
Space
Albedo raises $35 million for commercial very low Earth orbit constellation (SpaceNews)
Orbit Fab (refueling startup) and ClearSpace (in-space servicing specialist) announced a partnership for in-space refueling (SpaceNews)
Blue Origin and SpaceX started work on cargo versions of crewed lunar landers (SpaceNews)
Commercial Aerospace
Electra surpassed 2,000 pre-orders for its electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft (Electra)
Global eVTOL sector attracting increased professional investor interest (AirTraffic)
Consumer Tech
Using Apple Vision Pro: What It’s Actually Like! (Marques Brownlee on YouTube)
Defense
Arlington Capital Launches Defense Manufacturing Company, Raises $3.8B for Fund VI (GovCon)
Micross was awarded $49m by the Pentagon to revitalize advanced semiconductor packaging capabilities (ArmyTech)
HII won a $197m contract to help develop the Pentagon’s Joint Training Synthetic Environment (GovCon)
MITRE & ONR's 'Hopper' UAV: Revolutionizing Sea Operations with Swarm Technology (USTNews)
Artificial Intelligence
Meta to use in-house custom chips this year to power AI drive (Reuters)
Amazon to Launch AI Shopping Assistant (WSJ)
OpenAI removed its ban on military projects and announced it is now collaborating with the Pentagon on AI-based cybersecurity technology (TheRegister)