Felicis Ventures Bets on Hard Tech With New Partner Hire Targeting Robotics and Defense Startups
Felicis Ventures, the venture capital firm known for early investments in Shopify and Twitch, is making a deliberate move into...
Month: August 2026
Singapore Puts French-Made Mine-Hunting AUVs Into Operational Service With Its Navy
The Republic of Singapore Navy has formally deployed COMET-MCM autonomous underwater vehicles developed by French company RTsys, marking a significant...
Repeated Iran Mobilizations Are Quietly Eroding Israel’s Defense Budget
Every time Iran signals an imminent strike, Israel activates a layered emergency response — reservists called up, air-defense batteries brought...
Marines Get Anti-Drone Ammunition From a Startup You Have Never Heard Of
A small defense startup called Drone Round has emerged as a supplier of purpose-built anti-drone ammunition to the United States...
USS Theodore Roosevelt Wraps Indo-Pacific Deployment, Heads Home to San Diego
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, one of the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarriers, is returning to its home port of San...
Inside Fire Point: The Ukrainian Startup Building Missiles and Drones to Outlast a Grinding War
A Ukrainian defense startup called Fire Point is manufacturing missiles and drones domestically with an explicitly stated strategic ambition: to...
U.S. Carrier Fleet Split Across Three Theaters as Abraham Lincoln Extends Record Deployment
The U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier fleet was distributed across multiple theaters as of August 3, 2026, with ships on active...
Elbit Campus Expansion Froze Yokneam’s Hotel Ambitions — But an Nvidia Deal Could Rewrite the Equation
For years, the northern Israeli technology hub of Yokneam lacked something that virtually every comparable tech city takes for granted:...
Department of Veterans Affairs to Launch Clinical Trial Using GLP-1 Drugs as a Treatment for Alcohol Dependency
The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to launch a clinical trial to determine whether glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists —...
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Card Breakdown: What Is at Stake and Who Has the Edge
WWE SummerSlam 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, and Forbes contributor Blake Oestriecher has published a full match-by-match preview and predictions...
