2026-09-22
$762M of new funding is targeting defence and national security
3 funded companies building into defence and national security. The work in scope is what the Head of Defence Programs owns today.
The funding
Mach Industries is building faster, smarter defense infrastructure for the modern era.
Mach Industries Raises $600 Million, Reaching $3.7 Billion Valuation →BUILDING STRENGTH WHERE THE FIGHT DEMANDS IT. Large-format WAAM restoring speed, scale, and resilience to U.S. shipbuilding and defense manufacturing. RESTORE SPEED TO SHIPBUILDING SCALE AMERICAN METAL PRODUCTION MODERNIZE THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE Radian Forge restores speed, scale, and resilience to U.S. defense manufacturing. We build for naval, maritime, and defense applications, where tradi
Radian Forge raises $2.5M seed to speed up US naval parts manufacturing →What it means
Capital arriving in a function is a reliable leading indicator. It does not mean the incumbents are wrong, and it does not mean these companies will succeed. It means that within the next few quarters the people who run this work will be asked what their function is doing about it, and the honest answer has to start with where that function actually stands.
So we built the assessment for it. Not a purchase decision, a structured set of questions to take to your own team.