Dealroom: defense giants such as Lockheed Martin have participated in a record $4.1B worth of VC rounds YTD, as drones and autonomous systems transform warfare (Financial Times)

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Defense incumbents are accelerating venture investments into drones and autonomous systems, signaling growing strategic demand for AI-enabled defense startups.

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<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fcb2bd34-b13f-4f4f-950d-92367d43d1f3"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260726/i11.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260726/p11#a260726p11" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/">Financial Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fcb2bd34-b13f-4f4f-950d-92367d43d1f3">Dealroom: defense giants such as Lockheed Martin have participated in a record $4.1B worth of VC rounds YTD, as drones and autonomous systems transform warfare</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; As drones and autonomous systems transform the battlefield, traditional defence companies start to act more like venture capitalists</p>